The Men's team finished second in both the slalom and the giant slalom to finish second overall behind St. Olaf College. The team was lead by DJ Longhini in the slalom finishing in third place. Greg Goodman was the fast skier for Michigan Tech in the giant slalom finishing 3rd.

The Women's team took a 6th place in the slalom and finished 7th in the giant slalom to finish 7th overall. Top skier for the women in the slalom was Jessica Erber finishing 26th. Jessica Erber and Jessica Wood tied for the best result for the giant slalom finishing 25th.

Both teams will compete at the Midwest Regionals next week at Marquette Mountain trying to qualify for the National Championships. The top three teams at regionals go to the National Championships.

The Men were ranked 9th in the nation in the preseason coaches poll and the women were ranked 18th.

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Collegiate Alpine Ski Racing has the following rules:

Teams consist of 5 racers per sex. Race meets consist of a slalom race (tight quick turns) and a giant slalom race (larger faster turns). Each race consists of two runs. The two times of each individual are then added to give a race total. The top three times of each team are then added to give the team total and that time determines the teams place.

In the slalom the men were very close to the lead after the first one but St. Olaf put together some good second runs to pull ahead. The huskies did finish with 4 skiers in the top ten.

Men Slalom 2-12-2000

1. Adam Olsen St. Olaf 56.89s

2. Josh Kinzer St. Olaf 56.96s

3. DJ Longhini MTU 57.16s

8. Chris Dehlin MTU 58.79s

9. Greg Goodman MTU 59.93s

10. George Peet MTU 60.32s

31. Troy Casteel MTU 63.12s

32. Todd Matelski MTU 63.32s

56. Gabe Stark MTU 70.51s

The women were sitting in 7th place after the first run of slalom but put together some better second runs to improve to 6th.

Women Slalom 2-12-2000

1. Christy Salonen NMU 61.81s

2. Emily Nelson St. Olaf 62.94s

3. Erin Arneson St. Cloud State 65.21s

26. Jessica Erber MTU 73.86s

30. Jessica Wood MTU 76.27s

33. Stephanie Lemon MTU 76.95s

37. Renee Mallory MTU 78.56s

39. Jenelle Hejny MTU 80.67s

43. Krista Kirk MTU 83.83s

50. Julie Tipner MTU 91.29s

Men's gs proved to be quite the tight race. The top ten men were all within a half-second after the first run. In fact MTU had Greg Goodman and Chris Dehlin in second and third after the first run, separated by only a hundredth of a second. The teams were also quite close, St. Olaf leading Tech by only 0.20 of a second. The second run separated the top of the field a little more though. Michigan Tech skied well the second run but ended up behind St. Olaf

Men GS 2-13-2000

1. Joachim Rassmussen St. Olaf 43.07s

2. Trent Terriquez Carleton College 43.66s

3. Greg Goodman MTU 43.73s

6. Chris Dehlin MTU 44.17s

12 George Peet MTU 44.86s

14. Todd Matelski MTU 44.95s

23 DJ Longhini MTU 45.87s

31. Troy Casteel MTU 46.20s

In the women's GS Jessica Wood had a top 15 run for her second run to come back and end up tying Jessica Erber for fastest for MTU.

Women GS 2-13-2000

1. Christy Salonen NMU 46.39s

2. Emily Nelson St. Olaf 46.69s

3. Liz Elden St. Olaf 46.86s

25(tie) Jessica Erber MTU 50.71s

Jessica Wood MTU 50.71s

35. Stephanie Lemon MTU 51.56s

42. Jenelle Hejny MTU 53.46 s

44. Renee Mallory MTU 54.07s

54. Krista Kirk MTU 58.03s

55. Julie Tipner MTU 58.21s

Submitted by

Peter Beaupre

Head Coach MTU Alpine Ski Team 482-7805 or beaupre@mtu.edu for more information

Team Web Site www.me.mtu.edu/~beaupre/team.html