For immediate release:

Sunday Jan. 10 1999

 

Michigan Tech Alpine Ski Team places 1st, 3rd at Tibbet’s Memorial Cup.

 

 

 

The MTU Alpine Ski Team Placed 1st For the Men and 3rd for the Women at the Tibbet’s Memorial Cup held this past weekend at Afton Alps Ski Area. 15 male teams Competed and 8 female.

 

In the Slalom on Saturday Dominic Longhini was the fast skier for Tech and for the race beating out teammate Greg Goodman for that spot. In 11th place for Tech was Chris Dehlin. These three finishes placed them 1st for this race.

 

The Women’s team was second in the slalom lead by Jessica Stolze who got the win. Jessica Erber was 6th and Jessica Wood was 19th. Winning the Slalom Race was St.Olaf College.

 

On Sunday the team’s competed in the Giant Slalom. This Time Jessica Erber paced the women’s team by finishing 7th. Jessica Wood was 16th and Jessica Stolze 21st. This resulted in a 4th place finish for them in the Giant Slalom behind St. Olaf , UW Madison and U of Minnesota-Duluth.

 

The Men’s team dominated the GS taking 6 positions in the top 10. Dominic Longhini and Chris Dehlin tied for second place with Greg Goodman in third, AJ Hegg in 5th, Troy Casteel 6th, and Jason Hegg 9th.

 

Several Skiers from St. Olaf were not competing in this event. The competition between nationally ranked #12 MTU and #4 St. Olaf, the top two teams in the Midwest, will be very tight this year.

 

The Women will be competing against St. Olaf, U of Minnesota –Duluth, Michigan State and U of Wisc. Madison for the top 3 positions in the Midwest that qualify for Nationals.

 

Men Slalom

1. MTU

2. St. Olaf

 

 

Men GS

1. MTU

2. St. Olaf

 

Men Overall

  1. MTU
  2. St. Olaf

 

 

Men Slalom Individual.

  1. Dominic Longhini-MTU
  2. Greg Goodman-MTU
  3. Brad Marcouller-Clarke

11. Chris Dehlin-MTU

12. Gabe Stark-MTU

16. Troy Casteel-MTU

26. George Peet-MTU

35. AJ Hegg-MTU

59. Matt Davis-MTU

 

 

Men GS Individual

  1. Trent Terriquez-Carleton
  2. Chris Dehlin-MTU

2. Dominic Longhini-MTU
4. Greg Goodman-MTU

5. AJ Hegg-MTU

  1. Troy Casteel-MTU
  2. Jason Hegg-MTU

17. George Peet-MTU

20. Gabe Stark-MTU

 

40. Matt Davis-MTU

 

Women Slalom

  1. St. Olaf
  2. Michigan Tech

 

Women GS

  1. St. Olaf
  2. UW Madison
  3. U of Minn. –Duluth
  4. MTU

 

Women Overall

  1. Sto Olaf
  2. UW Madison
  3. MTU

 

Women Slalom Ind.

  1. Jessica Stolze-MTU
  2. Brianna Lien-UW Madison
  3. Christy Koerten-St. Olaf

6. Jessica Erber-MTU

19. Jessica Wood-MTU

24. Renee Mallory-MTU

27. Julie Tipner-MTU

 

Women GS ind.

  1. Lynn Elden-St. Olaf
  2. Renee Laroux-St. Thomas
  3. Liz Constantini-Clarke
  1. Jessica Erber-MTU

16. Jessica Wood-MTU

21. Jessica Stolze-MTU

25. Renee Mallory-MTU

37. Julie Tipner-MTU

 

 

Submitted by Peter Beaupre-Head Coach