Summit Lake Ski Hill

The Summit Lake Ski Club Race Day was a huge success! On Saturday, February 14th, 111 enthusiastic ski and board racers competed for trophies and medals. The skiers ran two courses, both a tight slalom down Straight Flush and a fast, fun GS down The Abbey. Snowboarders ran the boarder course on Straight Flush twice. Conditions were hard but not icy, and the courses held up well.

There was some tight competition this year. In the 9 to 11 year old male ski category, the difference between Gold and Bronze was less than half a second! It's a good thing that Solomon, Angus, and Cailan are team mates. Chelsey Groffen was the second fastest snowboarder on the hill, finishing a mere second and a half behind Alex Thorp. She was actually faster on their first run. The most brutal competition seemed to be among the 40+ female skiers. Many of our ski coaches are in this category, and these women are hot racers.

Of special note this year was the Special Olympics category. Joe David and Monica Shiell both successfully participated in this event.

The John Gleboff Award for the fastest high school skier went to Bryar McQuair.

The Tim Markholm Award for the fastest high school boarder was scooped by Alex Thorp.

The Teanne Jones Award for the fastest skier and snowboarder registered in the 2009 Nancy Greene race program was won jointly by Claire Jackson on skis and Colten Petterson on his board.

Many thanks go to the efficient, hard working volunteer group who covered everything from race registration, course set up and take down, gatekeeping, sideslipping, timing, and awards. Big thanks also go to the great staff at the Summit Lake Ski Area for their continued support.