Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) senior Alex Perkins got the silver. He’s a skiing champ again — this time garnering a the second-place silver medal in a national competition.

The 18-year-old Fair Havenite won a silver medal at the NASTAR National Championship held at Steamboat Ski Resort in Colorado March 24 to 25.

Close to 1,000 of the top-ranked skiers from across the nation raced during two days of competition. Olympians A.J. Kitt and Casey Puckett were the pace setters for the Championship Race in which Alex competed.

Olympian Ted Ligety and other members of the U.S. Ski Team were on hand to present the medals to the winners. Perkins claimed the second-place finish in his age group of 18-20 with a time of 21.475. He qualified for this national competition with a gold medal victory at the NASTAR Eastern Regional Championship held at Okemo Mountain in Vermont in January.

This is Alex’s first time competing at the national level in NASTAR. Alex has earned gold medals at the regional level in last two NASTAR Regional Championships and has qualified for nationals seven times during the past eight years.

However, this was Alex’s first time attending the NASTAR National Championship and taking home a medal.

NASTAR is the acronym for NAtional STAndard Race and is the largest ski race program in the world. NASTAR has partnered with the U.S. Ski Team as its premier youth racing feeder program.

Alex is the son of Debbie and Bill Perkins, of Fair Haven. He plans to continue pursuing his passion for ski racing while attending Brookdale Community College next year.

— Edited press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School