An Upper Peninsula skiing mecca: Marquette Mountain hosts youth skiers from all over for slalom, GS races
Lake Skytta poses with the trophy for being one of the overall winners of the 2026 Rumney Memorial award after a youth alpine ski meet held Saturday at Marquette Mountain. (Photo courtesy Julie Kelly)
This is the large contingent, estimated at around 150 youth skiers ages 6 to 22, along with their coaches who make up this winter’s Marquette Mountain Racing Team. (Photo courtesy Julie Kelly)
Lake Skytta, left, and Sydney Kuhl were named overall winners of the 2026 Rumney Memorial award after the youth alpine ski meet held Saturday at Marquette Mountain. (Photo courtesy Julie Kelly)
Lake Skytta poses with the trophy for being one of the overall winners of the 2026 Rumney Memorial award after a youth alpine ski meet held Saturday at Marquette Mountain. (Photo courtesy Julie Kelly)
This is the large contingent, estimated at around 150 youth skiers ages 6 to 22, along with their coaches who make up this winter’s Marquette Mountain Racing Team. (Photo courtesy Julie Kelly)
Lake Skytta, left, and Sydney Kuhl were named overall winners of the 2026 Rumney Memorial award after the youth alpine ski meet held Saturday at Marquette Mountain. (Photo courtesy Julie Kelly)
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MARQUETTE -- Youth skiers from around the Upper Peninsula converged on Marquette Mountain on Saturday for the Rumney Memorial Invitational alpine ski races hosted by the Marquette Mountain Race Team.
More than 180 athletes participated in six age divisions for both boys and girls, with the vast majority of entrants from the MMRT.
The skiers from ages 6 to 18 tested their skills with two slalom runs and two giant slalom runs at a meet that memorializes the late Chris Rumney, a Marquette native who loved ski racing and died in 1984.
MMRT said it plans to host a half-dozen races at Marquette Mountain this winter, each inviting young skiers from around the U.P.
Organizers thanked sponsors Downwind Sports and the Marquette Rotary Club, MMRT coaches and the Marquette Mountain Resort for its support of the program.
Here are the top three finishers in each skiing discipline, listed from first to third in each division:
Slalom
Under 8 -- Girls: Margaret Croney, Penelope Hinze, Ella Barker; Boys: Nathan Bernard, Bodhin Kemppainen, Asher Bradfish
Under 10 -- Girls: Sarah Jamieson, Miriam Torreano, Milly Reinersten; Boys: Jack Kelly, Edward Radomyski, Caleb Sams
Under 12 -- Girls: Kinoka Minakata, Samantha Jamieson, Lena Wieringa; Boys: Henry Stempihar, Oscar Isaacson, Logan Luedman
Under 14 -- Girls: Haley Provost, Olivia DiLernia, Isabelle Henry; Boys: Jacob Balduc, Sigurd Johnson, Ian Klein
Under 16 -- Girls: Sydney Kuhl, Sophie Coxon, Kaylee (last name unavailable); Boys: Lake Skytta, Jude Balding, Danny Starr
Under 19 -- Girls: Lyla Isaacson, Anna Bernard, Aubrey Bolduc; Boys: Brady Audette, Conner Henry, Braxton Teichmille
Giant slalom
Under 8 -- Girls: Penelope Hinze, Margaret Croney, Basia Nowicki; Boys: Nathan Bernard, Bodhin Kemppainen, Asher Bradfish
Under 10 -- Girls: Miriam Torreano, Sarah Jamieson, Harriet Nyberg; Boys: Milo Kocha, Jack Kelly, Edward Radomyski
Under 12 -- Girls: Kinoka Minakata, Samantha Jamieson, Kayleigh Noe; Boys: Henry Stempihar, Lincoln Beranek, Weston Kemppainen
Under 14 -- Girls: Haley Provost, Isabel Henry, Olivia DiLernia; Boys: Quin Hampston, Jacob Balduc, Sigurd Johnson
Under 16 -- Girls: Sydney Kuhl, Kaylee (last name unavailable), Sophie Coxon; Boys: Lake Skytta, Jude Balding, Danny Starr
Under 19 -- Girls: Lyla Isaacson, Jillian Starr, Anna Bernard; Boys: Brady Audette, Braxton Teichmille, Conner Henry
Story contents based on email received from Julie Kelly of the Marquette Mountain Racing Team. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee's email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.