Robel, Abraham lead Gaylord ski teams in home races at Boyne
BOYNE FALLS ― An unusual winter with higher-than-average January temperatures has left the Northern Michigan ski teams with little to work with as far as training time
However, once the snow started falling, it was time to get to work.
This week, the Gaylord teams were in action, hosting the latest Big North Conference meet at Boyne Mountain on Thursday, January 26, and came home with some stellar results.
The Traverse City West teams ended up victorious in both races, but it was a good day for both the boys team and individuals as Jack Robel and Keaton Abraham helped the boys to a second place finish in the giant slalom and fourth place finish overall.
Jack Robel led the Blue Devils boys, placing fifth individually in the giant slalom with a time of 1 minute, 3.27 seconds and sixth in the slalom at 1:22.36. Keaton Abraham followed him in both, finishing in ninth in the giant slalom at 1:04.17 and ninth in the slalom at 1:22.91.
Along with the contirbutions from Kevin Zaremba (15th in giant slalom, 39th in slalom), Finn Miller (22nd in GS), Marshall Krajniak (24th in GS, 43rd in slalom) and Conner Morey (27th in GS, 42nd in slalom), the boys finished with 51 points, just ahead of Petoskey for second place, while finishing fourth overall in the combined scores behind TC West, TC Central and Petoskey and ahead of Cadillac.
Kaija Lazda led the Blue Devils' girls squad, finishing tied for 11th in the slalom with TC Central's Ella Sill with a combined time of 1:34.10 and ninth in giant slalom at 1:06.48. Clover Hamilton performed at a high level as well, with her time in the giant slalom (1:06.90) good for 11th overall.
The girls finished fifth overall with 125.5 points.
Now, with no lack of snow on the ground, the ski season should be full steam ahead, with BNC meets scheduled for Monday, Jan. 30 at Crystal Mountain and another on Monday, Feb. 6 at Nub's Nob.
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Jack Robel, Keaton Abraham lead Gaylord ski teams in home races at Boyne
