Highlights for Mammoth Mountain Teams January 24-31

Pictured: Kevin Wolfe, representing Mammoth High School had a double win in both high school ski races./

Courtesy of Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation

Photos: Susan Morning/MMCF

 

January 24-25, 2013_Hole Shot Tour-Copper Mountain Resort

Mammoth Ski Team’s Madeline Riffel took a pair of bronze medals during the first of three events in the Hole Shot Tour. The Hole Shot Cross Tour is a competition designed to bridge the gap between grassroots and world cup level for Snowboardcross and Skicross. The event also brings together athletes across the country to identify the top juniors in the country. Athletes 15 (SBX)/ 16 (SX) and older compete together in an open-class style event. The top juniors will be named to U.S. Snowboarding’s and U.S. Freeskiing Project Gold, a group of the top development athletes in the country who will train together in the summer and are invited to other select projects. Athletes also qualify for Junior World Championships and World Cup events from the Hole Shot Tour.

 

January 25, 2013_Mammoth High School Ski & Snowboard Teams Carve Their Way to Victory in Races #3 and #4

Once again, athletes from Mammoth High School swept the top of the podium across all events last Friday! While Fleur Connolly warmed-up the women’s snowboarding field with a win of over a second in the third race of the season, she finished the fourth race with a combined finish that was nearly 9 seconds ahead of the rest of the women. Devin Tubbs also completed his day with a double win in the men’s snowboarding races, while Sierra Gilfoy and Kevin Wolfe also each walked away with a double win in both ski races.  Ski coach Jimmy Morning said, “I am really pleased with our athletes. I think a great girls and boys team has been put together this season.” Snowboard coach Emma Romo said, “I am really excited to see how our team does at State Championships in March.”For more results: www.facebook.com/MammothMountainCommunityFoundation

Text courtesy of: Janine Porges, MHS Alpine Director

 

January 25, 2013_CNISSF Tahoe Donner XC Freestyle

Mammoth Middle School and Mammoth High School sent a total of 25 athletes to the CNISSF Tahoe Donner XC Freestyle race, Friday, January 25. The Mammoth contingent competed against 250 other students from northern California schools.

Coach Lauren Oxfords pointed out that, “Mammoth XC ski racers managed to perform beautifully despite the rain, a slushy race course, & dense race traffic. These racers are dedicated and it shows in their racing.”

Mammoth Middle School Top 15_Trace Calvin 5^th; Connor Kusumoto 6^th; Jared Mahler 12^th; Harrison Manzano 15^th

Mammoth High School Top 15_ Amanda Kirkeby 4^th; Patty Hensley 12th

For more results: http://farwestnordic.org/raceresults/results20122013/cnissf1213/txc_cnissf-freestyle13.html

January 26, 2013_USASA Rail Jam at Winter X Games 17

Mammoth Mountain Snowboard & Freeski Teams athletes, Jed Sky SNB, Greydin McCalla SNB and Carly Margulies SKI traveled to Aspen to compete in the 2013 USASA Rail Jam at Winter X Games 17. Ben Wisner, Director Mammoth Mountain Snowboard & Freeski Teams, explained that the athletes “were all in a USASA event on the X Games course, it is not a actual X Games event but one the qualified to enter through the Unbound Series at Mammoth.” “It was a great trip with all the athletes representing well with the boys just missing finals and Carly placed 4th in women’s ski. The course was exactly the same as the pros at X Games ride and was extremely technical. I was proud of how they all stepped up to the challenge,” reported Wisner.

 

January 26, 2013_USASA Slopestyle

Seventy-five competitors took park in the USASA Slopestyle event held on Saturday, Jan. 26. Listed are the first place youth winners: Ruggie Boys (7 & under) 1 John Connolly (#37) Mammoth Lakes, CA; Grommet Girls (8-9) 1 Tessa Maud (#19) Carlsbad, CA; Grommet Boys (8-9) 1 Evan Langston (#125) Mammoth Lakes,CA; Menehune Girls (10-11)  1 Taylor Morgan (#5) June Lake, CA; Menehune Boys (10-11) 1 Justus \”Judd\” Henkes V (#657) San Diego, CA; Skier Boys (10-12) 1 Aaron Durlester (#88) Woodland Hills, CA; Breaker Girls (12-13) 1 Kai Shafer (#148) Trabuco Canyon, CA; Breaker Boys (12-13) 1 Carson Dohan (#76) Malibu, CA; Skier Men (13-15) 1 Peter Hensley (#142) Mammoth Lk., CA;Youth Women (14-15) 1                 Jordyn Nowakowski (#50) San Diego, CA; Youth Men (14-15) 1 Jordan (JJ) Rayward (#117); Junior Men (16-17) 1 Connor Albright (#134) Redondo Beach, CA

For additional winners please go to: http://www.usasa.org/images/stories/results/2013/R13%20C201326_Results.pdf

 

January 26, 2013_MMCF Academic Elite Team 2013

Executive Director of the Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation, Stacy Corless, recently announced the 2013 Academic Elite Team. Academic Elite Team status is given to Mammoth Teams athletes in grade 5 and up with a grade point average of 3.5 and higher. 111 student athletes were presented with the award, for which they had to apply and write an essay that explored how they balance snow sports and academics. Peter Hensley, free ski, Mammoth Middle School wrote, ”I don’t only work hard on the slopes, but I have maintained a 4.0 GPA for the past couple of years in middle school and I also love learning just as much as skiing so I guess you could call me the kid with a Ph.D. in ski.”

A full list of recipients can be found at: www.facebook.com/MammothMountainCommunityFoundation

 

January 26, 2013_A Team Awards-Achievement, Athletics, Attitude

Mammoth Team coaches presented A Team awards to a number of outstanding athletes on Saturday, Jan. 26.Athletes are nominated for this award by their coaches for demonstrating performance above and beyond normalefforts. An A Team athlete exceeds the goals set in an environment of high expectations. They may achieve a significant result in competition, or they may make a major personal breakthrough in their training on the mountain. Recognition is performance based. A Team athletes are chosen monthly from December through March, and honored at an awards ceremony. Those receiving awards are as follows:

MES Team-ski _Mert Morgan; MHS Team-SNB_Kenny Schreiber; MHS Team-ski_Rebecca Albright; MMS Team-SNB_Maya Tubbs, Kristian Martin; Free Ski_Neal Solorio; SNB Jr. Elite_Brandon Davis; SNB Jr._Trent Wallentine; SNB Mini_Lilly Henkes; SNB-D_Charlie Gray, Kurt Hoshino; U18/21_Stephine Thompson, Tyler Wormhoudt; U16_Kevin Wolfe, Stephen Stickells; U14_Melanie Moyer; U12_Lance Davenport, Bruno Amon-Franceschi, Sam Beutner, Hallie Clute, Elan Preis, Charlie Regelbrugge, Tommy TeSlaa; U10_Julia Kinney, Chaney Szeto, Laurel Wight, Aidan LeFrancois, Bryn Urdi, Kaelyn Hindshaw, Jordan Whistler, Caitlin Coffman, Jonathan Nachman, Katie McClure, Erica Lynch; All Mtn. Chargers_Solee Scarlet, Asher Green, Finn Huggs, Jack Lampert; Mighty Mites_Kate Allhusen, Siena Beeghly, Noah Gerard, Greg Gazarian; Kathryn Gray, Jenna Lynch; MMS XC_Dominic Manzano; MHS XC_Kathy Kirkeby

 

January 26-27, 2013_U14 North Series GS_Mount Shasta

Twenty-five Mammoth U14 racers competed in the Mount Shasta U14 North Series GS. But one athlete, Ryan Foulke, did double duty. First, Foulke raced in the Inyo/Mono High School event taking two third place finishes on Friday, then he traveled eight hours to race with his MMST teammates at Mt. Shasta on Saturday and Sunday. Eight members of the team took top 15 results including: January 26, 2013

Ladies-Eva Yguico 9^th; Sarah Ellis 15^th; Men- Lachlan Anderson 8^th; Barrett Calvin 9^th; Samuel Richau 11^th; James Gooch 13^th; Erik Eisen 14^th  January 27, 2013 Ladies-Sarah Ellis 9^th; Rylie Whistler 12^th; Eva Yguico 13^th; Men-Samuel Richau 5^th; Barrett Calvin 6^th; Erik Eisen 12^th; James Gooch 14^th

 

 

January 27-30, 2013_SR/U21/U18_Elite FIS Tech_Park City Snowbird

A contingent of seven MMST U18/U21 athletes spent four days racing against some of the best racers in the western region at both Snowbird and Park City, UT. Their results are as follows:

 

Ladies_1/27-28/2013_SL – Snowbird, UT; 1/29-30/2013 GS – Park City, UT

Nakita Norton 35, DNF-1, 50, 42; Danica Hagen 40, 44, 46, DNS; Natalie Riffel 43, 40, 52, 25; Charlie Kelly 57, DNS; DNF-1, 60

Mens_1/27-28/2013_GS – Park City, UT; 1/29-30/2013_SL – Snowbird, UT

Lucas Underkofflfer 38, 50, 53, 49; Tyler Wormhoudt 45, 59, 55, 44; Kirk Carlson DNF-1, DNF-2; DNF-2, 26

 

 

January 28, 2013

Stacey Cook Named to 2013 FIS Alpine Ski World Championship Team

PARK CITY, UT (Jan. 28) – Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) joins Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO), Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) as part of a winning group of 19 athletes named by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to compete in the 2013 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships Feb. 4-17 in Schladming, Austria. The U.S. Ski Team has placed nine different athletes on the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium this winter for a total of 24 top three results, including 15 victories. The Best in the World women’s speed team has placed five different athletes on the World Cup podium this winter including downhill wins by Vonn) and Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, CO) and podiums by Mancuso, Cook and Leanne Smith (N. Conway, NH). Race starters will not be finalized until the Team Captains meeting the evening prior to each event. This is Cook’s fourth time being named to an Alpine Ski World Championship Team.