Japan’s Akira Sasaki topped Wednesday’s winner on Thursday in slalom racing at New Zealand’s Coronet Peak with Will Brandenburg leading a large U.S. showing once again on the podium.

Sasaki, among the oldest competitors in the race at 30, moved past Norwegian Lars Elton Myhre in the second run to take the win by four hundredths with Brandenburg third a tenth off the winning pace.

Canada’s David Donaldson was sixth as Colby Granstrom took seventh, Will Gregorak ninth and Seppi Steigler tenth. It was all U.S. in 11th through 14th with Robby Kelley, Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Nick Daniels finishing in consecutive order.

“Will Brandenburg put in another solid performance,” said coach Mike Day. “and he has finished four consecutive race runs, which is a tremendous step forward actually for him, so we’re excited about that.”

Day said both Gregorak and Granstrom “skied well.”

The coach said although World GS champ Ted Ligety was on hand he was not on the entry list. “It’s not something he’s taking part of. He has hammered a lot of foam (gates) during this (training) block. He foreran the last few days of slalom. At 9am tomorrow morning we have super G, GS and slalom training going on as well as a GS race.”

Norwegians controled the women’s race with Anne Winquist winning, Kristine Gjelsten Haugen second and Chloe Margrethe Fausa third. Avril Dunleavy topped the U.S. for the second straight day.

Avril Dunleavy photo by Coronet Peak, Queenstown NZSki Ltd.

Place Coronet
Peak, NZ (JPN)		 Discipline Slalom
Date 18.08.2011 Category FIS Race
Race codex 0071 Gender M
Valid for FIS Points YES TD Name Barrette Germain (CAN)
    
  
RankBibFIS CodeNameYearNationRun 1Run 2Total TimeFIS Points
 1 11 301312SASAKI Akira 1981 JPN  42.74 46.58 1:29.32 9.34
 2 10 421400MYHRE Lars Elton 1984 NOR  42.46 46.90 1:29.36 9.61
 3 1 530165BRANDENBURG Will 1987 USA  42.72 46.71 1:29.43 10.09
 4 24 202437LUITZ Stefan 1992 GER  43.83 46.14 1:29.97 13.78
 5 8 301709YUASA Naoki 1983 JPN  43.05 46.98 1:30.03 14.19
 6 14 103078DONALDSON David 1986 CAN  42.92 47.15 1:30.07 14.46
 7 13 930105GRANSTROM Colby 1990 USA  43.39 46.82 1:30.21 15.42
 8 15 700830ZAMPA Adam 1990 SVK  43.19 47.18 1:30.37 16.51
 9 9 930107GREGORAK Will 1990 USA  42.84 47.87 1:30.71 18.83
 10 5 530651STIEGLER Seppi 1988 USA  43.19 47.98 1:31.17 21.97
 11 21 930160KELLEY Robby 1990 USA  43.67 47.64 1:31.31 22.93
 12 23 6530319COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan 1992 USA  43.66 47.66 1:31.32 23.00
 13 25 934518DANIELS Nick 1991 USA  43.48 47.97 1:31.45 23.89
 14 6 934502ANKENY Michael 1991 USA  43.64 48.06 1:31.70 25.59
 15 26 302368YOSHIGOE Ippei 1986 JPN  43.23 48.53 1:31.76 26.00
 16 17 303097ISHII Tomoya 1989 JPN  43.79 48.24 1:32.03 27.85
 17 31 370022JENOT Olivier 1988 MON  43.91 48.42 1:32.33 29.90
 18 28 930133HIGGINS Sean 1990 USA  45.13 47.67 1:32.80 33.11
 19 7 301886TAKEDA Ryu 1984 JPN  44.72 48.55 1:33.27 36.32
 20 4 302982OHKOSHI Ryunosuke 1988 JPN  44.52 48.79 1:33.31 36.59
 21 12 103528DRURY Kevin 1988 CAN  44.74 48.58 1:33.32 36.66
 22 30 930023COFFEY Sam 1990 USA  45.65 48.26 1:33.91 40.69
 23 33 303099KOBAYASHI Hiromu 1989 JPN  45.53 48.86 1:34.39 43.96
 24 46 410302WYLIE Andrew 1989 NZL  45.18 49.31 1:34.49 44.65
 25 45 934722STRAND Derek 1991 USA  45.49 49.79 1:35.28 50.04
 26 39 410365BARWOOD Adam 1992 NZL  46.22 50.09 1:36.31 57.08
 27 49 700879ZAMPA Andreas 1993 SVK  45.17 51.19 1:36.36 57.42
 28 62 6530797WILSON Kenny 1994 USA  46.52 50.92 1:37.44 64.79
 29 44 6530108BROOKS Dylan 1992 USA  46.89 51.06 1:37.95 68.28
 30 57 303627TANAKA Tomoyuki 1991 JPN  46.89 51.17 1:38.06 69.03
 31 20 103187ATKINSON Paul 1987 CAN  44.98 53.78 1:38.76 73.81
 32 63 6530950HAYES Colin 1994 USA  47.01 51.81 1:38.82 74.22
 33 48 430633JASICZEK Michal 1994 POL  47.29 51.61 1:38.90 74.77
 34 60 6530496MCCORMICK Sean 1993 USA  47.47 52.67 1:40.14 83.23
 35 53 410372PREBBLE Nick 1993 NZL  47.81 52.58 1:40.39 84.94
 36 65 6530814MOYER Bobby 1994 USA  49.43 52.16 1:41.59 93.14
 37 64 410379COOTE Wilbur 1994 NZL  49.58 53.52 1:43.10 103.45
 38 18 934643GOLDBERG Jared 1991 USA  56.09 48.96 1:45.05 116.77
 39 75 410395IZARD-PRICE Harry 1995 NZL  51.14 55.48 1:46.62 127.49
 40 76 491958RAVENTOS Ignasi 1995 SPA  51.56 55.18 1:46.74 128.31
 41 80 304201KOBAYASHI Tetsuya 1991 JPN  51.62 56.17 1:47.79 135.48
 42 69 320387HAN Sang-Hyun 1995 KOR  51.58 57.77 1:49.35 146.13
 43 68 6530918ALVAREZ Dylan 1994 USA  49.69 1:00.86 1:50.55 154.33
 44 87 304602YAMADA Suguru 1994 JPN  52.54 58.73 1:51.27 159.24
 45 78 410387PASCOE Nick 1994 NZL  52.34 59.74 1:52.08 164.78
 46 81 492059PEDRET Alex 1996 SPA  52.96 1:00.87 1:53.83 176.73
 47 83 410404NICHOLSON Matthew 1996 NZL  55.65 59.46 1:55.11 185.47
 48 71 320334KIM Ha-Young 1992 KOR  51.96 1:03.43 1:55.39 187.38
 49 85 304595HAYASHI Yoshiki 1995 JPN  56.90 1:00.14 1:57.04 198.65
 50 84 410403GARRICK Hamish 1996 NZL  57.32 1:02.03 1:59.35 214.43
 51 79 151050VOLF Vojtech 1993 CZE  1:00.71 58.77 1:59.48 215.31
Disqualified 2nd run
  22 934524FARRELL Bobby 1991 USA     
Disqualified 1st run
  51 320367PARK Je-yun 1994 KOR     
  36 410266GRIFFIN Benjamin 1986 NZL     
  19 304242NARITA Hideyuki 1993 JPN     
Did not finish 2nd run
  77 6290815GHILARDI Marco 1993 ITA     
  74 410394GREEN James 1995 NZL     
  73 6531216WATTENMAKER Owen 1995 USA     
  72 221182GOLDSWORTHY Richard 1995 GBR     
  67 320386JO Kwang-Ho 1995 KOR     
  66 6530815ROMANO Anthony 1994 USA     
  58 6531203SPROCK Ty 1995 USA     
  55 934627CLIFFORD James 1991 USA     
  54 6530237FURRER Cameron 1992 USA     
  47 304320OHYAMA Ryu 1994 JPN     
  43 511978LIESCH Gian Luca 1993 SUI     
  42 410334PREBBLE Jamie 1991 NZL     
  37 303880OGIHARA Shunsuke 1992 JPN     
  35 410270CAFE Tim 1987 NZL     
  32 532837SHPALL Bryan 1989 USA     
  29 510550EMMENEGGER Sven 1989 SUI     
  16 303235OIKAWA Takahiro 1989 JPN     
Did not finish 1st run
  86 492055RIBA Albert 1996 SPA     
  82 304820SATO Kei 1996 JPN     
  70 410371NEESON Finlay 1993 NZL     
  61 6531186PLANT Riley 1995 USA     
  59 303154IIZUKA Tatsuya 1989 JPN     
  56 370031ALESSANDRIA Arnaud 1993 MON     
  52 6530447COOPER Scott 1993 USA     
  50 410364FEASEY Willis 1992 NZL     
  41 103527BEADON Christopher 1989 CAN     
  40 304298ANDOH Yuutaroh 1994 JPN     
  38 6531063GINNIS Alexander 1994 USA     
  34 304084NISHIMURA Yuuki 1993 JPN     
  27 304139SHIN Masanori 1993 JPN     
  3 530837KELLEY Tim 1986 USA     
  2 534959JITLOFF Tim 1985 USA    

Place Coronet
Peak, NZ (JPN)		 Discipline Slalom
Date 18.08.2011 Category FIS Race
Race codex 5071 Gender L
Valid for FIS Points YES TD Name Barrette Germain (CAN)
    
  
RankBibFIS CodeNameYearNationRun 1Run 2Total TimeFIS Points
 1 12 425982WINQUIST Annie 1993 NOR  49.16 48.67 1:37.83 20.18
 2 7 425921HAUGEN Kristine Gjelsten 1992 NOR  49.55 49.35 1:38.90 26.85
 3 8 425916FAUSA Chloe Margrethe 1992 NOR  50.22 49.14 1:39.36 29.72
 4 10 105649RYLEY Kate 1989 CAN  50.16 49.32 1:39.48 30.47
 5 3 539360DUNLEAVY Avril 1992 USA  50.83 50.98 1:41.81 45.00
 6 1 307120ARAI Makiko 1993 JPN  52.40 52.19 1:44.59 62.33
 7 6 539114ENGLE Devon 1991 USA  54.79 53.99 1:48.78 88.46
 8 2 539890KELLEY Naomi 1994 USA  56.18 55.66 1:51.84 107.54
 9 5 306833ISHII Risa 1991 JPN  56.60 56.71 1:53.31 116.70
 10 14 6535234SCHWARTZNAU Karina 1995 USA  57.96 55.91 1:53.87 120.19
 11 18 275024BELL Victoria 1994 IRE  59.77 57.53 1:57.30 141.58
 12 16 225521PARKER Olivia 1993 GBR  59.67 57.98 1:57.65 143.76
 13 11 155786STRYCHOVA Lucie 1995 CZE  1:00.07 58.41 1:58.48 148.94
 14 4 6535359DALEY Ryann 1995 USA  57.63 1:00.88 1:58.51 149.13
 15 22 307492KUSHIZAKI Mina 1996 JPN  1:01.65 58.75 2:00.40 160.91
 16 21 307486KOIKE Yurino 1996 JPN  1:01.89 58.73 2:00.62 162.28
 17 23 415203MCLAUGLAN Laura 1995 NZL  1:01.04 59.64 2:00.68 162.66
 18 24 325116CHOO Ju-Yeon 1996 KOR  1:03.87 1:00.50 2:04.37 185.67
 19 26 325117CHU Sa-Rang 1996 KOR  1:06.35 1:02.21 2:08.56 211.79
 20 25 325118NOH Jin-Soul 1996 KOR  1:08.46 1:03.31 2:11.77 231.81
 21 28 299294BORGOGNO Roberta 1995 ITA  1:09.40 1:04.25 2:13.65 243.53
 22 27 415210GAMSON Emma 1996 NZL  1:05.65 1:21.90 2:27.55 330.20
Did not finish 1st run
  20 275029BELL Florence 1996 IRE     
  19 415200TAYLOR Victoria 1995 NZL     
  17 6535215O GRADY Sinclaire 1995 USA     
  15 425929MOWINCKEL Ragnhild 1992 NOR     
  13 306936UEDA Satsuki 1991 JPN     
  9 415169MILLER-BROWN Harriet 1991 NZL    

Share This Article

About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

Related Posts

Sam Maes and the Road Less Traveled: Twice the Fight Chronicles an Independent Olympian
Sam Maes and the Road Less Traveled: Twice the Fight Chronicles an Independent Olympian

Sam Maes and the Road Less Traveled: Twice the Fight Chronicles an Independent Olympian

February 5th, 2026
Shiffrin skis for 5th World Championship SL title
Shiffrin skis for 5th World Championship SL title

Shiffrin skis for 5th World Championship SL title

February 17th, 2023
World Cup Quota Earned Through NorAms
World Cup Quota Earned Through NorAms

World Cup Quota Earned Through NorAms

June 21st, 2022