The Juneau Ski Club returned to the Alyeska Race Trail in Girdwood Feb. 14-17 with 14 racers spread out in six races in the Aleyska Cup to earn qualifying points for the Western Region Championships held mid-March in Schweitzer, Idaho and Mammoth Mountain, California.

JSC had four top-five finishes with Angus Andrews placing third in a U16 boy’s giant slalom race, Spencer Stell third in an U12 boy’s giant slalom race, Alexander Andrews fourth in a U14 men’s slalom and Maddie Dale a fifth in a U16 women’s giant slalom race.

Skiing just 36 miles south of Anchorage with their largest travel group of skiers in recent years the team continued to make positive runs in a season that features low snow on their home mountain at Eaglecrest.

“This is the largest group Juneau has brought and it really shows the growth and depth of the Juneau Ski Club,” JSC coach Kevin Stell said. “I’m very proud of the results from all our athletes at these races. We have had challenging snow conditions here at Eaglecrest this season which has limited our training and prep time for competition this season.”

At Alyeska the U12-14 age groups raced one Slalom and one Giant Slalom and the U16-18 age groups raced two Slalom and two Giant Slalom races.

“In all races, U14 and older athletes earned points for qualifying for Western Region Championships,” Coach Stell said. “Our JSC racers had great results in both Slalom and Giant Slalom races against a field of the top racers from Alyeska Ski Club (ASC), Hilltop Alpine Race Team (HART), and Arctic Valley Ski Club (AVSC).

U12 RESULTS BY AGE CLASS (first place and/or JSC finishers):

U12 Men Giant Slalom— 1st place Daniel Miles ASC 1:23.69 (41.16 first run, 42.53 second), 3rd Spencer Stell JSC 1:33.43 (46.27, 47.16), 6th Chance Tabor JSC 1:38.13 (47.97, 50.16), 10th John Jensen JSC 1:40.22 (49.96, 50.26).

U12 Women Giant Slalom – 1st Grace Volmer AVST 1:28.98 (44.69, 44.29), 9th Elaine Duvall JSC 1:43.36 (50.79, 52.57).

U12 Men Slalom – 1st Yohannan Dodge ASC 1:31.66 (47.05, 44.61), 11th Riley Swanson JSC 1:53.59 (56.81, 56.78), JSC’s Jensen did not finish first run and hit 1:11.51 second run. JSC’s Stell was disqualified first run and hit 50.77 second run.

U12 Women Slalom – 1st Emma Guess ASC 1:40.23 (48.46, 51.77), 14th Elaine Duvall JSC 2:01.46 (59.99, 1:01.58).

U14 RESULTS BY AGE CLASS (first place and/or JSC finishers):

U14 Men Giant Slalom— 1st place Julien-Didier Stiassny ASC 1:18.98 (38.96, 40.02), 6th Alexander Andrews JSC 1:26.52 (42.66, 43.86), 8th Vadim Zimmerman JSC 1:32.45 (46.18, 46.27), 9th Wesley Swanson JSC 1:33.24 (46.44, 46.80), 12th Zev Levine JSC 1:34.46 (46.66, 47.80).

U14 Women Giant Slalom – 1st Mia Huey ASC 1:22.74 (42.10, 40.64), 12th Marin Lowell JSC 1:33.50 (46.70, 46.80), 13th Mckinley Burgess-Fitzpatrick JSC 1:34.40 (46.53, 47.87).

U14 Men Slalom – 1st Finn Sundberg HART 1:19.49 (41.17, 38.32), 4th Alex. Andrews JSC 1:29.61 (44.82, 44.79), 6th Zimmerman JSC 1:30.63 (46.13, 44.50), 8th Swanson JSC 1:34.42 (47.91, 46.51), JSC’s Jacob Ivaniszek was disqualified on first run and raced a 43.21 second run. JSC’s Levine raced a 47.91 first run but was disqualified on second run.

U14 Women Slalom – 1st Mia Huey ASC 1:22.05 (39.55, 42.54), JSC’s Burgess-Fitzpatrick was disqualified first run and hit 57.49 second run. JSC’s Lowell hit 56.25 first run but was disqualified second run.

U16 RESULTS BY AGE CLASS (first place and/or JSC finishers):

U16 Men Giant Slalom – 1st Gus Westerlund ASC 1:40.83 (49.58, 51.25), 3rd Angus Andrews JSC 1:42.14 (50.36, 51.78).

U16 Men Giant Slalom 2 – 1st Jed McDonald HART 1:34.83 (47.54, 47.29), Ang. Andrews JSC did not finish 2nd run, 1st run was 47.31.

U16 Women Giant Slalom 1 – 1st Lucy Olson ASC 1:43.30 (50.94, 52.36), 5th Maddie Dale JSC 1:52.17 (55.46, 56.71).

U16 Women Giant Slalom 2 – 1st Olson ASC 1:37.41 (47.87, 49.54), 6th Dale JSC 1:45.68 (52.79, 52.89).

U16 Men Slalom 1 – 1st Westerlund ASC 1:33.31 (47.34, 45.97), 6th Ang. Andrews JSC 1:35.06 (49.78, 45.28).

U16 Men Slalom 2 – 1st Westerlund ASC 1:32.74 (45.85, 46.89), 9th Ang. Andrews JSC 1:43.33 (55.68, 47.65).

U16 Women Slalom 1 – 1st Cameron Taylor ASC 1:35.53 (44.79, 50.74), 6th Maddie Dale JSC 1:49.24 (52.85, 56.39).

U16 Women Slalom 2 – 1st Olson ASC 1:38.01 (47.48, 50.53). JSC’s Dale did not finish first run.

Due to poor snow conditions the JSC has canceled their home race series for U14 and U16 age groups on March 1-2 and will use a past race for Western Region Championship qualifying points.

The JSC still plans to hold their Free Ride Competition on March 7-8, which is likely to happen as it is held on the upper mountain of Eaglecrest in the West Bowl. An adult competition is held at the same time. This will be the fourth year JSC has hosted the event that also attracts adults and youth from Anchorage, Washington and Canada.

The Western Region Championships will be held mid-March in Schweitzer, Idaho and Mammoth Mountain, California.

• Contact Klas Stolpe at klas.stolpe@juneauempire.com.