Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
donating to st. olaf skiing
Dear Olaf Ski Team Community,
Ole Alpine Skiing has made it to Nationals in Sunday River, Maine! You all have created a great history for St. Olaf Alpine Skiing, and we are very excited to carry the tradition forward.
As you know, these trips can become very expensive and our budget is limited. In thinking about your upcoming donations, we'd like to offer you some ideas for specific things that we pay for while away at Nationals each year, so as to let you to know exactly how helpful your money is when you donate.
One gate: $40
A lift-ticket pass for one day for one racer: $45
Credentials for one racer for the week: $300
Renting a van for the week: $1,000
Our hope in offering you this information is to give you a better idea of where your money is going if you are already giving, or give you something to aim for if you plan on giving. To give, go to https://www.stolaf.edu/giving/giftform/ and specify "Alpine Skiing" in the 'Comments and Special Instructions' box.
We appreciate all of the support we get from you in this community. Thank you again!
Love,
St. Olaf Alpine
Ole Alpine Skiing has made it to Nationals in Sunday River, Maine! You all have created a great history for St. Olaf Alpine Skiing, and we are very excited to carry the tradition forward.
As you know, these trips can become very expensive and our budget is limited. In thinking about your upcoming donations, we'd like to offer you some ideas for specific things that we pay for while away at Nationals each year, so as to let you to know exactly how helpful your money is when you donate.
One gate: $40
A lift-ticket pass for one day for one racer: $45
Credentials for one racer for the week: $300
Renting a van for the week: $1,000
Our hope in offering you this information is to give you a better idea of where your money is going if you are already giving, or give you something to aim for if you plan on giving. To give, go to https://www.stolaf.edu/giving/giftform/ and specify "Alpine Skiing" in the 'Comments and Special Instructions' box.
We appreciate all of the support we get from you in this community. Thank you again!
Love,
St. Olaf Alpine
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
2010 Regional Champions
Congratulations to Ole Alpine and their victory this weekend at the MCSA Regional Championship race at Marquette Mountain in Marquette, Michigan!!
Both the men's and women's teams won the race, and will go on to compete at the USCSA National Championship in Sunday River, Maine, March 3-6. Outstanding performances by many put us ahead of the other 20 teams in both the slalom and giant slalom competitions.
Women's Slalom:
2. Genette Sekse
3. Alex Anderson
4. Laurie Taschler
9. Laura Mansell
16. Kathleen Stefely
40. Kayla Johnson
Men's Slalom:
3. Jeff Stamp
5. Nate Hansen
12. Max Lund
13. Joe Masciopinto
28. Gordon Finnegan
Women's GS:
1. Genette Sekse
4. Alex Anderson
7. Kayla Johnson
8. Laurie Taschler
11. Laura Mansell
27. Kathleen Stefely
Men's GS: (SWEEPING THE PODIUM!!)
1. Nick Stang
2. Max Lund
3. Jeff Stamp
14. Nate Hansen
18. Joe Masciopinto
25. Gordon Finnegan
28. Connor Johnson
The team is very excited about the victory, and we are already looking forward to competing at Nationals in just a few weeks. It should be a great chance for our team to show the rest of the country all the talent that is on our team! I think we all have high expectations for ourselves. We know we should be able to put up a pretty good fight!
Aside from the racing, we enjoyed attending the annual "MCSA banquet and award ceremony" on Saturday with the other teams. The girls' team dressed in an "animal" theme, while Jeff Stamp went as a "red man," Max Lund looked a bit like a high school tool, and the three freshmen went as some kind of Mexican brigade (to give you an idea of costumes). It was an eventful, entertaining event...as usual.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Favorite Memory?
Ski Team Members, Alumni, and Parents:
What is your favorite/funniest experience with the Alpine Ski Team???? Post your story in the comments!
What is your favorite/funniest experience with the Alpine Ski Team???? Post your story in the comments!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Interim Break--Loveland, Colorado
The team arrived back to campus safely Monday morning, just in time for class. One van with one unnamed driver took a "short cut" through Kansas City. "We wanted to take in the sights...check another state off the list," the driver explained when they realized they had driven about 3 hours out of the way. But not to worry, this van made the most of their experience, taking in the sites, and even avoiding some of the snowstorm along the way. Max Lund chanted, "TO OLD MAIN," for the last 3 hours of the trip, wanting so badly to make it to his first 8am Spanish class of the second semester. Not to worry...he did.
The freshmen were all participating in the tradition of the Tight Flight. One where all of the freshmen on the team are "strongly encouraged" to wear their GS suits on the ride home. Rules being they must 1) wear it the entire way, 2) accept any ridicule given by gas station workers or restaurant waiters (not to mention teammates), 3) keep it zipped up. The tradition has been kept alive for years now.
To the right is Joe Masciopinto, Alex Anderson, and Nate Hansen (left to right in GS suits) at Subway in Kansas. The Subway employees were so excited when Nate asked to have their photo taken with them that they wrote down their names and asked to be tagged on facebook. Famous.
To the left, Gordon Finnegan at a Subway/Gas station in the middle of Nebraska. This is before (or after) two gas-station-going-ladies told him he was "so cute!" and that they wished they could "take him home with them."
But even before we got to the ride home, we skied. Three full days of training, three days of racing for some, two for others, and some "steezing" and shredding of the gnar. Joe Paul, a coach from Afton who helped us out for the week, set some great courses and worked closely with all of us. We were able to get in a bunch of good training. Everyone felt like they improved quite a bit, and have lots of confidence going into the last month and a half of our season.
The group that traveled to Taos, New Mexico for the FIS-U race had a great experience. We learned a lot from watching these amazing athletes, and ripped through the rutts that accumulated at the back of the pack. Here are a couple of pictures from our time there...
The hill.
Max Lund.
Jeff Stamp. Kayla Johnson.
Genette Sekse. Joe Paul. Nick Stang.
Back at the USCSA race at Loveland, St. Olaf represented! A two day slalom race allowed us to hone in on our midwest specialty. Nate Hansen had a top ten finish on Saturday, and Genette Sekse a top five finish on Sunday. We enjoyed competing in a new field, and were pushed hard on the ice-injected hill and tough courses. The girls' team (sans Alex) celebrating a week's success both on and off the hill is captured below...
We appreciated the visits from 2009 alum Calista Anderson, who is currently living in Breckenridge, Colorado. The team loved being reunited with Cal, and learning all about her new park-going, steezing, tricky ways.
The team continues to get closer and closer both on and off the hill. We're spending this week preparing for Regionals next weekend at Marquette. The top two teams will continue on to Nationals at Sunday River, Maine the first week in March. We'll keep you posted on our results. Thanks for your continued support!
The freshmen were all participating in the tradition of the Tight Flight. One where all of the freshmen on the team are "strongly encouraged" to wear their GS suits on the ride home. Rules being they must 1) wear it the entire way, 2) accept any ridicule given by gas station workers or restaurant waiters (not to mention teammates), 3) keep it zipped up. The tradition has been kept alive for years now.
To the right is Joe Masciopinto, Alex Anderson, and Nate Hansen (left to right in GS suits) at Subway in Kansas. The Subway employees were so excited when Nate asked to have their photo taken with them that they wrote down their names and asked to be tagged on facebook. Famous.
To the left, Gordon Finnegan at a Subway/Gas station in the middle of Nebraska. This is before (or after) two gas-station-going-ladies told him he was "so cute!" and that they wished they could "take him home with them."
But even before we got to the ride home, we skied. Three full days of training, three days of racing for some, two for others, and some "steezing" and shredding of the gnar. Joe Paul, a coach from Afton who helped us out for the week, set some great courses and worked closely with all of us. We were able to get in a bunch of good training. Everyone felt like they improved quite a bit, and have lots of confidence going into the last month and a half of our season.
The group that traveled to Taos, New Mexico for the FIS-U race had a great experience. We learned a lot from watching these amazing athletes, and ripped through the rutts that accumulated at the back of the pack. Here are a couple of pictures from our time there...
The hill.
Max Lund.
Jeff Stamp. Kayla Johnson.
Genette Sekse. Joe Paul. Nick Stang.
Back at the USCSA race at Loveland, St. Olaf represented! A two day slalom race allowed us to hone in on our midwest specialty. Nate Hansen had a top ten finish on Saturday, and Genette Sekse a top five finish on Sunday. We enjoyed competing in a new field, and were pushed hard on the ice-injected hill and tough courses. The girls' team (sans Alex) celebrating a week's success both on and off the hill is captured below...
We appreciated the visits from 2009 alum Calista Anderson, who is currently living in Breckenridge, Colorado. The team loved being reunited with Cal, and learning all about her new park-going, steezing, tricky ways.
The team continues to get closer and closer both on and off the hill. We're spending this week preparing for Regionals next weekend at Marquette. The top two teams will continue on to Nationals at Sunday River, Maine the first week in March. We'll keep you posted on our results. Thanks for your continued support!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Where are the Oles today?
Sorry for the lack of information lately...
The Olaf ski team is currently racing, training, and learning too much about one another in Loveland, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico. Our team, as well as Coach Joe Paul, drove out to Loveland early Monday morning for a week long training camp over our interim break. We spent 3 days training at Loveland. The boys team took over the Stamps' cabin for the week (THANK YOU to the Stamps!), and the girls are staying close by. We've talked regularly about how lucky we are to be here and how much fun we are having. So thanks!
Max Lund, Nick Stang, Jeff Stamp, Kayla Johnson and Genette Sekse left Thursday afternoon for Taos, New Mexico to race in the FIS-U.
The rest of the team spent the day free-skiing in some new powder back at Loveland. Word is that 3 un-named female racers had to sweet-talk their way out of getting their tickets pulled after sneaking onto a roped off run. When asked what they were doing, they reported they were "shredding too hard." These 8 racers will race in the USCSA Loveland race tomorrow, and the Taos racers will join them for the race on Sunday.
More interim break stories and results to come when we get home on Monday...
The Olaf ski team is currently racing, training, and learning too much about one another in Loveland, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico. Our team, as well as Coach Joe Paul, drove out to Loveland early Monday morning for a week long training camp over our interim break. We spent 3 days training at Loveland. The boys team took over the Stamps' cabin for the week (THANK YOU to the Stamps!), and the girls are staying close by. We've talked regularly about how lucky we are to be here and how much fun we are having. So thanks!
Max Lund, Nick Stang, Jeff Stamp, Kayla Johnson and Genette Sekse left Thursday afternoon for Taos, New Mexico to race in the FIS-U.
The rest of the team spent the day free-skiing in some new powder back at Loveland. Word is that 3 un-named female racers had to sweet-talk their way out of getting their tickets pulled after sneaking onto a roped off run. When asked what they were doing, they reported they were "shredding too hard." These 8 racers will race in the USCSA Loveland race tomorrow, and the Taos racers will join them for the race on Sunday.
More interim break stories and results to come when we get home on Monday...
Divisionals--Giants Ridge
The Oles took home the Governors' Cup last weekend at Giants "Fridge" in Biwabik, MN. It was a weekend full of good skiing, sunny weather, and team bonding. Fans may report an on-hill all-team snowball fight/wrestling match which ended in two bloody noses...sorry Joe.
In slalom on Saturday, the girls took 4 of the top 5 spots, beating the second place team by close to 10 seconds. The men took 3 of the top five spots, beating the second place team by close to 5 seconds.
Women's Slalom:
2 Genette Sekse
3 Kayla Johnson
4 Alex Anderson
5 Laurie Taschler
12 Laura Mansell
Men's Slalom:
1 Max Lund
2 Nick Stang
4 Jeff Stamp
9 Nate Hansen
19 Gordon Finnegan
25 Connor Johnson
78 Paul Ranum
In Sunday's GS, men and women took home the win as well, with Jeff Stamp earning his first gold medal in GS!
Women's GS:
2 Genette Sekse
5 Alex Anderson
6 Kayla Johnson
10 Laurie Taschler
16 Laura Mansell
20 Kathleen Stefely
Men's GS:
1 Jeff Stamp
4 Max Lund
5 Nate Hansen
7 Nick Stang
23 Joe Masciopinto
26 Gordon Finnegan
28 Connor Johnson
For more info on results, check out live-timing.com
In slalom on Saturday, the girls took 4 of the top 5 spots, beating the second place team by close to 10 seconds. The men took 3 of the top five spots, beating the second place team by close to 5 seconds.
Women's Slalom:
2 Genette Sekse
3 Kayla Johnson
4 Alex Anderson
5 Laurie Taschler
12 Laura Mansell
Men's Slalom:
1 Max Lund
2 Nick Stang
4 Jeff Stamp
9 Nate Hansen
19 Gordon Finnegan
25 Connor Johnson
78 Paul Ranum
In Sunday's GS, men and women took home the win as well, with Jeff Stamp earning his first gold medal in GS!
Women's GS:
2 Genette Sekse
5 Alex Anderson
6 Kayla Johnson
10 Laurie Taschler
16 Laura Mansell
20 Kathleen Stefely
Men's GS:
1 Jeff Stamp
4 Max Lund
5 Nate Hansen
7 Nick Stang
23 Joe Masciopinto
26 Gordon Finnegan
28 Connor Johnson
For more info on results, check out live-timing.com
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