Ben LaDuke, Kaylie Mathieu, Caitlin Brooks bring home medals from the Manistee Invitational held at Crystal Mtn.

The team warms up, gets a bite to eat and discuss their successes or failures while waiting to hear the race results.

Ben LaDuke did what he could to hold the Boys team on the right track today by winning a 7th place medal in Slalom and 6th place medal in GS. But the team just had too many hikes and a couple of DQ's to make up for overall. In GS Ben LaDuke came in 6th with a combined time of 36.09. Ben Momber stepped up and nailed 15th with 37.31, Travis Berklund 21st with 37.83, Tom Meoak 38th with 43.67, Chris Smith 46.35 after a hike on his second run. Jackson Dq'd on his second run. It should be noted that both Chris and Jackson had excellent first runs with Chris at 18.29 and Jackson 18.36.

In Slalom,Ben LaDuke took the 7th place medal with his times of 25.90 first run and 25.70 on his second ,for a combined time of 51.60. Travis Berklund kept it steady and came down for 23rd with a combined time of 57.89. The next 3 placings for the boys were because of hikes either in their first run or second run, but it is better to hike and finish than to DNF! So the boys tough it out for team standings and Jackson comes in 34th with a combined time of 67.06, Ben Momber 40th with 82.24, Chris Smith 41 with 94.34. Alex Harris DQ'd on his second run.

2/05/02 will be the make-up race against Glen Lake at Crystal Mtn, not the originally scheduled Final Conference Meet. Race starts at 5pm. The Onekama hosted Final Conference Race will be held after Regionals.

Good Job for hanging in there for the team, Boys. Congratulations, Girls Team, on 3rd overall. Congratulations on your medals, Ben, Kaylie, and Caitlin!

Benzie 72.5
Manistee 83
ONEKAMA 116
Mt.Pleasant 130
TC Francis/Christian 134
Clare 151
Kalamazoo Hackett 192
Suttons Bay 231.5

Boys 7th overall at the Manistee Invitational

Suttons Bay 69
TC Francis/Christian 109
Mt. Pleasant 122
Clare 129
Benzie 139.5
Kalamazoo Hackett 172.5
ONEKAMA 184
Manistee 204

Racing against Manistee's Jr. Olympian Lyndee Janowiak, didn't intimidate OHS's girls team as they raced on to take the 3rd place over all for the Manistee Invitational. Bringing home medals in Giant Slalom were Kaylie Mathieu with a combined time of 38.59 for 4th place and Caitlin Brooks with her combined time of 38.79 for 8th place! Erica Jach placed 22nd with 40.93, Kelly Hopwood 27th with 41.72. Charlotte Kalbach hung in there and grabbed 31st with her time of 42.70 and Amanda Redder 43rd with a combined time of 64.13. Caitlin Brooks snatched the 4th place Medal in Slalom with a combined time of 55.54. Kaylie Mathieu came in just under the medals for 12th place with 60.53. Kelli Hopwood 17th with 62.36, Charlotte Kalbach 22nd with 65.00,Amanda Redder 40th with 93.81. Erica Jach had the misfortune of DQ'ing.

Coach Mike Waning goes over the days events while waiting for the awards ceremony to start.

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Ski Team Schedule

11/18/01 Onekama Ski Team Trains in Colorado
12/19/01 Schuss Invitational @ Schuss /Time:
01/08/02 *Benzie @ Crystal / 5pm / Onekama Guest
01/19/02 FLushing Invitational @ Crystal /Time:TBA
01/22/02 Cadillac Invitational @ Caberfae /Time:TBA
01/23/02 *Onekama @ Crystal / 5pm Bellaire / Guest
01/29/02 * Suttons Bay @ Sugar Loaf / 5pm / Onekama Guest
02/04/02 Manistee Invitational @ Crystal /Time:TBA
02/05/02 GlenLake @ Crystal / 2:30pm * Onekama
02/14/02 REGIONALS TBD TBD
02/25/02 STATE MEET @ Marquette Mtn?