Harvard University

Best Finish

Second (Giant Slalom) at 2026 Middlebury Carnival

Sophomore (2025-26)

Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year … Earned USCSCA All-Academic Ski Team honors … Tallied 12 top-30 finishes, 10 top-20 efforts, and four top-10 showings … Competed in seven carnivals for the Crimson … At the Colby Carnival (Jan. 16-17): Placed fourth in the giant slalom and 25^th in the slalom … At the St. Lawrence Carnival (Jan. 22-23): Finished ninth in the giant slalom and nineteenth in the slalom … At the Dartmouth Carnival (Jan. 30-31): Came in 33^rd in the giant slalom and 14^th in the slalom … At the Vermont Carnival (Feb. 5-6): Finished fourth in the giant slalom … At the Williams Carnival (Feb. 13-14): Placed 11^th in the giant slalom and 12^th in the slalom … At the Middlebury Carnival (Feb. 20-21): Came in second in the giant slalom and 20^th in the slalom … At the NCAA Championships (Mar. 11, 13): Finished 25^th in the giant slalom and 16^th in the slalom. 

First-year (2024-25)

Qualified for the NCAA Championships … Won Team MVP honors … Earned USCSCA All-Academic Ski Team honors … Tallied 11 top-30 finishes, eight top-20 efforts, and three top-10 showings … Competed in seven carnivals for the Crimson … At the Bates Carnival (Jan. 10-11): Placed fifth in the giant slalom and 27^th in the slalom … At the St. Lawrence Carnival (Jan. 16-17): Finished 10^th in the giant slalom and 14^th in the slalom … At the Saint Michael’s Carnival (Jan. 31-Feb. 1): Came in 14^th in the giant slalom and 11^th in the slalom … At the Dartmouth Carnival (Feb. 7-8): Did not finish … At the Middlebury Carnival (Feb. 14-15): Placed 17^th in the slalom and 27^th in the giant slalom … At the New Hampshire Carnival/NCAA Regional Championships (Feb. 21-22): Finished eighth in the giant slalom and 22^nd in the slalom … At the NCAA Championships (Mar. 5-8): Came in 17^th in the giant slalom. 

Before Harvard

Ranked as the top Canadian alpine skier for the 2005 birth year in 2024 … Took second place in alpine skiing in 2022 at the U19 Canadian National Championships … Won the Fisk Cup in 2024 … Claimed first in the Whiteface ECUP in 2024 … Competed for Green Mountain Valley School and the Burke Mountain Academy E-Team … Also played lacrosse and soccer; captained lacrosse team as a senior … Participated in the Beaver Valley Outreach fundraiser, raising over $25,000 for local charities from 2021-23 … Earned a Town of Blue Mountains Under 25 Leadership Award … Honor Roll student … Enjoys cooking, music, and traveling … Son of Dianne and John Armstrong; Dianne graduated from Harvard Business School in 1996 while John won a Canadian national championship in downhill alpine skiing.