Junior Jam: Powderhorn shines at Butte

The Powderhorn (Colorado) Racing Club USSA team kicked off its competitive racing season recently with a strong showing at the Crested Butte giant slalom competition.
The Powderhorn (Colorado) Racing Club USSA team kicked off its competitive racing season recently with a strong showing at the Crested Butte giant slalom competition. Nineteen area athletes, ranging in age from 7 to 14, competed at Crested Butte against teams from Aspen, Sunlight, Telluride, Monarch and Crested Butte. Powderhorn’s highest finish was a second-place medal won by Anders Carlson in the highly competitive J4 (ages 11-12) division. Overall, the Powderhorn Racing Club had 20 top-10 finishers. Full results are as follows:

J5 girls
Morning Race:                                                 Afternoon Race:
Birgit Morris    5th place    38.72                     5th place   41.88                       
Marta Morris  Disqualified                               8th place   43.66
Cleo Mueller                     43.55                                       46.30
Nicole Twardowski           44.85                                       46.46

J4 girls
Morning Race:                                                 Afternoon Race:
Avivah Hotimsky  8th place  35.74                   8th place  35.74
Courtney Clark     9th place  35.78                                   38.00
Destiny Mullens  Disqualified                                           42.69

J3 girls
Morning Race:                                                 Afternoon Race:
Katherine Howe  4th place  32.83                    7th  place  35.11
Amelia Davis       5th place  32.92                    9th place  35.87

J5 boys
Morning Race:                                                 Afternoon Race:
Keino Davis                         35.89                   9th place    34.24
Jonah Howe                        35.54                                      34.92
Ian Lummis                          38.93                                     37.95
Dillon Livingston                  39.14                                      37.58
Briggs Oakley                      41.54                                      38.13

J4 boys
Morning Race:                                                 Afternoon Race:
Anders Carlson  Disqualified                           2nd place    31.47
Max Mroz             6th place    32.90                4th place    31.99
Rylan Perez         8th place    33.10                6th place    32.23
Zac Twardowski  10th place  33.71                 8th place    32.88

J3 boys
Morning Race:                                                 Afternoon Race:
Kyle Avrett           10th place  31.81        &
nbsp;         10th place    31.74

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