J2 Nationals: inspection key for SG winners

There was a difference of approach to the J2 National super G by the men's and women's winners. Many coaches say super G is the race won in inspection, and with a vertical drop of 550m over some varied terrain on Aspen's legendary Ruthies Run, inspection was certainly critical for the J2's.
    Men's winner Hunter Schleper inspected alone. Gabrielle (just call me Gabby) Anthony had her own coach, and a reknown one at that, in Herman Goellner.
    For Schleper, the brother of World Cup skier Sarah and hailing from nearby Vail, coaches distract him from the task of inspection. "I prefer to do it on my own," he said. "Coaches tend to ramble on."
    Schlper said he had skied it previously, which might have been an advantage, but other than the downhill and training he had not raced the hill and just visualized how the course would run.

ASPEN, Colo., -There was a difference of approach to the J2 National super G by the men's and women's winners. Many coaches say super G is the race won in inspection, and with a vertical drop of 550m over some varied terrain on Aspen's legendary Ruthies Run, inspection was certainly critical for the J2's.
    Men's winner Hunter Schleper inspected alone. Gabrielle (just call me Gabby) Anthony had her own coach, and a reknown one at that, in Herman Goellner.
    For Schleper, the brother of World Cup skier Sarah and hailing from nearby Vail, coaches distract him from the task of inspection. "I prefer to do it on my own," he said. "Coaches tend to ramble on."
    Schleper said he had skied the hill previously, which might have been an advantage, but other than the downhill and training he had not raced the hill and just visualized how the course would run.
    He obviously was pretty close to dead-on as he put in a smoking run and a .84 margin over the field.
    There was just one spot that caught him by surprise. "The jump was a little more than I expected," he said, "but the tactics were perfect."
    Liam Mulhern just got second place as two skiers, Michael Ankeny and Canadian Dominique Garand tied for third two hundredths of a second behind him.
    For Anthony being the lone female entry from Sugarbowl, California,  meant she had Goellner pretty much to herself.
    "I inspected with Hermann this morning and coming over Strawpile he stopped and said, 'This is money'. I hiked it twice to get a good look at that. I trust Herman with everything I have. He's helped me a lot."
    Although her USSA point profile suggests she may be better in GS than SG, she says, "I love speed. But I was just going to put it down as well as I could and it was good enough for first, so that's great."
    Anthony edged DH champ Felicia Byers for the win while Morgan Black collected third nearly a second behind the top duo.

Women's super G
Aspen, Colo.,
March 8, 2008
1 Gabrielle ANTHONY USA/91      1:22.58
2 Felicia BYERS USA/91      1:22.71
3 Morgan BLACK USA/91      1:23.60
4 Anna MARNO USA/92      1:23.77
5 Joelle CHEVALIER USA/91      1:23.89
6 Devin DELANEY USA/91      1:24.34
7 Samantha HALL USA/92      1:24.47
8 Emily HAMMEL USA/91      1:24.77
9 Vanessa BERTHER USA/92      1:24.82
10 Zoe LIVINGSTON USA/91      1:25.10
11 Abby GHENT USA/92      1:25.16
12 Tracie KRONEBERGER USA/92      1:25.18
13 Jessa BARDIN USA/91      1:25.27
14 Cate KISTLER USA/91      1:25.62
15 Sara ANDREWS USA/92      1:25.74
16 Abigail FUCIGNA USA/91      1:26.11
17 Aylin WOODWARD USA/92      1:26.17
18 Joanna COFFEY USA/92      1:26.27
19 Lizzie KISTLER USA/92      1:26.41
20 Amelia ROWLAND USA/91      1:26.64
21 Hannah STUMPP USA/91      1:26.88
22 Jacqueline MAIER USA/92      1:26.89
23 Cassady ROBERTS USA/91      1:26.90
24 Bridget GILROY USA/91      1:27.46
25 Kelsey REDDEN USA/91      1:27.49
26 Gabrielle HALL USA/91      1:27.54
27 Annie LEITER USA/91      1:27.76
28 Hayley BEST USA/91      1:27.90
29 Rylee BURROWS USA/92      1:28.15
30 Michelle SEARES USA/91      1:28.20
31 Mary SACKBAUER USA/92      1:28.96
32 Cayla WEBER USA/91      1:30.18
33 Kelsey LOCKE USA/92      1:30.44
34 Andrea RADKE USA/91      1:32.65

Men's Super G
Aspen, Colo.,
March 8, 2008
1 Hunter SCHLEPER USA/91      1:18.93
2 Liam MULHERN USA/91      1:19.77
3 Michael ANKENY USA/91      1:19.79
3 Dominique GARAND CAN/91      1:19.79
5 Jared GOLDBERG USA/91      1:20.59
6 Max MARNO USA/91      1:20.71
7 Bryce BENNETT USA/92      1:20.74
8 Nick BAILEY USA/91      1:20.99
9 Michael RADFORD USA/91      1:21.04
10 Derek STRAND USA/91      1:21.12
11 Ian MACOMBER USA/91      1:21.17
12 Carl NOGES USA/91      1:21.32
13 Hig ROBERTS USA/91      1:21.63
14 Jim RYAN USA/91      1:21.71
15 Victor MAJOR USA/92      1:21.85
15 Sean HORNER USA/91      1:21.85
17 Taylor WUNSCH USA/91      1:22.04
18 Ben MORSE USA/92      1:22.17
19 Matthew MCKENNA USA/91      1:22.38
20 Zachery RICKENBACH USA/92      1:22.65
21 Jay OGLE USA/91     
1:22.82
22 Taylor SHIFFRIN USA/92      1:23.04
23 Russell LORANG USA/91      1:23.09
24 Marc MASSIE USA/91      1:23.20
25 Evan DIAMOND USA/91      1:23.35
26 Gunnar SHAW USA/92      1:23.38
27 Taber ENGELKEN USA/92      1:23.39
28 Loudon FRUTH USA/91      1:23.53
29 Sam GLAISHER USA/92      1:23.59
30 Cole WRIGHT USA/91      1:23.72
31 Graham COLLINS USA/92      1:23.89
32 Riley BERMAN USA/91      1:24.21
33 Cameron SMITH USA/92      1:25.43
34 Paul WARNER USA/91      1:26.38
35 William KANELLOS USA/91      1:38.25