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With the partnership, “What J.Crew is doing is really making our heritage feel modern and right and relevant again,” Wadle explained. She said J.Crew’s design teams, led by Olympia Gayot on the women’s side and Brendan Babenzien on the men’s side, have worked closely with U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams, and poured through their archives, drewing inspiration from vintage ski logos and archival Olympic graphics to reimagine the signature J.Crew pieces.
“What Kevin has brought is a way to think differently about ourselves, and really how important it is to get J.Crew back in the center of culture as a brand. I run the business day-to-day, but Kevin’s an incredible thought partner on the brand and our vision.”

“They have an incredible archive, and so we kicked off the product design with that to make sure it was very authentic to the ski team, and to our J.Crew designers,” said Wadle. J.Crew designers also perused many J.Crew catalogues of the past. “J.Crew is often going into the archives, taking looks that people loved, and bringing them back and making them a bit newer,” said Wadle.

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Skiing, she added, is “a growing sport in the U.S. which a lot of our customers take part in. It’s a great family sport for all the generations. So this partnership just feels natural for us.” Wadle happens to be a skier herself, while Kevin is a snowboarder.

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J.Crew, which has long captured the ski scene in its catalogues, storytelling and lifestyle merchandising, is advancing the approach with a three-year partnership with U.S. Ski & Snowboard, WWD has learned.

A ski-themed J.Crew storyboard for design inspiration.

J.Crew will have a larger presence at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy, known as Milano Cortina 2026. The competitions commence Feb. 4, 2026, with the opening ceremony two days later, and the closing ceremony on Feb. 26.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard is the nonprofit Olympic and Paralympic National Governing body for skiing and snowboarding. The organization oversees 10 national teams and represents nearly 250 elite skiers and snowboarders competing on 10 teams, for alpine, cross-country, freestyle moguls, freestyle aerials, snowboard, free-ski, nordic combined, ski jumping, Para alpine and Para snowboard. USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the U.S., is responsible for selecting and training teams for international competition, including the Olympics. 

“Right now, we’re starting to meet these athletes, form relationships, and learn their stories, because the partnership goes beyond modeling.”

J.Crew executives told WWD that the partnership is the brand’s largest ever, in terms of duration and anticipated sales volume gains.

Ulrich and Wadle worked together forming the partnership with U.S. Ski & Snowboard and what it entails. “We’re trying to do things maybe a little bit differently,” Ulrich said.

But over the next three years, before and after the Winter Olympics, J.Crew will have a presence at other alpine, cross country, freeskiing, snowboarding, para Alpine and para snowboarding events. There will be campaigns featuring top athletes, and of course, exclusive J.Crew products designed with an après-ski feeling. Signature J.Crew categories in men’s, women’s and kids, including cashmere, merino and Fairisle sweaters that can be worn under parkas, as well as loungewear and cold weather accessories, will be offered. The bulk of the product will be available toward the end of this year. Performance apparel is not part of the program.

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J.Crew catalogue cover from 2012.

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Heading into the Winter Olympics, J.Crew will unveil a big campaign, said Wadle. “There’s a lot involved, beyond the Olympic moments, which is really why we went after a longer-term partnership,” Wadle said. “We’ll do a lot of business because we have great product. But it’s not just about the product collaboration. It’s really about elevating the athletes, telling their stories. We’re hoping to put the sport on a platform and make it more accessible to more people. We did that with the swim partnership.

“J.Crew’s ability to blend timeless fashion with a modern edge makes them a perfect fit to help bring the culture of competitive skiing and snowboarding to life in new and exciting ways,” Sophie Goldschmidt, CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, said in a statement. “J.Crew has long been synonymous with classic American style and we know that they will help us to expand the reach of our sports and athletes beyond the slopes. As we look ahead to the Olympics, we’re thrilled to work with J.Crew to showcase the passion, lifestyle and heritage that make our sports so special.”

He said that last year, J.Crew partnered with USA Swimming for the Summer Olympic Games, which were held in Paris. “They felt great about the partnership and the fact that we used their athletes as models and worked with them in the other ways. It came through in a very positive way, which helped us get the U.S. Ski & Snowboard partnership.” Ulrich is also chairman of Anchorage Capital, the majority owner of J.Crew Group.

“We’re celebrating the intersection of sports, style and community at a scale that is really unprecedented for the J.Crew brand,” said Libby Wadle, chief executive officer, J.Crew Group, which includes the J.Crew and Madewell brands.

Added J.Crew Group chairman of the board Kevin Ulrich: “It took us a while to get to a place where we felt comfortable and U.S. Ski & Snowboard felt comfortable with a collaboration of this magnitude, because it’s been four or five years now where we’ve slowly built up J.Crew’s quality, fit, cut and especially the branding.” Ulrich called the partnership with U.S. Ski & Snowboard “a significant milestone for J.Crew showcasing our strength and commitment to building a lasting presence in sports and with the great outdoors.”

Asked what she considers the second largest J.Crew partnership, Wadle said, “In the last four years, we’ve broken the mold on the types of partnerships we’ve done. These Olympic USA team partnerships are really the biggest partnerships that we’ve done.” J.Crew’s partnerships last year with recent Oscar-nominated actors, Demi Moore and Adrien Brody, were also big. “They both have J.Crew stories, and it really made a lot of sense,” Wadle said. Also last year, J.Crew revived its catalogue.

J.Crew’s partnership with U.S. Ski & Snowboard kicks off March 25 at the Stifel Sun Valley Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho, with a J.Crew “warm-up” station for hot cocoa, refreshments and J.Crew/U.S. Ski & Snowboard gifts.

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Emma Reaves Breaks Own School Record in Tri-Meet with URI, Stonehill

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KINGSTON, R.I. — Sophomore thrower Emma Reaves (Westminster, Md.) placed first in the shot put, headlining the women’s track and field team’s first-place finish in the team’s tri-meet with the University of Rhode Island and Stonehill College, winning with 104 points.
 
UNH’s men’s track and field team finished in third with 89 points, while URI won the meet with 96 points and Stonehill closed with 91 points.
 
In addition to Reaves’ win, the following Wildcats placed:
 

  • Women’s Long Jump

    • Sophomore Sarah Moore (Lisbon, Maine), first place (5.75m)

    • Graduate student Autumn Agri (Stratham, N.H.), second place (5.35m)

    • Junior Audrey Thornton (Freedom, N.H.), third place (5.28m)

  • Men’s Long Jump

    • Freshman Rio Calle (Weare, N.H.), fourth place (7.01m)

  • Women’s Triple Jump

  • Men’s Triple Jump

    • Sophomore Ethan Palmer (Bowdoin, Maine), third place (14.60m)

  • Women’s Shot Put

    • Reaves, first place (14.38m)

    • Freshman Payton Goulding (Cumberland, R.I.), third place (11.86m)

    • Sophomore Ruby Prentiss (Falmouth, Maine), sixth place (11.13m)

  • Men’s Shot Put

  • Women’s Weight Throw

    • Reaves, first place (17.87m)

    • Goulding, third place (15.23m)

    • Junior Briana Danis (Hooksett, N.H.), fifth place (15.06m)

    • Prentiss, sixth place (14.31m)1.5

  • Men’s Weight Throw

    • Senior Liam McGovern (North Kingstown, R.I.), first place (19.79m)

    • Abaka-Amuah, second place (19.53m)

    • Senior Jack Washam (Nashua, N.H.), third place (17.73m)

  • Women’s High Jump

  • Men’s High Jump

    • Junior Gunnar Sokol (Berwick, Maine), seventh (1.90m)

    • Sophomore Samuel Grube (Dover, N.H.), ninth (1.90m)

  • Men’s Pole Vault

  • Men’s 1 Mile

  • Women’s 60m Hurdles

  • Women’s 600m Run

  • Men’s 600m Run

    • Sophomore James Gecek (High Bridge, N.J.), seventh (1:25.58)

  • Women’s 60m Dash

    • Nada, first (7.71)

    • Moore, second (7.72)

    • Thornton, third (7.88)

    • Sophomore Eva Roberts (Derry, N.H.), fifth (7.92)

  • Men’s 1000m Run

  • Women’s 300m Dash

    • Thornton, second (42.43)

    • Sophomore Brooke White (Barnet, Vt.), fifth (42.90)

    • Senior Liliana Chirichella (Troy, N.H.), seventh (43.66)

    • Roberts, ninth (45.25)

  • Women’s 3000m Run

    • Senior Claire Ronan (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.), first (10:09.32)

    • Senior Carolyn Day (Wolfeboro, N.H.), third (10:37.08)

  • Men’s 3000m Run

  • Women’s 4x400m Relay

    • New Hampshire “A” (Chirichella, Hickey, Dillon, Agri), second (4:08.42)

  • Men’s 4×400 Relay

    • New Hampshire “A” (Gecek, Daniel Anderson [Naugatuck, Conn.], Calle, Lesniak), fourth (3:28.38)



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ACU Heads to College Station for First Meet of the Indoor Season

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The ACU track and field team opens its indoor season by competing in the McFerrin 12-Degree Invitational on the campus of Texas A&M on Saturday. The meet will be a low-key meet designed to get in some competition before the Christmas break.

Joining ACU and host Texas A&M in the field will be Baylor, Sam Houston State, SMU, and UTSA.

This meet will be the first competition for several newcomers to the program. There are plans to have three 4×400 relays for the women and the men and some of the newcomers will only run on the relays this weekend.

ACU entries for the men include: 60 (Horatio Brooks); 300 (Gage Heighten); 1000 (Evan Martin); Mile (Benjamin Castro, Vincent Luffey); 3,000 (Mark Barajas, Carlos Cortez); 60 hurdles (Canaan Fairley, Miguel Hall); high jump (Canaan Fairley); long jump (Horatio Brooks); weight throw (Rhet Punt, Matthew Udemba).

There will also be a large relay pool to fill out the three 4×400 relays and this pool includes newcomers who will only be competing in the relays – Durrell Collins, Abraham Olufemi-Dada, Nickens Lemba – and two returnees also running solely on the relays this weekend – Ethan Krause and Ryan McMeen.

ACU entries for the women include: 60 (Lauren Foxworth, Darinasia Taylor, Kee’Lani Whitlock, Neriah Williams, Morgan Morris, Halle Gunter, Jaeden Thomas); 300 (Morgan Morris, Kaycian Johnson); 600 (Madelyn McFadden, Anna Vyn, Gracee Whiteaker, Jalyn Childers); 1000 (Emma Santoro); Mile (Lola Buentello); 60 hurdles (Hana Banks, Nele Huth, Natalie Poe, Skyla Riedel); high jump (Kaia Anderson, Kennadi Payne, Natalie Poe); long jump (Halle Gunter, Nele Huth, Skyla Riedel, Jaeden Thomas); shot put (Sterling Glenn, Ciara Tilley, Mariana Van Dyk); weight throw (Sterling Glenn, Mariana Van Dyk).

Because the McFerrin Invitational will not have a triple jump in the meet, two Wildcats took part in the OU Winter Field Fest. Arthur Jenkins recorded a 14.94m triple jump, while Mackenzie Flaugher went 11.70m.

The McFerrin 12-Degree Invitational will be held in the Murray Fasken Indoor Track on the Texas A&M campus. The field events will begin at 2 p.m. and the running events at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Coach Miles Smith: I’m excited to see our kids compete. They have been working hard. We have a lot of newcomers who are getting their first taste of collegiate competition, so it will be fun to watch them compete.  Our goal is to come out healthy and learn what we need to work on over the next few weeks before the bulk of our season kicks off in mid-January.

 



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Petitjean, Weber Set Personal Bests In Boston

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BOSTON – The Elon University women’s track and field team opened its indoor season with two members of its distance squad competing at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener on Saturday at the BU Track and Tennis Center.
 
Senior Sarah Petitjean led the Phoenix in the 3,000 meters, posting a personal-best time of 9:49.97 to place 52nd in a field of 95 runners.
 
In the 5,000 meters, junior Hannah Weber also set a personal record with a time of 16:29, improving her previous best by nearly three seconds.
 
ON DECK
Elon will be idle for the winter break before returning to competition on Jan. 17 at the Mondo College Invitational at the JDL Fast Track Complex.
 

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Mountaineers Set New 4×400-Meter Relay Meet Record at Indoor Season Opener

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.  – The App State women’s track and field team opened the 2025-26 indoor season at the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-Off on Saturday. A new meet record, set by the 4×400-meter relay quartet of junior Nicole Wells, seniors Damyja Alejandro-Ortiz and Daye Talley, and junior Jayla Adams, punctuated the day’s action. 

“This was a great season opener for all event groups to knock the rust off from months ago. The athletes are really motivated to be back from break and start the season.” said director of track & field/cross country Damion McLean. “Expectations are high this season, so we have to stay motivated on an elite level to be competitive.” 

 

Wells, Alejandro-Ortiz, Talley, and Adams stopped the clock at 3:45.76 for a new meet record in the women’s 4×400-meter relay. The previous meet record was 3:49.07, set in 2021 by Duke’s Jenna Crean, Lauren Hoffman, Megan McGinnis, and Kiara Ekeigwe. The Mountaineers were two seconds shy of the App State school record of 3:43.85, which was set at the 2023 Sun Belt Indoor Championships. Earlier in the afternoon, Adams and Talley finished third (24.39) and fifth (24.77), respectively, in the women’s seeded 200 meters. Adams remains third in the App State all-time list with her personal best of 24.22, which she set during the 2024 campaign. In the women’s unseeded 200 meters, sophomore Kaitlyn McLeod placed fifth with a time of 25.04.

 

In her collegiate indoor debut, freshman Alana Braxton posted a pair of first place finishes in the women’s triple jump (12.32m (40′ 5″)) and women’s long jump (5.87m (19′ 3.25″)). Fellow freshman Ashlynn Wimberly landed second with a leap of 12.14m (39′ 10″) and sophomore Jahaila Wright placed sixth with a leap of 11.60m (38′ 0.75″) in the women’s triple jump. With a leap of 5.31m (17′ 5.25″) freshman Kelly MacBride rounded out the top 10 in the women’s long jump.

 

Senior Ava Studney placed first in the women’s pole vault, recording a clearance of 3.95m (12′ 11.5″). 

 

Junior Kendall Johnson placed second with a time of 7.50 in the women’s 60 meters, coming within 0.08 of her personal best and program record of 7.42, which she set at last season’s SBC Indoor Championships. Wells rounded out the top 10 in the women’s 60 meters with a time of 7.73.

 

With a time of 2:18.09, senior Addison Ollendick-Smith placed fourth in the women’s 800 meters. Ollendick-Smith, who stands second all-time in the program record book, was seven seconds shy of her personal best of 2:11.13, which she set last season.

 

With a personal best toss of 14.70m (48′ 2.75″), junior Dianna Boykin placed eighth in the women’s weight throw. Sophomore Emily Edwards placed eighth with a toss of 12.17m (39′ 11.25″) in the women’s shot put and rounded out the top 10 in the women’s weight throw with a mark of 14.03m (46′ 0.5″).

 

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The Mountaineers will resume the indoor track and field season with the UNC Asheville Collegiate Opener at Tryon International on Jan. 10.

 



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