FVSEF skiers claim podium spots
Ryder Elliott sets the pace while forerunning then Giant Slalom Race on Sunday, Jan. 15. (Photo courtesy Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation)
Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation had skiers claim 14 podium spots over four days of races at Whitefish Mountain Resort in the Base Lodge Clinic-Sportsman Ski Haus Northern Division Qualifier Series.
Tyler Anderson was a first-place finisher in the slalom, and Burke Fox and Colter Upton both won giant slalom races. All three skiers are members of the Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation (FVSEF).
Anderson was also second in the giant slalom.
FVSEF’s Cale Fox, slalom, Chase Sabin, slalom and giant slalom, earned second. Marina Kramer also earned second in giant slalom.
More than 90 skiers, ranging in age from 12-21, competed from Anaconda, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Red Lodge and the Flathead Valley.
Skiers competed in five different age divisions — U-14, U-16, U-19, U21 and SR.
The race series wrapped up Jan. 16 and was held on Ed’s Run and Nice Day Run on Chair Two.
United States Ski Association
Northern Division Qualifier
Whitefish Mountain Resort
Results for FVSEF skiers included
Jan. 13
Slalom
Ladies U-14
3. Marina Kramer
Men U-14
2. Cale Fox
3. Cole Paschen
Men U-16
5. Ian Calaway
7. William Lewison
8. Colter Upton
Jan. 14
Slalom
Ladies U-14
4. Marina Kramer
Men U-14
1. Tyler Anderson
2. Chase Sabin
3. Zane Elliott
6. Henry Spradlin
7. Cole Paschen
8. Henry Smith
10. Cale Fox
11. Will Peppmeier
Men U-16
3. Ian Calaway
5. William Lewison
11. Colter Upton
Men U-19
15. Logan Smith
Jan. 15
Giant Slalom
Ladies U-14
4. Marina Kramer
Men U-14
2. Tyler Anderson
3. Burke Fox
5. Henry Spradlin
6. Chase Sabin
7. Cole Paschen
9. Mason Fauth
10. Henry Smith
12. Cale Fox
13. Will Peppmeier
Men U-16
3. Ian Calaway
4. William Lewison
Men U-19
10. Logan Smith
Jan. 16
Giant Slalom
Ladies U-14
2. Marina Kramer
3. Petra Cooke
Men U-14
1. Burke Fox
2. Chase Sabin
4. Cole Paschen
5. Henry Spradlin
7. Mason Fauth
8. Cale Fox
Men U-16
1. Colter Upton
4. Ian Calaway
8. William Lewison
Men U-19
10. Logan Smith