[FWM News] Mt. Rose McKinney Cup weekend

[Far West Masters news]

The Far West Masters were greeted with a warm welcome and two days of challenging GS racing at the 
Mt. Rose McKinney Cup races. The weekend opened on Saturday with a lovely warm spring day, a 
season-high turnout with a number of new racers to welcome, and good conditions on the race course 
as the firm foundation snow on the course held up well for both runs despite the warm temperatures. 
Sunday's weather shifted to cooler temps and light overcast, but the forecasted snow showers held 
off until evening so we had good conditions and visibility for the race.

Mt. Rose put on a great event, welcoming arriving racers on Saturday with a breakfast buffet during 
checkin and following up with some delicious food at the post-race party both days. On the hill the 
race crew did an excellent job, earning plaudits from TD Paul Laudenschlager on their 
professionalism. Rees Palermo put his racing return on hold while once again serving as Chief of 
Race on his home hill and working tirelessly before and throughout the weekend pulling all the 
myriad pieces of the race event together. And special thanks to the many volunteers who helped with 
race day jobs including checkin, gate judge, timing, and posting the results board - great to have 
some of the Mt. Rose crew on the injured list out helping and we look forward to having them back 
on the start lists next season!

Complete results are posted on the Race Results page along with the updated Season Standings 
rankings for 2014. Sunday's awards concluded with the annual McKinney Cup presentation, awarded to 
the top man and woman racer in the overall standings for the weekend's races - straight out total 
time scoring, fastest cumulative time wins! The 2014 McKinney Cup winners are Leslie Marcacci 
(W01), who celebrated her 30th birthday by dominating the women's rankings both days, and Mike 
Shklovski (M03), who was posted commanding victory margins both days on the men's side.

http://farwestmasters.org/raceinfo/2014/results
http://farwestmasters.org/raceinfo/2014/standings