2008 Northern Division Awards

Jim Barrier Gold Cup

The Gold Cup is Northern Division’s premier race series.  This is a continental cup type competition for the top racers in Northern Division.  Races counting for Gold Cup points include the J1, J2, and J3 qualifiers and are open to all A, J1, J2, and J3 competitors.  The awards are broken down into overall winners, and then by class. 

Overall Winners:

Women:

1. Bridgett French — Big Sky Ski Education Foundation
2. Linnea Zavala — Silver Run Ski Foundation
3. Tara Hines — Great Divide Ski Team

Men:

1. Drew Lewis — Whitefish Mountain Resort Team
2. Clayton Krueger — Bridger Ski Foundation
3. Kris Shampeny — Bridger Ski Foundation

Overall by Class:

A’s: 

Women:

1. Hannah Victory — Montana State University Ski Team
2. Johanna Aaker — Rocky Mountain College
3. Chinon Williams — Montana State University Ski Team

Men:

1. Kris Shampeny — Bridger Ski Foundation
2. Chet Cook — Independent
3. David Priest — Bridger Ski Foundation

J1’s:

Women:

1. Chelsea Kelley — Silver Run Ski Foundation
2. Kali Rose Witte — Great Divide Ski Team
3. Emily Creasia – Great Divide Ski Team

Men:

1. Clayton Krueger — Bridger Ski Foundation
2. Drew Lewis — Whitefish Mountain Resort Team
3. Miles Morris— Alpine Ski Club of Montana State University

J2’s:

Women:

1. Bridget French — Big Sky Ski Education Foundation
2. Tara Hines — Great Divide
3. Nicole Hedstrom — Great Divide

Men:

1. Bert Palagi — Whitefish Mountain Resort Team
2. Lucas Matelich — Missoula Ski Education Foundation
3. Connor Lunt — Bridger Ski Foundation

J3’s:

Women:

1. Linnea Zavala — Silver Run Ski Foundation
2. Madison Bildahl — Big Sky Ski Education Foundation
3. Michela Millette — Whitefish Mountain Resort Team

Men:

1. Travis Haller — Missoula Ski Education Foundation
2. Eric Haferman — Bridger Ski Foundation
3. Tyler Krueger — Bridger Ski Foundation

Bill Kenney Traditional High School Racer Award

The Bill Kenney series runs parallel to the Gold Cup Series.  This is a continental cup type competition for J1 and J2 competitors in Northern Division who are registered in high school.

Women:

1. Bridget French — Big Sky Ski Education Foundation
2. Linnea Zavala — Silver Run Ski Foundation
3. Tara Hines — Great Divide

Men:

1. Clayton Krueger — Bridger Ski Foundation
2. Travis Haller — Missoula Ski Education Foundation
3. Bert Palagi - Whitefish Mountain Resort Team

Overall Team Awards (Little Hollow Cup):

This is our team award given for quality not quantity and is intended to promote junior racing, club spirit, and unity. 

1st	Missoula Ski Education Foundation
2nd	Great Divide Race Team
3rd	Whitefish Mountain Race Team

YSL Super Champions

These awards are given to the top Team, top Male and top Female athletes during the YSL championships.  All three events are scored for both team and individual champions.  The top three placing male and female athletes from the result sheet from each team are scored for the team result.  The individual champions are also scored by placement on the result sheet from each of the three race events.

Women:  Mallory Kelley — Silver Run
Men:  Tom Swanson — Missoula Ski Education Foundation
Team Champion — Missoula Ski Education Foundation

Academic Awards

This award is open to any J1/J2 racer studying at the high school level regardless of athletic achievement, who is selected to the Western Region championship event and maintains a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. 

Bert Palagi — Whitefish Mountain Race Team
Tara Hines — Great Divide Race Team
Colten McCullough — Great Divide Race Team