With temperatures hovering around zero and wind chills as low as -30, the Ski Tigers Race Team braved the elements to compete against several other teams from Michigan. The races started out on Friday morning with the 5km classic race. Mitchell DeLong won the race in 17 minutes, followed closely by Keefer Edwards from Traverse City Central and teammate David Jaszczak. Isaac Stone (6th) and Ben Wood (10th) also finished in the top 10 for the Ski Tigers. 2013 champion Sarah Goble (Lake Michigan Ski Team) continued her reign with a winning time of 19:40. Ski Tigers senior Sarah Lyle wasn't far behind with a time of 20:06, with Annabel Needham rounding out the top 10 for the Ski Tigers. With only four skiers, the Ski Tigers girls managed an impressive tie for first place with Traverse City after the classic race. The skiers returned to the trails Friday afternoon to compete in the skate race for the distance champion title. The start times for the skate race were based on the finish times from the classic race, so that a composite of both races is used to determine the distance champion. Mitchell DeLong held on to win the boys distance title, although teammate David Jaszczak was closing in quickly. Isaac Stone (6th) and Matt Chard (9th) also finished in the top 10, giving the Ski Tigers a final team score of 148, good for first place by a wide margin. The Ski Tigers girls finished in a close second place to Traverse City. Sarah Goble expanded her lead from the classic race to finish first place overall for the second consecutive year. Ski Tiger Sarah Lyle (3rd) and Annabel Needham (7th) finished in the top 10 for Ski Tigers. In the past there has been a second day with 1-kilometer sprint races, but it was cancelled this year due to extremely cold temperatures and wind-chills on Saturday. Fueled by their strong boys team score, the Ski Tigers won the Michigan State Team Title for the third consecutive year. "I'm very proud of all of these kids. They trained very hard all year, several of them have qualified for Junior Nationals [March 8-14 Truckee, CA] and I'm excited to see how they do there." Said coach Tom Wood. Pics & Results On one of the toughest courses in the Midwest, the Ski Tigers race team represented well in the Midwest/Great Lakes Junior National Qualifier this weekend. In the Saturday classic races, Mitchell Delong dominated the U16 field, finishing 30 seconds ahead of the next racer in the 5 km race. Gretchen Haggenmiller (2nd in the Middle School 3km race) and Anabel Needham (3rd place in the U14 5km race) rounded out the top 10 for the Ski Tigers. In the Sunday mass start skate race, Mitchell Delong once again finished in first place, followed closely by Ben Wood (10th place overall, 2nd in the HS division). Also finishing in the top 10 were David Jaszczak (8th place U18 division) and Tim Stone (6th place HS division). In the girl's races, Gretchen Haggenmiller once again finished on the podium, finishing 2nd overall in the 3km race (1st in the Middle School division). Annabel Needham was the other tiger to finish in the top 10, placing 6th in the U14 category. Pictures Saturday Results | Sunday Results Full Ski Tigers Results:
HOUGHTON -- Students gathered at Michigan Tech University today to learn from their heroes. Skiers from elementary age up to high school got the chance to ski alongside some professional and college athletes. Read More... The Ski Tigers boys team pulled a repeat of last year's great Mesabi performance, once again placing 4th out of 60 varsity teams from Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. Mitch Delong (2nd) and Isaac Stone (18th) were the two team scorers for the varsity classic race. David Jaszczak (7th) and Ben Wood (40th) scored in the varsity skate race.
The girls team also performed well, placing 30th out of 59 varsity teams, even though they only had 3 girls (a full scoring team is 4). Sarah Lyle was the only varsity classic skier, finishing 5th place in her race. Annabel Needham (43rd) and Becca Stone (80th) both scored well in the skate race. Ski Tigers Results: The Ski Tigers Development and Competition teams had a successful weekend of racing this weekend up against stiff competition from throughout the Midwest, with several racers posting top-3 finishes. In the 1.5 km classic sprint race on Saturday, Mitch DeLong posted a 3rd place finish in the U16 (under 16) division. Annabel Needham (1st), Gretchen Haggenmiller (2nd), Joe Wood (3rd), and Lucia Haggenmiller (1st) also posted top-3 finishes in their respective divisions. In the distance classic race on Sunday, Mitch DeLong once again finished on the podium with a 2nd place finish. Lucia Haggenmiller posted the Ski Tigers' other top-3 finish with another 2nd place finish. Full results and pictures from the race can be found on the race results page. The Ski Tigers Comp team started off their ski season today with a 5Km time trial prior to the MTU-NMU college race/time trial. Results and pictures for both races are posted on the Race Team Results page.
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