Jacobellis, Holland take snowboardcross titles at Mammoth Grand Prix

Jacobellis, Holland take snowboardcross titles at Mammoth Grand Prix{mosimage}USSA — Six days after winning her first World Cup snowboardcross event, Lindsey Jacobellis cruised to victory Sunday on an extremely technical SBX course at the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain.

On the men’s side, fellow U.S. Snowboard Team rider Nate Holland upset world championship silver medalist Seth Wescott for the win. Sunday’s race also crowned Jacobellis and Holland national champions, and gave them each $10,000 first-place prize money.

“This course was very long, very big and very tiring, but it was very fun,” said the 18-year-old Jacobellis, who added that training with the U.S. men helped her to the win. “I love to (train with the U.S. men) because they are always pushing to win — I figure if I can be almost right behind them, then I have a chance to win every time and that’s what I want my goal to be.”

Finishing behind Jacobellis was Sarris McComb, followed by Dominique Vallee of Canada and Marni Yamada. Dave Brumm and Alex Deibold went 3-4 for the men.

The Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix concludes Feb. 6-8 in Mountain Creek, New Jersey.

CHEVROLET U.S. SNOWBOARD GRAND PRIX
Mammoth Mountain, California
January 11, 2004
Men’s Snowboardcross Final
1. Nate Holland, Olympic Valley, Calif.
2. Seth Wescott, Farmington, Maine
3. Dave Brumm, Olympic Valley, Calif.
4. Alex Deibold, Manchester Center, Vt.
5. Jason Hale, Sierraville, Calif.

Women’s Snowboardcross Final
1. Lindsey Jacobellis, Bondville, Vt.
2. Sarris McComb, Missoula, Mont.
3. Dominique Vallee, Quebec
4. Marni Yamada, Seattle, Wash.
5. Dena Melinn, Frisco, Colo.