On Wednesday, February 4 the team competed in the Section 4 championships at Wild Mountain.  Section 4 is made up of 18 teams from around the metro area.  The top two teams and top ten individuals (not on the top two teams) advance to state.  Mounds View's boys and girls teams finished in 9th place and 11th place, respectively.  St. Thomas Academy took the top spot for the boys and Stillwater for the girls.  Second place went to Minnehaha for the boys and girls.   Mike Kosiak was the top finisher for the Mustangs coming in 22nd place.  Mike missed the cut for state by a mere 4 places. 

Individual results are as follows:

GIRLS (88 total skiers)
Bib#     Name                    Blue           Red         Combined       Pts Used
214       Emma Burt            37.34 (46)  38.15 (43)   1:15.49 (41)   56    * 
230       Emily Nelson         38.33 (51)  37.90 (41)   1:16.23 (44)   53    * 
278       Katie Mackay        40.91 (61)   42.42 (59)  1:23.33 (58)  39    * 
246       Saphia Boutaghou 40.97 (62)  42.93 (60)  1:23.90 (60)  37    * 
262       Rachel Pilgrim       37.90 (49)  46.32 (73)  1:24.22 (61)   36 
294       Sarah Hauck         42.51 (69)   44.22 (67)  1:26.73 (66)  31 

Boys (102 total skiers)
Bib#    Name                     Blue            Red            Combined     Pts  Used
5         Mike Kosiak           30.76 (24)   31.37 (22)   1:02.13 (22)  81    * 
39       Shane Wehlage      32.50 (50)   32.37 (37)  1:04.87 (39)  64    * 
90       Robert Ervasti       33.43 (57)   34.94 (67)  1:08.37 (56)  47    * 
73       Joel Ziolkowski      35.58 (69)   36.28 (73)  1:11.86  (66)  37    * 
22       Brian Peterson        39.22 (78)   33.71 (58)  1:12.93  (69)  34 
56       Zarek Boutaghou    56.49 (90)   34.17 (62)  1:30.66  (87)  16 
 
Click on the link below for detailed results on other racers and schools.
http://live-timing.com/report.php?r=11138&rp=14067

The All Conference meet took place on Thursday, January 29 at Wild Mountain.  Only varsity skiers competed in this meet.  The boy's team finished in third place.  Congratulations to Mike Kosiak who finished in 8th place out of sixty skiers that included some of the state's best racers.  The girl's team finished in 5th place.  Freshmen Rachel Pilgrim was the top finisher for the Mustangs coming in 20th.

For detailed results click on the link below which will take you to White Bear Lake's website and the results.

http://whitebearalpine.org/Res.htm

Last night Mounds View took on Centennial and Hill Murray - two strong non-conference opponents.  

Both boys and girls varsity lost to Centennial 17-38 and 10-45, respectively.  Top finishers were Mike Kosiak (5th place) and Emily Nelson (5th place).  JV boys won their meet 35-20 while the girls, having only one skier, lost.  Aaron Jacobson was the medalist in the boys JV race.

The boys' varsity lost to Hill Murray 25-30 and the girls won 30-25.  Top finishers were Mike Kosiak (2nd place) and Emily Nelson (3rd place).  The boys JV lost 17-38 and the girls won 10-0.  Top JV finishers were Aaron Jacobson (4th place) and Samantha Edwardson (1st place).

***For detailed results go to "Handouts" and click on "NonConferenceMeetResults"***

On Friday, January 9 the team competed against 22 other teams in the Buck Hill Invite.  On varsity, the girls finished in 19th place and the guys finished in 18th place.  On JV, the girls finished in 15th place and the guys finished in 13th place.  The team placed 13th overall in the team cup which consists of all four teams.

Individual results are as follows:

GIRLS JV (81 total skiers)
Edwardson Samantha: 66th (42.4 43.57 85.97)
Bratager Sarah: 72nd (63.29 37.39 100.68)

GUYS JV (107 total skiers)
Caughey Jack: 43rd (29.98 30.56 60.54)
Jacobsen Aaron : 48th (30.01 31.62 61.63)
Meader Chris: 49th (29.58 32.41 61.99)
Long Andy: 76th (36.1 38.38 74.48)
Evans Andrew: 83rd (38.41 40.31 78.72)
Schrankler Tommy: 87th (53.14 31.31 84.45)

On Friday, December 19 the team competed against 27 other teams in the Wild Invite.  The girls finished in 23rd place.  The guys finished in 21st place. 

Individual results are as follows:

GIRLS (152 total skiers)
Emily Nelson: 66th (40.32, 39.25)
Emma Burt: 80th (41.96, 42.12)
Lizzy Narigon:  107th (49.85, 47.81)
Anna Mallory:  121st (60.90, 54.24)
Rachel Pilgrim:  133rd (45.79, 112.70)
Saphia Boutaghou: DQ (46.96, DQ)
GUYS (163 total skiers)
Mike Kodiak:  40th (33.20, 35.03)
Brian Peterson:  77th (35.76, 37.59)
Robert Ervasti:  114th (37.85, 43.45)
Joel Ziolkowski: 129th (43.25, 41.75)
Shane Wehlage:  142nd (34.58, 58.64)
Zarek Boutaghou:  DQ (68.60, DQ)

For results from last nights (Thursday, Dec. 11) time trials click on "Handouts"  on the left side of this web page and then click on "Time Trial Results".

On Wednesday, February 6 the team competed in the Section 4 championships at Wild Mountain.  Section 4 is made up of 18 teams from around the metro area.  The top two teams and top ten individuals advance to state.  Mounds View's boys and girls teams finished in 6th place.  Stillwater took the top spot in both races.  Second place went to St. Thomas Academy for the boys and Minnehaha for the girls. 

Individual results are as follows:

GIRLS (102 total skiers)
Caitlin Lahr: 16th (67.19)
Cara Morphew: 32nd (70.77)
Emily Nelson:  41st (73.64)
Amelia Narigon: 51st (77.49)
Emma Burt:  53rd (78.95)
Rebecca Rasmussen: 56th (80.30)
GUYS (105 total skiers)
Aaron Blaha:  20th (62.90)
Chris Wise:  28th (64.64)
Mike Kosiak:  30th (64.91)
Tyler Thostenson:  44th (67.27)
Thomas Jemielita:  46th (67.69)
Harry Merickel:  81st (79.62)

VARSITY
The Mounds View girls alpine ski team finished in a tie for fifth place in the Suburban East Conference with a 4-4 record.  Caitlin Lahr, Cara Morphew and Emily Nelson received All Conference honors.  Their point totals for the season were 63, 54 and 43, respectively.  Their overall rank in the conference was 5th, 12th and 16th, respectively.  Amelia Narigon received honorable mention with 29 points.  Season point totals for the remaining skiers are Emma Burt (24), Rebecca Rasmussen (20), Anna Hadley (11), Sara Ordal (8), and Dana Snuggerud (4). 

The boys placed third in the conference with a 5-3 record.  Chris Wise and Aaron Blaha received All Conference honors.  Their point totals for the season were 62 and 39, respectively.  Their overall rank in the conference was 4th and 19th, respectively.  Harry Merickel, Thomas Jemielita and Mike Kosiak received honorable mentions.  Harry finished the season with 36 points while Thomas and Mike had 33 points each.  Season point totals for the remaining skiers are Tyler Thostenson (14), Shane Wehlage (11), Brian Peterson (11), Zarek Boutaghou (9), and Robert Ervasti (8). 

JR. VARSITY
The boys finished with a 7-1 conference record.  The girls finished with a 3-5 conference record.

On Friday, December 21 the team competed against 27 other teams in the Wild Invite.  The girls finished in 8th place.  The guys finished in 12th place. 

Individual results are as follows:

GIRLS (142 total skiers)
Caitlin Lahr: 13th (33.69, 32.67)
Cara Morphew: 31st (35.73, 33.98)
Rebecca Rassmussen: 66th (39.48, 36.95)
Emma Burt:  77th (40.24, 37.87)
Emily Nelson:  82nd (43.97, 34.89)
Dana Snuggerud: 102nd (48.08, 39.65)
GUYS (168 total skiers)
Harry Merickel:  12th (28.50, 29.76)
Aaron Blaha:  61st (31.88, 32.67)
Mike Kosiak:  72nd (32.70, 34.66)
Chris Wise:  91st (36.71, 33.47)
Brian Peterson:  100th (35.69, 36.51)
Tyler Thostenson:  105th (32.73, 40.34)

 

The Mounds View girls alpine ski team won the Suburban East Conference with an undefeated 8-0 record.  Louise Dickson, Caitlin Lahr, Audra Kirch and Kelsey Baran received all conference honors.  Emma Turnquist and Cara Morphew received honorable mentions.

At sections, the girls finished fourth as a team.  Kelsey Baran and Caitlin Lahr qualified for state with a seventh and ninth place finish, respectively.

The boys placed second in the conference with a 6-2 record.  Harry Merickel, Aaron Blaha and Chris Wise received all conference honors.  Colin and Sean McSteen received honorable mentions. 

At sections, the boys finished eighth as a team.  Top finishers were Harry Merickel (12th) and Aaron Kroger (26th place).