2010 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.  Awards are given for overall and also by class.  The class awards are based on points scored within the class.

Overall Winners:

• Women:  Carter Theade, Silver Run Ski Team
• Men:  Travis Haller, Missoula Ski Education Foundation

Class Winners:

• A’s: 
• Women:  Megan Thees, Rocky Mountain College
• Men:  Tyler Chandler, Rocky Mountain College
• J1’s:
• Women:  Brittany Anderson, Rocky Mountain College
• Men:  Teddy Kress, Missoula Ski Education Foundation
• J2’s:
• Women:  Carter Theade, Silver Run Ski Team
• Men:  Travis Haller, Missoula Ski Education Foundation
• J3’s:
• Women:  Mallory Kelley, Silver Run Ski Team
• Men:  Bridger Sullivan, Bridger Ski Foundation

Gold Points Development Scholarships

New this year are development scholarships, awarded from 2009 Development funds and based on overall gold point scoring for the 2009-2010 season, to encourage participation in Northern Division Race Series.  This money can be used for future education (college, trade school or post grad) or as a credit towards their travel for next season.

	Men	Women
1st Place - $200	Travis Haller (MSEF)	Carter Theade (SRS)
2nd Place - $150	Eric Haferman (BSF)	Mallory Kelley (SRS)
3rd Place - $100	Lucas Matelich (MSEF)	Madison Bildahl (BSSEF)

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:  Carter Theade, Silver Run Ski Team
• Men:  Travis Haller, Missoula Ski Education Foundation

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:  Bridger Ski Foundation
• 2nd:  Missoula Ski Education Foundation
• 3rd:  Whitefish Mountain Race Team (Flathead Valley Ski Foundation)

YSL Super Combined Champions

These awards are given to the top Team, top Male and top Female athletes during the YSL championships Super Combi event.  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:  Stella Gardner — Missoula Ski Education Foundation
• Men:  Jack Hallerr — 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. 

Name	GPA	Team
Carter Theade	4.0	Silver Run Ski Foundation
Travis Haller	4.0	Missoula Ski Education Foundation
Erin Tabish	4.0	Flathead Valley Ski Foundation (WMRT)
Ivy Duncan	4.0	Discovery Race Team
Casey Jacobson	4.0	Great Divide Race Team
Ruby Kazemi	4.0	Missoula Ski Education Foundation
Tom Swanson	4.0	Missoula Ski Education Foundation
Darby Lacey	4.0	Showdown Ski Team
Ryan Flink	4.0	Missoula Ski Education Foundation
Mallory Kelley	4.0	Silver Run Ski Team
Annie Jobe	4.0	Flathead Valley Ski Foundation (WMRT)
Michela Millette	3.83	Flathead Valley Ski Foundation (WMRT)
Lucas Matelich	3.83	Missoula Ski Education Foundation
Nevada Kramer	3.83	Flathead Valley Ski Foundation (WMRT)
Erica Christian	3.82	Bridger Ski Foundation
Grant Dokken	3.75	Bridger Ski Foundation
Dan Hawthorne	3.67	Missoula Ski Education Foundation

Honorable Mention:

Melissa Wills	Big Sky Ski Education Foundation
Nick Becker	Flathead Valley Ski Foundation (WMRT)
Kyle Butler	Bridger Ski Foundation
Elizabeth Swoboda	Bridger Ski Foundation
Tyler Krueger	Bridger Ski Foundation
Max Haller	Missoula Ski Education Foundation