Hometown kid Ganong wins National SG title

By Published On: March 22nd, 2013Comments Off on Hometown kid Ganong wins National SG title

After a strong season on the World Cup circuit, American racer Travis Ganong picked up his first win of the winter on home turf in Squaw Valley Friday, collecting another national title in super G.

“It was my first race at home in eight years,” said Ganong. “So it’s was pretty nice to race at home and sleep in my own bed and see all the hometown crowd. I love skiing here. Every year, when I come home, I love the two, three weeks at the end of the season I have to rip around and have fun.”

Ganong, a speed specialist, skipped the GS yesterday, opting instead to go powder skiing. He was happy to be on top of the podium Friday.

“I haven’t won a race this year yet. I haven’t really raced any non-World Cup races yet. So, yeah, it’s really nice to step back and do some of these another races. A national championship is always huge. I won my first national championship three years ago at the Lake Placid super G. Hopefully I can start catching up to Julia with 16 titles. It’s gonna take me a while, but we’ll see,” Ganong said half jokingly.

Ganong plans to move back up to Canmore, Alberta this summer to train and prepare for the Olympic season ahead.

“I’m going to be starting in the first group in downhill hopefully next season, so I can build off of that and give myself a good shot for the Olympics. That’s the ultimate goal.”

Jared Goldberg finished in second place, just two-tenths of a second behind Ganong.  

“It was a little awkward out of the start,” said Goldberg. “There’s a 180 degree turn, pretty much, and you’re not going very fast and the snow is really iffy on the first three gates. But the course workers did a really good job shoveling it out. The rest of the course is in great shape. Two days ago was pouring rain. We were all getting soaked and there was like post holes in the middle of the course. I was thinking this might not happen, but luckily the weather cleared up for us and it got really cold, iced over and was perfect racing conditions today.”

Mark Engel rounded out the top three, just 0.26 off the winner’s pace.

“I stayed ahead of the line in all the turn sections,” said Engel. “I was nervous at the start, but I was able to calm myself down and just believe and trust myself. That really helped me out. I went straight over that roll and had a little mistake, but I recovered. … This is fantastic. Super G is not really my event. I’m better in giant slalom and slalom, so this is a huge result for me.”

Squaw Valley, CA (USA)

National Championships
Men’s Super G

Rank Bib Name Year Nation Total Time FIS Points
 1  7 GANONG Travis  1988  USA   1:00.80  8.97
 2  2 GOLDBERG Jared  1991  USA   1:01.00  12.42
 3  16 ENGEL Mark  1991  USA   1:01.06  13.46
 4  3 BENNETT Bryce  1992  USA   1:01.10  14.15
 5  1 BIESEMEYER Thomas  1989  USA   1:01.25  16.74
 6  4 DANIELS Nick  1991  USA   1:01.27  17.09
 7  6 JITLOFF Tim  1985  USA   1:01.31  17.78
 8  11 AUTY Jack  1995  USA   1:01.38  18.99
 9  8 MAPLE Wiley  1990  USA   1:01.57  22.27
 10  17 BRANDENBURG Will  1987  USA   1:01.62  23.13
 11  27 CONE Robert  1992  USA   1:02.05  30.56
 12  10 DUPRATT Samuel  1993  USA   1:02.07  30.90
 13  45 CHODOUNSKY David  1984  USA   1:02.40  36.60
 14  22 WRIGHT Bronson  1993  USA   1:02.44  37.29
 15  23 BROOKS Dylan  1992  USA   1:02.50  38.33
 16  30 KELLEY Robby  1990  USA   1:02.59  39.88
 17  28 BERLACK Ronald  1994  USA   1:03.01  47.14
 18  34 DUFFY Danny  1994  USA   1:03.18  50.07
 19  42 DUFFY Drew  1995  USA   1:03.23  50.94
 20  21 ANKENY Michael  1991  USA   1:03.26  51.45
 21  39 MORSE Sam  1996  USA   1:03.51  55.77
 22  46 WILSON Cody  1996  USA   1:03.52  55.94
 23  69 COHEE Nick  1988  USA   1:03.73  59.57
 24  70 ASTLE Bryce  1995  USA   1:03.74  59.74
 24  43 FERGUSON Forrest  1994  USA   1:03.74  59.74
 26  31 VAN DEURSEN Jake  1994  USA   1:03.83  61.30
 27  64 ARVIDSSON Erik  1996  USA   1:03.87  61.99
 28  48 EPSTEIN Jeremy  1995  USA   1:03.94  63.20
 29  35 WEISEL Kipling  1995  USA   1:03.97  63.72
 30  38 VETH Nicolas  1995  USA   1:04.13  66.48
 31  32 WILSON Kenny  1994  USA   1:04.16  67.00
 32  57 SPROCK Ty  1995  USA   1:04.32  69.76
 33  47 SHIFFRIN Taylor  1992  USA   1:04.53  73.39
 34  75 HIGGINS Sean  1990  USA   1:04.55  73.73
 34  74 FLOWERS Kitt  1991  USA   1:04.55  73.73
 36  59 HALL Max  1995  USA   1:04.82  78.39
 37  44 STUERCKE Hunter  1995  USA   1:04.84  78.74
 38  51 MOONEY Ryan  1996  USA   1:04.88  79.43
 39  50 MCKENNA Christopher  1993  USA   1:04.91  79.95
 40  54 GRAHAM Hayes  1994  USA   1:04.99  81.33
 40  40 LEBEL James  1996  USA   1:04.99  81.33
 42  58 DRILLER Garret  1996  USA   1:05.01  81.68
 43  72 KELLEY Tim  1986  USA   1:05.16  84.27
 44  56 KIRWOOD Clayton  1996  USA   1:06.32  104.30
 45  73 CALARCO Matthew  1996  USA   1:06.65  110.00
 46  53 GEDEVANISHVILI Dimitri  1993  GEO   1:07.18  119.15
Did not start 1st run
   67 NORTON Hughston  1995  USA     
   62 DEMSCHAR Daniel  1994  AUS     
   61 HARRIS Reilly  1990  USA     
Did not finish 1st run
   71 HARMANEN Niko  1988  FIN     
   68 KULLBERG Kei  1995  USA     
   66 BAROUNOS Alex  1995  USA     
   65 PLANT Riley  1995  USA     
   63 SZWEBEL Florian  1996  USA     
   60 COOKSON Bryan  1994  CAN     
   55 THEIS Tyler  1994  USA     
   52 HARTMANN Kevin  1993  USA     
   49 BURCIN Kyle  1995  USA     
   41 FRANCIS Brian  1995  USA     
   37 BOARDMAN Michael  1994  USA     
   36 ROBLES Thomas  1994  USA     
   33 WRIGHT Cole  1991  USA     
   29 VIETZE Sandy  1993  USA     
   26 STRAND Matthew  1993  USA     
   25 QUIMBY Garrett  1993  USA     
   24 DEMSCHAR Dominic  1993  AUS     
   20 MCLAUGHLIN Prescott  1992  USA     
   19 JAMPOLSKY Grant  1989  USA     
   18 ENGELKEN Taber  1992  USA     
   15 KIRCHER Andrew  1993  USA     
   14 MCLAUGHLIN Brian  1993  USA     
   13 NYMAN Steven  1982  USA     
   12 CHRISTIANSON Kieffer  1992  USA     
   9 TROW Andy  1991  CAN     
   5 WEIBRECHT Andrew  1986  USA   

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About the Author: Geoff Mintz

Geoff Mintz is a former alpine ski racer who cut his teeth at Ragged Mountain and Waterville Valley, N.H. After graduating from Holderness and UVM, he relocated to Colorado, where he worked on the hill prior to pursuing a career in journalism. Mintz served as associate editor for Ski Racing Media from 2011 to 2015. He later reconnected with his local roots to manage all marketing and communications for Ski & Snowboard Club Vail before resuming work at SRM as editor-in-chief.