NorAm: Nickerson wins opening GS at Sunday River
Warner Nickerson picked up the first win of this week’s four-event NorAm Super Series stop on Thursday at Sunday River, Maine, edging past U.S. Ski Teamer Jake Zamansky in the giant slalom.
WARNER NICKERSON picked up the first win of this week’s four-event NorAm Super Series stop on Thursday at Sunday River, Maine, edging past U.S. Ski Teamer Jake Zamansky in the giant slalom.
Nickerson, third after the first run, clocked 53.78 seconds in the second run to finish with a two-run combined effort of 1:44.32. Zamansky, tied for 14th place after the opening run, laid down one of the fastest second-run times (53.16) to tally 1:44.54. Canada’s Julien Cousineau climbed from fifth after the opener to finish third, just one hundredth behind Zamansky in 1:44.55. U.S. Ski Teamers T.J. Lanning (1:44.63) and Andrew Weibrecht (1:44.68) rounded out the top five.
First-run leader Tim Kelley fell to 11th place in the final results.
A second GS is scheduled for Friday at Sunday River.
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total Time | FIS Points |
| 1 | 6 | 534038 | NICKERSON Warner | 1981 | USA | 50.54 | 53.78 | 1:44.32 | 11.09 |
| 2 | 2 | 533397 | ZAMANSKY Jake | 1981 | USA | 51.38 | 53.16 | 1:44.54 | 12.95 |
| 3 | 1 | 102239 | COUSINEAU Julien | 1981 | CAN | 50.65 | 53.90 | 1:44.55 | 13.03 |
| 4 | 18 | 534567 | LANNING Thomas (tj) | 1984 | USA | 50.88 | 53.75 | 1:44.63 | 13.71 |
| 5 | 8 | 530939 | WEIBRECHT Andrew | 1986 | USA | 50.51 | 54.17 | 1:44.68 | 14.13 |
| 6 | 23 | 410266 | GRIFFIN Benjamin | 1986 | NZE | 51.65 | 53.08 | 1:44.73 | 14.55 |
| 7 | 15 | 102961 | DIXON Robbie | 1985 | CAN | 51.19 | 53.58 | 1:44.77 | 14.89 |
| 8 | 26 | 534289 | FRANK Chris | 1983 | USA | 51.38 | 53.43 | 1:44.81 | 15.22 |
| 9 | 16 | 530874 | GANONG Travis | 1988 | USA | 50.89 | 54.10 | 1:44.99 | 16.74 |
| 10 | 32 | 534152 | HARDY Greg | 1983 | USA | 51.85 | 53.16 | 1:45.01 | 16.91 |
| 3 | 530837 | KELLEY Tim | 1986 | USA | 50.46 | 54.58 | 1:45.04 | 17.16 | |
| 12 | 7 | 530165 | BRANDENBURG Will | 1987 | USA | 51.84 | 53.30 | 1:45.14 | 18.01 |
| 13 | 21 | 533739 | MARSHALL Cody | 1982 | USA | 51.39 | 53.83 | 1:45.22 | 18.68 |
| 14 | 4 | 534959 | JITLOFF Tim | 1985 | USA | 50.85 | 54.57 | 1:45.42 | 20.37 |
| 15 | 51 | 102630 | ZORICIC Nick | 1983 | CAN | 52.20 | 53.25 | 1:45.45 | 20.62 |
| 16 | 20 | 531799 | FORD Tommy | 1989 | USA | 51.50 | 53.97 | 1:45.47 | 20.79 |
| 17 | 14 | 103512 | FRISCH Jeffrey | 1984 | CAN | 51.29 | 54.21 | 1:45.50 | 21.04 |
| 18 | 28 | 531302 | WAGNER Andrew | 1985 | USA | 51.73 | 53.93 | 1:45.66 | 22.39 |
| 19 | 29 | 534507 | CHRISTIANSON Charles | 1984 | USA | 52.13 | 53.59 | 1:45.72 | 22.90 |
| 20 | 22 | 534508 | CHODOUNSKY David | 1984 | USA | 51.79 | 54.14 | 1:45.93 | 24.67 |
| 21 | 19 | 102922 | WHITE Trevor | 1984 | CAN | 51.56 | 54.43 | 1:45.99 | 25.18 |
| 22 | 17 | 102947 | SINE Gareth | 1985 | CAN | 51.80 | 54.48 | 1:46.28 | 27.62 |
| 23 | 11 | 103090 | HELIE Louis-Pierre | 1986 | CAN | 51.58 | 54.92 | 1:46.50 | 29.48 |
| 24 | 55 | 934572 | SCHLEPER Hunter | 1991 | USA | 52.71 | 54.73 | 1:47.44 | 37.41 |
| 25 | 39 | 532389 | MCNAMARA Sean | 1985 | USA | 52.85 | 54.74 | 1:47.59 | 38.67 |
| 26 | 30 | 103375 | NELLA Tyler | 1988 | CAN | 52.78 | 55.32 | 1:48.10 | 42.98 |
| 27 | 57 | 103313 | DAWSON Travis | 1988 | CAN | 53.10 | 55.31 | 1:48.41 | 45.59 |
| 28 | 64 | 410270 | CAFE Tim | 1987 | NZE | 53.25 | 55.23 | 1:48.48 | 46.18 |
| 29 | 13 | 533336 | BROWN Roger G P | 1981 | USA | 52.49 | 56.03 | 1:48.52 | 46.52 |
| 30 | 44 | 530645 | HARRIS Martin | 1988 | USA | 53.04 | 55.54 | 1:48.58 | 47.03 |
| 31 | 69 | 530979 | JUDYCKI Linton | 1988 | USA | 53.50 | 55.18 | 1:48.68 | 47.87 |
| 31 | 61 | 533903 | BROWN Ben | 1982 | USA | 53.33 | 55.35 | 1:48.68 | 47.87 |
| 33 | 42 | 534609 | COLPITTS Chris | 1986 | USA | 53.44 | 55.37 | 1:48.81 | 48.97 |
| 34 | 59 | 530925 | HELDMAN Bump | 1988 | USA | 53.12 | 55.95 | 1:49.07 | 51.16 |
| 35 | 68 | 103365 | MANNELLA Simon | 1988 | CAN | 53.55 | 55.85 | 1:49.40 | 53.94 |
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534698 | BECKMANN Christopher | 1986 | USA | 52.79 | 56.91 | 1:49.70 | 56.47 |
| 37 | 52 | 103271 | THOMSEN Benjamin | 1987 | CAN | 53.35 | 56.55 | 1:49.90 | 58.16 |
| 38 | 66 | 530255 | KULLAS Nicholaus | 1987 | USA | 53.49 | 56.46 | 1:49.95 | 58.58 |
| 39 | 85 | 934502 | ANKENY Michael | 1991 | USA | 53.04 | 57.05 | 1:50.09 | 59.76 |
| 40 | 9 | 533931 | EPSTEIN Paul | 1982 | USA | 51.20 | 1:00.68 | 1:51.88 | 74.86 |
| 41 | 27 | 103078 | DONALDSON David | 1986 | CAN | 50.87 | 1:01.50 | 1:52.37 | 79.00 |
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Did not finish 1st run: RISHWORTH Michael (AUS), BROWN Philip (CAN), MOQUIN-PAPIN Alexis (CAN), SHEPHERD Jesse (CAN), GRANSTROM Colby (USA), KASPER Nolan (USA), BREWINGTON Cam (CAN), FETTERPLACE Brenton (AUS), KEMP John (USA), DAVIS Eric (USA), LEAFE Trevor (USA), GREGORAK Will (USA), JOHNSON Karl (USA), IRWIN Geoffrey (CAN), LEMAN Brady (CAN), TRANSUE Jeremy (USA), COLE Adam (USA)
Did not finish 2nd run: BIESEMEYER Thomas (USA), BRIDGWATER Mark (NZE), HIGGINS Sean (USA), SCHWARTZ Zachary (USA), GOODING Marsh (USA), HOWDEN Angus (NZE), BROWN Zachary (USA), LUND Jacob (USA), HAMMER Maximilian (USA), WRIGHT Patrick (CAN), COOK Dustin (CAN), JOHNSON Austin (USA), PHILLIPS Andrew (USA), COHEE Nick (USA), FRANCIS Kevin (USA), VEENIS Scott (USA), THORSON Tague (USA), WILSON Ryan (USA), BARRETT Scott (CAN)
Did not qualify 1st run: HALBERT Kelby (CAN), DEA Mike (CAN), PROPHET Dillon (CAN), ROLLAND Dominique (CAN), LUSH Curtis (CAN), DUPUIS Mekkenzi (CAN), WELTON Michael (CAN), BEADON Christopher (CAN), BEAUCHESNE Marc-Antoine (CAN), REY Stanislas (CAN), ALEXANDER Sean (CAN), PHANEUF Jean-Philippe (CAN), MORTON Kenneth (GBR), ATKINSON Paul (CAN), MACKIE Michael (CAN), DRURY Kevin (CAN), MCLAUGHRY Luke (USA), PRIDY Conrad (CAN), ROUTHIER Mathieu (CAN), TOUTANT Simon-Claude (CAN), FORTIN-HOULE Francis (CAN), ROBERTSON Matthew (AUS)
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