Race Results

 

Saturday, March 24, 2012

J4 Boys

1^st- Trevor Powell, DRRT
2^nd- Gennady Sytnik, BVSEF
3^rd- Nick Pastenieks, DRSC
4^th- Timothy Bender, CPST
5^th- Christian Davidson, BVSEF
6^th- Reaves Forrest, CPST
7^th- Michael Fellows, BVSEF
8^th- Chase Crider, CPST
9^th- Joshua Selig, DRRT
10^th- Scott Bell, CPST

J4 Girls-

1^st- Caroline Cole, CPST
2^nd- Liberty Rimmer, DRRT
3^rd- Gabrielle Salinas, CPST
4^th- Mckenzie Gast, DRRT
5^th- Kaylee McClenahan, DRRT
6^th- Daria Dragicevic, DRRT
7^th- Sydney Cave, DRRT
8^th- Robbie Munk, DRRT
9^th- Lacey Clark, CPST
10^th- Sophia Kline, DRRT

DNF- Abby Youngblood, BVSEF

J5 Boys

1^st- Reagan Wallis, DRRT
2^nd- Stash Perry, DRRT
3^rd- Joshua Salinas, CPST
4^th- Sawyer Alford, BVSEF
5^th- Danny Kelsay, DRRT
6^th- Evan Lear, DRRT
7^th- Luca Krueger, DRRT
8^th- Jake Kalia, DRRT Adam Sundberg, CPST
9^th- Ethan Perry, DRRT
10^th- Danny Youngblood, BVSEF

J5 Girls

1^st- Michelle Morozinski, BVSEF
2^nd- Cassia Garrett, CPST
3^rd- Viktoria Sundberg, CPST
4^th- Ava Law- DRRT
5th- Evin Haworth, CPST
6^th- Jensen Perry, DRRT
7^th- Kaylin Farmer, CPST
8^th- Lucy Guo
9th- Sarah Bruno, DRRT
10^th- Regan Jackson, CPST

J6 Boys

1st- Seth Kalia, DRRT
2nd- Varun Suklikar, DRRT
3^rd- Josh Kalia, DRRT
4^th-Etienne Dollar, BVSEF
5^th- Adam Sundberg, CPST
6^th- Grant Selig, DRRT
7^th- Owen Bartholow, DRRT
8^th- Tej Suklikar, DRRT
9^th- Jake Shawkey, BVSEF
10^th- Robert Farmer, CPST

J6 Girls

1st- Victoria Gast, DRRT
2nd- Annika Vaughn, DRRT
3^rd- Riley Booth, DRRT
4^th- Alexis Ghiglier, DRRT
5^th- Josie Waltner, YWC
6^th- Megan Slater, DRRT
7^th- Sarah Cole, CPST
8^th-Adalie Waltner, YWC
9^th- Elianna Dollar, BVSEF
10^th- Katherine Guo, DRRT

Sunday, March 25, 2012

J4 Boys

1st- Timothy Bender, CPST
2nd- Trevor Powell, DRRT
3^rd- Gennady Sytnik, BVSEF
4^th- Reaves Forrest, CPST
5^th- Michael Fellows, BVSEF
6^th- Chase Crider, CPST
7^th- Joshua Selig, DRRT
DNF – Christian Davidson, BVSEF

J4 Girls

1st- Caroline Cole, CPST
2nd- Libby Rimmer, DRRT
3^rd- Abby Youngblood, BVSEF
4^th- Mckenzie Gast, DRRT
5^th- Kaylee McClenahan, DRRT
6^th- Gabrielle Salinas, CPST
7^th-  Sydney Cave, DRRT
8^th- Robbie Munk, DRRT Lacey Clark, CPST
9^th- Alice Horton, DRRT
10^th- Daria Dragicevic, DRRT

J5 Boys

1st- Sawyer Alford, BVSEF
2nd- Reagan Wallis, DRRT
3^rd- Luca Krueger, DRRT
4^th- Danny Kelsay, DRRT
5^th- Jake Kalia, DRRT
6^th- Evan Lear, DRRT
7^th- Bennett Liu, DRRT
8^th- Danny Youngblood, BVSEF
9^th-  Jett Sumunaci, DRRT
10^th- Mason Haworth, CPST

J5 Girls

1st- Michelle Morozinski, BVSEF
2nd- Cassia Garrett, CPST
3^rd- Viktoria Sundberg, CPST
4^th- Ava Law, DRRT
5^th- Jensen Perry, DRRT Elizabeth Gammariello, CPST
6^th- Evin Haworth, CPST
7^th- Kaylin Farmer, CPST Sarah Bruno, DRRT
8^th- Lucy Guo, DRRT
9^th- Viktoria Gast, DRRT
10^th- Regan Jackson, CPST

J6 Boys

1st- Seth Kalia, DRRT
2nd- Carson Parco, BVSEF
3^rd- Robert Farmer, CPST
4^th- Etienne Dollar, BVSEF
5^th- Adam Sundberg, CPST
6^th- Grant Selig, DRRT
7^th- Tej Suklikar, DRRT
8^th- Jake Shawkey, BVSEF
9^th- Owen Bartholow, DRRT

J6 Girls

1st- Annika Vaughn, DRRT
2nd- Josie Waltner, YWC
3^rd- Alexis Ghiglier, DRRT
4^th- Sarah Bruno, DRRT
5^th- Riley Booth, DRRT
6^th- Sarah Cole, CPST
7^th- Kelsey Burr, DRRT
8^th- Elianna Dollar, BVSEF
9^th- Katherine Guo, DRRT
10^th- Natasha Salinas, CPST

 

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Bear Valley Racers Dominate Top Spot On China Peak Podium

Dodge Ridge Holds On To Central Series Lead

by Warren Alford

Huntington Lake, CA- The China Peak Ski Team hosted the second race of the FarWest Central Series over the March 3-4 weekend and used the home court to their advantage, winning the most points and moving ahead of Bear Valley into second place in the division. Dodge Ridge held on to a slim lead in the overall race for the season title and the coveted “Rasmussen Cup” that is awarded to the highest scoring team at the end of the season. Unofficial point totals are listed below.

J4 Boys

Bear Valley’s Gennady Sytnik had the fastest times both Saturday and Sunday to remain unbeaten in the category this season. Christian Davidson was in the third spot Saturday and had one of the more dramatic ski pre-releases in recent memory on Sunday with his ski arcing so much the binding opened like a trap and launched him.

Michael Fellows was fourth on Saturday but along with Christian, DNF’d on Sunday. John McGrory was talking his way through the course on Saturday, finishing 8^th after getting bucked off at the mid-course bump but came back with a 3^rd place finish Sunday.

Max Wu had a difficult 1^st run Saturday, but a top 10 second run then had a good first run Sunday before a pre-race injury from a collision with a teammate (ok, it was Sawyer) forced him out of the competition.
Team Totals: BV- 92; CP- 84; DR- 13; YWC- 0

J4 Girls

Abby Youngblood (BV) rebounded from a challenging run Saturday wearing borrowed ski boots (certain SUR Award nomination) to win on Sunday laying down the two fastest times and a 4 second advantage over the next fastest racer.

Sarah Pye finished both days unlike a number of other racers and was 17^th on Saturday and 14^th Sunday.
Team Totals: DR- 90; CP- 69; BV- 38; YWC: 0

J5 Boys

Danny Youngblood DQ’d Saturday but grabbed the 5 spot on Sunday with two strong runs Sunday. Sawyer Alford hiked twice in the first run Saturday leaving himself over 20 seconds to make up but managed a 14^th place finish with the second fastest second run. He DNF’d Sunday.
Carson Parco moved up from the J6s for BV into the 9^th place scoring badly needed points for the team on Saturday.
Team Totals: DR- 117; CP- 61; BV- 21; YWC: 0

 

 

 

 

J5 Girls

Bear Valley’s Michelle Morozinski extended her unbeaten streak this season even though this remains the most competitive category in the Central Series.

Diana McGrory “skied up” into the J5s on Sunday with a 9^th place finish.
Team Totals: CP- 94; DR- 57; BV- 57; YWC: 2

J6/J7Boys

Carson Parco, threw a 360 in the middle of the run Sunday and still managed a top ten finish in the category. 1^st year 6, Etienne Dollar DQ’d Saturday but grabbed the 8^th spot Sunday. 1^st year J6 Jake Shawkey was 6^th on Sunday after taking a short stroll to end up out of the top 10 on Saturday.

J6 Girls

Diana McGrory was 6^th on Saturday while Elianna Dollar, two years younger than any other racer on the circuit, finished 9^th on Saturday and 10^th on Sunday.

Rasmussen Cup Team Totals:
Dodge Ridge- 581
China Peak- 561
Bear Valley- 467
Yosemite- 41

*All results are unofficial

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Bear Valley’s J3s compete in the Jr. Championship Qualifier at Diamond Peak

This season has been anything but normal for the J3 racers.  Not a single race has been conducted as schedule due the snow and weather conditions. The Wild West Series GS Jr. Championship Qualifier was no exception. Originally scheduled to be held at Squaw Valley, the race was moved to Diamond Peak because of snow conditions.

Bear Valley J3 racers Kyle Voigtlander, Nolan Johnson, Matthew Smith and Dominic Graziani made the trek to Incline Village to compete the best from the Far West.

On Friday, Dominic put together two good runs to place 24th, Matt and Kyle finished 49th and 50th respectively. Nolan gave it his all but crashed in his second run and put the B netting to the test.Former BV team members Karl Avrvidsson and Jordan Cashman also were DNF with Cooper White placing 28th.

On Saturday,our top finisher was Nolan coming in at 42nd followed by Dominic in 54th. Matt came in at 67th followed by Kyle in 70th. Jordan Cashman came in 6th with Karl Arvidsson hot on his heels in 7th. Cooper put in a solid performance in 37th.

Wrapping up the 3 day event on Sunday, Bear Valley’s top finisher was Nolan Johnson in at 32nd. Matthew Smith was 53rd and Kyle was 57th. Dominic was a DNF on his first run. Based on the excellent training foundation from BV, our former team members dominated the podium on Sunday with Karl taking first place and Jordan in second place. Cooper finished 37th on Sunday.

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Rasmussen Classic SL Race Results

The opening race of the Central Series, the “Rasmussen Classic Slalom” ran under crisp, clear skies concluding a successful opening weekend of competitive skiing in the central Sierra. Teams from China Peak (formerly Sierra Summit), Dodge Ridge, Badger Pass and Bear Valley converged on the slopes at Bear Valley Mountain to begin the dash for the “Rasmussen Cup”, the prize awarded to the best team overall at the conclusion of the season.

In J4 Boys Gennedy Sytnik finished first on both days with Christian Davidson in second and John McGrory in 4th on Saturday and John McGrory taking 2nd on Sunday.

For the J4 Girls, Abby Youngblood swept the first place podium with a commanding lead both days.

In J5 Boys, the BV ceded the podium spots on Saturday to quick racers Regan Wallis and Evan Lear from Dodge Ridge and Joshua Salinas from China Peak. On Sunday, Sawyer Alford nabbed 1st place with Danny Youngblood coming in 4th.

The J5 Girls from BV were also kept off the podium on Saturday but Sofia Graziani put in a strong showing in 4th place. But on Sunday, Michelle Morozinski, ripped into 1st place.

For the J3 Boys in a non-scored race, Dominic Graziani, Matt Smith and Kyle Voigtlander took 1st, 3rd and 4th. On Sunday, the same trio took 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

A new perpetual trophy has been created for this race to both honor the Rasmussen ski-racing legacy and establish a new tradition at the Rasmussen Classic Slalom race. This award, tentatively called the “Brass Bell”, will be given to the Central Series’ J4 boy and girl with the fastest combined times from both races. The first winners of the Brass Bell were Bear Valley’s Abby Youngblood and Gennady Sytnik who were presented with an engraved brass cowbell, a nod to both the cowbell’s iconic status cheering in ski racing and to pay homage to the ranching history of the Rasmussen family who continue the tradition today.