El Dorado boarders and skiers succeed at slalom

Odin Rasco

Staff writer

El Dorado High School ski and snowboard teams dominated the second and third races of the season for El Dorado County’s West Slope high schools.

The South 1 Division of the California-Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation met at Sierra-at-Tahoe

Jan. 30 and Boreal Mountain California

Feb. 3. More than 200 racers from El Dorado, Oak Ridge, Ponderosa and Union Mine high schools, as well as Amador County’s Amador and Argonaut high schools participated in the slalom races, where two timed runs are combined to rank competitors.

The sports broadcasting team from Oak Ridge broadcast the Boreal race on youtube for parents, teachers and fans who were unable to make it up the hill to watch the competition live. The broadcast can be streamed at bit.ly/ AlpineRace.

Jan. 30 results

Women’s varsity ski: n RUBES by Leigh

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n SPEED BUMP by Dave Coverly

Courtesy photos

Ashlynn Hayman, left, and Markus Hirsbrunner-Reist from El Dorado High School’s Alpine Race Team had podium finishes at Sierra-at-Tahoe Jan. 30 and Boreal Feb. 3.

Caden Lowder, a skier from Oak Ridge High School, speeds past a gate on the slalom course at Sierra-at-Tahoe Jan. 30. Lowder took second place with his downhill time.

Ski AND BOARD RACE RESULTS

Dorado (65.37)

Greta Aronowitz, Oak Ridge (1:32.5)

Carlie Chandler, El Dorado (1:39.1)

Andie Chandler, El Dorado (1.46.7)

Women’s varsity ski (team):

El Dorado (tie) — 386

Oak Ridge (tie) — 386

Ponderosa — 351

Men’s varsity ski:

Markus Hirsbrunner-Reist, El Dorado (1:32.4)

Caden Lowder, Oak Ridge (1:34.5)

Cory Coker, Ponderosa (1:35.7)

Men’s varsity ski (team):

El Dorado — 385

Oak Ridge — 380

Ponderosa — 361

Women’s varsity snowboard:

Faith Spitzer, El Dorado (1:38.3)

Ashlynn Hayman, El Dorado

(1:41.3) Haylee Ribolin, El Dorado (1:41.5)

Women’s varsity snowboard (team):

El Dorado — 389

Oak Ridge — 377

Ponderosa — 354

Men’s varsity snowboard:

Myles Stowe, El Dorado (1:17.1)

Ethan Bain, Oak Ridge (1:21.6)

Andrew Hansen, Oak Ridge (1:28.5)

Men’s varsity snowboard (team):

El Dorado — 386

Oak Ridge — 383

Union Mine — 359

Feb. 3 results

Women’s varsity ski:

Greta Aronowitz, Oak Ridge (64.98)

Carlie Chandler, El Dorado (69.25)

Marley Garner, Amador (73.4)

Women’s varsity ski (team):

El Dorado — 384

Oak Ridge — 376

Ponderosa — 347

Men’s varsity ski: Owen Phillips, El Dorado (63.86)

Markus Hirsbrunner-Reist, El

Charlie Beckerley, Oak Ridge (68.43)

Men’s varsity ski (team): El Dorado — 391

Oak Ridge — 375

Ponderosa — 352

Women’s varsity snowboard:

Ashlynn Hayman, El Dorado (90.08)

Faith Spitzer, El Dorado (90.97)

Olivia Hotrichter, El Dorado (91.98)

Women’s varsity snowboard (team): El Dorado — 383 Oak Ridge — 381

Ponderosa — 361

Men’s varsity snowboard: Myles Stowe, El Dorado (78.12) Tate Hall, Oak Ridge (79.15) Ethan Bain, Oak Ridge (82.29)

Men’s varsity snowboard (team): Oak Ridge — 386 El Dorado — 385 Union Mine — 350

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