Our team is very excited to introduce you to our very own giving page, right here on this blog! In the upper right hand corner you see a red button that says "Give Now!" Clicking this button will bring you to our team's new fundraising page. We only receive partial funding from the school's general fund, and so we rely on your generous support to build upon our successful tradition. Thanks to you our team continues its legacy of success and we appreciate every dollar you give. Your donations make it possible for senior Laurie Taschler to drive our team to practice in the school's vans every day; to buy new gates after junior Nick Stang breaks 5 each night at pracitce; for each of us to get "a good nights rest" in the hotels each race weekend; and ultimately to participate in and win our races! This new giving page is an attempt to show you just how big of a difference you are making for us. The idea is to give you the opportunity to choose things you'd like to fund. Since this new fundraising site was created by our team, the money you give goes directly to our team! So, thank you!
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
First USCSA Race-- Spirit Mountain; Duluth, MN
We had our first collegiate competition this past weekend up at Spirit Mountain in Duluth, MN. Both the men's and women's teams dominated in both disciplines!
In women's giant slalom on Saturday, freshman Katie Ulvestad (from Stevens Pass, Washington) won by a half second, with sophomore Alex Anderson and veteran captain Laurie Taschler rounding out the winning team with fourth and fifth place finishes, respectively. Newcomers Miranda Ness and Madison McLachlan as well as junior Genette Sekse also placed in the top ten!
Katie Ulvestad completed a perfect opening weekend to her Ole skiing career with a two and a half second win in Sunday's slalom, as well. She was supported by Alex Anderson and Genette Sekse in second and third for an Ole sweep of the women's podium. Freshmen Elke Wood, Madison McLachlan and senior Laura Mansell came in 5th, 6th and 7th. Great starts from some freshmen and some solid performances by the more experienced team members made for a more than satifactory start to the ladies' season.
On the men's side, victories in both the giant slalom and slalom competitions were due in large part to dominating performances from junior captain Nick Stang and a great start to a promising Ole racing career from sophomore transfer Paal Proitz, hailing from Norway. Nick won both disciplines, giant slalom by 3 tenths and slalom by a full 2 seconds, and Paal was runner-up both days. Supporting these two were sophomore Nate Hansen (3rd in GS) and senior captain Jeff Stamp (3rd in slalom). Rounding out the top ten men's performances were Jeff (4th in GS) and freshman Matt Hoffman, getting off to a good start with a 6th place finish in Sunday's slalom.
Besides racing, we enjoyed great dinners at the Masciopinto and Wood households, as well as some R&R at the Edgewater Hotel water park. Stay tuned for more Olaf domination next weekend, when we make the wonderful 8-hour trek to Houghton, MI for our second and final regular season USCSA race before divisionals.
Don't forget that you can check-out live-timing.com on our race days for live results.
Thanks for your continued support!
In women's giant slalom on Saturday, freshman Katie Ulvestad (from Stevens Pass, Washington) won by a half second, with sophomore Alex Anderson and veteran captain Laurie Taschler rounding out the winning team with fourth and fifth place finishes, respectively. Newcomers Miranda Ness and Madison McLachlan as well as junior Genette Sekse also placed in the top ten!
Katie Ulvestad completed a perfect opening weekend to her Ole skiing career with a two and a half second win in Sunday's slalom, as well. She was supported by Alex Anderson and Genette Sekse in second and third for an Ole sweep of the women's podium. Freshmen Elke Wood, Madison McLachlan and senior Laura Mansell came in 5th, 6th and 7th. Great starts from some freshmen and some solid performances by the more experienced team members made for a more than satifactory start to the ladies' season.
On the men's side, victories in both the giant slalom and slalom competitions were due in large part to dominating performances from junior captain Nick Stang and a great start to a promising Ole racing career from sophomore transfer Paal Proitz, hailing from Norway. Nick won both disciplines, giant slalom by 3 tenths and slalom by a full 2 seconds, and Paal was runner-up both days. Supporting these two were sophomore Nate Hansen (3rd in GS) and senior captain Jeff Stamp (3rd in slalom). Rounding out the top ten men's performances were Jeff (4th in GS) and freshman Matt Hoffman, getting off to a good start with a 6th place finish in Sunday's slalom.
Besides racing, we enjoyed great dinners at the Masciopinto and Wood households, as well as some R&R at the Edgewater Hotel water park. Stay tuned for more Olaf domination next weekend, when we make the wonderful 8-hour trek to Houghton, MI for our second and final regular season USCSA race before divisionals.
Don't forget that you can check-out live-timing.com on our race days for live results.
Thanks for your continued support!
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