Chevrolet J3 R/C JOs: Coffey grabs GS win

By Published On: March 17th, 2007Comments Off on Chevrolet J3 R/C JOs: Coffey grabs GS win

Skiing on her hometown hill, Joanna Coffey of the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club won the girls giant slalom of the Rocky/Central J3 Junior Olympics in commanding style Friday at Aspen Highlands. 

ASPEN, Colorado — Skiing on her hometown hill, Joanna Coffey of the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club won the girls giant slalom of the Rocky/Central J3 Junior Olympics in commanding style Friday at Aspen Highlands. 
    Coffey won the first run with a blazing time of 56.26 seconds, nearly a second ahead of Ski and Snowboard Club Vail's Abby Ghent, who had a 57.14.
    After a rough first run, finishing in fifth, Tracie Kroneberger of Team Winter Park came down on the second run with the fastest time of the day with a 1:05.93, ahead of Coffey who had a 1:06.41. Coffey, however, held on to the two-run lead with a 2:02.67. Kroneberger already has two gold medals at these Junior Olympics and moved up to second to add a silver with a 2:04.03 clocking. Lauren Samuels of Team Gilboa was third, giving her three trips to the podium this week with a 2:04.46.
    It was another terrific day of ski racing in Aspen, with warm sunny weather and hard snow.  After a day of race you couldn't even tell there had been a race on the hill. Aspen has been putting on a fantastic event for the J3s and their families.  Saturday is the last day of the event, finishing up with boys and girls slalom races and a banquet at the top of Aspen Mountain.

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