2025 was yet another strong year for sports in the ski town of Park City.
Not only did Park City’s best skiers and winter athletes once again show out on the world’s biggest stages, its runners smashed world records, its preps sports teams won state titles, and more.
As we head into 2026, which will feature a Parkite-filled Winter Olympics in February, below are some of the best sporting moments of 2025.
Lauren Macuga has breakout season
Parkite speed skier Lauren Macuga was one of many local athletes who started 2025 off strong.
The 23 year old, then 22, started the 2024-25 season as the 43rd-ranked speed skier in the world.
Macuga quickly showed she was among the world’s best, winning her first World Cup race in the St. Anton, Austria super-G in January. She never looked back from there, podiuming the World Championships super-G in February. Macuga also finished second in the Kvitfjell, Norway, downhill race in March.
Macuga was slated to be a medal contender in both speed skiing events and the team combined race at the upcoming Milan Games before she tore her ACL in training on Nov. 28. She’s anticipating a full recovery from the injury however before the 2026-27 season. Macuga will look to cheer on her sisters Alli, a mogulist, and Sam, a ski jumper, as they make their Olympic pushes.
“Puts it back a year, but no, the goals haven’t changed,” Macuga said. “I guess looking forward to the French Alps (2030 Olympics) is the new driving factor.
Park City High teams win five state championships
Park City High’s sports teams continued the strong local athletics performances in 2025, winning five state titles in boy’s and girls swimming, boy’s hockey, girl’s lacrosse and girl’s cross country.
The Miners athletics program now has 99 UHSAA state titles.
The Miners Red hockey team, who won its second-straight state championship in March, will chase a three peat when their playoffs begin on Monday. The Park City boy’s and girl’s swimming, boy’s and girl’s lacrosse, boy’s and girl’s track and field and girl’s golf teams have traditionally competed well for state titles in the winter and spring.
“Congratulations to both the girls and boys teams,” said swimming head coach Gadi Shamah after his team’s swept both state titles in February. “Their hard work and dedication paid off.”
“I felt really good, especially for the seniors,” said cross country co-head coach Steve Cuttitta after his program’s first state title since 2014. “They worked really hard. … It’s a whole team win.”
Two pro runners with Park City ties shatter records
Around the same time the Miners swim teams were winning their state titles, Parkite runner Grant Fisher was finding success of his own.
Fisher set two indoor world records in the 3000m then 5000m events in the span of six days in February. He continued that momentum through the outdoor season, when he won the first two 5000m Grand Slam Track races. Fisher won two silver medals in the 5000m and 10000m races at the U.S. Championships over the summer and capped his season off with two eighth place finishes in the same events at the World Championships in Tokyo in September.
As Fisher’s season wrapped up, Logan-native and BYU alumnus Connor Mantz, who trains frequently in Park City, kept the town’s running scene on the map. Mantz shattered the longstanding American men’s marathon record by nearly a second at the Chicago Marathon in October, finishing in 2:04.43.
“It feels really good,” Mantz said. “I’ve added mileage up to this particular marathon. I went and lived in Park City at 7,300 feet, and that was something different. But, I think it’s just the accumulation of a lot of years of training.”
X Games come to Utah for the first time
While Park City athletes were succeeding on the slopes, fields and elsewhere in the spring, the next hallmark event of the year came when the X Games arrived in Salt Lake City in June.
The Games brought tens of thousands of action sports fans to the Utah State Fairpark, including some from the Wasatch Back.
Skateboard, biking and motorbiking athletes competed at the fairpark, including skateboarding legend Ryan Sheckler in the men’s street skateboarding event. Sheckler took 10th place in that competition. He also spent the week leading up to the event leading Woodward Park City’s youth skateboarding camps.
The Salt Lake City X Games saw a 12% rise in TV viewership from their final event of 2024. CEO Jeremy Bloom said the organization is considering returning to Utah in the future, potentially for a Winter X Games.
“Salt Lake and Park City have a deep legacy in action sports, both in summer and winter. We’ve now proven that this market draws a large audience, has the infrastructure to host top-tier events and brings a community vibe that really aligns with the spirit of the X Games,” Bloom said. “We’re already exploring possibilities to return for a winter edition, and we’re in active conversations with regional partners about what it could look like.”
Lindsey Vonn finds her top form again
The final Park City sports highlight of 2025 is still developing: the resurgence of speed skiing legend Lindsey Vonn.
While Vonn returned after over five years of retirement at the end of 2024, it took her until the start of the 2025-26 season to rekindle her vintage form. Vonn started the season off with a downhill World Cup race win in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Dec. 12. She has podiumed three of her other four World Cup races since then.
With her success, Vonn has already qualified for her fifth Olympics in Milan, where she’ll be a medal contender in the two speed races and team combined event. It’s likely Vonn will partner with the greatest skier of all time, Mikaela Shiffrin, in the team combined race in Milan.
Vonn’s World Cup season continues Jan. 8-11, with the next speed skiing World Cup in Zauchensee, Austria.
“It’s more than a dream,” Vonn said after her World Cup win in St. Moritz, her first in about seven years. “I worked so hard this summer and we have such a great team and everything has really come together, but it almost doesn’t feel real.”