| Michigan State Ripfest Wrap Up |
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Sixteen teams showed up to participate in MSU's Ripfest this past weekend in Linden, MI. Despite the weather, competition held strong as most teams stuck around to fight for the win. All of the skiers showed promising potential setting next week's conference expectations high. Women's Slalom was first off the dock Saturday morning followed by men's slalom early in the afternoon. In women's slalom, Whitney Smith of the University of Michigan Flint took first with 3.5 @ 32 off. Danielle Drewry from Grand Valley State took second with 4 @ 28 off and her teammate Katelyn Redes came in third with 1 @ 28 off. Needless to say, GVS took 1st overall with a score of 1470 in women's slalom followed by Purdue 1375 and U of M 1285. In men's slalom, Edwin Wiley of Purdue took first with 4.5 @ 32 off, his teammate Matthew Fillmore came in second with 4 @ 32 off and Brenton Triplet tied him with 4 @ 32 off. Purdue overall came in first for men's slalom with a score of 1835 followed by U of M with 1520 and University of Cincinnati with 1515. Although the rain was present all day, it was after slalom that a lot of teams decided to surrender to the weather and go home. Women's trick followed right after slalom with Men's trick ending the day. In women's trick, Whitney Smith from the University of Michigan Flint took first with a score of 780, Traci Weis came in second with 660 and Erika Bramlett came in third with 450. Overall, U of M took first in Women's trick with 1050pts, Purdue following with 1020 and MSU with 435. Men's trick was dominated by Purdue's men. Sergio Urbie came in first with a monster 3550pts, Edwin Wiley with 1330 and Matthew Fillmore with 1120. It is no surprise that Purdue came in first overall for men's trick with 1445pts, U of M not far behind with1300 and University of Cincinnati with 1115. Sunday morning although more promising weather than Saturday was still less than ideal for both women and men jumpers. But, through the cold wind and rain they managed to make it threw for the love of the competition! Women's jump had Traci Weis from Purdue taking first with 64ft, her first collegiate jump title. Jacklyn Woniger took second with 58ft and Julia Roberts came in third with 48ft. Overall, U of M placed first with a score of 335, University of Cincinnati following with 235 and Purdue with 205. In men's jump, Sergio Uribe from Purdue took first by jumping 133ft. Matthew Fillmore his teammate came in second jumping 118ft and Dan Pabst from MSU took third with 108ft. Overall for men's jump, Purdue with a score of 280pts took first, U of M following with 170 and MSU with 110. In the women's overall competition, Traci Weis from Purdue took first, Julia Roberts from U of M second and Jill Jolley from Grand Valley State placing third. In the men's overall competition, Sergio Uribe took first from Purdue, Matthew Fillmore placed second from Purdue and Edwin Wiley placed third from (surprise surprise) Purdue! It should be no surprise that with the top 3 men, the men's overall went to Purdue followed by U of M 2nd and then the University of Cincinnati 3rd. The top 3 women's overall went to U of M followed by Purdue 2nd and Grand Valley State 3rd. It was a close call for the #1 spot seeing that Purdue and U of M took the 1 and 2 spots for the men and women's top overalls. But, Purdue pulled forward and became the overall team champions at Ripfest 2008! U of M came up close with 2nd and University of Cincinnati 3rd. Looks like Purdue has some competition for next week's conference, can U of M pull ahead? – Stay Tuned |
