Marquette Mountain Race Team and Great Lakes Ski Academy, the local ski racing teams based at Marquette Mountain, have wrapped up their 2022-2023 season. This year had the most athletes ever in both the hill-based team, MMRT and the nationally competitive part of the program, GLSA.
Over 175 athletes participated in both programs this year. Community involvement along with outstanding sponsorship from local businesses, helped to make this year a success.
GLSA had numerous racers who qualified for post season national competitions. Sam Dehlin, Anna Grzelak, Olivia Hutchins, and Olivia Lunseth qualified for the US Eastern HS Championships held at Mittersill, NH. All GLSA athletes visited the podium multiple times during the competition. Team Michigan beat out 11 other states to capture the overall team title. Additionally, racers Sam Dehlin and Olivia Hutchins won overall Men’s and Women’s individual titles.
Olivia Hutchins and Sophie Skytta competed in the Rocky / Central Division Championships held at Winter Park, Colorado. Both athletes skied well, and Olivia Hutchins continued to ski at a very high level, finishing 7th overall and qualifying for the U16 National Championships which will take place at Mission Ridge, WA in April.
The Prater Cup is a combined U16 Rocky / Central competition held at Crested Butte, Colorado. Racers Brady Audette, Connor Henry, Benjamin Kuhl, Ava Stern and Lucy Stern qualified for this year’s competition representing GLSA and all skied very competitively. Conditions were difficult and athletes managed to ski well.
Stella Dehlin, Lake Skytta and Nora Skytta competed in the U14 Rocky / Central Championships held at Vail Colorado. Once again, all GLSA athletes were competitive, and Stella Dehlin was able to pull off a top 10 finish in the Super G event.
The U14 Central Championships were held at Ski Brule in Iron River, Michigan. Female GLSA athletes swept the podium with Stella Dehlin winning the overall female championship. Sophie Coxon finished in second and Haley Provost captured third. In the boy’s division, Chase Dehlin and Ethan Dehlin skied well with both finishing in the top 10 overall.
Athletes that have continued to ski with GLSA but now also ski for NMU traveled to Mammoth, California for the 2023 US Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships. The NMU Men’s and Women’s Alpine teams qualified for post season competition and veteran GLSA athletes had strong performances in what was an incredibly shortened event due to heavy snowfall. Only the slalom competition was possible and athletes Aaron Grzelak, Ainsley Kirk and Brad Seaborg had top 15 finishes and were all named to the All-American rosters. The NMU Women finished 2nd in team competition with the Men finishing 3rd. Both Aaron Grzelak and Brad Seaborg qualified for the US Nationals held at SunValley, Idaho in early April.
Among other highlights at the national and college level:
United States Collegiate Ski Association (USCSA) National Championships at Mammoth Mountain
Individual Results
2023 USCSA Women’s National Champion – Reagan Olli, NMU
Podium Team Results
2023 USCSA Women’s Team National Champion Runners-up – Northern Michigan University women (National Champion women’s team is Rocky Mountain College)
2023 USCSA Men’s Team National Champion 3rd place – Northern Michigan University men (National Champion men’s team is Castleton University)
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