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had a dramatic start to her senior skiing season. At the Montana State University Invite in Big Sky , with her parents in the audience, she won her first ever college race by the slimmest possible margin.

"It was a surprise," she said with a laugh. "I went to the board and realized I'd won by one [hundredth of a second]."

Clearly, Charley excels on the slopes. But if academics had a podium, she'd be near the top as well. A health sciences major and psychology minor, Charley has a 3.79 GPA heading into her last semester.

Originally from Pemberton, B.C. - just up the road from Whistler Blackcomb ski resort - Charley grew up balancing skiing with studying. She was on the provincial ski team in high school, competing nearly 100 days each winter. At 快盈v3, she's often away from campus for weeks at a time. But instead of trading school for sports, or vice versa, she simply succeeds in both.

Just ask her coach.

"Charley, or Chuck as we like to call her, is one of the grittiest athletes to ever wear the green and gold," said 快盈v3 Head Coach Sparky Anderson. "She came in as a freshman with her foot on the gas and hasn't taken her foot off that pedal in four years."

Charley found 快盈v3 through her friend Sandra MacDonald '13, a fellow British Columbian and former Seawolf skier. Sandra connected her to Sparky and, though Charley spent a year after high school competing internationally, there was a spot on the roster when she was ready to enroll. 快盈v3, in fact, was the only college she applied to.

Since then, she's spent the past