Ford, Helie claim national downhill titles in Aspen
After a seven-day series of NorAm races in Aspen, Colo., American Julia Ford and Canadian Louis-Pierre Helie claimed U.S. National downhill titles today (Feb. 15).
It was another successful day in a string of several for Ford, who claimed her second straight U.S. downhill championship and also led an American sweeo of the women’s podium.
Today’s victory is Ford’s fifth consecutive win (she has won two NorAm super G races and two downhills in Aspen in the last six days), as she stands within one point of teammate Abby Ghent for the NorAm overall lead.
“It’s overwelming. Each race I knew I had to ski my best to throw one in there,” said Ford, “Aspen offers a little of everything…it just seems to suit the way I ski. If you win once, you want to win again.”
“It’s been a really good year getting more experience on different hills and different downhills,” continued Ford. “My confidence has built up quite a bit because of that. I just feel really good when I’m in the start gate and on the course and that’s a big part of it.”
Ghent was second in today’s race, 0.24 seconds behind Ford. Brooke Wales finished third 1.58 seconds off the lead.
Helie won the men’s title with a total time of one minute, 43.24 seconds. Helie’s teammate Dustin Cook was 0.56 seconds behind in second. Morgan Pridy rounded out the podium in third for the Canadians.
Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who won yesterday’s downhill, and teammate Tommy Biesemeyer led the American men tied for fourth, 0.62 second behind the winner. Americans Wiley Maple, and Keith Moffat followed in sixth and seventh.
The U.S. titles for super G, giant slalom, and slalom will be determined during The Championships (Mar. 28-Apr.1) presented by Nature Valley at Winter Park Resort. The NorAm Cup circuit will now move to Le Relais, Canada, for men’s and women’s races on Feb. 18&19.
Women’s Results
1 18 538855 FORD, Julia USA/90 1’48.19 0.00
2 17 539363 GHENT, Abby USA/92 1’48.43 2.95
3 12 538975 WALES, Brooke USA/90 1’49.77 19.42
4 15 535585 STAPLES, Kiley USA/89 1’49.89 20.90
5 13 539457 MARNO, Anna USA/92 1’50.12 23.73
6 16 539536 WILES, Jacqueline USA/92 1’50.24 25.20
7 14 107027 DAVIES, Tess CAN/91 1’50.73 31.22
8 19 107384 CLARKE, Devon CAN/94 1’51.58 41.67
9 10 539356 CASTON, Rose USA/92 1’51.64 42.41
10 20 107306 MICHALIK, Victoria CAN/93 1’52.40 51.75
11 1 539643 ERIKSEN, Lily USA/93 1’52.81 56.79
12 6 6535256 MUELLER-RISTINE, Julia USA/95 1’53.22 61.83
13 7 107310 RAMSDEN, Jocelyn CAN/93 1’54.20 73.88
14 4 539616 BABCOCK, Michaela USA/93 1’55.45 89.25
15 8 539962 HANSELER, Haley USA/94 1’56.23 98.84
16 21 107163 RYTZ, Celine CAN/92 1’56.69 104.49
17 5 6535084 GAYLORD, Laura USA/94 1’57.30 111.99
18 22 6535049 TAYLOR, Nicole USA/94 1’57.31 112.11
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11 539404 SAMUELS, Lauren USA/92
9 539685 RYAN, Katherine USA/93
3 539986 ENDERS, Destrey USA/94
2 6535075 MCGLASHON, Morgan USA/94
Men’s Results
1 5 103090 HELIE, Louis-Pierre CAN/86 1’43.24 0.00
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sp; 2 4 100558 COOK, Dustin CAN/89 1’43.80 7.21
3 10 103612 PRIDY, Morgan CAN/90 1’43.86 7.99
4 7 6530319 COCHRAN-SIEGLE, Ryan USA/92 1’43.89 8.37
1 531452 BIESEMEYER, Thomas USA/89 1’43.89 8.37
6 2 930024 MAPLE, Wiley USA/90 1’43.93 8.89
7 11 934551 MOFFAT, Keith USA/91 1’44.11 11.21
8 3 103656 HALBERT, Kelby CAN/90 1’44.54 16.75
9 6 103385 PRIDY, Conrad CAN/88 1’44.75 19.45
10 13 103646 ZAITSOFF, Sasha CAN/90 1’45.07 23.58
11 14 421797 THEODORSEN, Espen NOR/88 1’45.33 26.92
12 29 220874 BALDWIN, TJ GBR/90 1’45.47 28.73
13 24 6530104 BENNETT, Bryce USA/92 1’45.50 29.11
14 12 103762 WERRY, Tyler CAN/91 1’45.53 29.50
15 20 934568 RUBIE, Brennan USA/91 1’45.75
16 22 934643 GOLDBERG, Jared USA/91 1’45.84 33.49
17 31 6530500 MCLAUGHLIN, Brian USA/93 1’45.90 34.27
18 21 103512 FRISCH, Jeffrey CAN/84 1’45.96 35.04
19 18 531156 TARBERRY, Ace USA/88 1’45.99 35.43
20 15 6530598 SNOW, Scott USA/93 1’46.41 40.84
21 23 103997 MEGARRY, Morgan CAN/93 1’46.53 42.38
22 35 6530454 FARROW, Tanner USA/93 1’46.59 43.16
23 27 103899 SOLOMON, Andrew CAN/92 1’46.67 44.19
24 30 530641 FINK-DEBRAY, Miles USA/88 1’46.81 45.99
25 16 103942 BELL, Jeffrey CAN/93 1’46.87 46.76
26 28 6530115 CHRISTIANSON, Kieffer USA/92 1’47.29 52.17
27 32 6530539 WRIGHT, Bronson USA/93 1’47.62 56.43
28 19 934558 NOGES, Carl USA/91 1’47.66 56.94
29 37 6530534 VIETZE, Sandy USA/93 1’48.01 61.45
30 46 480678 ULYANOV, Dmitrij RUS/83 1’48.19 63.77
31 47 6530486 KRAUSE, Nicholas USA/93 1’48.30 65.19
32 60 6530952 BERLACK, Ronald USA/94 1’48.42 66.73
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sp; 17 934577 SMITH, Brennan USA/91 1’48.42 66.73
34 33 6530160 RYAN, Chase USA/92 1’48.48 67.50
35 39 6530530 SWEEK, Miles USA/93 1’49.13 75.88
36 42 6530642 HARTMANN, Kevin USA/93 1’49.25 77.42
37 25 6530555 FOWLER, Kristoff USA/93 1’49.40 79.36
38 38 6530496 MCCORMICK, Sean USA/93 1’49.49 80.52
39 64 6530826 ROBERTSON, Carter USA/94 1’49.51 80.77
40 52 6530865 HAFERMAN, Eric USA/94 1’49.54 81.16
41 36 6530639 ELLER, Bryce USA/93 1’49.72 83.48
42 41 40523 DEMSCHAR, Dominic AUS/93 1’49.96 86.57
43 49 104044 READ, Kevyn CAN/93 1’50.04 87.60
44 54 6530483 KIRCHER, Andrew USA/93 1’50.10 88.37
45 48 6531217 WEISEL, Kipling USA/95 1’50.39 92.11
46 34 6530481 KAMPHUIS, Colin USA/93 1’50.44 92.75
47 61 6530845 BOARDMAN, Michael USA/94 1’50.50 93.53
48 59 6530445 COLLINS, Harlan USA/93 1’50.66 95.59
49 43 934593 WRIGHT, Cole USA/91 1’51.13 101.64
50 58 103965 GIGIC, Filip CAN/93 1’51.30 103.83
51 63 6531330 FAKE, Hayden USA/95 1’51.31 103.96
52 57 6530325 LYON, Macaulay USA/92 1’51.45 105.77
53 45 6530847 DEAN, Austin USA/94 1’51.58 107.44
54 65 6531401 MITCHELL, Nicholas USA/95 1’51.75 109.63
55 56 103987 LAW, Michael CAN/93 1’52.15 114.78
56 51 6531194 SAVARIA, K J USA/95 1’52.17 115.04
57 44 6530309 RENNIE, Averell USA/92 1’52.18 115.17
58 53 6530889 SPLITSTOSER, Stephan USA/94 1’52.56 120.07
59 62 6531192 SANTANIELLO, Nick USA/95 1’52.74 122.38
60 55 6530807 CARLSON, Kirk USA/94 1’53.27 129.21
61 50 934516 CARR, Ritch USA/91 1’53.46 131.66
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40 6530429 AXELROD, Max USA/93
26 6530453 DUPRATT, Samuel USA/93
9 534289 FRANK, Chris U
SA/83
8 930105 GRANSTROM, Colby USA/90