Winter Olympics Content

1-Time Aggie Eyes 2nd Olympic Medal

Dave Jones — February 01, 2022 - 1:06pm

Brita Sigourney, a U.S. freestyle skier with Aggie roots, will compete in Beijing for another medal in the halfpipe.

Bronze for Brita!

Dave Jones — February 19, 2018 - 7:57pm

Brita Sigourney, the U.S. freeskier with Aggie roots, saved her best for last and won the bronze medal in the halfpipe in the Pyeongchang Games on Tuesday (Feb. 20), or Monday night where we live.

Aggie Freeskier Advances to Olympics Final

Dave Jones — February 18, 2018 - 7:50pm

Aggie Olympian Brita Sigourney twisted and flipped her way into the top three in qualifying in the halfpipe in Pyeongchang, making it into the final to be held Monday (Feb. 19) — which will be Tuesday in Korea.

More Aggie Pride at the Olympics

Dave Jones — February 18, 2018 - 3:42pm

Last week we reported on our Aggie Olympian, Brita Sigourney, who is scheduled to compete next week in her second consecutive Winter Games. We have since learned of another Aggie alumna, Aliyah Cohen, who not only has a connection to the Games — but to Sigourney herself!

Cohen graduated in 2015 as a design major, with textile science as a minor, all the while being active with Campus Recreation and Unions’ Outdoor Adventures, as a winter guide, and whitewater, backpacking and sea kayaking guide, and whitewater guide instructor.

NEWS BRIEFS: Aggie Freeskier Off to 2nd Olympics

Dave Jones — February 06, 2018 - 4:30pm

Brita Sigourney, once an Aggie, always an Aggie, is off to her second Winter Olympics — the Games that open later this week in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She is a freestyle skier, competing in the halfpipe, and she’s on a tear with first- and second-place World Cup finishes and a second-place finish in the X Games, all in January.