Buck Hill's Wilson podiums in NZ Champs GS

By Published On: September 2nd, 2008Comments Off on Buck Hill's Wilson podiums in NZ Champs GS

Queenstown ski racer Janelle Miller won the national slalom title and the combined trophy at the New Zealand National Championships at Coronet Peak over the weekend, while Wanaka’s Leighton Winsloe secured the men’s trophy by a narrow margin.
Queenstown ski racer Janelle Miller won the national slalom title and the combined trophy at the New Zealand National Championships at Coronet Peak over the weekend, while Wanaka’s Leighton Winsloe secured the men’s trophy by a narrow margin.
    Miller won the super G and giant slalom titles convincingly last week and, in Saturday’s slalom, was unchallenged by the other national contenders, finishing fifth overall in an event dominated by Swedish World Cup competitors.
    Frida Hansdotter  won in 1 minute, 40.59 seconds, ahead of teammates Veronica Smed and Jessica Lindell-Vikarby.
    World Cup veteran Urs Imboden, of Moldova, held off a strong challenge to win the men’s race in 1:35.41, ahead of fellow World Cup veteran Kilian Albrecht of Bulgaria and Mattias Hargin of Sweden. Tim Cafe finished 10th to take the combined national title. Cafe earlier won the super G and finished second in the GS.
    Several young American racers competed in the New Zealand national championships series, with five finishing in the top 15 of the men’s GS. Buck Hill product Ryan Wilson led the way in second place, capping a tremendous couple of weeks of racing for the 21-year-old. He notched four third-place finishes in two GS and two slalom races at Cardrona and Treble Cone prior to the championship series, and he finished fifth in a FIS giant slalom Aug. 20 at Coronet Peak against a strong field.
    Chris Dancy of the Park City Ski Education Foundation also raced in the championships, leading U.S. finishers in the super G in sixth place and adding a 14th in GS.
    Grant Jampolsky of the Squaw Valley Ski Team took 10th in the national championship GS, finished top seven in four Australia-New Zealand Cup tech races at Mt. Hotham and won the Australia national championships slalom race at Thredbo on Aug. 13.

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