FVSEF skiers dominate in Big Mountain races
Men’s Podium for Giant Slalom Race on Jan. 7. Colin Harper and Tyler Anderson from FVSEF earned first and second. Ryan Beatty from Big Sky earned third. (Photo courtesy FVSEF)
Over 100 young skiers from throughout Montana, north Idaho and eastern Washington competed at Whitefish Mountain Resort last weekend in the Base Lodge Clinic — Sportsman Ski Haus Northern Division Qualifier. Racers ranging in age from 12 to 15 were entered representing clubs from Anaconda, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula, Red Lodge, Rapid City, SD, Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint, Idaho, Spokane and Newport, Washington, and the Flathead Valley. The three-day race series, held on Hellroaring and Ed’s Run on Chair 2, included a night slalom race under the lights on Friday night and Giant Slalom races on Ed’s Run on Saturday and Sunday. Mother Nature provided a difficult test including soft snow conditions, falling snow and extremely poor visibility — in fact Sunday’s competition was reduced to a single run due to deteriorating visibility. Despite the conditions, skiers from the Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation/Whitefish Mountain Resort fared very well on their home hill. The participants competed in both U14 (age 12 and 13) and U16 (age 14 and 15) age divisions. By the conclusion the final awards ceremony Sunday afternoon, FVSEF skiers had claimed an amazing five of six Top Podium spots and 10 of 18 overall podium spots for the four-day event.
Overall results for FVSEF Skiers included:
Friday, January 5, Slalom
Ladies U-16
Mikaela Daniels, 2nd Place
Ladies U-14
Isabelle Cooke, 3rd Place
Addison Bahr, 12th Place
Tess Lewison, 16th Place
Paetra Cooke 18th Place
Men U-16
Colin Harper, 1st Place
Tyler Anderson, 2nd Place
Ian Calaway, 3rd Place
Henry Spradlin, 10th Place
Cole Paschen, 14th Place
Men U-14
Burke Fox, 2nd Place
Jordon Jurasek, 5th Place
Cale Fox, 7th Place
Carson Keim, 12th Place
Ryder Barinowski, 13th Place
Mason Fauth, 15th Place
Drake Henderson, 17th
Saturday, January 6, Giant Slalom
Ladies U-16
Mikaela Daniels, 1st Place
Ladies U-14
Addison Bahr, 11th Place
Tess Lewison, 14th Place
Paetra Cooke, 18th Place
Men U-16
Colin Harper, 1st Place
Tyler Anderson, 2nd Place
Zane Elliott, 6th Place
Henry Spradlin, 10th Place
Men U-14
Jordon Jurasek, 6th Place
Ryder Barinwoski, 10th Place
Cale Fox, 13th Place
Mason Fauth, 15th Place
Carson Keim, 18th Place
Burke Fox, 19th Place
Wyatt Breck 27th Place
Drake Henderson, 28th Place
Sunday, January 7, Giant Slalom
Ladies U-16
Mikaela Daniels, 1st Place (T)
Stella Eddy, 6th Place
Ladies U-14
Isabelle Cooke, 11th Place
Addison Bahr, 21st Place
Paetra Cooke, 22nd Place
Tess Lewison, 24th Place
Men U-16
Colin Harper, 1st Place
Tyler Anderson, 2nd Place
Ian Calaway, 4th Place
Zane Elliott, 8th Place
Cole Paschen, 15th Place
Henry Spradlin, 17th Place
Men U-14
Ian Calaway, 3rd Place
William Lewison, 4th Place