Mother Nature sent down rain once again on the racers, but the teams didn't let that stop them from enjoying one of the last few races of the season. Ten schools attended this year's Manistee Invitational at Crystal Mt. There were some very tight races between teams as well as individuals today. Onekama/Bear Lake/Brethren boy's placed 7th in GS and 6th in Slalom as a team for 7th over all for the day. The Girls finished 7th in both events for 7th over all for the day.
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Chris Smith led the team with a medal and 9th place with his times of :20.89 and :22.32. Jackson Carter tied for 10.5 place with times of :21.57 and :21.70. David Fisher placed 39th with :23.02 and :23.48, Garret Samsal

43rd with :23.81 and :24.17, Eric Colbrook 50th with his times of :24.71 and :25.23 and Jesse Ketchum 52nd with :25.33 and :24.96. There were 60 boys vying for the top 10 medals .

Boy's Slalom:

Only one run was taken in the slalom event today. Jackson Carter led the team in slalom with his medal finish of 5th place with time of :28.01. Chris Smith placed 19th with :30.24, David Fisher finished with :31.44 for 25th, Garret Samsal placed 37th with a run of :33.14, Jesse Ketchum 49th with :36.50 and Eric Colbrook rounded it off for the team with :37.83 for 52nd.

Girl's Slalom:

The girl's also took only one slalom run today. The ladies placed 7th as a team with 97 points. Dani Olson led the team effort with her run of :29.80 for 11th place. Erica Jach placed 17th with :31.36, Monica Higley 29th with :34.39, Kelli Waligorski 40th for her run of :41.61. Emily Harwell did not finish. There were 51 girls vying for the girls top 10 medals.

Girls Giant Slalom:

Dani Olson was the top OHS/BL/BHS racer in GS today placing 22 with her times of :23.47 and :23.76. Erica Jach placed 30th with :24.80 and :23.71, Monika Higley 33rd with "24.63 and :25.48, Emily Harwell 39th with :25.65 and :26.43. Kelli Waligorski slid into 50th with "30.43 and :31.80.

Boy's:

• 1st Benzie
• 2nd Charlevoix
• 3rd ELk Rapids
• 4th Manistee
• 5th Mt. Pleasant
• 6th TC ST Francis
• 7th Onekama/Bearlake/Brethren
• 8th Harrison
• 9th Kalamazoo Hackett
• 10th Clare

Girls:

• 1st TC St Francis
• 2nd Manistee
• 3rd Mt. Pleasant
• 4th Charlevoix
• 5th Benzie
• 6th Kalamazoo
• 7th Onekama/Bearlake/Brethren
• 8th Clare
• 9th Harrison
• 10th Elk Rapids

The next race for the OHS/BL/BHS teams will be the Bellaire Invitational at Schuss Mt. on 2-10-05.

...Reporter Gwen Smith

(Sorry, no digital photographs tonight due to the rain!)

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