All Tahoe League Racers – at this point at Noon, Friday 2/26 the race is ON! Please stay tuned to this website for any changes! If there is no update, it means status of race is ON!

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At Northstar, Margarethe Richter held down 2nd place both days and Reinhard Richter had a firm grip on 3rd place both days in the women’s and men’s class 10
Linda Crowell, after a totally dominating performance at the western regionals in Park City earlier in the month, had a quiet weekend with a 5th and 3rd in the women’s strong open seed.
Brian Smith took 2nd both days and Sam Crowell grabbed  a 6th place Sunday, in men’s class 8.
Doug Wisse, an east coast master racer and the house guest of the Richter’s, smoked the men’s class 11 both days.

At Bear Valley in the Open League, Steve Bard took a 4th place in the men’s class 4.

Julia Bjorkman, J3   Topolino Shootout
Julia competed in the Topolino Shootout Camp in Park City, Jan 21-24. She qualified for this camp from her results in the 2009 J3 Jr. Olympics.

Lila Lapanja, J2.    National Development System Women’s Invitational
Lila was invited to the NDS women’s invitational races at Snow King Resort in  Wyoming, Feb. 14-15. There, she competed with USST members and some elete  international racers. Lila commented it was a fun time, she got to observe how well the top racers skied and how they prepared themselves and got into the “zone” before making their runs. A priceless experience for her.

Lauren Keller, J4.    Far West J4 Performance Camp
Lauren qualified with her race results this season for the J4 Performance Camp in Mammoth, Feb. 26-27-28. The camp will have three days of SGS, GS and SL, training with timed runs after each days training. The purpose of the camp is to provide additional training and prepare the racers for moving up to the J3’s next season.

It was a great weekend of racing, despite some unfavorable weather.  Everyone involved should be pleased with their efforts. Thanks to the organizers, coaches, all the volunteers and the masters that came out to help, Diamond Peak was able to put on a quality event.
The racers did their bit to show off the Diamond Peak ski team with four wins out of eight races.
These are brief highlights of the good performances put on by all the racers.
Lauren Keller won the J4 SL on Saturday and finished 5th in the J4 GS on Sunday.
Belle Johnson won the J5 GS on Saturday and the J5 SL on Sunday.
Winston Pretti finished 2nd in the J5 GS on Saturday and won the J5 SL on Sunday.
It was an outstanding event by everyone.

As of 12:00 noon – race is ON – please stay tuned to this website for any cancellations

Margarthe Richter just keeps on ticking with wins both days in class 10.
Reinhad Richter took third place both days in men’s class 10.
Linda Crowell won the open women’s seed on Saturday and had to settle for second on Sunday.
Brian Smith took second place both days in the men’s class 8, and Sam Crowell finished 5th on Saturday and a good 4th on Sunday.
Reed Robinson, our oft times diamond Peak master, took 5th and 9th in the men’s open seed.

Click here to register online for the J4/5 race hosted by Diamond Peak on February 6-7, 2010.