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THE 2010 MARA AUCTION………….IS ON SALE!!!!
ANNOUNCING THE 2010 MARA AUCTION PRE-SALE...
AUGUST 17 – SEPTEMBER 10
We know what you’re thinking- it’s the middle of summer- why are we talking about MARA and skiing? It’s true, BUT……the MARA Auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year.
IT’S JUST 2 MONTHS AWAY-
Saturday, October 16th at the Historic Ashland Armory!
And this year, we’re giving the MARA Family the awesome opportunity to attend the biggest, most fun event of the year at crazy summer prices! We’re talkin’ about a fantastic dinner, wonderful wine, lots of great friends and a big fundraiser for our club! You definitely don’t want to miss it!
Click HERE to read about 3 cool options to consider for attendance...........
2010 Season Wrap-Up
Reported by Cindy Norton
While the season appears to be winding down, MARA still has racers racing until the end of April. We had the great joy of sending many MARA athletes to the Coyote Cup in Shasta, all enjoyed sunshine and fun while the racers battled for the overall title of the Men and Women's Combined (Super G and Slalom). All our MARA athletes finished great, but Nikita Norton won the overall for the women, and hold your breath....Stuart Warren (see photo below), your fearless coach, was the over all best for the men as well as the overall winner for the Coyote Cup! Besides praise and adoration, he won his entry fees for the race next year. So Kids listen up! Your coach does know best......
(You'll be able to find great photos of the Coyote Cup at this LINK)
Then.... off to the NW Cup Finals. Our MARA athletes raced with the big kids, J1, J2 J3's all competed in this event which was a mighty fight against the weather and the mountain. In the Super G event, we had Nahanni Lukes 33, Nikita Norton 36 , Megan Ganim 50 and Kelsey McKelvey 59 . Then we had our boys Dylan Fisher 44, Nathan Hoyt right behind 55 and Joel Caswell 62.
Then the GS cancelled. The slalom, with horrible soft snow conditions and a short course, was squeaked out by the MBSEF Team and our racers went on to have Nahanni Lukes(the top finishing thirteen year old!) with a top 10 finish and Hannah Norton 14, Niki Norton 19, Kelsey McKelvey 68 and Megan Ganim 70 . The boys in the slalom had Dylan Fisher a top 7th and Joel Caswell 66. Unfortunately, Nathan Hoyt was a DSQ.
Then, still fighting bad weather, the Norton girls raced off to Heavenly in Tahoe, to race in the Far West Finals Mid-J3 (much like the NW Cup). Hannah Norton took 3rd in her division (bottom right in photo) and 5th place overall and Nikita had a great crash. The second day after a foot of snow Hannah Norton was 12 and Nikita 15.
All of our Athletes scored well at these events, meaning they finished better than their points, and that is what we call moving on up!
Way to Go, Nahanni & Nikita!
Nikita Norton & Nahanni Lukes qualified to attend the Western Regional J3 Junior Olympics, a championship event for 13-14 year old athletes representing Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. There were 28 teams in our division competing for 18 female spots and our MARA girls grabbed two of them! They competed at Mt. Bachelor from March 18th to the 21st.
Sloan Cup Fun
Congratulations to Jonathon Treasure, the winner of the 2010 MARA Raffle. He's the lucky winner of a pass for two people to attend unlimited movies for a year at any Coming Attractions Theatre!
Link HERE to more photos taken by Mike Hoyt!
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Congratulations to the 2010 Buddy Werner Athletes
Thirteen members of MARA ( ages nine through twelve) raced their way down thrilling Slalom and Giant Slalom courses at Mt. Hood. The field included 145 male and 118 female top performing athletes from 25 Pacific Northwest teams. Events concluded with Chase Ganim bringing home top honors sharing 7th place in the Men’s Slalom followed closely by Austin Pena in 26th. Top female performer was eleven year old Anna Rose who skied to 41st place in Giant Slalom.
Every participant from MARA showed excellent poise and stamina during the three day event and each deserves notable mention:
Saturday 3/13/10 Men’s GS: Austin Pena 19th, AJ Flores-Alatorre 40th, Parker Spear 62nd, Max Santibanez 64th, Bryce Rollins 71st, Griffin Hokanson 96th.
Saturday 3/13/10 Women’s SL: Trueda Pollard 61st, Anna Rose 63rd, Madison Eaton 66th, Sabina Schilling 78th, Frida Gruamann 105th.
Sunday 3/14/10 Men’s SL: Chase Ganim 7th, Austin Pena 26th, Griffin Hokanson 82nd, AJ Flores-Alatorre 109th, Bryce Rollins 121st.
Sunday 3/14/10 Women’s GS: Anna Rose 41st, Maddie Hunkele 72nd, Madison Eaton 73rd, Trueda Pollard 80th, Frida Gruamann 105th
Click HERE to link to the 2010 Buddy Werner Results
Need Some New (TO YOU!) Equipment?
MARA members are offering a large selection of used items for sale. Check it out at the Used Equipment page.
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