Domestic Roundup: World Cups, Breckenridge FIS races, Kaunertal and plomb machines

Domestic Roundup: World Cups, Breckenridge FIS races, Kaunertal and plomb machinesLauren Ross, named to the “B” team last May, got her first World Cup points at Aspen Nov. 28 placing 23rd in the second slalom of the season. Canadian Vincent Lavoie took a nasty fall in the Lake Louise DH and shattered his left tibia at the boot top. He has had surgery involving a bone graft. It is his third broken tibia. Chemmy Alcott of Great Britain sat out Aspen with a bruised ankle; she’s expecting to race this week at Lake Louise.

In FIS action at Breckenridge Drew Roberts, Cody Marshall, Brad Hogan and Richard Dyksterhouse strung the six through nine placings in the 11/24 slalom behind five World Cup competitors, including Ivica Kostelic. Dyksterhouse was backing up an eighth from the opening men’s race. Hogan was 11th and Chris Frank, a Williams College skier, in12th.

In German University Sports Federation competition, held at Kaunertal, Austria, Mike Jablonski represented the U.S. with a 13th place slalom finish. Bulgarian Olympian Stefan Georgiev got the win.

Coming up on the schedule, the big guns among the women are headed to Winter Park for a set of NorAms Nov. 30 through Dec. 3. The Eric Hays Memorial, always an attraction for up and coming racers is set for Park City Dec. 11-14

Colorado athletes hoping to check if their downhill suits comply with FIS regulations can swing by Winter Park, Colorado this week during the NorAms there. USSA’s plomb machine which measures permeability will be in Winter Park. Coaches can get their athletes’ suits checked after team captain’s meeting at those races.