IFSA BIG MOUNTAIN
2018 IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships at Snowbird
- Four SVSEF Big Mountain athletes qualified to compete at the IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships at Snowbird: Paris Pratt, Joe Goitiandia, Hunter Diehl and Alex LaFleur. Alex declined, as he is completing his Community School senior project.
- Receiving an invitation to this competition was an achievement in and of itself – 175 athletes were asked out of ~2500 athletes in the U.S. and Canada.
- Snowbird received two feet of new snow on Friday, April 13. Athletes competed in an initial run – Joe finished 30th after his first run with 30.17 points; the winning run was 32.07, so the spread in the top 30 was really tight.
- Paris Pratt was 14th after her first run for 15-18 year olds, with 15th as the cutoff for finals.
- Hunter was 40th after his first run. “He had a hip check, but he bounced right up and skied the line he had picked out," explained Head Coach Conor Davis. "They were scoring any kind of bobble, hand down, or hip check really critically.”
- Following the snow accumulation on Friday, it warmed up and turned the course to ice. The TD determined it unsafe for competition, and so the final runs for all three SVSEF athletes were cancelled. This meant that their final place was based solely on their first run – Paris was 14th overall, Joe 30th and Hunter 40th.
PARK & PIPE – FREESKIING
USASA Nationals, continued
- A significant team result for SVSEF at USASA Nationals was the consistency across the board in halfpipe – SVSEF skiers won a gold medal in every halfpipe event they entered.
- Day 4: Barrett Beyer and Walker Woodring took first and second in the Ruggies (7 and under) halfpipe event. Ridge Dirksmeier was eighth for the 14-15 age group in slopestyle, and Joey Markthaler was 10th. The 16-17 group also had a slopestyle event, in which Charley Bingham took fifth.
- Overall results were based on combined performances from throughout the week. Ben Fethke finished second for Menehune (10-11) boys, Walker Woodring ended the week with the overall win for Ruggie boys, and Barrett Beyer finished second for Ruggie boys.
- For results from the first three days of competition, CLICK HERE.
- For full results, CLICK HERE.
ALPINE
FIS at Bachelor Speed Cup
- SVSEF athletes dominated with multiple wins and podiums.
- Spencer Wright won all three races for men (2 SG, 1 downhill).
- Erin Smith took third in the 4.08 SG, and won the 4.09 SG.
- Hayden Terjeson found the podium in both SG races, taking third the first day and second the next. He was sixth in the downhill.
- John Blackburn went six and 15 for SG races.
- Jake Blackburn finished 12th (SG), 17th (SG) and 11th (downhill).
- For full results, CLICK HERE.
Whistler Cup (U16/U14)
- Ryder Sarchett (U16): GS - 1st, super G - 2nd, team parallel event (Team USA) - 1st, slalom - DNF
- Jessica Blackburn (U14): slalom - 1st, GS - 5th, parallel slalom - moved onto quarterfinals
- Saba Grossman (U14): slalom - 8th, GS - 14th, parallel slalom - moved onto ⅛ finals
- Colin Hanna (U14): GS - 13th, slalom - 77th, parallel slalom - moved onto ⅛ finals
- Nils Galloway (U14): GS - 26th, slalom - DNF
- Logan Lindstrom (U14): GS - 11th, parallel slalom - 1/16 finals
- Paige DeHart (U14): GS - DNF
- For full results, CLICK HERE.
Snow Cup/Last Chance, continued
- To read about the first slalom race, CLICK HERE.
- 18 SVSEF athletes raced at the Last Chance event.
- SVSEF men had a strong grouping in the first GS, with Charley Snyder, Ridley Lindstrom and Buey Grossman finishing 12th, 13th and 14th.
- The same went for women, with Marit Kaiser taking sixth and Merumo Ishimaru seventh. Sage Curtis was 15th.
- In the final race, another GS, Buey Grossman had another good finish in sixth. SVSEF had four in the top 20, with Ridley Lindstrom in 16th, Finn Mallinen in 17th and Charlie Snyder in 19th.
- Sage Curtis had a solid end to the series, skiing to fourth in the second GS. Carly Walther-Porino was 14th, Marit Kaiser 15th, Emma MacGuffie 18th and Merumo Ishimaru 19th.
- For full results, CLICK HERE.