MASTERS
Skiers Edge Western Regional Masters Ski Team
Men Women
Class 13 Teddy Cantanho (FW)
Class 12 Gaetano Demattei (FW)
Class 11 Charlie Hauser ((RM)
Class 10 Jim Dugan (FW)
Class 9 Bob Sarchett (IM)
Class 8 Jim Ragan (N)
Class 7 Pierre Jeangirard (FW)
Class 6 Erik Klemme (RM)
Class 5 Tim Hill (PN)
Class 4 Adam Gooch (FW)
Class 3 Toby Chapman (N)
Class 2 Gavin Delmas (FW)
Class 1 Matt Savage (FW)
Marietta Frinell (FW)
Sandy Hogan (FW)
Rosemary Moschel (IM)
Deb Lewis (FW)
Amy Lanzel (IM)
Jodi Melton (FW)
Ingrid Braun (FW)
Cory Richie (FW)
Beth Sarazine (IM)
Lesley Maracci (FW)
said Lewis. “He makes everyone feel as if he’s their personal
coach. He’s always there for his athletes.”
Lewis, a self-professed computer geek, usually commutes
to Mammoth from her home in San Clemente, where she is
a software developer. (Lewis is also the “go-to gal” any time
there’s a computer malfunction anywhere in the masters ski
racing world.) But she took advantage of a three-week window
to work out of her home in Mammoth before the Champion-
ships. “Usually I’m a back-and forth ski commuter, and only
get to train a few days each month,” said Lewis, who still was
mostly glued to her computer screen in Mammoth, but at least
was able to get out and ski on a regular basis.
Lewis won three out of four events overall, losing only the su-
per combined by a scant 0.04 seconds to teammate and friend
Julie Rolfe. “I didn’t know what to expect,” said Lewis. “But I
just found the rhythm and it felt so good.”
In those first few days, the race for a spot on the Skier’s Edge
Western Regional Masters Team also was starting to take
shape as rivalries emerged. For the C/Ds, Marietta Frinell (FW)
prevailed in a tight race over Chris Liegl (CN) in the women’s
Class 10 while it was Sandy Hogan (FW) versus Marcie Pet-
Don Johnson, Eric
Klemme, and Doug
Fulton show off their
slalom medals.
Jane Mosher, Marietta Frinell, and Chris Liegl bask on the podium.
Masters
A Savage Racer
Back in 2003, Matt Savage dominated the junior race circuit. One of the Far West Masters
Scholarship program recipients, Savage had
the potential to make the U.S. Ski Team. But
he decided instead to enroll at the University
of Nevada, Reno, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Material Science and Engineering. Then, at the University of California, Irvine,
Savage completed his masters in Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering. Now he works at
the world’s leading sail company, North Sails, in
Minden, Nev.
But Savage never forgot his true passion of ski
racing. Right after obtaining his graduate degree,
he worked for a year as a J3 coach at Mammoth, teaching kids the skills necessary not only
for racing, but also for life. Savage coached the
kids on the hill and tutored them off the mountain, sharing his love of racing and education.
Now on the masters circuit, he almost never
loses a race. In fact, rarely does anyone even
come close. — Ingrid Braun
