For the week of January 21 - 27, 2004

Medals and moguls
at Sun Valley

Local team hosts freestyle race

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The Sun Valley Freestyle Team gets one chance a year to show off on its home mogul course. This past weekend was that chance and the team did not disappoint.

Sun Valley Freestyle Team racer Austin Bourret does a split during last weekend’s Baldy event. Express photo by Willy Cook

With 34 Sun Valley freestylers in addition to teams from Utah and Montana, the field was full. Nonetheless, Sun Valley had an excellent showing with 13 local racers earning medals.

Fittingly, the Sun Valley freestylers performed far better under Saturday’s sunny skies than in Sunday’s hazy flat light. Sunday’s course was highlighted with orange paint and pine boughs to show racers the contours of the course in the flat light conditions.

Sun Valley’s only medalist in Sunday’s dual moguls was Austin Moses, who took third in his M4 class.

Other top performers from Saturday’s moguls were Austin Grill (M4), Aunika Phillips (F5), and Christine Cordeau (FS) who all took first in their divisions.

Sun Valley results:

FS: 1—Christine Cordeau. F1: 2—Britt VanPaepaghem. F2: 3—Katie Zuck. F3: 2—Katie Fieguth, 6—Sophia Schwartz, 9—Kaylie Sheffield, 14—Lauren Phillips, 15—McKeanna Collins. F4: 2—Kali Phillips, 3—Sierra Brand, 6—Alexandra Haupt. F5: 1—Aunika Phillips, 2—Hannah Haupt, 3—Camille Bourret.

M: 1—Connor McNamara. M1: 4—Collin Collins, 6—Corey Warren. 11—Scott Sanders. M2: 3—Reed Boeger, 4—Kurtis Fieguth, 9—Chase Englehart. M3: 2—Karl Fostvedt, 11—Sam Colesworthy, 12—Jeremy Lato. M4: 1—Austin Grill, 3—Austin Bourret, 4—North Parker, 5—Jake Kaiser, 5—Parker Page, 6—Austin Moses, 7—Jacob Hoover. M5: 2—Trevor Brand, 3—Nathan Moses.

 

Snowbird Grand Prix

The weekend of Jan. 10 saw the Sun Valley freestylers travel to Snowbird, Utah for the Intermountain Division Mogul Grand Prix.

Collin Collins made the semi-finals in the 34-race dual moguls, finally finishing fourth. In the girls’ dual race, Britt Van Paepeghem ended up in fifth.

Sun Valley traveled to Utah with 13 competitors; 11 left Little Cottonwood Canyon with medals dangling from their necks. Here are the top weekend class placings:

F1: 1—Britt VanPaepeghem.
F3: 2—Katie Fieguth, 5—Lauren Phillips.
F4: 2—Kali Phillips.

M1: 1—Collin Collins, 3—Corey Warren, 7—Scott Sanders.
M2: 2—Kurtis Fieguth, 3—Reed Boeger.
M3: 1—Karl Fostvedt.
M4: 2—Austin Moses. 3—Austin Bourret.
MS: 2—Scott Sanders.

 

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