Nine schools from around the state braved the freezing rain today to compete in Manistee's Invitational Ski Meet at Crystal Mt. By noon, reports starting coming in of the various schools that were closing due to the weather.The competition stayed hot with some very fast racers in attendance. Manistee put on a nice race and kept it moving right along.

Boys Final Standings:

  • 1st East Jordan 89 points
  • 2nd Benzie 101.5
  • 3rd TC ST Francis 131.5
  • 4th Mt. Pleasant 145.5
  • 5th Manistee 158.5
  • 6th Suttons Bay 173
  • 7th Onekama 176.5
  • 8th Kalamazoo Hackett CC 200.5
  • 9th Clare 249

Girls Final Standings

  • 1st Benzie 83
  • 2nd TC ST Francis 84
  • 3rd Manistee 110
  • 4th Mt. Pleasant 111
  • 5th East Jordan 153
  • 6th Onekama 182
  • 7th Hackett CC 198
  • 8th Clare 225.5

Manistee Invitational ! 2-3-03

 

Team members react to someone having trouble on the course. The courses got very icy by the end of the day and if the racers did not stay on their edges they were sure to get into trouble at some of the gates.

Onekama Medalists from the Manistee Invitational held at Crystal Mt. on 2-3-03. Wiley Heller and Kaylie Mathieu.

Boys Giant Slalom:

Suttons Bay's Terry McGovern won the boy's GS with a combined time of 35:51. The portager boys placed 7th in GS with Wiley Heller placing 17th with 19:17 and 18:65 for his combined time of 3782. Jackson Carter did a nice job for the team today placing 25th with 19:53 and 19:14 for a combined effort of 38:67. Chris Smith tied Manistee's Danny Kimble for 26.5th place with both boys giving a combined of 38.84. Chris's first run clocked at 19:61 while Kimble's was 19:48. Chris answered that with shaving off more, with a second run of 19:23. Kimble did not succeed in taking off as much as Chris ,giving a second run of 19:36. Thus, when the combineds came in, the boys were tied. Alex Harris had a super 2nd run placing him 34th with his combined time of 40:05. Alex's runs clocked at 20:21 and 19:84 respectively. Garry Honeycutt racing on an injured knee placed 44th with 21:00 and 21:14 for a 42:14 combined effort. Tom Meoak is still out with his knee injury and Stephanie Griffin for the girls team was home ill.

Boys Slalom:

Manistee's Connor Pelton won the boys Slalom with 47:85. The Portagers tied TC ST Francis for 4th place with 74 points giving them 7th place overall for the day. Wiley Heller won the 7th place medal with 25:63 and 25:75 for his combined time of 51:38. Chris Smith finished 12th, just 0:33 out of the medals with 27:33 and 27:16 for a combined of 54:49. Chris's first run placed him in 9th place, but he was not able to shave quite as much off his second run as three of the others did putting him in 12th overall. Jackson Carter clocked at 28:26 and 28:75 for 57:01 and 22nd place, while Alex Harris came in 33rd with 1:02.16 and Garry Honeycutt, with his knee getting worse, finished 49th with 1:27.40.

Frankfort's Charlette (left) and Amanda (right) discuss the relief they felt when they both made nice clean runs down today's icy course as Coach Mathieu keeps a vigilant eye on the next racer on course.

12/5/02-12/10/02 Colorado Keystone
12/13/02-12/15/02
Boyne Race Camp
1/3-4/02
Race @ Crystal Mtn
1/8/02
Race @ Crystal Mtn.
1/17/02
Race @ Crystal Mtn.
1/20/02
Race @ Crystal Mtn. 5 pm
1/21/02
Race @ Caberfae All Day
1/25/02
Flushing Invitational 8:30
1/28/02
Race @ Crystal Mtn. 5pm on Buck
1/30/02
Benzie Invitationa
2/3/03 Manistee Invitational All Day
2/5/03 Race @ Schuss Mtn. 5pm
2/13/03 Regionals @ Crystal Mtn.
2/15/03 Possible trip to Nubs for State finals practice
2/24/02 State Meet @ Nubs Nob All Day
Nov. 4, Dryland Training

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Girls Slalom:

Hackett CC's Jenny Jacobs won the slalom race for today with her combined time of 52:03. Onekama girls placed 7th in slalom with 96points. Kaylie Mathieu won the 10th place medal with her times of 28.09 and 30.76 for a combined time of 58:85. Erica Jach finished 18th with 30.29 and 31.50 for a combined of 1:01.79, Charlette Kalbach 33rd with 1:09.28, Dani Olson 35th with 1:10.61. Amanda Redder placed 38th with her combined time of 1:17.02. Kelly Hopwoods first run gave her a time of 31:03, but she lost a ski mid course ,causing a fall and a DNF.

Girls Giant Slalom:

TC ST Francis's Lauren White won the GS competition with a combined time of 37:11. The Portager girls went on to place 6th in GS with 86 points giving them a final standing of 6th overall for the day. Kaylie Mathieu paced the Portagers with her 12th place finish with her times of 19:55 and 19:19 for a combined time of 38:74. Kelli Hopwood slid into 18th place with a first run of 19:66 and a second run of 19:78 for her combined time of 39:44. Erica Jach tied a Benzie racer with 40:48 for 21.5th place. Erica beat out VanAntwerp on the first run with her time of 20:18 compared to VanAntwerp's time of 20:45. On the second runs for those girls Erica clocked a 20:30 while the Benzie racer got 20:03 thus allowing the tie. Charlette Kalbach also tied with a Clare racer with 43:77 for 34.5th place. Charlette's first run was faster than Wilson with Charlette's clocking at 22:01 compared to 22:15.Wilson was able to shave some time off on the second run allowing the two to tie. Dani Olson raced down for 38th with 44.85 and Amanda Redder placed 43rd with her time of 52:56.

Chris ( by the poles that make an X) in a tuck for his approach to the finish line on his last run on the slalom course.

Jackson Carter in his tuck at the finish line on the Giant Slalom Course.

The next race for the Portagers will be the FINAL CONFERENCE RACE at Schuss Mt. on Wednesday 2-5-03

The Manistee race planners allowed a nice 1 hour break to eat, warm up, rest and plan your strategy for the next events. The kids were all in agreement, the plan will be to go fast and stay up! The parents once again put on a feast for our racers which included a HUGE sub, sloppy joes, peach cobbler and too many things too remember let alone mention!

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