Register for the 2009-2010 season: USSA membership form and online registration. 

Thanks to professional sports photographer Larry Maurer, SPAC is able to offer an incredible selection of race photos from the 2009 J3 Finals at Stevens Pass.  Larry used a high speed camera, taking up to 10 frames per second, and was able to capture amazing photos of every racer. Click "Read More" for information.

CONGRATULATIONS to the SPAC Athletes that qualified for Championship races!!!

J2 Nationals 

Mar 7 - 14, 2009 at Aspen, CO 
Women: Katie Ulvestad 
Results: 15th overall! (Way to go Katie!) 

Western Region Junior Championships (aka J1/J2 Junior Olympics)

Mar 5 - 10, 2009 at Schweitzer, ID 
Women: Alex Boit, Morgan Duffy and Hanna Vanucie (Torri Vanek - 3rd alternate)
Men: Eric Bracht, Paul Koetke (Alec Grimm - 2nd alternate)

Western Region J3 Junior Olympics

Mar 18 - 22, 2009 at McCall, ID 
Women: Ellie Tansley (Lisa Koetke - 1st alternate)
Men: Travis Ahmann, Colin Boit, Travis Ulvestad

Western Region J4 Festival

Mar 18 - 22, 2009 at McCall, ID 
Women: Lindsey Ahmann

We wish them all the best of luck at their races!

Congratulations to all the SPAC Buddy Werner team for a great showing at the 2009 Buddy Werner Championships. Highlights include a 5th place Overall Team finish, including a 3rd overall for  Lindsay Ahmann.  Click "read more" for the full details.

Girls Buddy Werner Team: Lindsay Ahmann, Taylor Fenske, Laura Isaza, Antoinette Tansley, McKenna Boit, Ella Dwyer, Courtney Grimm (Withdrawn), Natalie McFall (Alternate)

Boys Buddy Werner Team: Grant Duffy, Jarrett Grimm, Chase Vanek (Withdrawn), Henry Dwyer, Quinn Barrow, Brandon Wear-Grimm, Nathan Lewis (Alternate)

Travis Ahmann and Colin Boit delivered solid performances at the 2009 J3 Regional Junior Olympics, as did Lindsay Ahmann at the J4 Festival.

Overall, SPAC was represented at the 2009 Western Regional J3 Junior Olympics and J4 Festival on March 19-22 at Brundage Mountain in McCall Idaho.  Lindsay Ahmann represented PNSA in the J4 event, and Ellie Tansley, Travis Ahmann, Colin Boit, Travis Ulvestad represented PNSA in the J3 Regional event.

SPAC Junior racers posted great results in the NW Cup Series, which was the combination of 4 separate races (2 qualifiers, Sun Cup & NW Cup Finals) and 4 disciplines: (DH/SG/GS/SL). Overall, SPAC finished 7th out of PNSA. Here are the recaps:

• Erik Bracht: 1st Overall Slalom(!)
• Katie Ulvestad: 4th Overall Combined, 2nd Overall Slalom, 5th Overall GS
• Alex Boit: 4th Overall Slalom
• Morgan Duffy: 9th Overall Slalom

NW Cup Finals were hosted by MRST April 10-12 at Mission Ridge. SPAC highlights from the 3 days of racing included:

• Slalom: Katie Ulvestad 4th and Paul Koetke 16th
• GS: Morgan Duffy 7th and Travis Ulvestad 20th
• Super G: Morgan Duffy 17th and Katie Ulvestad 22nd

Thank you to our terrific volunteers for pulling off this great event!  Help out this over-worked group by volunteering for J3 Finals starting Friday, 3/27 through Sunday, 3/29.

Results:

Saturday 3/21/09 Masters Slalom Results

Sunday 3/22/09 Masters GS Race Results

Monday 3/23/09 Masters Super G, Race 1 Results

Monday 3/23/09 Masters Super G, Race 2 Results

Mens SL Sat: Eric Bracht 3rd, Paul Koetke 5th, Travis Ulvestad 13th
Mens SL Sun: Brennan Lewis 25th
Womens SL Sat: Katie Ulvestad 2nd, Hanna Vanucie 7th, Tori Vanek 12th, Katie Barrow 18th, Ellie Tansley 21st, Addy Henry 25th
Womens SL Sun: Hanna Vanucie 9th, Katie Ulvestad 14th, Katie Barrow 22nd, Ellie Tansley 23rd, Lisa Koetke 24th

Results

The Easter Bunny wasn't the only one who delivered on Sunday. SPAC racers turned in some great results in the Small Fry Slalom.

SPAC and Stevens Pass hosted another great April’s Answer Giant Slalom race on April 11, 2009. 

SPAC Women Podium Finishes for Lindsay Ahmann (1st J4), Laura Isaza (3rd J4), Sami Springman (2nd J5), Teegan Lowe (1st J6), Eileen Beres (2nd J6) and Liucija Raisys (1st J7)

 SPAC Men Podiums Finishes for Grant Duffy (1st J4), Jerett Grimm (3rd J4), Greg Gibbons (2nd J5), Wilf Tansley (2nd J6), Tyler Larson (3rd J6), and John Beres (1st J7).

All results posted on Live Timing (www.live-timing.com)

April's Answer Boys                April's Answer Girls

Small Fry - 0 to 8 Boys            Small Fry - 0 to 8 Girls

Small Fry - 9 to 12 Boys          Small Fry - 9 to 12 Girls

SPAC rolled into White Pass with over 30 Mitey Mite racers for the March 28/29 Bantam Cup.  Fresh wet snow brought a lot of ruts and some spectacular finish area crashes.  Thanks to the coaches and parents who hosted racers so their parents could work the J3 Finals back at Stevens.

Congratulations to 1^st place finishers Lindsay Ahmann and Teegan Lowe, and Podium finishers Teagan Fenske (both races) and Tyler Larson (both races).

SPAC had a great performance at the mitey mite I-90 Super Series on Sunday Feb. 1st, with nine top ten finishes, and two podium finishes...