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Ski Team competed in their first USSA races of the season on January 2-3. The Emily Clothier Memorial Dual, a pair of parallel slalom races, was hosted by the Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation and held at Heavenly Ski Resort, South Lake Tahoe. The Mammoth racers headed into the event having just competed in another dual race, the 2015 Kittredge Cup held Dec. 27 at their home area.
MMST’s Harry Blackburn, a U14 coach who traveled with the team, reported, “Girls ran first. It was fast and furious as it was back-to-back runs, then a reset for the boy’s race. It was a sprint 20 gates from start to finish, the fast time on the first day 19 seconds and the times were close.”
MMSST U14 girls had fun at Heavenly. Front row: Ashley Evans and Anastasia Seator-Braun. Back row: Tasman Mullins, Sasha Mueller, Vivienne McGlashan, Neave Anderson, and Aria Assil. Photo courtesy: Harry Blackburn.
MMSST U14 girls had fun at Heavenly. Front row: Ashley Evans and Anastasia Seator-Braun. Back row: Tasman Mullins, Sasha Mueller, Vivienne McGlashan, Neave Anderson, and Aria Assil. Photo courtesy: Harry Blackburn.
On the girl’s side MMST’s Vivienne McGlashan, who placed second in the KC, put the experience to good use as she ended up being the top Mammoth racers. She fought her way to 10th place out of the 105 female competitors. Not far behind McGlashen was her teammate, Sasha Mueller, who came in 13th. Neave Anderson, the Kittredge Cup’s U14 Girls winner, was 17th in her first USSA race as a U14.
The following day, McGlashan continued to show her strength and took the only top 15 for the MMST girls, placing 14th. Davenport dropped down to 17th, but Daniel Schneider showed the rest of the field that he is going to be one to watch out for.On Saturday, Schneider started 78th and finished 26th. Sunday he placed14th overall, narrowly edging out his closest competitor by a mere .04 seconds and Davenport by .14 seconds.
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