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February 1-2, 2003 Iola Winter Sports Club, Iola WI
The 2003 Masters Age Group Championships were hosted Feb. 1-2 by the Iola
Winter Sports Club
at their beautiful ski bowl, Norseman Hill, outside of Iola in east-central
Wisconsin.
Hosts folded the Masters events into a busy weekend starting with the Badger
State Games and
including annual Iola Winter Carnival jumping. Iola volunteers did a good job under
very difficult circumstances.
The bad news was that there was no snow anywhere in the lower two thirds of
Central ski jumping land; the good news was
that a long spell of bitter cold provided day after day of perfect snow making
weather. Iola obtained snow guns from St. Paul and quickly assembled the
required pumps, tanks and hoses, and club members spent many long days and
nights learning to make snow on a ski jump.
Then, just as the weary crew prepared to open the hills, mother nature dropped about five inches of new snow on the whole scene including the five jumping hills, K-5, 10, 20, 40, 60. This beautified the ski bowl and made cross country skiing possible, but it required cleaning all new snow from five inruns and half of the snow from two landing hills.
Saturday's Badger State jumping enjoyed temperatures around freezing but
Sunday's forecast included snow and rain.
The rain never materialized and the snow held off until the long day of
competition was finished. On the 40 meter hill, Masters III jumper Tim
Denisson, once a U.S. Ski Team member, emerged the top scorer, barely edging
the best junior jumpers. All small hill competitions
ran well, but troubles started on the 60 meter jump. A team of local and
visiting experts on track preparation cut a nice deep track but
The anticipated 60 meter shootout between many-time champion Scott Smith and young guns Brian Sanders and John Keck never materialized. Smith registered but decided not to ski, Keck returned to Minneapolis after losing a ski on Silvermine Hill in Eau Claire, and Sanders withdrew after his trial jump. In fact, all of the younger Masters withdrew either before or after the trial ride, leaving just two, Bob Keck (aged 64) and Don West (65) to continue their 50 year rivalry. (See photo at right.) Finally, the Competition Jury wisely decided to stop the 60 meter competition after a single competitive round, before anyone was hurt. The results below are presented in the order in which the competitions were conducted.
20 Meter Event
Athlete Name Dist. --Judge Scores-- Style Dist. Jump Total
Ski Club (M) J-1 J-2 J-3 Pts. Pts. Pts. Pts.
MYLANDER, JIM 18.0 11.0 12.5 12.0 35.5 26.4 61.9
ST PAUL 18.0 11.0 11.0 12.0 34.0 26.4 60.4 122.3
SCHAUER, BOB 20.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 14.0 38.4 52.4
NORGE 20.5 4.0 5.5 4.0 13.5 38.4 51.9 104.3
Master-III (ages 50-59)
HAUGEN, BILL 13.5 11.0 11.0 11.0 33.0 4.8 37.8
MINNEAPOLIS 15.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 11.5 14.4 25.9 63.7
Master-IV (ages 60-69)
SEVERSON, DALE 9.0 12.0 11.5 12.0 35.5 -16.8 18.7
ST PAUL (did not take second jump) 18.7
USA Masters Ski Jumping National Championships
OLIGNEY, DARCY 24.5 12.0 12.0 12.0 36.0 -5.6 30.4
IOLA 23.5 11.0 12.5 11.5 35.0 -8.8 26.2 56.6
Master-II (ages 40-49)
MILES, MARK 30.0 14.5 14.5 14.5 43.5 12.0 55.5
ISHPEMING 30.5 15.0 13.5 15.0 43.5 13.6 57.1 112.6
HALLINGBYE, STIG 28.5 15.5 14.0 15.0 44.5 7.2 51.7
WYOMING 30.0 15.5 13.5 15.0 44.0 12.0 56.0 107.7
BERENS, JOE 28.0 11.0 11.5 12.0 34.5 5.6 40.1
MINNEAPOLIS 29.0 13.5 12.5 12.0 38.0 8.8 46.8 86.9
Master-III (ages 50-59)
DENNISON, TIM 31.0 16.0 14.5 15.0 45.5 15.2 60.7
WYOMING 31.0 14.0 13.0 13.0 40.0 15.2 55.2 115.9
RICCHIO, TOM 29.0 15.0 14.0 14.5 43.5 8.8 52.3
IOLA 31.0 4.0 7.5 4.0 15.5 15.2 30.7 83.0
Master-IV
(ages 60-69)
KECK, BOB 27.0 12.5 11.5 12.5 36.5 2.4 38.9 OCONOMOWOC 29.5 14.5 14.5 14.5 43.5 10.4 53.9 92.8 WEST, DON 23.0 12.0 12.0 12.5 36.5 -10.4 26.1 LAKE PLACID 25.5 14.5 13.0 12.5 40.0 -2.4 37.6 63.7
USA Masters Ski Jumping National Championships
Athlete Name Ski Club Dist. J-1 J-2 J-3 Style Dist. Total KECK, BOB OCONOMOWOC 32.5 13.0 15.0 13.5 41.5 -13.2 28.3 WEST, DON LAKE PLACID 25.0 12.0 13.0 13.0 38.0 -31.2 6.8
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On Saturday evening, the Masters group gathered at the country club for chicken and
ribs, talk and fellowship.
All Masters jumping events ran on Sunday, Feb. 2, with the seventeen Masters
competitors choosing one or two from three competitions on hills of size 20,
40, and 60 meters. Two Class 5 Masters (ages 70-79), jumping judge Bob
Immens and Sig Malvik, the Iola club official in charge during the
construction of the new 60 meter tower, were active throughout the weekend but
neither chose to register and put on his skis. (See photo at left.)
were unable to correct a sticky spot in the inrun transition.
