RESIDENT ATHLETES

Train with the resort's Resident Athletes including Mikaela Shiffrin, Alpine Skier and Gold Medalist and Resident Triathlete and XTERRA World Champion Josiah Middaugh. Athletic Club and resort guests can enjoy special events, lectures and workshops from these top athletes.

Mikaela Shiffrin

Born and raised in the Vail Valley, U.S. Ski Team member Mikaela Shiffrin is a five-time Overall World Cup champion and the most successful World Cup alpine skier in history, with more than 100 career victories. She is also a multiple World Champion, with world titles including slalom.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she became the youngest Olympic slalom champion in alpine skiing history, capturing her first gold medal. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, she earned a gold medal in giant slalom and a silver medal in the alpine combined. Most recently, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, she once again stood atop the podium, securing gold in slalom.

Shiffrin trains regularly at the Athletic Club and hosts exclusive resort events where she shares insights from her racing career and training philosophy with guests and the local community.

Mikaela Shiffrin Athletic Club at Westin

Josiah Middaugh

Josiah Middaugh is well known throughout the Vail Valley as an elite level, multi-disciplined athlete. Middaugh is a 13-time XTERRA USA World Champion, the 2015 XTERRA World Champion and a 6-time USSSA National Snowshoe Champion. Middaugh coaches the Athletic Club at the resort's Masters Swim program, as well as athletes of all levels and aspirations through his Middaugh Coaching.

Sullivan & Porter Middaugh

Born and raised in the Vail Valley, both Sullivan Middaugh and Porter Middaugh are members of USA Triathlon's Project Podium, a men's elite Olympic Development Program.

While at Battle Mountain High School, Sullivan (right) won the National High School Trail Championships two times. In his pro triathlon debut, Middaugh won the XTERRA National Championship in Beaver Creek and has won back-to-back XTERRA National Championship titles, as well as winning the XTERRA short track in 2024 and 2025.

Porter (left) was named the 2023-24 Gatorade Colorado Boys Cross Country Player of the Year. A Battle Mountain High School graduate, Porter is a two-time XTERRA USA Championship amateur winner who earned First Team All-America honors at the Nike Cross Nationals Final and won the Class 4A State Championship. When they are home in the Vail Valley, the Middaugh brothers train regularly at the Athletic Club at The Westin.