Sunday, February 4, 2018 - 11:28 pm

On Jan. 28, the Camden Snow Bowl again hosted the Seacoast Classic, drawing 225 skiers from around the state for a Kombi race. The past few years this race has been run under MARA (Maine Alpine Racing Association) guidelines as a Kombi. This is a combination of both slalom (smaller tighter) and giant slalom (larger, straighter) turns, designed in such a way as to challenge skiers to transition back and forth smoothly.

Generally a Kombi style race also includes at least one small jump to further challenge the skiers. This event is one of only a few Kombi races held in New England each year and is proving to be a big draw. More than 120 racers attended from as far away as Fort Kent and from racing programs at Lost Valley, Sugarloaf and others.

The Seacoast Classic followed the Camden Snow Bowl's Friday Night Racing series on Jan. 26 and a Middle School race on Saturday, Jan. 27. It was a busy three days of racing. The stats below include all the work and racers for these three races.

A small army of dedicated volunteers worked alongside Camden Snow Bowl staff in the weeks leading up to the race to prepare. The warm weather make creating a safe and snow covered surface very challenging and by the end of two runs, brown earth was beginning to show through the deep ruts in the soft, snow surface.

Some interesting Kombi stats:

Almost 1/2 mile of B-net was installed
1,500 feet of timing wire was pulled
Multiple jumps and start mounds were moved and built
Dozens of hours of extensive grooming was performed all last week on two race trails
More than 250 gates were drilled into (mostly) snow
An unknown (but massive) quantity of bagels and french fries were sold
225 skiers from more than a dozen teams and from as far away as Fort Kent travelled to our mountain to race
More than 550 race runs were taken
14 custom-made awards were designed and built
Race bibs from 3 decades ago were used due to high number of registrants
2,397 photos were taken by adoring ski moms and dads
Zero significant injuries occured
A million smiles were shared

A visiting coach was overheard remarking at our mountain's unique ability to efficiently deliver such a high quality level of racing with a primarily volunteer crew under the most challenging conditions.

“Simply put, we have some of the best people in the business,” reported the Ragged Mountain Ski Club.

Results

Table 1

Bib	Clas	Name	Ge	nCdelurb	Run 1	Run 2	FInal	Place
U8 Girls
2	U8	Atalanta Roberts	F	CSB	90.59	91.84	182.43	1
5	U8	Lorelai Simard	F	SHAW	89.31	93.76	183.07	2
1	U8	Maggie McCarthy	F	CSB	96.93	91.7	188.63	3
16	U8	Kuhn Hopkins	F	PVSC	103.64	110.92	214.56	4
6	U8	Pearl Yetman	F	CSB	DSQ	DSQ
4	U8	Maddy Taylor	F	CVA
U8 Boys
173	U8	Dan Rusu	M	PVSC	89.5	100.03	189.53	1
8	U8	Oliver Cyr	M	PVSC	90.66	106.59	197.25	2
7	U8	Reed Michaud	M	VRT	DSQ	81.88		3
9	U8	Caleb Saucier	M	VRT	DSQ	87.63		4
U10 Girls
10	U10	Haidyn Saucier	F	VRT	69.61	74.87	144.48
18	U10	Hailey Marquis	F	CSB	74.09	74.3	148.39
14	U10	Avery Cologna	F	LVRC	74.58	75.04	149.62
174	U10	Hadlye Long	F	CVA	75.12	75.29	150.41
13	U10	Olive Walker	F	CSB	74.89	77.13	152.02
19	U10	Luise Rueter	F	CVA	77.89	78.09	155.98
21	U10	Ainsley Ford	F	SMC	78.73	79.4	158.13
11	U10	Brynn Newsom	F	CSB	78.54	79.67	158.21
20	U10	Madison O'Brien	F	CVA	82.84	87.62	170.46
171	U10	Andreea Rusu	F	PVSC	84.11	88.45	172.56
26	U10	Olive Conover	F	CSB	92.07	96.75	188.82
22	U10	Ravita Py Nakjaroen	F	CSB	79.77	113.99	193.76
25	U10	Willa Yetman	F	CSB	100.15	98.36	198.51
24	U10	Ebba Hidestrand	F	CSB	125.47	106.3	231.77
23	U10	Amelia Mills	F	CSB	DSQ	90.01
12	U10	Estelle Chase	F	CSB	DSQ	91.52

17	U10	Ula Durow	F	CSB	DSQ	DSQ
U10 Boys
30	U10	Tanner Bland	M	CVA	65.46	66.53	131.99
3	U10	Oliver Whipple	M	CVA	65.77	68.37	134.14
27	U10	Trevor Nichols	M	SMC	65.33	71.12	136.45
37	U10	Sawyer Shanaman	M	LVRC	73.07	73.24	146.31
36	U10	Tate Hearst	M	CSB	80.02	79.36	159.38
39	U10	Adam McClure	M	PVSC	86.52	92.29	178.81
35	U10	Ian Beal	M	CSB	90.66	94.89	185.55
40	U10	Larson Castle	M	CSB	104.51	113.48	217.99
28	U10	Oliver Lee	M	CSB	DSQ	83.14
34	U10	Hudson Barry	M	SMC	68.55	DNF
33	U10	Wyatt Marquis	M	VRT	71.38
32	U10	Ty Taylor	M	CVA	74.53
29	U10	Daniel Weller	M	LIBERTY
38	U10	Alexander Farahpour	M	LMRT
U12 Girls
43	U12	Charlie Koenig	F	CVA	58.82	61.79	120.61
51	U12	Ava Beaudin	F	LVRC	68.7	65.83	134.53
52	U12	Gigi Grosset	F	CVA	67.74	67.11	134.85
42	U12	Eva Levin	F	CVA	69.93	67.61	137.54
44	U12	Ella Voisine	F	VRT	68.65	69.82	138.47
49	U12	Emerson Bois	F	VRT	69.07	70.08	139.15
41	U12	Zola Roberts	F	CSB	68.96	71.71	140.67
47	U12	Maggie Metzler	F	CSB	76.11	77.9	154.01
45	U12	Greer LaFiura	F	CSB	77.62	77.06	154.68
15	U12	Ava Tobias	F	CSB	79.94	79.17	159.11
50	U12	Julia Glass	F	SMC	79.73	79.92	159.65
46	U12	Julia Shearer	F	PVSC	82.84	92.66	175.5
48	U12	Marilou Mayhorn	F	CSB	103.1	100.55	203.65
U12 Boys
53	U12	Kaden Theriault	M	VRT	57.53	55.51	113.04

55	U12	Tyler Bland	M	CVA	56.59	57.65	114.24
61	U12	Landon Marquis	M	CSB	63.05	64.62	127.67
65	U12	Ansel Goode	M	CVA	67.59	67.8	135.39
57	U12	Walker Marquis	M	VRT	68.08	68.08	136.16
64	U12	Thomas O'Brien	M	CVA	68.92	70.39	139.31
60	U12	Hunter Cyr	M	PVSC	70.68	72.86	143.54
66	U12	Quinn Michaud	M	VRT	64.87	79.5	144.37
56	U12	Oliver Castle	M	ROCKPOR	74.91	77.29	152.2
69	U12	Bennett Cohen	M	CSB	85.62	90.36	175.98
67	U12	Isaac Hoshide	M	PVSC	87.78	92.14	179.92
54	U12	Caleb Lavertu	M	VRT	DNF	60.33
59	U12	Ethan Levesque	M	LVRC	DNF	73.48
58	U12	Jack Brocke	M	LVRC	DSQ	76.76
63	U12	Iain Larsen-Leavins	M	CSB	77.43	DSQ
62	U12	Wesley Mayhorn	M	CSB	DSQ	DSQ
68	U12	Jake Wagner	M	CVA	115.23
U14 Girls
72	U14	Mallory Sirois	F	VRT	60.72	60.95	121.67
82	U14	Nya Wolfe	F	CVA	60.62	61.25	121.87
75	U14	Danielle Michaud	F	CVA	61.5	63.51	125.01
81	U14	Taylor Gordon	F	CVA	68.36	58.43	126.79
70	U14	Morgan Cyr	F	VRT	62.53	64.51	127.04
78	U14	Macey Whipple	F	CVA	62.45	66.56	129.01
71	U14	Darci Pelletier	F	VRT	66.12	65.73	131.85
89	U14	Teagan Barry	F	SMC	66.21	66.87	133.08
84	U14	Abigail Williams	F	ROCKPOR	65.45	67.79	133.24
76	U14	Elly Sirois	F	VRT	68.9	67.5	136.4
77	U14	Natalie Brocke	F	LVRC	67.69	70.78	138.47
90	U14	Lily Stowe	F	CSB	72.34	71.25	143.59
73	U14	Charlotte Taylor	F	CSB	74.26	72.74	147
88	U14	Elyse Nadeau	F	PVSC	81.24	81.04	162.28
74	U14	Lizzie Larsen-Leavins	F	CSB	84.75	86.18	170.93

92	U14	Madison Tritt	F	PVSC	81.1	94.6	175.7
85	U14	Mira Kelly	F	VRT	78.35	103.9	182.25
91	U14	Elli Sea Andrus	F	CVA	DNF	57.52
80	U14	Brooke Boone	F	CVA	DNF	62.7
83	U14	Madeline Marcisso	F	CVA	DNF	66.37
79	U14	Ruby Poland	F	CVA	DNF	69.31
86	U14	Lily Jessen	F	CVA
87	U14	Hannah Osmer	F	SMC
U14 Boys
94	U14	Samuel Roy	M	VRT	54.85	55.47	110.32
96	U14	Pierre Hickey	M	VRT	56.09	57.12	113.21
97	U14	Griffin Sibley	M	VRT	56.59	57.55	114.14
95	U14	Brit LaFiura	M	CSB	59.72	59.25	118.97
101	U14	Jaxon Lowe	M	CSB	65.26	63.02	128.28
102	U14	Andre Sirois	M	VRT	61.32	72.51	133.83
99	U14	Ryan Southworth	M	CSB	67.83	66.15	133.98
100	U14	Zakery Chadbourne	M	PVSC	74.59	73.54	148.13
103	U14	Jett Lindelof	M	CSB	104.79	61.36	166.15
104	U14	Robert Suckow	M	LVRC	DSQ	67.89
98	U14	Maxwell Bois	M	VRT	61.12	DNF
93	U14	Matthew Voisine	M	VRT	61.35	DSQ
U16 Girls
106	U16	Jordan Cummings	F	LVRC	57.94	59.47	117.41
105	U16	Annabelle Williams	F	CSB	72.13	64.51	136.64
107	U16	Lydia Simon	F	VRT	67.4	DSQ
U16 Boys
110	U16	Jacob Roy	M	VRT	52.61	53.66	106.27
109	U16	Jacob Tyler	M	BAPST	55.39	54.35	109.74
116	U16	Devon Smith	M	CSB	56.79	56.51	113.3
108	U16	Oscar Horovitz	M	CSB	56.31	57.88	114.19
113	U16	Noah Lachance	M	CSB	64.78	61.48	126.26
114	U16	Maxim Long	M	SPRT	64.16	66.19	130.35

112	U16	Devin Gagnon	M	VRT	78.05	56.9	134.95
115	U16	Rhys White	M	CSB	76.97	63.3	140.27
111	U16	Ethan Andrus	M	CSB	DNF	74.5
U19 Girls
119	U19	Abigail Tyler	F	BAPST	56.19	56.07	112.26
120	U19	Jessie Mann	F	CSB	65.72	62.31	128.03
117	U19	Courtney King	F	CSB	59.03	102.8	161.83
118	U19	Sydney White	F	CSB	65.84
U19 Boys
124	U19	Michael Frampton	M	KH	53.12	52.82	105.94
122	U19	Ben Tyler	M	HAMPDEN	54.3	53	107.3
121	U19	Sawyer King	M	CSB	54.82	55.09	109.91
123	U19	Caellen Roberts	M	CSB	DNF	DNF

About the photographer:

John Steele came to Camden 29 years ago for vacation from Utah.

“As I stood overlooking the harbor I had the thought and feeling this is a very unique and special place and I could live here; great people, great food and a magical coast,” he said. “In Utah I was a pharmacist for the University of Utah Orthopedic Hospital, and taught skiing before settling down and a photographer.

“Over the last 20 years I have had three subjects my camera and I are passionate about Utah’s Wild Horses, a personal project in Vietnam and of coarse my dogs.

“Currently I volunteer at the Camden Snow Bowl teaching the fourth grade school program. I will be returning to Vietnam to finish an11year photographic project, lastly continue my work for our Nation’s National Treasure our Wild Horses. I find the people here very unique and would want to start a project around them. Hopefully the community will let me do so realizing I just want to capture their individual uniqueness to share. So many great faces!”

John Steele http://www.johnsteelephotography.com

mailto:johnsteelephotography@Gmail.com