Ski Club hosts giant slaloms at Golden Peak
VAIL — On Friday and Saturday, Ski & Snowboard Club Vail hosted two giant slalom International Ski Federation National Junior Races at Golden Peak in Vail for more than 115 male and female alpine racers ages 16 through 20.
This was an important event for 1997 through 1999 birth year athletes. It served as the giant slalom portion of the Rocky Central Regional Qualifier Series, where this age group of athletes vie for a spot at the U19 National Junior Championships to be held Feb. 28-March 4 at Copper Mountain.
This past week this same group of athletes jostled for top results at Aspen Highlands in two super-G and two downhill qualifier events. Next week they will travel to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, to race in a final qualifier series in slalom in anticipation of nationals at Copper Mountain.
For local Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athletes, the event was a great opportunity to flaunt their skills on home terrain.
“The Ski & Snowboard Club Vail staff and Vail Resorts race crew did a great job prepping the home hill venue and giving our athletes and other athletes around the region a great opportunity to test themselves amongst their peers,” said Max Lamb, Ski & Snowboard Club Vail coach for 1997-1999 birth year racers. “Overall, a lot of Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athletes took a step in the right direction towards qualifying for U19 Nationals in Copper in a few weeks.”
The top three results and all Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athlete results for these men’s and women’s giant slalom races are listed below. For complete results go to http://www.fis-ski.com.
Results
All skiers are with Ski & Snowboard Club Vail unless otherwise noted.
Women’s giant slalom, Friday
1 Hanna Mass (Aspen Valley Ski Club)
2 Katy Harris (Aspen Valley Ski Club)
3 Heidi Livran (Team Summit)
4 Hannah Fallon
7 Griffin Mueller
9 Dylan Fiore
13 Katelin Hennum
25 Lauren Viola
Men’s giant slalom, Friday
1 Patrick Gruber (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club)
2 Florian Szwebel
3 Cooper Yates (Treble Cone Race Academy)
4 Colby Lange
5 Tagert Mueller
8 Bridger Gile
9 Jacob Dilling
13 Kyle Negomir
16 Ben Kooiman
18 Brendan Keane
20 Riley Kilgore
22 Kaison Lavicka
23 Ryan Collins
30 Patrick Ottley
33 Paul Cuthbertson
43 Keelan Woodard
45 Jake Dippy
Men’s giant slalom, Saturday
1 Sky Kelsey (Aspen Valley Ski Club)
2 Cooper Yates (Treble Cone Race Academy)
3 Colby Lange
4 Jacob Dilling
6 Florian Szwebel
7 Tagert Mueller
8 Kyle Negomir
9 Bridger Gile
11 Colbey Derwin
16 Kaison Lavicka
18 Riley Kilgore
21 Ryan Collins
22 Ben Kooiman
23 Paul Cutherbertson
25 Patrick Ottley
27 Brendan Keane
37 Keelan Woodard
38 Jake Dippy
Women’s giant slalom, Saturday
1 Kayo Denda (Team Summit)
2 Katy Harris (Aspen Valley Ski Club)
3 Hanna Mass (Aspen Valley Ski Club)
10 Griffin Mueller
10 Hannah Fallon
16 Dylan Fiore
17 Katelin Hennum
21 Jessica McMurtry
22 Zoe Livran
32 Lauren Viola
35 Ruby Black
36 Casey Adams
47 Madison Valent
