Middlebury's Roberts seventh in World University Games

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

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.