Scavenger Hunt and Ski Award Winners
Every VOS conference features fun activities for participants and family members. Congratulations to these award winners!
Mountain Scavenger Hunt – 2024
Congratulations to the winners of the 2nd Annual Mountain Scavenger Hunt! Thank you to Movora for their sponsorship and supplying prizes!
1st Place:
Team Squirrel
Cara Blake
Mich Powers
1st Place:
Caleb’s Favorite Intern Class
Hadley Gleason
Ken Brand
Spencer Yeh
Honorable Mention:
Minnesota Maniacs
Wanda Gordon-Evans
Rich Evans
Kendra Eginton
Cody Webb
Honorable Mention:
The Team That Beats the Squirrels
Jen, Dave & Emily Hiniker
Jackson, Brandon, Jen Swiderski
Ski Awards – 2023
Congratulations to the winners of the VOS Winter Games — aka the Frank Rapp VOS Memorial Ski Race sponsored by Movora!
Acetabular Cups - Fastest Overall
Dirk Siemers
Rebecca Stanclift
Kids
Fastest Girl: Renee Gilley
Fastest Boy: Jack Evans
Ski Race Winners
Dirk Siemers
Rebecca Stanclift
Mica Siemers
Nina Kieves
Erik Kleeman
Snowboard Winners
Hadley Gleason
Hagen Dooley
2022 Michelle Zingel Turtle Award
Rich Evans (*also 1st place for telemark skiing)
Mountain Scavenger Hunt – 2023
This year we introduced the Mountain Scavenger Hunt, which was a big hit! Thank you again to Zoetis for supporting the grand prize (Apple AirPods) for the winning team and the VOS for additional prizes.
1st Place Overall
Team “Best GCVS Intern Class of All Time”
Hadley Gleason
Ken Brand
Spencer Yeh
2nd Place Overall
Jeff Little
Jeffrey Little Jr
Meredith Little
Celia Little
David Filer
Most Dedicated and Best VOS Team Spirit
Cara Blake
Mich Powers
Elaine Kaplan
Ski Awards – 2022
WVOC Winter Games (aka Frank Rapp VOS Memorial Ski Race sponsored by Movora)
Acetabular Cups
Fastest Female: Amber Acker-Sanborn (representing USA) – also the FASTEST OVERALL
Fastest Male: Kai Shulz (representing USA)
Kids
Fastest Girl: Renee Gilley
Fastest Boy: Kai Schulz
Women’s Ski
1st place: Amber Acker-Sanborn (representing USA)
2nd place: Eva Schnabl-Feichter (representing Austria)
3rd place: Susanne Medl (representing Austria)
Men’s Ski
Age 18-39: Remy Schulz (representing USA)
Age 40-60: Doug Monson (representing USA)
Age >60: James Miles (representing USA)
Snowboard: Evan Williams- Ft. Collins (representing USA)
2022 Wanda Gordon-Evans Turtle Award: Michelle Zingel (representing USA)
Team Event Winner:
Team ESVOT
Bruno Peirone
Eva Schnabl-Feichter
Dirk Siemers
Susanne Medl
Floriane Viefhues
Silke Viefhues
Maximilian Viefhues
Bruno Laterza
Chris Tan
Ski Awards – 2020
Frank Rapp VOS Memorial Ski Race, Sponsored by BioMedtrix
Women's BioMedtrix Acetabular Cup Winner – Amber Acker-Sanborn
Men's BioMedtrix Acetabular Cup Winner – Moses Brajkovich
Category winners:
Girls: Maximiliane Viefhues; 25.91 seconds
Boys: Caleb Might; 28.91 seconds
Men's Ski <40: Moses Brajkovich; 17.71 seconds
Women's Ski <40: Maggie Acker-Buck; 19.45 seconds
Men's Ski 40-60: Dirk Siemers; 20.35 seconds
Women's Ski 40+: Amber Acker-Sanborn; 18.54 seconds
Men's Ski >60: Jeff Godwin; 25.01 seconds
Men's Snowboard: Eirik Kvale; 24.53 seconds
Jeff Biskup Turtle Award: Wanda Gordon-Evans
Ski Awards – 2019
Women's BioMedtrix Acetabular Cup Winner – Camille Collins
Men's BioMedtrix Acetabular Cup Winner – Dirk Siemers
Category winners:
Girls 5-6: Essa Abdala (29.05)
Girls 9-14: Camille Collins (21.35)
Boys 9-12: Camden Collins (21.77)
Men’s Ski <60: Dirk Siemers (20.72)
Men’s Ski 60+: Simon Whitaker (23.78)
Women’s Ski <40: Roanna Humphries (22.05)
Women’s Ski 40+: Rebecca Stanclift (21.44)
Men’s Snowboard: Thomas Knecht (25.00)
Women’s Snowboard: Riccarda Schuenmann (27.56)
Alan Cross Turtle Award: Jeff Biskup
Ski Awards – 2017
Women's Acetabular Cup Winner – Becky Stanclift
Men's Acetabular Cup Winner – Thomas Medl
Ski Awards – 2016
Overall Fastest Time – Amber Acker-Sanborn (18.54)
Women’s First Place Ski Winner – Amber Acker-Sanborn (18.54)
Men’s First Place Ski Winner – Dirk Siemers (19.90)
Children First Place Ski Winner
Girls: Katerina Garcia (26.32)
Boys: Alex Kowaleski (25.70)
Women’s Snowboard Winner – Marti Drum (33.34)
Men’s Snowboard Winner – Mike Harty (27.06)
Telemark Winner – Kal Incendy (27.14)
Ski Awards – 2015
Overall Fastest Time – Maggie Acker (17.05)
Women’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
31-50 – Katja Jopp (21.44)
Over 60 – Sarah Goldsmith (24.14)
Men’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
35-44 – Kelly Strom (21.66)
45-54 – Andrew Miles (20.9)
Over 54 – Dick Lau (22.21)
Children First Place Ski Winner - Josie Petersen (19.38)
Snowboard Winner - Laurent Guiot (24.11)
Telemark Winner - Scott Humphrey (24.48)
WVOC World Cup Downhill Ski and Snowboard Winners – 2014
Overall Fastest Time – Thomas Medl – 17.72
Women’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
20-39 year old – Nikola Medl – 18.72
40-55 year old – Ilka Joff – 19.46
56+ – Susanne Medl
Men’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
18-39 year old – Thomas Medl – 17.72
40-55 year old – Dirk Siemers – 18.76
56+ – Rico Vannini – 20.46
Children First Place Ski Winner
Jean-Christophe Beaver, age 4 – 38.2
Madeleine Beaver, age 6 – 41.88
Nicholas Kowaleski, age 6 – 29.29
Maria Pozzi, age 7 – 28.78
Alexander Kowaleski, age 8 – 26.67
Carols Jr. Macias, age 8 – 28.02
Theresa Reif, age 9 – 24.51
Kathrine Garcia-Lopez, age 11 – 24.01
Katherina Reif, age 12 – 24.19
Mica Siemers, age 12 – 21.45
Snowboard Winners
Lee Breshears – 19.9
William Banz – 22.8
Gustave Zanotto – 23.3
Telemark Winners
Trevor Bebchuk – 22.7
Dan Brod – 24.24
Slow Snow - NA
TraumaVet Ski Awards Canyons – 2013
Overall Fastest Time – Amber Acker Sanborn – 16.54 sec
Women’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
Under 30 – Eryn Edman – 18.92 sec
31-50 –Amber Acker Sanborn – 16.54 sec
Over 60 – Jane Fuller – 29.42 sec
Men’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
Under 30 – Luke Allen – 21.63 sec
31-50 – Derek Hagman – 17.78 sec
Over 60 – Larry Koehler 18.45 sec
Children First Place Ski Winner
Antoine Lussier – 24.63 sec
Snowboard Winner
Mike Harty – 23.18 sec
Telemark Winner
Ryan Mertaugh – 21.79 sec
Slow Snow
Antonio Pozzi – 80.30 sec
TraumaVet Ski Awards Crested Butte – 2012
TraumaVet Platinum Awards – Overall Fastest Times
Ski Women – Amber Acker – 20.63 sec
Ski Men – Phillip Millspaugh – 23.06 sec
Slow Snow Award – Jeff Drum – 51.07 sec
Wipe out Award – Curtis Probst
Women’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
Under 30 – Amber Acker
31-40 – Amber Acker Sanborn
41-50 – Roxanne Collins
51-60 – Darien Lawerence
Over 60 – Jody Hudec
Men’s Age Group First Place Ski Winners
Under 30 – Phillip Millspaugh
31-40 – Carl John
41-50 – Chad Devitt
51-60 – Jim Hoskinson
61-70 – Larry Koehler
Children First Place Ski Winners
5-10 years old – Emile Thibault
Eleven and over – Michaela Prostredny
Men’s Snowboard Winners
30-40 – Mike Harty
41-50 – Raviv Balfour
Over 50 – Ross Palmer
Women’s Snowboard Winner
Under 18 – Katerina Prostredny
21-30 – Erin Corbin
31-40 – Marti Drum
