Men's Nor Am qualifier won by Snow; Slovak Kantorova wins women's race
The Nor Am Qualifiers, a new twist added by the USSA Congress in the Spring, were designed to aid in qualification for the December Nor Ams. The two races per gender will fill in the few remaining spots in the Nor Am fields. There were just 24 finishers in today’s men’s race with about half the field failing to finish. Scott Snow took both runs while Sandy Vietze held on for second place a few tenths back. Nicholas Krause, Alex Leever and Taylor Shifferin rounded out the top five. Yesterday’s winner, Canadian Ford Swette placed seventh.
Slovakian Barbara Kantorova took a convincing win (nearly two seconds) in the women’s race with Mardene Haskell and Jacqueline Wiles filling out the podium spots respectively.
Photo: Nicholas Krause
USST Jr. Qualification Race – Slalom, Men USA – CO – COPPER MOUNTAIN 11/20/2012 12:15 PM |
Results:
Rank | Bib | Name | Team | Club | Class | Result 1 | Result 2 | Combined |
1 | 11 |
SNOW, Scott
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
43.48 (1)
|
42.99 (1)
|
1:26.47
|
2 | 10 |
VIETZE, Sandy
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
43.77 (2)
|
43.06 (3)
|
1:26.83
|
3 | 4 |
KRAUSE, Nicholas
|
USA
|
UST
|
U21
|
44.16 (4)
|
43.02 (2)
|
1:27.18
|
4 | 8 |
LEEVER, Alex
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U18
|
43.97 (3)
|
43.59 (9)
|
1:27.56
|
5 | 15 |
SHIFFRIN, Taylor
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
44.48 (5)
|
43.55 (7)
|
1:28.03
|
6 | 1 |
AUTY, Jack
|
USA
|
EST
|
U18
|
45.23 (11)
|
43.38 (5)
|
1:28.61
|
7 | 23 |
SWETTE, Ford
|
CAN
|
U21
|
45.21 (10)
|
43.45 (6)
|
1:28.66
|
|
8 | 25 |
NEESON, Finlay
|
NZL
|
U21
|
44.72 (7)
|
44.31 (18)
|
1:29.03
|
|
9 | 17 |
MCDONALD, Conor
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
44.67 (6)
|
44.48 (19)
|
1:29.15
|
10 | 20 |
HALL, Max
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
45.04 (9)
|
44.21 (15)
|
1:29.25
|
11 | 44 |
EPSTEIN, Jeremy
|
USA
|
EST
|
U18
|
46.63 (23)
|
43.07 (4)
|
1:29.70
|
12 | 9 |
HAYES, Colin
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
45.63 (13)
|
44.20 (14)
|
1:29.83
|
13 | 29 |
THEIS, Tyler
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
46.51 (19)
|
43.57 (8)
|
1:30.08
|
14 | 28 |
BLACK, Graham
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
45.98 (15)
|
44.21 (15)
|
1:30.19
|
15 | 33 |
NORTON, Hughston
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
46.58 (21)
|
43.93 (11)
|
1:30.51
|
16 | 3 |
WOOLSON, Thomas
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
45.81 (14)
|
44.80 (21)
|
1:30.61
|
17 | 32 |
MCKENNA, Christopher
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
46.98 (25)
|
43.74 (10)
|
1:30.72
|
18 | 18 |
FEASEY, Willis
|
NZL
|
U21
|
46.82 (24)
|
44
.22 (17) |
1:31.04
|
|
19 | 50 |
FRANCIS, Brian
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
47.84 (27)
|
44.11 (13)
|
1:31.95
|
20 | 34 |
JONES, Alec
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
48.92 (30)
|
44.09 (12)
|
1:33.01
|
21 | 49 |
DAVIS, Devin
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
48.37 (29)
|
44.73 (20)
|
1:33.10
|
22 | 43 |
WONG, Anthony
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
48.95 (31)
|
45.73 (22)
|
1:34.68
|
23 | 53 |
BLAKE, Daniel
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
49.48 (32)
|
46.92 (23)
|
1:36.40
|
24 | 16 |
MOTTAU, Tanner
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
44.98 (8)
|
52.67 (24)
|
1:37.65
|
USST Jr Qualification Race – Slalom, Ladies USA – CO – COPPER MOUNTAIN 11/20/2012 1:00 PM |
Results:
Rank | Bib | Name | Team | Club | Class | Result 1 | Result 2 | Combined |
1 | 4 |
KANTOROVA, Barbara
|
SVK
|
U21
|
41.29 (2)
|
42.50 (1)
|
1:23.79
|
|
2 | 7 |
HASKELL, Mardene
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
42.53 (3)
|
43.18 (4)
|
1:25.71
|
3 | 14 |
WILES, Jacqueline
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
42.61 (5)
|
43.17 (3)
|
1:25.78
|
4 | 23 |
KOMSIC, Andrea
|
CRO
|
U18
|
43.13 (8)
|
43.38 (6)
|
1:26.51
|
|
5 | 1 |
HALL, Madeleine
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
42.89 (7)
|
43.85 (9)
|
1:26.74
|
6 | 11 |
MOUNSEY, Anna
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
43.77 (12)
|
43.33 (5)
|
1:27.10
|
7 | 20 |
GREENE, Katy
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
43.36 (9)
|
43.80 (8)
|
1:27.16
|
8 | 21 |
HUSSON, Emily
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
43.91 (14)
|
43.53 (7)
|
1:27.44
|
9 | 6 |
SIMARI BIRKNER, Angelica
|
ARG
|
U21
|
43.62 (10)
|
44.15 (11)
|
1:27.77
|
|
10 | 5 |
YOSHIHARA, Mako
|
JPN
|
U21
|
43.91 (14)
|
43.88 (10)
|
1:27.79
|
|
11 | 2 |
ANDERSON, Nicole
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
43.77 (12)
|
44.42 (14)
|
1:28.19
|
12 | 36 |
MURPHY, Morganne
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
45.49 (23)
|
42.73 (2)
|
1:28.22
|
13 | 35 |
GRAUER, Taylor
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
44.69 (19)
|
44.36 (13)
|
1:29.05
|
14 | 12 |
MCVICKER, Victoria
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
44.34 (18)
|
44.85 (16)
|
1:29.19
|
15 | 44 |
SCHWEITZER, Jordan
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
44.06 (17)
|
45.15 (18)
|
1:29.21
|
16 | 3 |
ISHIKAWA, Haruna
|
JPN
|
U21
|
42.56 (4)
|
46.70 (29)
|
1:29.26
|
|
17 | 28 |
BROWNELL-PATTY, Danielle
|
USA
|
EST
|
U18
|
44.72 (21)
|
44.62 (15)
|
1:29.34
|
18 | 37 |
HUME, Audrey
|
USA
|
WST
|
U21
|
44.69 (19)
|
45.99 (24)
|
1:30.68
|
18 | 24 |
PEARL, Natalie
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
45.71 (26)
|
44.97 (17)
|
1:30.68
|
20 | 42 |
CALCAGNI, Lexi
|
USA
|
EST
|
U18
|
45.65 (25)
|
45.19 (19)
|
1:30.84
|
21 | 19 |
ZELIFF, Caite
|
USA
|
EST
|
U21
|
45.98 (28)
|
45.23 (20)
|
1:31.21
|
22 | 22 |
OCHS, Annie
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
45.57 (24)
|
45.76 (21)
|
1:31.33
|
23 | 10 |
DUBOVSKA, Martina
|
CZE
|
U21
|
41.23 (1)
|
50.78 (36)
|
1:32.01
|
|
24 | 45 |
HARTMAN, Ellie
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
46.29 (29)
|
45.86 (22)
|
1:32.15
|
25 | 38 |
GRASSELL, Megan
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
46.56 (32)
|
45.89 (23)
|
1:32.45
|
26 | 27 |
MUELLER-RISTINE, Julia
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U18
|
46.45 (30)
|
46.46 (28)
|
1:32.91
|
27 | 39 |
JOHNSON, Madeline
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
46.90 (34)
|
46.18 (26)
|
1:33.08
|
28 | 26 |
LEROUX, Sofi
|
CAN
|
U21
|
47.08 (35)
|
46.08 (25)
|
1:33.16
|
|
29 | 25 |
SHEELY, Miranda
|
USA
|
R/C
|
U21
|
47.10 (36)
|
46.22 (27)
|
1:33.32
|
30 | 32 |
SCHWARTZNAU, Karina
|
USA
|
WST
|
U18
|
46.79 (33)
|
47.25 (32)
|
1:34.04
|