Schoch wins PSL, Jewell leads U.S.

U.S. Snowboarding rider Tyler Jewell led Americans Thursday, finishing 13th in a World Cup parallel slalom to close the 2006 calendar year. Jewell, qualified 11th in the makeup race from canceled Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, won by Olympic silver medalist Simon Schoch of Switzerland. 

BAD GASTEIN, Austria — U.S. Snowboarding rider Tyler Jewell led Americans Thursday, finishing 13th in a World Cup parallel slalom to close the 2006 calendar year. Jewell, qualified 11th in the makeup race from canceled Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, won by Olympic silver medalist Simon Schoch of Switzerland.    
    Rounding out the men's podium was fellow Swiss rider Roland Haldi and Canadian Jasey Jay Anderson. Austrian Doresia Krings and teammate Heidi Neururer went 1-2 in the women’s event, each moving up a podium spot from the previous day, while Julie Pomagalski of France was third. Top U.S. rider for the second consecutive day was Stacia Hookom in 20th.
    Next up is the second of three U.S. Snowboarding Race to the Cup events, which opens Jan. 5 with a night PSL at Howelsen Hill, home base of the famed Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It will also be the last opportunity for riders to qualify for the Jan. 14-20 World Snowboard Championships in Arosa, Switzerland.

SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP
Bad Gastein, Austria — Dec. 21, 2006
Parellel slalom
Men
1. Simon Schoch, Switzerland
2. Roland Haldi, Switzerland
3. Jasey Jay Anderson, Canada
4. Izidor Sustersic, Slovenia
5. Matthew Morison, Canada
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13. Tyler Jewell, Sudbury, Mass.
25. Justin Reiter, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
36. Chris Klug, Aspen, Colo.
39. Josh Wylie, Londonderry, Vt.
46. Garrett Sorteberg, Edina, Minn.
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Women
1. Doresia Krings, Austria
2. Heidi Neururer, Austria
3. Julie Pomagalski, France
4. Svetlana Boldikova, Russia
5. Heidi Krings, Austria
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20. Stacia Hookom, Edwards, Colo.
29. Erica Mueller, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
39. Lindsay Lloyd, Centerville, Utah
41. Michelle Gorgone, Sudbury, Mass.

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