January 5, 2005

Crystal Mountain

The lady Portagers placed 4th in Slalom with 48 points. Dani Olson led the team with her 5th place finish and times of :25.04 and :25.54. Erika Jach slid into 10th place with :27.38 and :27.24 and Monika Higley finished in 16th position with :29.27 and :29.46. Brethren's Emily Harwell racing for OHS came in for 17th place with her first run of :29.92. Emily shaved some time off her second run coming in with :28.96. Kelli Waligorski placed 22nd with a first run of :36.34 and taking off more time, she nailed :34.44 for her second run.

Girls GS

Dani Olson led the girls team with her 6th place finish in Giant Slalom with runs of :23.46 and :23.87. Erika Jach finished 13th with :24.45 and :24.81 and Monika Higley placed 18th with :25.27 and :25.54. Emily Harwell had runs of :26.22 and :26.56 for 20th and Kelli Waligorksi placed 22nd with :29.83 and :28.70.

Boys GS

Jackson Carter placed 6th with his runs of :21.60 and :21.53. Brethren's Garret Samsal racing for OHS placed 21st with runs of :24.55 and :24.81. Jesse Ketchum also of Brethren finished 25th with :26.68 and :27.56. Coming in 26th was BJ Jobbins another of our Brethren members with his runs of :27.67 and :27.88. David Fisher finished 29th after a little bit of trouble on his first run giving him a time of:46.35. He redeemed himself nicely on his second run with a time of 24.09. Chris Smith had a nice first run of:21.85, but on his second run one of his skis left his boot giving him a DNF.

Boys Slalom

The Boys team finished in 4th place in slalom tonight. Jackson Carter placed 5th with runs of :21.98 and :22.02. Chris Smith slid into 12th place. Chris's times were:23.89 and :23.93. David Fisher placed 17th with his runs of :27.14 and :24.99. Jesse Ketchum placed 26th with :30.31 and :30.23 and Garret Samsal finished 29th with :39.32 and :27.89. BJ Jobbins had the misfortune of DQ'ing.

Thanks to our reporter Gwen Smith and photographer Vicki Waligorski

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