North Michigan News

The Northern Michigan University (NMU) Alpine Ski team is set to compete in the USCSA Regionals Championship this weekend after a break since January 28th. The event will take place at Marquette Mountain, allowing the NMU team to stay close to home for the competition. The meet is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, with first runs starting at 10:30 AM each day. Second runs are planned for 1:45 PM on Saturday and 1:30 PM on Sunday.

For those interested in following the event, live stats will be available on race day. Updates throughout the weekend can also be found by following @nmu_alpine on Instagram, as well as through NMU's athletics website and their official Facebook and X pages.

In their last outing at the USCSA Spirit Mountain event in Minnesota on January 27th and 28th, both NMU's men's and women's teams performed exceptionally well. On the first day of competition, which featured the Giant Slalom, NMU's women took all podium spots and secured all top-10 positions. Tommie Springer finished first, Reagan Olli second, and Maddy Stern third.

The men's team mirrored this success by claiming all podium positions with Brad Seaborg taking gold, Aaron Grzelak finishing second, and Andrew Truman securing third place. On the second day of competition, NMU continued their dominance by capturing five out of six podium spots across both teams. Reagan Olli led the women's team again in first place with teammates Wichert and Kirk following in second and third places respectively. For the men’s team, Aaron Grzelak took another podium spot in first place followed by Brad Seaborg in second.