Despite frigid temperatures The Powder Ridge Development Race Team hosted the third race of the season for the Minnesota Ski Race League (MSRL) Slalom and Giant Slalom last Saturday. Two teams competed in Saturday’s race including Wild Mountain and Powder Ridge. In frigid temperatures Powder Ridge Race Crews, Parents and Coaches helped to run an efficient race with slalom courses in the morning and giant slalom in the afternoon, and ending with an awards ceremony. The cold weather was a concern for us to run the race, so we took some extra precautions to assure that we had plans to keep people warm. We saw our racers perform despite the cold, dressing to stay safe with lots of individual successes. Racers placing in the top eight in their classes include: 7-year-old boys – Nathan Hilbert, third place, and Nolan Miller, seventh place; 7-year-old girls – Emma Erickson, second place; 8-year-old girls – Erin Magnuson, second place, and Taylor Hughs, fifth place; 9-year-old girls – Nicole Bloch, third place, and Lizzy Dorle, fourth place; 9-year-old boys – Michael Hilbert, first place, Logan Erickson, third place, Tyler Lopez, fourth place, Andrew Anderson, sixth place and Nikolaus Dahlgren, seventh place; 10-year-old girls – Kelly Zelko, third place, and Jaren Thell, fourth place; 10-year-old boys – Casey Burns, third place, and Eric Schneider, fourth place; 11-year-old girls – Molly Magnuson, first place, Anne Hunstiger , second place, Whitney Hughs, third place and Lyndzi Durkin, fourth place; 11-year-old boys – Ben Minkel, second place, and Nicolas Held, third place; 12-year-old boys – Jacob Held, third place, Ryan Hunstiger, fourth place, Logan Fassler, sixth place, Jorden Benson, seventh place, Michael Dorle, eighth place, and Parker Fuchs, eighth place; 13-year-old girls – Anne Magnuson, first place, Leah Mergen, second place and Jennifer Lukach, third place; 13-year-old boys – Warren Olinger, second place, Cole Minkel, fifth place, Kristian Dahlgren, sixth place, and Brady Nielson, seventh place; 14-year-old girls – Allie Jameson, first place; 14-year-old boys – William McMillan, sixth place, and Caleb Ness, seventh place; 15-and-older girls – Leah Magnuson, first place, Dani Vetrano, second place, Laura Arnold, third place, and Carolyn Luettke, fourth place; 15-and-older boys – Riley Rice, fourth place, and Justin Swanson, eighth place. The race at Powder Ridge was the third of four events. The season will conclude with a championship race at Afton Alps on Feb. 24.
