Roberts and Kelley Bros. sweep ANC slalom podium
Three independent U.S. ski racers swept the Australia New Zealand Cup slalom podium at Coronet Peak on Friday, led by former Middlebury College standout Hig Roberts who was previously best regarded for his giant slalom performances including placing seventh last year at the World University Games. But Roberts has come into form in slalom as well since joining Team America and jumping into Southern Hemisphere races.
Redneck Racing (comprised of former U.S. Ski Team brothers Robby and Tim Kelley) was hot on Roberts’ heels and helped complete the American podium sweep. Robby, also previously regarded as a stronger GS skier, has turned heads recently by securing back-to-back podium results in ANC slalom races and cutting his points from 16 to just under 9.
With an 11.5-point podium finish at Mt. Hotham back in August, Roberts has also sliced his slalom points from 17 to 9 and graciously landed in the much-coveted sub-10 FIS point bracket.
Tim was 0.20 off his younger brother’s pace, and he was followed in fourth by the University of Denver’s Espen Lysdahl. Other top U.S. skiers, including Nolan Kasper, Michael Ankeny, and Will Gregorak, failed to finish.
Roberts currently leads the ANC slalom standings (280 over Robby Kelley 228) while Slovakian World Cup regular Adam Zampa leads both the overall (600 over Roberts 413) and GS standings (400 over Daniele Sorio/Mattias Roenngren 250).
RESULTS
1 | 5 | 934566 | ROBERTS Hig | 1991 | USA | 44.96 | 46.30 | 1:31.26 | 7.11 | |
2 | 7 | 930160 | KELLEY Robby | 1990 | USA | 44.72 | 46.84 | 1:31.56 | +0.30 | 9.48 |
3 | 17 | 530837 | KELLEY Tim | 1986 | USA | 45.37 | 46.39 | 1:31.76 | +0.50 | 11.05 |
4 | 4 | 421954 | LYSDAHL Espen | 1990 | NOR | 44.45 | 47.66 | 1:32.11 | +0.85 | 13.82 |
5 | 13 | 430633 | JASICZEK Michal | 1994 | POL | 45.23 | 46.94 | 1:32.17 | +0.91 | 14.29 |
6 | 1 | 51434 | TIPPELREITHER Matthias | 1988 | AUT | 45.15 | 47.37 | 1:32.52 | +1.26 | 17.05 |
7 | 3 | 700879 | ZAMPA Andreas | 1993 | SVK | 45.43 | 47.39 | 1:32.82 | +1.56 | 19.42 |
8 | 8 | 410365 | BARWOOD Adam | 1992 | NZL | 45.84 | 47.21 | 1:33.05 | +1.79 | 21.23 |
9 | 19 | 511574 | TUMLER Marco | 1988 | SUI | 45.95 | 47.17 | 1:33.12 | +1.86 | 21.78 |
10 | 29 | 422301 | HAUGEN Per Torstein | 1994 | NOR | 46.35 | 47.79 | 1:34.14 | +2.88 | 29.83 |
11 | 34 | 6530814 | MOYER Bobby | 1994 | USA | 47.47 | 47.27 | 1:34.74 | +3.48 | 34.57 |
12 | 25 | 54270 | HOFSTAEDTER Christoph | 1995 | AUT | 46.93 | 47.90 | 1:34.83 | +3.57 | 35.28 |
13 | 31 | 6531145 | HALL Max | 1995 | USA | 47.51 | 47.60 | 1:35.11 | +3.85 | 37.48 |
14 | 35 | 54212 | WALCH Linus | 1994 | AUT | 47.78 | 47.92 | 1:35.70 | +4.44 | 42.14 |
15 | 36 | 320390 | LEE Jang-woo | 1995 | KOR | 48.63 | 48.31 | 1:36.94 | +5.68 | 51.92 |
16 | 33 | 6531523 | O BRIEN Keilan | 1996 | USA | 47.98 | 49.07 | 1:37.05 | +5.79 | 52.79 |
17 | 30 | 6530800 | THEIS Tyler | 1994 | USA | 48.79 | 48.31 | 1:37.10 | +5.84 | 53.18 |
18 | 44 | 6531550 | TOWNSEND Michael | 1996 | USA | 49.55 | 49.53 | 1:39.08 | +7.82 | 68.81 |
19 | 47 | 410403 | GARRICK Hamish | 1996 | NZL | 55.11 | 48.78 | 1:43.89 | +12.63 | 106.75 |
20 | 41 | 410393 | JUNEAU Tai | 1995 | NZL | 48.49 | 56.94 | 1:45.43 | +14.17 | 118.90 |
21 | 51 | 410416 | SHAW Samuel | 1998 | NZL | 56.10 | 57.22 | 1:53.32 | +22.06 | 181.15 |
22 | 50 | 410411 | NISBET Alan | 1997 | NZL | 1:00.14 | 1:05.63 | 2:05.77 | +34.51 | 279.38 |
Disqualified 1st run | ||||||||||
23 | 6530115 | CHRISTIANSON Kieffer | 1992 | USA | ||||||
Did not start 1st run | ||||||||||
42 | 430762 | JASICZEK Jedrzej | 1997 | POL | ||||||
22 | 60236 | VAN DEN BROECKE Dries | 1995 | BEL | ||||||
Did not finish 2nd run | ||||||||||
28 | 501756 | WISEN Christopher | 1992 | SWE | ||||||
26 | 320293 | KYUNG Sung-hyun | 1990 | KOR | ||||||
20 | 421722 | ADDE Andreas | 1988 | NOR | ||||||
14 | 6291028 | SORIO Daniele | 1994 | ITA | ||||||
12 | 410364 | FEASEY Willis | 1992 | NZL | ||||||
10 | 934502 | ANKENY Michael | 1991 | USA | ||||||
6 | 51395 | DIGRUBER Marc | 1988 | AUT | ||||||
Did not finish 1st run | ||||||||||
49 | 410402 | WALLACE Timothy | 1996 | NZL | ||||||
48 | 40608 | ETHERTON Sam | 1997 | AUS | ||||||
46 | 6531143 | GRUBMAN Ellis | 1995 | USA | ||||||
45 | 221236 | TAYLOR Laurie | 1996 | GBR | ||||||
43 | 54374 | BAUMANN Clemens | 1996 | AUT | ||||||
40 | 104233 | HAWKINS Devon | 1995 | CAN | ||||||
39 | 6530865 | HAFERMAN Eric | 1994 | USA | ||||||
38 | 40612 | SCOTT Alec | 1997 | AUS | ||||||
37 | 320360 | PARK hyun | 1993 | KOR | ||||||
32 | 6291099 | GUALAZZI Michele | 1994 | ITA | ||||||
27 | 54294 | DRACK Fabian | 1995 | AUT | ||||||
24 | 40349 | RISHWORTH Mike | 1987 | AUS | ||||||
21 | 422300 | EIDE Peder Dahlum | 1994 | NOR | ||||||
18 | 930107 | GREGORAK Will | 1990 | USA | ||||||
16 | 6291305 | MENEGALLI Nicolo | 1994 | ITA | ||||||
15 | 6290799 | FRANCESCHETTI Pietro | 1993 | ITA | ||||||
11 | 6290304 | MANFRINI Marco | 1992 | ITA | ||||||
9 | 501898 | ROENNGREN Mattias | 1993 | SWE | ||||||
2 | 532138 | KASPER Nolan | 1989 | USA |