Boys Ski Team takes home threepeat state title win

Emily McDonald
March 11, 2013

For another year, the Oregon Interscholastic Ski Racing Association State Championship trophy will remain in possession of the West Linn Boys Ski Team. After the boys and girls ski teams won the Combined Team Three Rivers League title, they advanced to the State Championships held at Mt. Hood SkiBowl on March 6-8. The boys team also took home the individual slalom and giant slalom event titles in the TRL. The girls team secured fourth place in both events for the league season.

The boys State Championship giant slalom race on Thursday was dominated by West Linn skiers with its first four racers finishing in the top 15 places. Dalton Tuor, senior, finished first with Trevor Maxwell, sophomore, taking second just half a second behind him. Other top finishers included Jordan Reisterer, junior, in 11th and Colin Maxwell, junior, in 15th. The girls team competed in slalom on Thursday, taking 10th place as a team. Emily McDonald, senior, placed 24th overall in the slalom event.

Friday’s slalom event proved a strong conclusion at the State Championship for the boys team. Trevor Maxwell held a significant lead in first place, finishing almost three seconds faster than the second place finisher. Tuor finished fifth, Colin Maxwell 14th, Reisterer 18th and Christopher McNabb, freshman, 20th. The Combined Team in both events for the boys and girls teams ended up fifth in the state.

With a deep team losing just two senior racers this season, the ski team is hoping to defend its State Championship title for years to come.

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Emily McDonald, Copy Editor

While she is known as crazy, talented and certainly enthusiastic, Emily McDonald, senior, is a well-rounded person who is preparing for college. Among her top picks Montana State University or Oregon State University are the two front runners in checking out colleges.

“I would probably get distracted in Montana because of all the things there is to do there, so my second choice would be Oregon State,” McDonald said.

Captain of the the Girls Varsity Ski Team, McDonald enjoys other out of school activities such as long boarding, horseback riding and writing her own music. She was dubbed with the nickname Taylor because she writes songs like Taylor Swift, who is one of her favorite music artists. Thinking of the future, McDonald in interested in many careers; she is motivated about the possibility of becoming a ski resort manager or perhaps an emergency room nurse. This is a very large contrast from her first idea of becoming a stunt double. McDonald is interested in extreme activities; it would be a job where she would get to come to work and do what she loves.

McDonald has a passion for writing. She chooses to be on Amplifier staff because of the people that surround her, and because she is able to get involved with many different activities around the school.

McDonald is on the path to her careers and future, she is known for her enthusiasm and will take that wherever she goes.