Masters racers from across the Pacific Northwest and local junior racers shared a slalom race Saturday at Skibowl and managed to squeeze in some good, fast runs before torrential downpours swamped out the rest of Masters Mania Weekend on Mount Hood.

Skiyente Ski Club and Schnee Vogeli Ski Club hosted the Masters weekend and decided to open their slalom course Saturday to junior racers who have struggled to train and race at Skibowl all year due to poor conditions. The Jesse Scroggins-designed Turkey Slalom course ran down Dogleg and into the Lower Bowl and was well-received by racers of all ages.

The junior racers were 16 and under, and the Masters Racers ranged from 21-year-old former high school racer Christian Bennett to 77-year-old Rich Robertson. Here are two photos by Mike Juliana showing Bennett and Robertson on course:

If you raced and want to see photos of yourself running the gates, Mike Juliana has many more photos from the Turkey Slalom available for purchase here.

Mount Hood-based Masters racers raked in the wins by age division.

• Rich Roberton was first for men 75-79.
• Alice Jacklet took first for women 70-74.
• Jill Trulsen was first for women 60-64.
• Beth Paraskeva was first for women 50-54.
• Meg Spillman took first for women 45-49.
• Melinda Kai took first for women 40-44.
• Meegan Bombadil took first for women 30-34.
• Amanda Moran took first for women 21-29.
• Ladislav Konstacky took first for men 60-64.
• Greg Dilger took second for men 60-64.
• Jesse Scroggins took first for men 55-59 with the best combined time for all racers, 1:17:44.
• Mike Smith took first for men 50-54.
• Peter Dodd took first for men 45-49.
• Brian Bogatin took first for men 40-44.
• Jay Pollock took first for men 35-39.
• Geoff Mihalko took first for men 30-34.

Full results for the Masters race are posted here.

Junior racers got one run on red and one on blue, while Masters racers got four runs total, two on each side. For the juniors, U16 Nathan Gunesch of Mount Hood Academy raced to a resounding victory with a time four and a half seconds quicker than the next-fastest finisher. Madison Jones, also of Mount Hood Academy, took first for the U16 girls. Here is another Mike Juliana photo showing Madison Jones:

Here are the full results for the U16 Racers.

U16 Girls

1. Madison Jones, Mount Hood Academy, 1:23.04
2. Natalie Hall, Mount Hood Academy, 1:23.42
3. Isabella Hoffman, Mount Hood Academy, 1:27.18
4. Meera Champawat, Meadows Race Team, 1:29.40
5. Chloe Kurahara, Mount Hood Academy, 1:29.98

U16 Boys

1. Nathan Gunesch, Mount Hood Academy, 1:14.72
2. Luke Musgrave, Mount Hood Academy, 1:19.37
3. Zachary Simmons, Mount Hood Academy 1:20.88
4. Benjamin Davidson, Meadows Race Team, 1:21.31
5. Adam Valls, Meadows Race Team, 1:23.48
6. Jay Raitt, Mount Hood Academy, 1:24.08
7. Jakobe Green, Mount Hood Academy, 1:24.53
8. Jake Gradwohl, Meadows Race Team, 1:25.92
9. Brady Layman, Cascade Winter Sports Club, 1:28.63
10. Zen Clairmont, Mount Hood Academy, 1:28.88
11. Alex Babcock, Meadows Race Team, 1:30.10
12. Connor Splitstoser, Mount Hood Academy, 1:32.50
13. Brandon Wald, Mount Hood Academy, 1:33.29
14. Aidan Kearney, Mount Hood Academy, 1:36.67
15. Cameron McCorkle, Meadows Race Team, 1:37.05

The Skiyente Memorial Cup GS scheduled for Sunday, March 9 was cancelled due to rain.

Last modified: March 14, 2014