Snowballs

Snowballs
Color	White
Active Years	2016-present
Coach	Blizzard
Best Event	Team Pursuit (2018)
Marble League
Appearances	2 (first in 2016)
Best Result	7th (2018)
Gold	1
Silver	0
Bronze	2
Total	3
Marble League Showdown
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best Result	1st (2019)
Gold	1
Silver	1
Bronze	1
Total	3

The Snowballs are an all white team introduced in MarbleLympics 2016. The team is represented by Snow, Snowy, Snowflake and Snowstorm. In MarbleLympics 2016, the Snowballs did poorly and managed to finish only in 14th place after accumulating 14 points. The only medal they won was a bronze in the Relay Run event. Despite not finishing the race in the final run and coming last in the 4 way race, Snowballs were awarded a "consolation bronze" as the official has identified a defect in the lane 1 that the Snowballs were competing in. The Thunderbolts and Snowballs were both awarded the bronze medal and 5 points each. In the 2017 MarbleLympics Qualification round, Snowballs were tied for 13th and thus were eliminated before the final tournament. Snowblast also become a member of the 2018 Winter MarbleLympics.

The Snowballs were the host team of the 2018 MarbleLympics and thus automatically qualified. Their performance in the friendly made them big favorites, but their burn out in the beginning of the games was discouraging before their first gold medal in the sixth event, Team Pursuit. The team ended in seventh place overall.

After falling short of qualifying for the 2019 season, the Snowballs will participate in the MarbleLympics Showdown for one of eight spots in the 2020 MarbleLympics Qualifiers.

Snowballs after winning the gold medal in the Team Pursuit event

#SnowMuchFun

Team Members

Snow, Snowy, Snowflake and Snowstorm were the original members of Snowballs and the current members of the team. Snowblast joined the team in 2018. Snowflake became team captain in 2019.

2016 Team	2017 Team	2018 Team	2019 Team
Snowflake	Snowflake	Snowflake	Snowflake
Snow	Snow	Snow	Snow
Snowy	Snowy	Snowy	Snowy
Snowstorm	Snowstorm	Snowstorm	Snowstorm
		Snowblast	Snowblast

Color	Meaning
	Team Member
	Reserve Member
	Injured

Coaches

Coach	From	To	Events	G	S	B	Tot.	Honors
Blizzard	15 March 2019	present	4	1	1	1	3	2019 Marble League Showdown

Note: Events include any kind of events (friendly rounds, other tournaments, ...).

MarbleLympics 2016

Event	Participant	Final Result	Place	Points	Overall Standing
Balancing	All	254 cm	8th	1	8th
Relay Race	All	DNF	3rd*	5*	5th
Collision	All	Heat Loss	11th	0	7th
Sand Rally	Snowflake	1:00.14	8th	1	8th
Long Jump	Snow	77.9 cm	14th	0	9th
Water Race	Snowy	DNF	15th	0	11th
High Jump	Snowstorm	X	12th	0	12th
10 Meter Sprint	Snow	5.022 sec.	5th	3	12th
Team Pursuit	All	25.55 sec.	9th	0	14th
Precision Slalom	All	18 pts	6th	2	14th
Quartet Diving	All	31.77 pts	10th	0	15th
Hurdles	Snowy	5.51 sec.	6th	2	14th

*Snowballs originally finished 4th in the final, but because of a defect in upper lane, the lane they were running in they received 1 extra point and they later received a bronze medal after the podium ceremony.

MarbleLympics 2017

Qualifiers

The Snowballs failed to qualify for MarbleLympics 2017.

Event	Participant	Final Result	Placing	Points	Overall Standing
Relay Race	All	10.71 sec.	8th	5	8th
Sand Race	Snowstorm	26.19 sec.	5th	8	6th
Block Pushing	All	52.0 cm	16th	0	8th
Funnel Spin	Snow	0:34.05	15th	0	13th

MarbleLympics 2018

2018 Snowballs logo

As hosts, the Snowballs automatically qualified.

Friendly Round

Event	Participant	Final Result	Placing	Points	Overall Standing
5 Meter Ice Dash	Snow	4.85 sec.	1st	5	1st
Curling	All	-	4th	1	1st
Halfpipe	All	39.22 sec.	1st	5	1st

Main Tournament

Event	Participant	Final Result	Place	Points	Overall Standing
5 Meter Ice Dash	Snow	5.09 sec.	4th	12	4th
Ski Jump	Snowstorm	114.6 cm	9th	7	6th
Halfpipe	All	26.58 sec.	16th	0	11th
Bobsled	All	14.43 sec.	7th	9	13th
Speed Skating	Snowflake	30.77 sec.	3rd	15	7th
Team Pursuit	All	30.93 sec.	1st	25	3rd
Snow Rally	Snowy	46.66 sec.	4th	12	2nd
Snowboard Cross	Snowstorm	52.56 sec.	10th	6	3rd
Curling	All	Heat Loss	12th	4	5th
Biathlon	All	24.77 sec.	12th	4	8th
Ice Hockey	All	Heat Loss	10th	6	8th
Sand Mogul Race	Snow	6.40 sec.	6th	10	7th

MarbleLympics 2019

Snowballs' original logo for the 2019 season, designed by Hersh.

Qualifiers

The Snowballs failed to qualify for MarbleLympics 2019. Some have speculated that this was due to the difference in weather conditions compared to their home.

Event	Participant	Final Result	Placing	Points	Overall Standing
Funnel Race	Snowflake (C)	0:56.35	15th	4	15th
Block Pushing	All	90.0 cm	17th	2	18th
Relay Race	All	13.63 sec.	19th	1	18th
Underwater Race	Snow	29.61 sec.	8th	11	18th

Marble League Showdown 2019

The Snowballs qualified for the Marble League 2020 Qualifiers.

Event	Participant	Final Result	Placing	Points	Overall Standing
Sand Rally	Snowstorm	2:14.56	3rd	12	3rd
Collision	All	Quarterfinal Loss	6th	6	4th
Funnel Race	Snow	1:59.74	1st	20	1st
Balancing	All	395 cm	2nd	15	1st

Results

Marble League Results Year Events Medals Result Points G S B Tot. 2016 12 0 0 1 1 14th 14 2017 Did not qualify 2018 12 1 0 1 2 7th 110 2019 Did not qualify

Marble League Showdown Results Year Events Medals Result Points G S B Tot. 2019 4 1 1 1 3 1st 53

*Red border indicates tournaments as the host team.

Trivia

• The Pinkies changed their uniforms in the 2018 Winter MarbleLympics to a much more distinct pink in order to not be confused with the Snowballs.
• The Snowballs, so far, are the best performing host team.
• The Snowballs are the only team to have ever won the Marble League Showdown championship. Furthermore, they have the singular record of having won at least one of each type of medal during the Showdown.

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