Posted: Apr 05, 2017
FROM THE ARCHIVES: MEN’S SKI TEAM STRIKES GOLD
February 18, 1988
By Gord Hamilton
Humber’s men’s ski team reigns supreme in Ontario after winning the OCAA championship ski meet at Mansfield.
The team combined to post a total team score of 69, and upset last year’s defending champs, Confederation College from Thunder Bay, by five points.
The team was led by Henry Shannon who placed second in the competition. Coach Tom Browne was ecstatic over the team’s victory and credited the performance of each member.
“It was a good team effort and not one skier in particular won it for us,” Browne said.
The meet consisted of the slalom and the giant slalom. In the slalom, Humber skied to a first-place finish with Shannon placing second.
In the giant slalom, Humber finished second with Shannon placing third, only two-tenths of a second out of a second place finish.
The women also competed at Mansfield and placed fifth.
The squad was without their top skier, Kirsten Schwartzkopf, who tore ligaments in her leg two days before the competition.
Schwartzkopf was Humber’s best skier, posting second and third finishes all week in training runs.
