Snowbird, Utah hosted nearly 220 Intermountain Division alpine ski racers last weekend for the 65th annual Snow Cup giant slalom and Last Chance slalom technical races that wrap up the 2007-08 winter season.
Forty in the 216-racer men's and women's fields came from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, Hailey Ski Team and Soldier Mountain Alpine Racing. And two of the men's leaders came from Sun Valley.
Hailey Ski Team coach Carl Rixon Jr., 26, won both of the Snow Cup giant slaloms by .77 seconds and 1.00 second among 141 men Friday and Saturday on Prim Rose Path.
Nate Schwing, 28, the SVSEF J1-J2 IMD head coach this winter, placed eighth of 90 two-run finishers in Friday's GS opener and moved up to fourth in Saturday's GS finale. Schwing ended up fifth of 95 two-run finishers in Sunday's slalom.
Other highlights included two J1 (ages 17-19) bronze medals in giant slalom and a pair of slalom golds for Hailey Ski Team racer Calley Brown; two J1 slalom silvers for Soldier Mountain's Alisa Durkheimer; and a gold GS, bronze SL and silver SL finish for Hailey J3 Amanda Stelling.
J2 (14-15) Bailey Ireland captured first place in her class in Friday's GS opener; Bergen Palmer posted 17th and 8th place overall finishes in slalom, 5th each day in his J2 class; and J3 Tanner Farrow won the slalom silver in Monday's finale.
Slalom races Sunday and Monday were staged on Wilbere Ridge Race Hill. All in all, it was a good points series for some of the younger J3 (ages 13-14) local racers. Here are local class placings by race for the IMD Snow Cup giant slaloms and Last Chance slaloms:
J1 girls (ages 17-19): Calley Brown 3-GS/3-GS/1-SL/1-SL; and Alisa Durkheimer 4-GS/5-GS/2-SL/2-SL.
J1 boys: Bo Brown 15-GS/14-GS/14-SL/10-SL; and Jordan Smith DNF-GS/16-GS/DNF-SL/9-SL.
J2 girls (ages 15-16): Bailey Ireland 1-GS/4-GS/4-SL.
J2 boys: Bergen Palmer 5-GS/4-GS/5-SL/5-SL; Tyler Davis 10-GS/13-GS/DNF-SL/17-SL; Scott Smith 14-GS/21-GS/14-SL/DNF-SL; Colter Brehmer DNF-GS/DNF-GS/10-SL/7-SL; Willie Adicoff DNF-GS/13-SL; Gregory Roos 15-GS/24-GS/16-SL/14-SL; Nick Bowen 22-GS/30-GS/DNF-SL/20-SL; and Ryan Foster 23-GS/18-SL/21-SL.
J3 girls (ages 13-14): Amanda Stelling 10-GS/1-GS/3-SL/2-SL; Nicole Roos 7-GS/9-GS/4-SL/4-SL; Teagen Palmer DNF-GS/4-GS/DSQ-SL/DNF-SL; Corrine Smith 17-GS/21-GS/28-SL/24-SL; Cate Fairley 18-GS; Natalie Vorsteveld 23-GS/25-GS/23-SL/23-SL; Isobel Pollock 31-GS/26-GS/30-SL/28-SL; Emily Gillespie 35-GS/38-GS/32-SL/26-SL; Reta Flynt 36-GS; Camille Bourret DNF-GS/37-GS/33-SL/31-SL; Morgan Roudabush 38-GS/41-GS/34-SL/32-SL.
J3 boys: Tanner Farrow 4-GS/6-GS/DNF-SL/2-SL; Connor Farrow 12-GS/33-GS/DNF-SL/15-SL; Harlan Collins 14-GS/13-GS/8-SL; Tanner Dirstine 22-GS/18-GS/30-SL; Dylan Carroll 23-GS/20-GS/16-SL/16-SL; Zack Freeman 35-GS/41-GS/38-SL/40-SL; William Nero 36-GS/40-GS/46-SL; Colin Waycott 38-GS/48-GS/42-SL/45-SL; Gardner Cord 39-GS/49-GS/37-SL/41-SL; Alexandre Bridgeman 45-GS/61-GS/45-SL/49-SL; Jordan Levin DNF-GS/34-GS/DNF-SL; Hunter Weaver DNF-GS/45-GS/17-SL/20-SL; Miles Sweek DNF-GS/DNF-GS/9-SL/9-SL; Christopher Nalen DNF-GS/44-GS/36-SL/39-SL; and Tim Kanellitsas DNF-GS/47-GS/DNF-SL/23-SL.
