Brennan Rubie crowned national combined champion on tough opening day
On the opening day of U.S. Alpine Championships in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S. Ski Teamer Brennan Rubie bested the field on a challenging day to take the alpine combined title with a total time of 2:01.76 seconds. Second place went to Alaska native Kieffer Christianson, 1.46 seconds back as fellow national team member Hig Roberts managed to round out the podium in third, 2.24 seconds off the pace. Fastest junior on the day went to Youth Olympic Games gold medalist River Radamus, 2.88 seconds back.
The morning started with a 30-minute delay and the tough super G track proved to be quite the challenge for the 59-man field. Due to the steepness of the Greyhawk venue, the course needed to be set quite tight for a super G and saw 19 racers fail to finish their runs, with many others running into trouble and finding themselves way off the pace heading into the slalom portion of the event.
After the morning’s run was complete, Great Britain’s Jack Gower set the time to beat from bib 24, 0.23 seconds ahead of Rubie in second. However, Gower elected to not participate in the afternoon’s slalom, leaving Rubie as the man to beat in the slalom run.
Despite a valiant effort by Roberts, who won the slalom run and jumped up nine places in the standings, Rubie managed to hold on to his advantage from the super G and took the win. Christianson faltered a bit during the slalom but was just fast enough to slide in front of Roberts for runner-up honors.
Racing action continues tomorrow with the women’s alpine combined.
Official Results
1 | 9 | 934568 | RUBIE Brennan | 1991 | USA | 1:15.80 | 45.96 | 2:01.76 | 19.68 | |
2 | 7 | 6530115 | CHRISTIANSON Kieffer | 1992 | USA | 1:15.94 | 47.28 | 2:03.22 | +1.46 | 33.47 |
3 | 19 | 934566 | ROBERTS Hig | 1991 | USA | 1:19.00 | 45.00 | 2:04.00 | +2.24 | 40.84 |
4 | 6 | 6530319 | COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan | 1992 | USA | 1:17.12 | 46.92 | 2:04.04 | +2.28 | 41.21 |
5 | 46 | 6530538 | WOOLSON Thomas | 1993 | USA | 1:17.80 | 46.30 | 2:04.10 | +2.34 | 41.78 |
6 | 25 | 934502 | ANKENY Michael | 1991 | USA | 1:17.79 | 46.71 | 2:04.50 | +2.74 | 45.56 |
7 | 22 | 6532084 | RADAMUS River | 1998 | USA | 1:18.27 | 46.37 | 2:04.64 | +2.88 | 46.88 |
8 | 15 | 6531127 | DUFFY Drew | 1995 | USA | 1:17.43 | 47.31 | 2:04.74 | +2.98 | 47.83 |
9 | 1 | 6530104 | BENNETT Bryce | 1992 | USA | 1:19.37 | 45.45 | 2:04.82 | +3.06 | 48.58 |
10 | 23 | 6531217 | WEISEL Kipling | 1995 | USA | 1:17.97 | 47.23 | 2:05.20 | +3.44 | 52.17 |
11 | 34 | 6532149 | MILLER Andrew | 1998 | USA | 1:19.69 | 45.99 | 2:05.68 | +3.92 | 56.70 |
12 | 29 | 104044 | READ Kevyn | 1993 | CAN | 1:19.41 | 46.36 | 2:05.77 | +4.01 | 57.55 |
13 | 33 | 6531981 | SLATTERY Logan | 1997 | USA | 1:19.31 | 46.63 | 2:05.94 | +4.18 | 59.16 |
14 | 27 | 6531486 | FUCIGNA Peter | 1996 | USA | 1:19.18 | 46.77 | 2:05.95 | +4.19 | 59.25 |
15 | 44 | 6531928 | KENNEY Patrick | 1997 | USA | 1:19.40 | 46.71 | 2:06.11 | +4.35 | 60.76 |
16 | 31 | 103942 | BELL Jeffrey | 1993 | CAN | 1:19.21 | 47.01 | 2:06.22 | +4.46 | 61.80 |
17 | 49 | 6532116 | KRUPKA Jimmy | 1998 | USA | 1:20.00 | 46.36 | 2:06.36 | +4.60 | 63.13 |
18 | 11 | 6531520 | MORSE Sam | 1996 | USA | 1:19.46 | 47.02 | 2:06.48 | +4.72 | 64.26 |
19 | 41 | 6531401 | MITCHELL Nicholas | 1995 | USA | 1:19.69 | 47.15 | 2:06.84 | +5.08 | 67.66 |
20 | 36 | 6532354 | GILE Bridger | 1999 | USA | 1:20.20 | 46.70 | 2:06.90 | +5.14 | 68.23 |
21 | 54 | 6532357 | LANGE Colby | 1999 | USA | 1:20.71 | 47.33 | 2:08.04 | +6.28 | 78.99 |
22 | 55 | 6532347 | DILLING Jacob | 1999 | USA | 1:21.09 | 47.50 | 2:08.59 | +6.83 | 84.19 |
23 | 48 | 6532009 | CASHMAN Jordan | 1997 | USA | 1:21.72 | 47.52 | 2:09.24 | +7.48 | 90.33 |
24 | 38 | 6530925 | VAN DEURSEN Jake | 1994 | USA | 1:21.33 | 49.72 | 2:11.05 | +9.29 | 107.42 |
25 | 50 | 6531610 | HANCOCK Andrew | 1996 | USA | 1:24.13 | 47.58 | 2:11.71 | +9.95 | 113.66 |
26 | 43 | 934551 | MOFFAT Keith | 1991 | USA | 1:18.31 | 54.87 | 2:13.18 | +11.42 | 127.54 |
27 | 51 | 6532137 | BIRKNER Alexander | 1998 | USA | 1:21.51 | 52.47 | 2:13.98 | +12.22 | 135.10 |
28 | 12 | 930160 | KELLEY Robby | 1990 | USA | 1:20.19 | 1:10.84 | 2:31.03 | +29.27 | 296.13 |
Disqualified 2nd run | ||||||||||
35 | 6531560 | WILSON Cody | 1996 | USA | ||||||
17 | 6531474 | DVORACEK Addison | 1996 | USA | ||||||
Disqualified 1st run | ||||||||||
14 | 531452 | BIESEMEYER Thomas | 1989 | USA | ||||||
Did not start 2nd run | ||||||||||
24 | 221117 | GOWER Jack | 1994 | GBR | ||||||
18 | 958402 | TRAVERS Dean | 1996 | CAY | ||||||
Did not start 1st run | ||||||||||
45 | 534508 | CHODOUNSKY David | 1984 | USA | ||||||
5 | 531799 | FORD Tommy | 1989 | USA | ||||||
Did not finish 2nd run | ||||||||||
59 | 6532165 | ANDERSON Tommy | 1998 | USA | ||||||
57 | 6532406 | MACALUSO Matthew | 1999 | USA | ||||||
42 | 6531854 | GRIFFITH Ian | 1997 | USA | ||||||
10 | 934523 | ENGEL Mark | 1991 | USA | ||||||
Did not finish 1st run | ||||||||||
58 | 6532419 | TERJESON Hayden | 1999 | USA | ||||||
56 | 6531965 | BRAZEROL Dominik | 1997 | USA | ||||||
53 | 6532086 | GUTSTEIN Trent | 1998 | USA | ||||||
52 | 6531872 | MATHERS Luke | 1997 | USA | ||||||
47 | 6531598 | JORDAN Colby | 1996 | USA | ||||||
40 | 6531509 | LEBEL James | 1996 | USA | ||||||
39 | 6531917 | CAMPBELL Pate | 1997 | USA | ||||||
37 | 6532123 | NEGOMIR Kyle | 1998 | USA | ||||||
32 | 6531847 | DOMONOSKE David | 1997 | USA | ||||||
30 | 6531987 | KELSEY Sky | 1997 | USA | ||||||
28 | 930024 | MAPLE Wiley | 1990 | USA | ||||||
26 | 6530500 | MCLAUGHLIN Brian | 1993 | USA | ||||||
21 | 6530534 | VIETZE Sandy | 1993 | USA | ||||||
20 | 6530454 | FARROW Tanner | 1993 | USA | ||||||
16 | 6531963 | STEFFEY George | 1997 | USA | ||||||
13 | 6530453 | DUPRATT Samuel | 1993 | USA | ||||||
8 | 534959 | JITLOFF Tim | 1985 | USA | ||||||
4 | 6531444 | ARVIDSSON Erik | 1996 | USA | ||||||
3 | 533866 | NYMAN Steven | 1982 | USA | ||||||
2 | 6530486 | KRAUSE Nicholas | 1993 | USA |