Ryan and Zrncic-Dim take NorAm downhill wins
After a short hiatus to accommodate the rescheduled U.S. national championship downhill race (moved from Thursday to yesterday), NorAm competition resumed at the Copper Mountain Speed Center today where U.S. Ski Team member Katie Ryan proved her smoking-fast training run on Monday was no fluke, taking the Continental Cup win ahead of independent skier Katie Hartman. National downhill champion Jackie Wiles, crowned just yesterday, rounded out the podium in third.
“Copper has had incredibly buff, hard and grippy snow. Today was a good step, and I walked away with the win,” said Ryan.
Aspen, Colo.’s Ryan, a junior who is the youngest member of the B Team, produced a blazing training run on Monday and finished two seconds ahead of her closest competition. The margin in the NorAm race was much tighter, as just 0.13 of a second separated first and second place. Ryan won last year’s NorAm title in downhill, punching her ticket to the World Cup, and she began that campaign this year in earnest with two starts in Lake Louise where she placed 54th both days.
“I definitely made a mistake yesterday, resulting in the third-place. This hill is difficult only in that it’s so easy, any little mistake is magnified,” Ryan explained.
Independent skier Katie Hartman has now finished runner-up two days in a row at Copper.
“It warmed up a bit which was nice from what the temperatures have been,” reported Hartman. “Tomorrow I am going to go out and ski how I have been skiing, maybe try to get my elbows in a little more. Honestly, I am so excited. I know I have been skiing well, but I didn’t know downhill was going to go this well (for me).”
U18 athletes Breezy Johnson and Alice Merryweather cracked the top 10, finishing seventh and ninth respectively. Julia Roth of the development team was the top Canadian in 10th.
In the men’s race, Croatian four-event skier Natko Zrncic-Dim, who seems to have taken up temporary residence in Colorado, pulled off the win. Although he made his World Cup debut in 2004, Zrncic-Dim obviously knows when to stick around for a NorAm. The 16-point downhill skier scored a 9-point result on the day. He was followed on the podium by Utah native Jared Goldberg, the 2013 NorAm overall champion now in his fourth year with the U.S. Ski Team, who finished just 0.10 of a second back. U.S. downhill champion Bryce Bennett, the towering 6-foot-7 skier who grew up ripping around Squaw Valley, punched in another solid run to finish third.
“It’s been a bumpy ride on the World Cup circuit the last couple of weeks. … There are things you can get away with on smooth, grippy snow that you can’t on bumpy ice, and it improves your skiing,” said Goldberg. “Going back to a NorAm on a moderate hill like Copper is essential to dial everything in. … Plus, you get to be the big guy again.”
Goldberg also noted that this year’s track was set much straighter than last year.
“Being super light on your edges and keeping good aerodynamics is key. A lot of guys came straight from the World Cup in Beaver Creek, so the competition is more stacked,” he added.
Alpine Canada’s Robbie Dixon, the talented speed skier with 11 top-10 finishes on the World Cup tour, returned to competition in Nov. after suffering a serious leg injury prior to the start of last season. He was the top Canadian in today’s race, finishing a respectable fourth, and was followed by another rehabbing athlete, American Ryan Cochran-Siegle in fifth. Russia’s Artem Borodaykin, who has noticeably made solid use his nation’s training agreement with the U.S. Ski Team, was the top junior in 10th. Canadian development team athlete Morgan Megarry, formerly of the University of Vermont, rocketed from bib 66 into 11th.
The U.S. Ski Team’s Andrew Weibrecht, 2010 Olympic super G bronze medalist, finished a disappointing 17th. He has struggled to find consistency in the early part of the season, suffering a mild concussion and painful shin bang along the way, but he did display some signs of hope with a 20th place finish in the points at the Birds of Prey World Cup super G last week.
Women’s Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | FIS Points |
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1 | 14 | 539685 | RYAN Katie | 1993 | USA | 1:38.28 | 24.22 |
2 | 21 | 538514 | HARTMAN Katie | 1988 | USA | 1:38.41 | 26.03 |
3 | 13 | 539536 | WILES Jacqueline | 1992 | USA | 1:38.56 | 28.12 |
4 | 22 | 538855 | FORD Julia | 1990 | USA | 1:39.04 | 34.81 |
5 | 6 | 539932 | IRWIN Katharine | 1994 | USA | 1:39.11 | 35.79 |
6 | 19 | 539457 | MARNO Anna | 1992 | USA | 1:39.67 | 43.60 |
7 | 17 | 6535455 | JOHNSON Breezy | 1996 | USA | 1:39.69 | 43.88 |
8 | 8 | 539363 | GHENT Abby | 1992 | USA | 1:39.96 | 47.64 |
9 | 1 | 6535600 | MERRYWEATHER Alice | 1996 | USA | 1:40.45 | 54.47 |
10 | 15 | 107312 | ROTH Julia | 1993 | CAN | 1:40.68 | 57.68 |
11 | 30 | 107044 | IRWIN Madison | 1991 | CAN | 1:40.90 | 60.74 |
12 | 10 | 45331 | SMALL Greta | 1995 | AUS | 1:41.21 | 65.06 |
13 | 18 | 107469 | FIELD Charley | 1995 | CAN | 1:41.45 | 68.41 |
14 | 9 | 385092 | KOMSIC Andrea | 1996 | CRO | 1:41.84 | 73.85 |
15 | 23 | 107482 | KING Emma | 1995 | CAN | 1:42.02 | 76.35 |
16 | 41 | 6535758 | LEAVENS Molly | 1997 | USA | 1:42.10 | 77.47 |
17 | 3 | 107613 | GRENIER Valerie | 1996 | CAN | 1:42.57 | 84.02 |
18 | 2 | 6535505 | SULTE Aspen | 1996 | USA | 1:42.62 | 84.72 |
19 | 40 | 6535882 | DESROCHERS Rachael | 1997 | USA | 1:42.64 | 85.00 |
20 | 20 | 107415 | MOORE Kelly | 1994 | CAN | 1:42.70 | 85.83 |
21 | 44 | 6535773 | O BRIEN Nina | 1997 | USA | 1:42.85 | 87.92 |
22 | 4 | 115115 | BARAHONA Noelle | 1990 | CHI | 1:42.94 | 89.18 |
23 | 24 | 65090 | VAN BUYNDER Isabel | 1991 | BEL | 1:42.99 | 89.88 |
24 | 11 | 6535414 | AHMANN Lindsay | 1996 | USA | 1:43.28 | 93.92 |
25 | 29 | 385093 | TRSINSKI Sasa | 1996 | CRO | 1:43.45 | 96.29 |
26 | 39 | 6535765 | MANGAN Patricia | 1997 | USA | 1:43.78 | 100.89 |
27 | 32 | 107387 | CRAWFORD Candace | 1994 | CAN | 1:43.99 | 103.82 |
28 | 38 | 107518 | BARTLETT Caroline | 1995 | CAN | 1:44.21 | 106.88 |
29 | 27 | 6535531 | MILLER Kyla | 1996 | USA | 1:44.22 | 107.02 |
30 | 26 | 35079 | SIMARI BIRKNER Maria Belen | 1982 | ARG | 1:44.41 | 109.67 |
31 | 5 | 6535497 | SKOVRAN Alexandra | 1996 | USA | 1:44.89 | 116.36 |
32 | 31 | 35177 | SIMARI BIRKNER Angelica | 1994 | ARG | 1:45.02 | 118.17 |
33 | 12 | 6535178 | EIK Melissa | 1995 | USA | 1:46.17 | 134.20 |
34 | 36 | 6535456 | JOHNSON Hannah | 1996 | USA | 1:46.78 | 142.71 |
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16 | 107497 | POITRAS Adrienne | 1995 | CAN | |||
7 | 35089 | SIMARI BIRKNER Macarena | 1984 | ARG | |||
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43 | 6535759 | LEBBY Stephanie | 1997 | USA | |||
42 | 6535791 | WRIGHT Isabella | 1997 | USA | |||
37 | 6535564 | WILSON Anna Moriah | 1996 | USA | |||
35 | 6535423 | BODILY Hannah | 1996 | USA | |||
34 | 6535577 | COCHRANE Czari | 1996 | USA | |||
33 | 6535307 | HAFERMAN Tara | 1995 | USA | |||
28 | 538685 | MCKENNIS Alice | 1989 | USA | |||
25 | 6535256 | MUELLER-RISTINE Julia | 1995 | USA |
Men’s Results
Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | FIS Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 380292 | ZRNCIC-DIM Natko | 1986 | CRO | 1:35.15 | 9.88 |
2 | 17 | 934643 | GOLDBERG Jared | 1991 | USA | 1:35.25 | 11.32 |
3 | 15 | 6530104 | BENNETT Bryce | 1992 | USA | 1:35.51 | 15.06 |
4 | 1 | 102961 | DIXON Robbie | 1985 | CAN | 1:35.73 | 18.23 |
5 | 12 | 6530319 | COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan | 1992 | USA | 1:35.82 | 19.53 |
6 | 16 | 202290 | ACKERMANN Marvin | 1991 | GER | 1:35.83 | 19.67 |
7 | 27 | 200379 | SANDER Andreas | 1989 | GER | 1:35.84 | 19.81 |
8 | 18 | 934518 | DANIELS Nick | 1991 | USA | 1:35.88 | 20.39 |
8 | 2 | 220695 | CRAWFORD Douglas | 1987 | GBR | 1:35.88 | 20.39 |
10 | 41 | 481514 | BORODAYKIN Artem | 1994 | RUS | 1:35.95 | 21.40 |
11 | 66 | 103997 | MEGARRY Morgan | 1993 | CAN | 1:36.05 | 22.84 |
12 | 26 | 202424 | FERSTL Christian | 1992 | GER | 1:36.06 | 22.98 |
13 | 7 | 202469 | RENZ Fabio | 1992 | GER | 1:36.07 | 23.13 |
14 | 35 | 670037 | ZAKURDAEV Igor | 1987 | KAZ | 1:36.34 | 27.01 |
15 | 8 | 491151 | DE LA CUESTA Paul | 1988 | SPA | 1:36.37 | 27.45 |
16 | 19 | 103762 | WERRY Tyler | 1991 | CAN | 1:36.42 | 28.17 |
17 | 5 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 1:36.46 | 28.74 |
18 | 4 | 20267 | ESTEVE Kevin | 1989 | AND | 1:36.49 | 29.17 |
19 | 20 | 100558 | COOK Dustin | 1989 | CAN | 1:36.58 | 30.47 |
20 | 46 | 104096 | THOMPSON Broderick | 1994 | CAN | 1:36.61 | 30.90 |
21 | 49 | 501987 | MONSEN Felix | 1994 | SWE | 1:36.77 | 33.21 |
22 | 23 | 103857 | ST-GERMAIN Wiliam | 1992 | CAN | 1:36.82 | 33.93 |
23 | 28 | 481054 | MURAVYEV Ivan | 1989 | RUS | 1:36.90 | 35.08 |
24 | 22 | 421797 | THEODORSEN Espen | 1988 | NOR | 1:36.92 | 35.37 |
25 | 29 | 430429 | BYDLINSKI Maciej | 1988 | POL | 1:37.02 | 36.80 |
26 | 51 | 481549 | STUKOV Maksim | 1994 | RUS | 1:37.03 | 36.95 |
27 | 33 | 104023 | STEINKE Chris | 1993 | CAN | 1:37.06 | 37.38 |
28 | 48 | 958402 | TRAVERS Dean | 1996 | CAY | 1:37.20 | 39.40 |
29 | 6 | 491129 | TERRA Ferran | 1987 | SPA | 1:37.26 | 40.26 |
30 | 9 | 20324 | OLIVERAS Marc | 1991 | AND | 1:37.33 | 41.27 |
31 | 31 | 410372 | PREBBLE Nick | 1993 | NZL | 1:37.52 | 44.00 |
32 | 47 | 6530840 | DUFFY Danny | 1994 | USA | 1:37.56 | 44.58 |
33 | 36 | 103942 | BELL Jeffrey | 1993 | CAN | 1:37.57 | 44.72 |
34 | 109 | 104246 | LYNOTT Patrick | 1995 | CAN | 1:37.58 | 44.87 |
35 | 40 | 6530952 | BERLACK Ronald | 1994 | USA | 1:37.62 | 45.44 |
36 | 39 | 103984 | LAJOIE Vincent | 1993 | CAN | 1:37.67 | 46.16 |
37 | 10 | 6530115 | CHRISTIANSON Kieffer | 1992 | USA | 1:37.68 | 46.31 |
38 | 11 | 220874 | BALDWIN TJ | 1990 | GBR | 1:37.71 | 46.74 |
39 | 56 | 104272 | SEGER Brodie | 1995 | CAN | 1:37.72 | 46.88 |
40 | 38 | 6531217 | WEISEL Kipling | 1995 | USA | 1:37.73 | 47.03 |
41 | 63 | 6531127 | DUFFY Drew | 1995 | USA | 1:37.74 | 47.17 |
42 | 61 | 180729 | SVENSK Mikael | 1994 | FIN | 1:37.96 | 50.34 |
43 | 24 | 6530534 | VIETZE Sandy | 1993 | USA | 1:37.98 | 50.63 |
44 | 79 | 6531520 | MORSE Sam | 1996 | USA | 1:37.99 | 50.77 |
45 | 53 | 6531206 | TAYLOR Darwin | 1995 | USA | 1:38.00 | 50.92 |
45 | 34 | 561199 | SOVIC Tomaz | 1990 | SLO | 1:38.00 | 50.92 |
47 | 21 | 6530486 | KRAUSE Nicholas | 1993 | USA | 1:38.03 | 51.35 |
48 | 43 | 6530483 | KIRCHER Andrew | 1993 | USA | 1:38.05 | 51.64 |
49 | 25 | 104015 | SCHUESSLER BEDARD William | 1993 | CAN | 1:38.13 | 52.79 |
50 | 42 | 221117 | GOWER Jack | 1994 | GBR | 1:38.15 | 53.07 |
51 | 107 | 104238 | KUUS Karl | 1995 | CAN | 1:38.20 | 53.79 |
52 | 77 | 104133 | GREIG Rob | 1994 | CAN | 1:38.23 | 54.23 |
53 | 67 | 481540 | KOLGOTIN Pavel | 1994 | RUS | 1:38.40 | 56.67 |
53 | 59 | 104156 | NACIUK Anthony | 1994 | CAN | 1:38.40 | 56.67 |
55 | 37 | 6530454 | FARROW Tanner | 1993 | USA | 1:38.55 | 58.83 |
56 | 73 | 6531560 | WILSON Cody | 1996 | USA | 1:38.57 | 59.12 |
56 | 50 | 6530539 | WRIGHT Bronson | 1993 | USA | 1:38.57 | 59.12 |
58 | 44 | 561214 | DEBELAK Tilen | 1991 | SLO | 1:38.58 | 59.27 |
59 | 54 | 934577 | SMITH Brennan | 1991 | USA | 1:38.60 | 59.55 |
60 | 58 | 6531106 | AUTY Jack | 1995 | USA | 1:38.64 | 60.13 |
61 | 62 | 104307 | TAYLOR Aaron | 1995 | CAN | 1:38.65 | 60.27 |
62 | 78 | 6531227 | ABATE Jerry Todd | 1995 | USA | 1:38.67 | 60.56 |
63 | 72 | 430668 | DZIEDZIC Andrzej | 1995 | POL | 1:38.82 | 62.72 |
64 | 83 | 6530925 | VAN DEURSEN Jake | 1994 | USA | 1:38.84 | 63.01 |
65 | 70 | 30149 | SIMARI BIRKNER Cristian Javier | 1980 | ARG | 1:38.91 | 64.02 |
66 | 111 | 934523 | ENGEL Mark | 1991 | USA | 1:38.94 | 64.45 |
67 | 87 | 6530117 | CONE Robert | 1992 | USA | 1:38.96 | 64.74 |
67 | 55 | 110324 | VON APPEN Henrik | 1994 | CHI | 1:38.96 | 64.74 |
69 | 94 | 6531599 | THROM Benjamin | 1996 | USA | 1:38.98 | 65.03 |
70 | 14 | 6530453 | DUPRATT Samuel | 1993 | USA | 1:39.11 | 66.90 |
71 | 101 | 380361 | RODES Istok | 1996 | CRO | 1:39.13 | 67.19 |
72 | 69 | 6530865 | HAFERMAN Eric | 1994 | USA | 1:39.21 | 68.34 |
73 | 96 | 6531145 | HALL Max | 1995 | USA | 1:39.43 | 71.50 |
74 | 110 | 6531246 | ASTLE Bryce | 1995 | USA | 1:39.44 | 71.65 |
75 | 65 | 304084 | HARATA Yuki | 1993 | JPN | 1:39.62 | 74.24 |
76 | 99 | 6531852 | GALLAGHER Christian | 1997 | USA | 1:39.67 | 74.96 |
77 | 92 | 6531545 | SULLIVAN Aleck | 1996 | USA | 1:39.72 | 75.68 |
78 | 76 | 6291252 | ZUCCHI Stefano | 1994 | ITA | 1:39.86 | 77.70 |
79 | 93 | 104265 | RAMSDEN Blake | 1995 | CAN | 1:40.33 | 84.46 |
80 | 64 | 104153 | MCCONVILLE Patrick | 1994 | CAN | 1:40.46 | 86.34 |
81 | 104 | 6531542 | STAMLER Max | 1996 | USA | 1:40.55 | 87.63 |
82 | 115 | 6531928 | KENNEY Patrick | 1997 | USA | 1:40.56 | 87.77 |
83 | 95 | 6531120 | CARDAMONE Devon | 1995 | USA | 1:40.62 | 88.64 |
84 | 98 | 104436 | QUENNEVILLE Raphael | 1996 | CAN | 1:40.66 | 89.21 |
85 | 90 | 6531987 | KELSEY Sky | 1997 | USA | 1:40.67 | 89.36 |
86 | 84 | 180721 | PLANTING Conrad | 1994 | FIN | 1:40.76 | 90.65 |
87 | 106 | 6531854 | GRIFFITH Ian | 1997 | USA | 1:40.81 | 91.37 |
88 | 68 | 103964 | FRY Steven | 1993 | CAN | 1:41.01 | 94.25 |
89 | 118 | 104409 | QUEZEL Lambert | 1996 | CAN | 1:41.10 | 95.55 |
90 | 75 | 6531509 | LEBEL James | 1996 | USA | 1:41.35 | 99.15 |
91 | 86 | 104268 | MERCIER ROBIN William | 1995 | CAN | 1:41.48 | 101.02 |
92 | 103 | 104253 | MONAST-DORE Maxime | 1995 | CAN | 1:41.53 | 101.74 |
93 | 119 | 6531885 | SHEILS Paul | 1997 | USA | 1:41.57 | 102.32 |
94 | 116 | 104407 | LALIBERTE Felix | 1996 | CAN | 1:41.67 | 103.76 |
94 | 88 | 104245 | LLEWELLYN Austin | 1995 | CAN | 1:41.67 | 103.76 |
96 | 82 | 6531259 | VETH Nicolas | 1995 | USA | 1:41.68 | 103.90 |
96 | 74 | 110269 | CARVALLO Nicolas | 1991 | CHI | 1:41.68 | 103.90 |
98 | 100 | 502133 | CARLSSON II Fredrik II | 1996 | SWE | 1:41.73 | 104.62 |
99 | 89 | 104269 | RONSKY Russell | 1995 | CAN | 1:42.02 | 108.80 |
100 | 91 | 6531526 | OSBORNE Andrew | 1996 | USA | 1:42.04 | 109.08 |
101 | 85 | 110320 | CLARO Eugenio | 1993 | CHI | 1:42.05 | 109.23 |
102 | 97 | 110268 | CARVALLO Benjamin | 1991 | CHI | 1:42.06 | 109.37 |
103 | 105 | 6531851 | FREEMAN Adam | 1997 | USA | 1:42.32 | 113.12 |
104 | 117 | 104412 | BRUNEAU-BOUCHARD William | 1996 | CAN | 1:42.43 | 114.70 |
105 | 113 | 104160 | PITFIELD Graham | 1994 | CAN | 1:42.59 | 117.00 |
106 | 108 | 6531610 | HANCOCK Andrew | 1996 | USA | 1:42.83 | 120.46 |
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120 | 6532022 | PROSENCE Luke | 1997 | USA | |||
114 | 104301 | MCCONVILLE Will | 1995 | CAN | |||
112 | 104308 | TRUSLER Thomas | 1995 | CAN | |||
102 | 104143 | KENNEDY John Austin | 1994 | CAN | |||
81 | 6531444 | ARVIDSSON Erik | 1996 | USA | |||
80 | 6531401 | MITCHELL Nicholas | 1995 | USA | |||
71 | 6530888 | YAMAMOTO Cai | 1994 | USA | |||
60 | 104378 | GOUGEON Jake | 1996 | CAN | |||
57 | 40506 | ROBERTSON Sam | 1993 | AUS | |||
52 | 6531194 | SAVARIA K J | 1995 | USA | |||
45 | 670058 | KOSHKIN Dmitriy | 1986 | KAZ | |||
32 | 502004 | KOELL Alexander | 1990 | SWE | |||
30 | 201987 | STRODL Andreas | 1987 | GER | |||
13 | 6530500 | MCLAUGHLIN Brian | 1993 | USA |