2025-26 Snowshoe News

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Tim James and Brock Boissey ran together over the arduous 15K (9.3 miles) Frigus Snowshoe race to place 9th and 10th to conclude the winter snowshoe racing season.
Bryce Shannon and Aidan Minihan pace the Bobcats to victories at the Frigus Snowshoe Races

Bryce Shannon won the 15K race while Aidan Minihan won the 4.7 Mile Snowshoe Race to pace the Bobcats at the Frigus Snowshoe Races held at Moreau Lake State Park in Gansevoort, NY to conclude the winter season.

Eliot Soderholm and Bryce Shannon immediately head to the lead at the Dewey Mountain Challenge 5 and 10K Snowshoe Race.
Cheney, Soderholm and Shannon lead the way at the Dewey Mountain 5 and 10K Challenge

Morgan Cheney, Bryce Shannon and Eliot Soderholm continue to lead the team's excellence at Dewey Mountain 5 and 10K Challenge Snowshoe Races

The snowshoe athletes take off at the start of the 2026 Bobcat Snowshoe Race at the Paul Smith's College VIC.
Eliot Soderholm, Morgan Cheney and Aidan Minihan pace the Bobcat Snowshoe Team at home

Morgan Cheney and Aidan Minihan paced the field through the 5K while Eliot Soderholm won the 10K Bobcat Snowshoe Races held at the Paul Smith's College VIC

Caz Couble, Brock Boissey and Aidan Minihan racing the Summerstown Trails Snowshoe Races in near zero degree temperatures.  Couble won the 4.4K event for Paul Smith's.
Paul Smith's College Snowshoe Team Dominates the Summerstown Trails Event

Led by Eliot Soderholm and Cazimir Couble, nine members of men's snowshoe team dominated the field in the Summerstown Ontario Trails Snowshoe Races with wins in both the 8.4 K and the 4.4K

Bernie Hogan (L), Eliot Solderholm (Center) and Julian Pinsonneault (R) pace the field from the start at Canadian Nationals, with Solderholm winning the 10K in 41:32.  A solid cast of PSC runners can be seen setting the pace behind the leaders
Paul Smith's College Snowshoe Team Dominates the Field at Canadian Nationals in Fenelon, Ontario

Eliot Soderholm wins 10K Canadian National Championships; while Bryce Shannon and Mat Matis place 1st and 2nd in Men’s Junior (U-20) 10K Nationals; Morgan Cheney, Chloe Freund and Joanna Kercher sweep women’s 5K podium for Paul Smith's College

Bryce Shannon is heading to victory in the Stonewall 10K at the Winona State Forest, Mannsville, NY
Shannon, Minihan and Cheney lead the Snowshoe Team at the Stonewall 5 and 10K Snowshoe Races

Bryce Shannon (10K) and Aidan Minihan (5K) placed first in their respective events, while Morgan Cheney placed second in the Women's 5K at the Stonewall Snowshoe Races

A handful of the Paul Smith's College snowshoe athletes soon after the start of the Ignite the Night Snowshoe Races, held in Morrisburg, Ontario at Upper Canada Village.
Another Strong Showing for the PSC Snowshoe Team, led by Morgan Cheney, Bryce Shannon and Brock Boissey

The Paul Smith's College Snowshoe Team headed to Canada for the first time this season and had a very strong performance at the Ignite the Night Snowshoe Races held at Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario.

Jeremy Drowne (#160), Eliot Soderholm (#1) and Matt Matis (#180) lead from the start of the 2026 Cock A Doodle Shoe.  Drowne won the 5K with Matis placing second, and Soderholm won the 10K for the second consecutive year.
Eliot Soderholm, Morgan Cheney and Mat Matis lead the Bobcat Snowshoe Runners as the Cock a Doodle Shoe 5 & 10K distances

Eliot Soderholm won the men's 10K, while Matt Matis placed second in the 5K and Morgan Cheney placed fourth for the women in the 5K at the annual Cock a Doodle Shoe snowshoe races in Saranac, NY.

Eliot Soderholm stands atop the podium after winning back-to-back World Snowshoe Championships.  (Matt Dougherty photo)
Smitty Striders Dominate Snowshoe Championships

Eliot Soderholm becomes PSC's first US Nationals and World Champion in Snowshoeing's Open Division, while Bryce Shannon wins US and Junior World Titles

Eliot Soderholm blasts to the front at the start and never looked back as he blistered the race course in 18:17.
Eliot Soderholm and Chloe Freund pace the field in the 31st Annual Jingle Bell 5K Snowshoe Race

Eliot Soderholm and Chloe Freund led the men and women through a hilly race course for the 31st Annual Jingle Bell Snowshoe Race to start this winter season at the VIC.