Zac Brown goes to town
Sun Valley ski team racer
second in Spring Series
Sun Valley alpine racer Zac Brown capped
off the season with very impressive results at the FIS Alpine Spring Series at
Mammoth Mountain, California, April 8-12.
Brown finished second to former World Cup
racer Martin Tichy in a mens’ slalom on Thursday, April 10.
Zac Brown doing something he is used to
– picking up the hardware after a ski race (Courtesy photo)
Brown, an 18-year old Community School
senior, laid down the fastest single run of the day to finish .21 of a second
behind Tichy in the two-run event.
SVSEF coach Tyler Palmer remarked, "The
biggest difference for Zac is he has matured a lot. He has taken the ups and
downs of the year and worked really hard."
SVSEF program director Don Wiseman added,
"When you look at the field, it is amazing."
Local racer Robin Sarchett was ninth. Wes
Powell was 25th, Dewey Moss 42nd and Jason Eder 49th.
The following day, Brown skied to eighth
place in giant slalom. Carl Rixon Jr. was ninth. Sean Higgins was 24th,
Jason Eder 51st, Dewey Moss 55th, Luke Speer was 70th
and Ash Higgins 73rd.
"A lot of kids skied really well," Palmer
said. "Wes Powell, Sean Higgins. It was a tough field."
In a pair of super G’s, which Brown and
Sean Higgins missed, the top results was posted by Rixon, who finished 19th.
The race was won by U.S. Ski Team B racer Steve Nyman.
Powell was 22nd, Eder 53rd,
Speer, 68th, Moss 71st, and Ash Higgins 80th.
In the second men’s super G, Eder finished
49th, Moss 52nd, Higgins 56th and Speer 69th.
In a field dotted with U.S. Ski Team
members, Boise State University’s Hailey Duke had an impressive series.
Duke finished all five racers and topped
out with sixth and seventh place showings in slalom.
"Hailey skied really well," Palmer
commented.
Hailey Ski Team’s Laura Durkheimer had a
great week, cracking the top 25 in giant slalom and slalom. She also placed 34th
and 36th in super G.
Sun Valley racers Charlotte Gourlay and
Tracy Chubb also had the distinction of finishing ever race. Gourlay’s best
showing was a 40th in super G. Also—47-SG/46-GS/46-SL/44-SL. Chubb
was 31-SG/52-SG/56-GS/56-SL/48-SL. Amy Alexander skied to 53-SG/55-SL/54-SL.
Cassidy Doucette was 51 in super G.