Sweeping the David Wright Memorial slalom podium in convincing fashion at Park City, Utah last weekend were local J3 (ages 13-14) girls Amands Stelling, Teagen Palmer and Nicole Roos. That was a highlight of the USSA technical races there.
On Picabo's run, second-year J4 Stelling nailed the course with a 1:39.59 two-run clocking, 2.40 seconds ahead of Palmer and three seconds faster than Roos. In Sunday's giant slalom on CB's, Stelling came through with another great run, good for second place with Palmer taking third, two seconds back.
There were 23 Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation (SVSEF) and Hailey Ski Team (HST) racers in the 120-racer field of the Intermountain Division's best J3 alpine ski racers. Other podium winners were Kipling Weisel and Connor Farrow.
Here are local slalom (Saturday) and giant slalom (Sunday) placings:
Girls: Amanda Stelling 1-SL/2-GS; Teagen Palmer 2-SL/3-GS; Nicole Roos 3-SL/19-GS; Cate Fairley 5-SL/14-GS; Sofia DeWolfe 23-SL/30-GS; Corrine Smith 24-SL/27-GS; Emily Gillespie 35-SL/39-GS; Natalie Bunting 41-SL/35-GS; and Isobel Pollock 44-SL/41-GS.
Boys: Connor Farrow 2-SL/5-GS; Kipling Weisel 3-SL/2-GS; KJ Savaria 4-SL/36-GS; Cole Caulkins 11-SL/42-GS; Michael Weaver 31-SL/51-GS; Ben Kanellitsas DNF-SL/17-GS; Colin Waycott 39-SL/36-GS; Logan Shipley 40-SL/46-GS; Zack Freeman 41-SL/DNF-GS; Taylor Adler 44-SL/40-GS; Christopher Nalen 45-SL/28-GS; Rocket Stickney 49-SL/54-GS; Lane Coulthard 50-SL/50-GS; and Alexandre Bridgeman 51-SL/48-GS.
Cranston Cup at Bogus Basin
Thirty-eight youngsters from the HST and SVSEF were in the 137-racer field for the 58th annual Cranston Cup North Series slalom races Saturday and Sunday at Bogus Basin north of Boise.
Among class winners were Molly Milgard, Abby Norton and Kyle Maxwell. Also on the podium in their classes were Wyatt Smith, William Harder, Josie Allison, Haley Cutler and Whitney Engelmann.
Top class placings were:
J3 (ages 13-14): 2—Whitney Engelmann.
J4 (ages 11-12): 2—William Harder and Josie Allison. 3—Samantha Busby and Haley Cutler. 4—Hannah Dies. 6—Tanner Josey. 9—Taylor Cooper. 10—Jordan Fitzgerald. 11—Lena Perenchio, Madison Milgard and Austin Savaria. 12—Emmett Say. 13—Gavin Shipley and Katie Feldman. 14—Megan Murphy, Olivia Wentzell and Michael Levy. 15—Finn Isaacson. 16—Moyo Tian. 17—Marcia Smith, Will Long and Jay Fitzgerald. 19—Thomas Gillespie. 21—Andrew Fairley, Alexandra Black and Loni Unser. 22—Samuel Brown. 23—Jack Rizzo. 24—Griffin Curtis and Chloe Francois.
J5 (ages 9-10): 1—Kyle Maxwell and Abby Norton. 2—Wyatt Smith. 4—Yuri McClure. 5—Will Snyder. 13—Alex Feldman.
J6 (ages 7-8): 1—Molly Milgard.
Hailey Ski Team second-year J3 (13-14) racer Amanda Stelling takes a turn en route to first place in Saturday’s David Wright Memorial girls’ slalom race on Picabo’s Run at Park City, Utah. Stelling blew away the 49-racer field, winning both runs and taking a 2.40-second victory over Sun Valley’s second-year J3 Teagen Palmer. Photo by
