Nearly 70 freestyle skiers including some of the most promising U.S. youngsters in moguls, halfpipe and slopestyle came to Sun Valley Resort last weekend for the fourth annual "Coleman Open" Thursday through Sunday, April 2-5 on Baldy.
The Sun Valley Freestyle and Freeride team contributed nearly half of the field, and many won classes.
In Saturday's single moguls, for instance, Sun Valley alumni Austin Bourret and Aunika Phillips placed third overall and won their classes, as did Kali Phillips, Brody Buchwalter, Jamie Rollerson and Isabella Bourret.
Wing Tai Barrymore and Colter Brehmer were second and third overall in Friday's halfpipe, wile Zana Davey and Renee Shapiro were second and fourth. Brehmer was the outright men's winner in Thursday's slopestyle, with Barrymore third, and Shapiro took fourth overall.
Winning Sunday's dual moguls ladder were Park City's Ryan Koemans over Sterling Crescimanno, 17, of Killington, Vt., and Squaw Valley's K.C. Oakley, 20, of Piedmont, Ca. over Ali Kariotis of Squaw Valley.
In the 20-woman dual ladder, Aunika Phillips placed fourth while Sun Valley F2 Zana Davey was seventh over F1 Kali Phillips. Placing fifth of 30 among the men was Austin Bourret, and Kurtis Fieguth seventh.
Meanwhile, the Sun Valley Freestyle banquet is today, Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. at nexStage Theatre, Ketchum. RSVP to Julie Moses 720-4626.
Here are other Sun Valley results by class and day:
Saturday moguls
(69 competitors, 32 from SV)
MS: 3—Kurtis Fieguth (6th overall).
F1: 1—Kali Phillips (8th overall).
M1: 1—Austin Bourret (3rd overall). 4—Trace Page.
M2: 5—Nathan Moses. 6—Connor Braatz. 7—Parker Page.
F2: 1—Aunika Phillips (3rd overall). 2—Zana Davey (5th overall).
M3: 4—Joey Richardson.
F3: 6—Grace Eagan.
M4: 3—Luke Robertson. 5—Wyatt Wilson. 6—Illiah Pfau. 7—River Kelly. 8—Chris Lentz. 9—Zach Maricich-Siele.
F4: 2—Renee Shapiro. 3—Claire Siderman. 4—Alysha Herich. 5—Isabella Caraluzzi.
M5: 1—Brody Buchwalter. 4—Joey Reidy. 5—Sean Flaherty. 6—Wilson Dunn. 7—Braden Flaherty. 9—Dane Flaherty.
F5: 2—Georgia Holmes.
M6: 1—Jamie Rollerson. 2—Alex Lafleur. 3—Wyatt Minor. 4—Luke Rizzo. 5—Lucas Beste.
F6: 1—Isabella Bourret.
Friday halfpipe
(32 competitors, 20 from SV)
M1: 1—Colter Brehmer (3rd overall). 2—Trace Page.
M2: 1—Wing Tai Barrymore (2nd overall). 2—Connor Braatz (5th overall).
F2: 1—Zana Davey (2nd overall).
M3: 2—Colton Braatz. 4—Benjamin Parker.
M4: 4—Wyatt Wilson. 6—Luke Robertson. 8—Zach Maricich-Siele. 9—River Kelly.
F4: 1—Renee Shapiro (4th overall). 2—Alysha Herich (5th).
M5: 2—Wilson Dunn. 3—Brody Buchwalter.
M6: 1—Alex Lafleur. 2—Luke Rizzo. 3—Wyatt Minor. 4—Jamie Rollerson.
F6: 2—Isabella Bourret (7th).
Thursday slopestyle
(31 competitors, 16 from SV)
M1: 1—Colter Brehmer (1st overall).
M2: 1—Wing Tai Barrymore (3rd overall). 2—Connor Braatz (4th overall). 8—Nathan Moses.
M3: 1—Benjamin Parker (5th overall). 2—Adam Vorsteveld. 4—Colton Braatz.
M4: 6—Zach Maricich-Siele. 8—Luke Robertson. 9—River Kelly. 10—Alec Poster.
F4: 1—Renee Shapiro (3rd overall). 2—Alysha Herich (5th).
M6: 1—Luke Rizzo. 2—Wyatt Minor. 3—Jamie Rollerson.
Courtesy photo by kevinsyms.com.
Bluebird Sun Valley skies greeted nearly 70 freestyle skiers Sunday on the final day of the Coleman Open on Baldy’s Roundhouse Slope. Here, 17-year-old Sterling Crescimanno of Killington, Vt. takes flight en route to second place in the 30-skier men’s dual moguls ladder. Crescimanno placed second overall in the 2009 Freestyle Junior Olympics during March at Waterville Valley.
