Canadian Prefontaine closes Colorado NorAm Series with a Giant Slalom Win in Aspen
The Women’s Colorado NorAm Series concluded today (Dec. 2) with a final giant slalom in Aspen, Colo. Canadian Marie-Pier Prefontaine crushed the field winning both runs and having the fastest overall time (1:59.13) by over a second. Prefontaine came in second place in yesterday’s NorAm, with today marking her fourth career NorAm giant slalom victory.
Slovenian Ana Drev (2:01.22) grabbed the second-place spot with Switzerland’s Nadja Vogel (2:01.59) in third, almost a second and a half off of Prefontaine.
The fastest American to make it down the bullet-proof World Cup run in Aspen was Megan Mcjames coming off of yesterday’s win finishing in fifth place. Burke Mountain Academy’s Mikaela Shiffrin finally cracked the top ten this week finishing in ninth, making this her third top-15 of the series.
The next Americans to round out the top 15 were U.S. Ski Team athlete’s Anna Marno and Abby Ghent finishing in 11th and 13th, respectively.
Both the women and men will travel to Lake Louise, Alberta for the next NorAm Cup series with two downhill races and a super-g starting December 6.
Image: Mikaela Shiffrin (Harry Caston)
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | FIS Points |
| 1 | 4 | 106825 | PREFONTAINE Marie-Pier | 1988 | CAN | 59.83 | 59.30 | 1:59.13 | 6.00 |
| 2 | 11 | 565268 | DREV Ana | 1985 | SLO | 1:01.49 | 59.73 | 2:01.22 | 21.26 |
| 3 | 3 | 516109 | VOGEL Nadja | 1990 | SUI | 1:00.95 | 1:00.64 | 2:01.59 | 23.97 |
| 4 | 13 | 516280 | HOLDENER Wendy | 1993 | SUI | 1:02.26 | 1:00.00 | 2:02.26 | 28.86 |
| 5 | 7 | 538284 | MCJAMES Megan | 1987 | USA | 1:01.65 | 1:00.69 | 2:02.34 | 29.44 |
| 6 | 15 | 105615 | ROUTHIER Eve | 1988 | CAN | 1:02.11 | 1:00.74 | 2:02.85 | 33.17 |
| 7 | 9 | 515733 | BONJOUR Aline | 1985 | SUI | 1:02.05 | 1:00.83 | 2:02.88 | 33.39 |
| 8 | 5 | 105649 | RYLEY Kate | 1989 | CAN | 1:01.55 | 1:01.41 | 2:02.96 | 33.97 |
| 9 | 39 | 6535237 | SHIFFRIN Mikaela | 1995 | USA | 1:02.79 | 1:00.82 | 2:03.61 | 38.72 |
| 10 | 27 | 35079 | SIMARI BIRKNER Maria Belen | 1982 | ARG | 1:03.50 | 1:00.42 | 2:03.92 | 40.98 |
| 11 | 26 | 539457 | MARNO Anna | 1992 | USA | 1:03.34 | 1:01.06 | 2:04.40 | 44.49 |
| 12 | 18 | 305944 | KIYOSAWA Emiko | 1983 | JPN | 1:02.42 | 1:02.06 | 2:04.48 | 45.07 |
| 13 | 19 | 539363 | GHENT Abby | 1992 | USA | 1:03.10 | 1:01.58 | 2:04.68 | 46.53 |
| 14 | 8 | 106961 | MIELZYNSKI Erin | 1990 | CAN | 1:03.00 | 1:01.79 | 2:04.79 | 47.33 |
| 15 | 14 | 106183 | TERWIEL Elli | 1989 | CAN | 1:03.09 | 1:03.32 | 2:06.41 | 59.17 |
| 16 | 25 | 106668 | RYLEY Megan | 1986 | CAN | 1:04.45 | 1:01.98 | 2:06.43 | 59.31 |
| 17 | 42 | 35089 | SIMARI BIRKNER Macarena | 1984 | ARG | 1:05.03 | 1:02.44 | 2:07.47 | 66.91 |
| 18 | 45 | 107204 | SAUNDERS Jennifer | 1992 | CAN | 1:05.35 | 1:02.27 | 2:07.62 | 68.00 |
| 19 | 30 | 539109 | DELANEY Devin | 1991 | USA | 1:05.42 | 1:02.49 | 2:07.91 | 70.12 |
| 20 | 31 | 538909 | MCDONALD Amanda | 1990 | USA | 1:05.29 | 1:02.71 | 2:08.00 | 70.78 |
| 21 | 48 | 539909 | MOLTZAN Paula | 1994 | USA | 1:06.70 | 1:01.42 | 2:08.12 | 71.65 |
| 22 | 41 | 425849 | GASMANN-BROTT Rikke | 1991 | NOR | 1:05.48 | 1:02.74 | 2:08.22 | 72.38 |
| 23 | 29 | 415128 | JARVIS Sarah | 1986 | NZE | 1:05.78 | 1:02.92 | 2:08.70 | 75.89 |
| 24 | 36 | 539356 | CASTON Rose | 1992 | USA | 1:06.11 | 1:04.26 | 2:10.37 | 88.09 |
| 25 | 28 | 535019 | ALLEN Jennifer | 1989 | USA | 1:07.49 | 1:03.54 | 2:11.03 | 92.91 |
| 26 | 23 | 538471 | COOPER Kirsten | 1988 | USA | 1:05.32 | 1:06.03 | 2:11.35 | 95.24 |
| 27 | 35 | 539724 | SAMUELSON Kaytlyn | 1993 | USA | 1:07.15 | 1:04.71 | 2:11.86 | 98.97 |
| 28 | 43 | 539673 | NAATZ Emma | 1993 | USA | 1:07.06 | 1:05.58 | 2:12.64 | 104.66 |
| 29 | 55 | 539927 | LAPANJA Lila | 1994 | USA | 1:07.96 | 1:05.43 | 2:13.39 | 110.14 |
| 30 | 49 | 539373 | HILLENBRAND Maria | 1992 | USA | 1:07.83 | 1:05.93 | 2:13.76 | 112.84 |
| 31 | 40 | 539694 | STRONG Anne | 1993 | USA | 1:08.01 | 1:06.11 | 2:14.12 | 115.47 |
| 32 | 44 | 539685 | RYAN Katherine | 1993 | USA | 1:08.29 | 1:05.99 | 2:14.28 | 116.64 |
| 33 | 46 | 539536 | WILES Jacqueline | 1992 | USA | 1:08.25 | 1:06.04 | 2:14.29 | 116.71 |
| 34 | 54 | 539344 | BARTHOLD Jeanne | 1992 | USA | 1:07.83 | 1:06.72 | 2:14.55 | 118.61 |
| 35 | 56 | 539563 | VETH Amanda | 1992 | USA | 1:09.64 | 1:07.31 | 2:16.95 | 136.14 |
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