Middlebury’s Roberts seventh in World University Games

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Men's GS at the World University Games (Fedrico Modica)

Men’s GS at the World University Games (Fedrico Modica)

The World University Games rolled on in Trentino, Itlay with the women’s super G at Passo San Pellegrino on Sunday and the men’s giant slalom at Pozza di Fassa Tuesday, where Middlebury College’s Hig Roberts cracked the top 10 for a seventh-place result, the best finish among any NCAA skier in the race.

Roberts sat in second after the first run behind eventual race winner Jonas Fabre of France.

“First run, I came down 38th and the snow was a little rough,” noted Roberts. “When I came through the finish and saw where I was sitting on the TV screen, I was surprised. I felt solid and on top of it, but was not expecting to put it together that well.”

Roberts skipped the first NorAm series of the winter to focus on training, and as a result he had little sense of how he would stack up against the other competitors.

“Second run was interesting. I went out of the gate very confident but also a tad nervous. Coming onto the pitch I got caught in some chatters and went down on my hip. I thought it was over, but I got up and kept going,” added Roberts.  “I knew I had to just send it from there considering the field that was right behind me after first run… a few World Cuppers and national team members from all over. When I came across the finish, I was very excited to see I was still in there.”

Thibaut Favrot of France and Italian Giulio Bosca rounded out the podium in second and third. New Mexico’s Joonas Rasanen, skiing for Finland, followed for NCAA skiers in 18th, while DU’s Grant Jampolsky and Colorado’s Kasper Hietenan put in strong performances in 29th and 30th, respectively.

“It has been an awesome experience to represent the U.S. and Middlebury,” said Roberts. “College skiing is quite a reward and being able to compete as one who is, in fact, still finishing up work from the semester is very awesome.”

In the women’s super G on Sunday, Shane McLean of the University of Colorado put together a solid speed run to finish 15th as the top American and NCAA athlete while Utah freshman Lauren Samuels followed closely in 17th. The women will contest the giant slalom discipline tomorrow.

 

Men’s giant slalom results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  8  194686 FABRE Jonas 1993 FRA  53.92  53.82  1:47.74  11.47
 2  36  194935 FAVROT Thibaut 1994 FRA  54.58  53.44  1:48.02  13.78
 2  6  990051 BOSCA Giulio 1990 ITA  54.72  53.30  1:48.02  13.78
 4  12  400237 MEINERS Maarten 1992 NED  54.30  53.77  1:48.07  14.20
 5  16  561254 ZERAK Misel 1992 SLO  54.70  53.47  1:48.17  15.02
 6  34  561161 JAZBEC Patrick 1989 SLO  54.87  53.46  1:48.33  16.34
 7  38  934566 ROBERTS Hig 1991 USA  54.14  54.21  1:48.35  16.51
 8  55  511817 STRICKER Martin 1991 SUI  55.34  53.10  1:48.44  17.25
 9  13  700830 ZAMPA Adam 1990 SVK  55.77  52.73  1:48.50  17.75
 10  17  511776 GASPOZ Vincent 1991 SUI  54.52  54.21  1:48.73  19.65
 11  7  690571 ROMANO Francesco 1991 ITA  55.18  53.57  1:48.75  19.81
 12  29  194666 DELBERGHE William 1993 FRA  55.03  53.78  1:48.81  20.31
 13  11  194298 GIEZENDANNER Blaise 1991 FRA  55.02  53.90  1:48.92  21.22
 14  2  194858 ALLEGRE Nils 1994 FRA  54.92  54.03  1:48.95  21.47
 15  65  194368 RAFFORT Nicolas 1991 FRA  56.20  52.78  1:48.98  21.71
 16  22  6290985 BUZZI Emanuele 1994 ITA  55.44  53.66  1:49.10  22.70
 17  14  511867 NOGER Cedric 1992 SUI  54.69  54.44  1:49.13  22.95
 18  46  180567 RASANEN Joonas 1989 FIN  56.11  53.33  1:49.44  25.51
 19  1  690208 DELSANTE Rocco 1991 ITA  54.93  54.59  1:49.52  26.17
 20  24  370022 JENOT Olivier 1988 MON  55.79  53.81  1:49.60  26.83
 21  26  501814 OESTER Carl-johan 1992 SWE  55.80  53.87  1:49.67  27.41
 22  32  103855 RIVET Philippe 1992 CAN  56.16  53.55  1:49.71  27.74
 23  44  92562 PRISADOV Stefan 1990 BUL  55.92  53.99  1:49.91  29.40
 24  54  561296 SPIK Jakob 1994 SLO  55.58  54.59  1:50.17  31.54
 25  35  550054 ZVEJNIEKS Kristaps 1992 LAT  55.99  54.24  1:50.23  32.04
 26  27  304242 NARITA Hideyuki 1993 JPN  56.23  54.06  1:50.29  32.53
 27  33  501436 ERIKSSON Jakob 1990 SWE  55.73  54.70  1:50.43  33.69
 28  51  700851 SIRAN Vladimir 1991 SVK  56.22  54.29  1:50.51  34.35
 29  10  531392 JAMPOLSKY Grant 1989 USA  56.31  54.55  1:50.86  37.24
 30  23  180667 HIETANEN Kasper 1991 FIN  56.32  55.00  1:51.32  41.04
 31  74  700868 FALAT Matej 1993 SVK  56.51  54.85  1:51.36  41.37
 32  47  150743 BERNDT Ondrej 1988 CZE  56.55  54.85  1:51.40  41.70
 33  43  304139 SHIN Masanori 1993 JPN  56.54  55.56  1:52.10  47.49
 34  31  501873 LUNDBAECK Gustav 1993 SWE  57.07  55.08  1:52.15  47.90
 35  4  6530168 SMITH Cameron 1992 USA  56.29  55.88  1:52.17  48.06
 36  42  320367 PARK Je-yun 1994 KOR  56.47  55.75  1:52.22  48.48
 37  45  501529 GUNNARSSON Henrik 1991 SWE  56.60  55.86  1:52.46  50.46
 38  56  481355 ZHILIN Alexey 1992 RUS  57.27  55.39  1:52.66  52.11
 38  5  150834 ZIKA Adam 1989 CZE  56.63  56.03  1:52.66  52.11
 40  61  561279 KREJAC Klemen 1993 SLO  56.96  55.84  1:52.80  53.27
 41  52  430560 RZEPECKI Filip 1992 POL  56.72  56.14  1:52.86  53.76
 42  57  103953 CARRY Roger 1993 CAN  57.23  55.94  1:53.17  56.33
 43  37  303219 NAKAMURA Kazushi 1989 JPN  57.35  55.94  1:53.29  57.32
 44  77  660021 DANILOCHKIN Yuri 1991 BLR  57.40  55.95  1:53.35  57.81
 45  39  934525 FLOWERS Kitt 1991 USA  57.47  56.04  1:53.51  59.13
 46  67  750089 DEHARI Dardan 1990 MKD  57.46  56.25  1:53.71  60.79
 47  25  53859 TRIENDL Armin 1989 AUT  57.38  56.43  1:53.81  61.61
 48  76  430617 CHRAPEK Adam 1993 POL  57.78  56.25  1:54.03  63.43
 49  72  510508 BONER Patrick 1989 SUI  58.04  56.13  1:54.17  64.59
 50  64  532232 MCDONALD Fletcher 1989 USA  57.69  56.71  1:54.40  66.49
 51  41  103751 TOUTANT Simon-Claude 1991 CAN  57.72  57.60  1:55.32  74.09
 52  81  511952 TONEATTI Michael 1993 SUI  58.94  57.12  1:56.06  80.20
 53  83  54040 FALBESONER Martin 1991 AUT  58.64  57.51  1:56.15  80.94
 54  78  40539 MORRISON James 1994 AUS  59.42  56.84  1:56.26  81.85
 55  80  103669 BERTRAND Mathieu 1991 CAN  58.97  57.46  1:56.43  83.25
 56  75  750088 RISTEVSKI Antonio 1989 MKD  58.94  58.33  1:57.27  90.19
 57  69  320296 PARK hyuk 1990 KOR  59.35  58.17  1:57.52  92.26
 58  85  670067 KALYUZHNOV Nikita 1994 KAZ  1:00.30  57.64  1:57.94  95.73
 59  63  103881 FISHER MCCARNEY Dylan 1992 CAN  1:01.79  57.12  1:58.91  103.74
 60  70  150744 CERMAK Jan 1988 CZE  1:01.03  59.78  2:00.81  119.44
 61  94  670074 BORZENKOV Vsevolod 1995 KAZ  1:00.30  1:00.90  2:01.20  122.66
 62  89  400268 BORSBOOM Olaf 1995 NED  1:01.82  59.98  2:01.80  127.61
 63  92  550071 FOGELIS Daniels 1994 LAT  1:02.95  1:01.08  2:04.03  146.04
 64  96  260111 KIA SHEMSHAKI Behnam 1990 IRA  1:06.47  1:04.30  2:10.77  201.71
 65  97  260142 KIA SHEMSHAKI Hamed 1990 IRA  1:07.92  1:03.30  2:11.22  205.43
 66  98  260176 SHAMHSAKI Sorosh 1992 IRA  1:10.63  1:06.13  2:16.76  251.19
Did not start 1st run
 86  40508 LEWIS Tom 1993 AUS
 82  670052 KHUBER Martin 1992 KAZ
 79  150852 WALIGORA Michael 1990 CZE
Did not finish 2nd run
 91  520105 USTA Cenk 1988 TUR
 90  520111 YILDIZ Mustafa 1989 TUR
 87  690672 TELYCHUK Vasyl 1992 UKR
 71  430466 GARNIEWICZ Mateusz 1990 POL
 59  150610 PISA Martin 1985 CZE
 53  104191 MAINS Gabriel 1994 CAN
 50  491853 DEL CAMPO Juan 1994 SPA
 30  501351 JOHANSSON Emil 1988 SWE
 21  303696 KONO Kyosuke 1991 JPN
 20  303097 ISHII Tomoya 1989 JPN
 18  511504 BONER Sandro 1988 SUI
 9  481148 MAYTAKOV Sergei 1990 RUS
Did not finish 1st run
 95  320356 YOON Jong-seok 1993 KOR
 93  450025 BIZZOCCHI Lorenzo 1993 RSM
 88  670068 KOSTROV Alexandr 1994 KAZ
 84  430460 SZCZEPANIK Wojciech 1988 POL
 73  430387 ILEWICZ Jakub 1987 POL
 68  310410 VUKOVIC Andrija 1994 SRB
 66  320314 CHOI Kwang-hun 1991 KOR
 62  310426 VUKICEVIC Marko 1992 SRB
 60  180631 PENTTINEN Juho-Pekka 1991 FIN
 58  320244 KIM Woo-sung 1986 KOR
 49  930214 OLIVER Coley 1990 USA
 48  690616 TENTORI Michelangelo 1991 ITA
 40  320266 JUNG Dong-hyun 1988 KOR
 28  6290845 BOSCA Guglielmo 1993 ITA
 19  481428 NOVIKOV Vladislav 1993 RUS
 15  150644 KRYZL Krystof 1986 CZE
 3  51401 GRAF Bernhard 1988 AUT

 

Women’s super G results

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Total Time FIS Points
 1  22  297594 BORGHETTI Giulia 1990 ITA  1:28.43  32.92
 2  7  435245 CHRAPEK Karolina 1990 POL  1:28.58  34.70
 3  11  485748 GOLENKOVA Valentina 1994 RUS  1:29.22  42.30
 4  20  705394 KANTOROVA Barbara 1992 SVK  1:29.29  43.13
 5  1  298904 CILLARA ROSSI Valentina 1994 ITA  1:29.30  43.25
 6  9  435210 GASIENICA- GLADCZAN Agnieszka 1987 POL  1:29.36  43.96
 7  12  565393 KOSI Mihaela 1993 SLO  1:29.57  46.46
 8  5  298553 RE Elena 1993 ITA  1:29.87  50.02
 9  33  705363 LUKACOVA Barbora 1990 SVK  1:29.93  50.73
 10  23  155503 KLICNAROVA Pavla 1988 CZE  1:30.06  52.27
 11  16  665009 SHKANOVA Maria 1989 BLR  1:30.07  52.39
 12  17  435334 GASIENICA-DANIEL Maryna 1994 POL  1:30.27  54.77
 13  25  197521 NICOLETTA Romane 1994 FRA  1:30.41  56.43
 14  14  705349 GANTNEROVA Jana 1989 SVK  1:30.67  59.52
 15  37  539390 MCLEAN Shane 1992 USA  1:30.81  61.18
 16  8  485645 KOLOMOVA Darya 1992 RUS  1:30.82  61.30
 17  4  539404 SAMUELS Lauren 1992 USA  1:31.29  66.88
 18  3  485731 ROMANOVA Anastasia 1993 RUS  1:31.45  68.78
 19  30  197267 BOTTLAENDER Margot 1992 FRA  1:31.54  69.85
 20  13  185281 HALME Nina 1990 FIN  1:31.56  70.08
 21  29  307120 ARAI Makiko 1993 JPN  1:31.59  70.44
 22  31  565382 BABNIK Naja 1992 SLO  1:32.51  81.37
 23  15  298667 AGERER Julia Catharina 1993 ITA  1:32.53  81.60
 24  18  245051 BERECZ Anna 1988 HUN  1:32.90  86.00
 25  26  107388 DAVID Sandrine 1994 CAN  1:32.92  86.23
 26  32  695101 TIKUN Tetyana 1994 UKR  1:33.83  97.04
 27  28  306977 MUKOGAWA Sakurako 1992 JPN  1:34.86  109.27
 28  41  185267 HONKONEN Jessica 1989 FIN  1:36.65  130.52
 29  36  155728 DUBOVSKA Martina 1992 CZE  1:37.12  136.10
Disqualified 1st run
 2  538975 WALES Brooke 1990 USA
Did not start 1st run
 38  107178 LAMOUREUX Emilie 1992 CAN
 34  296870 ZERMAN Francesca 1986 ITA
 24  705377 SAALOVA Kristina 1991 SVK
 6  485749 PROKOPYEVA Aleksandra 1994 RUS
Did not finish 1st run
 40  415202 WALLACE Chelsea 1995 NZL
 39  538841 DUPRATT Jaime 1990 USA
 35  299072 MARTINELLI Gaia 1995 ITA
 27  307009 HASUMI Konatsu 1992 JPN
 21  565395 JESENKO Katja 1993 SLO
 19  197538 PICCARD Lucie 1994 FRA
 10  485525 BUREEVA Vladislava 1989 RUS

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About the Author: C.J. Feehan

Christine J. Feehan is a USSA Level 300 coach who spent more than a decade training athletes at U.S. ski academies - Burke, Sugar Bowl, and Killington - before serving as Editor in Chief at Ski Racing Media through 2017. She worked for the FIS on the World Cup tour for three years and then settled into her current home in Oslo, Norway.