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!
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