VIDEO: NASTAR pacesetting trials set tone for coming season
The Putnam Investments NASTAR Pacesetting Trials took place under bluebird skies Saturday morning at Copper Mountain, Colo. This was the first official NASTAR pacesetting trials since 1993, an event won by a young Daron Rahlves at the time.
Rahlves was back for more this year, along with fellow pacesetters and skiing legends Tommy Moe, AJ Kitt, Casey Puckett, and Heidi Voelker, among others. The U.S. Ski Team was on hand as well to pace the pacesetters, however Puckett proved fastest on the day clocking the two fastest runs down the sub-20 second GS course. On the slalom side, current U.S. Ski Team athlete Tim Kelley was the only skier in the field to crack the 20 second barrier.
“We’re establishing the par time for all the NASTAR courses across the country so you can go out to race at more than 110 resorts across the country and effectively race Ted Ligety,” said NASTAR Director Bill Madsen.
Also participating in the event was the winner of USSA’s #WhatMakesAChamp contest, Auden Pankonin. Auden had the opportunity to race against Ligety and spent some quality time with the rest of the U.S. Ski Team ahead of the afternoon’s official team naming ceremony in Copper’s Burning Stones Plaza.
RESULTS
Event | Putnam Investments NASTAR National Pacesetting Trials | |||||||||
Date | 11/21/15 | |||||||||
Host | Copper Mountain, CO | |||||||||
Race Trail | Lower Bouncer | |||||||||
Weather | clear and cold | |||||||||
Pacesetter | Handicap | Time | Course | |||||||
Casey | Puckett | 0 | 17.99 | GS | ||||||
Tim | Kelley | 0 | 19.88 | SL | ||||||
First | Last | Handicap | Net Time | Course | Gender | AgeGroup | Discipline | |||
Casey | Puckett | 0.00 | 17.99 | GS | M | 40-44 | Alpine | |||
Daron | Rahlves | 0.56 | 18.09 | GS | M | 40-44 | Alpine | |||
Ben | Drummond | 1.11 | 18.19 | GS | M | 30-34 | Alpine | |||
Tim | Jitloff | 1.89 | 18.33 | GS | M | 30-34 | Alpine | |||
Tommy | Biesemeyer | 3.11 | 18.55 | GS | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Jake | Fiala | 3.17 | 18.56 | GS | M | 40-44 | Alpine | |||
Troy | Watts | 3.28 | 18.58 | GS | M | 45-49 | Alpine | |||
Tommy | Moe | 3.39 | 18.60 | GS | M | 45-49 | Alpine | |||
AJ | Kitt | 3.61 | 18.64 | GS | M | 45-49 | Alpine | |||
Stephanie | Lebby | 4.22 | 18.75 | GS | F | 18-20 (U21) | Alpine | |||
Matt | Johnson | 5.28 | 18.94 | GS | M | 40-44 | Alpine | |||
Ben | RITCHIE | 5.28 | 18.94 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Steve | Nyman | 5.34 | 18.95 | GS | M | 30-34 | Alpine | |||
Franz | Fuchsberger | 5.50 | 18.98 | GS | M | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Cary | Adgate | 5.73 | 19.02 | GS | M | 60-64 | Alpine | |||
Tommy | Ford | 6.00 | 19.07 | GS | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Patrick | COUGHLIN | 6.17 | 19.10 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Heidi | Voelker | 6.23 | 19.11 | GS | F | 45-49 | Alpine | |||
Stacey | Cook | 6.34 | 19.13 | GS | F | 30-34 | Alpine | |||
David | Chodounsky | 6.50 | 19.16 | GS | M | 30-34 | Alpine | |||
Bart | Flynn | 6.56 | 19.17 | GS | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Marco | Sullivan | 6.56 | 19.17 | GS | M | 35-39 | Alpine | |||
Ryan | Fuller | 7.45 | 19.33 | GS | M | 40-44 | Alpine | |||
Billy | Madsen | 7.50 | 19.34 | GS | M | 50-54 | Alpine | |||
AJ | HURT | 7.95 | 19.42 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Tatum | COUTU | 8.00 | 19.43 | GS | F | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
George | Flynn | 8.23 | 19.47 | GS | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Tommy | KENOSH | 8.39 | 19.50 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Alix | WILKINSON | 8.39 | 19.50 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Peyton | BRONES | 8.84 | 19.58 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Dashiell | PRINCE-JUDD | 9.01 | 19.61 | GS | F | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Aeden | CHIARI | 9.06 | 19.62 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Lily | FITZGERALD | 9.06 | 19.62 | GS | F | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Zack | DEKKO | 9.23 | 19.65 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Isaiah | NELSON | 9.23 | 19.65 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Reed | WILSON | 9.73 | 19.74 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Hannah | TRUDEAU | 10.28 | 19.84 | GS | F | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Ken | McAdam | 10.45 | 19.87 | GS | M | 60-64 | Alpine | |||
Cole | PUCKETT | 10.45 | 19.87 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Angelo (Tony) | Blancato | 10.56 | 19.89 | GS | M | 45-49 | Alpine | |||
Nick | Unkovskoy | 10.67 | 19.91 | GS | M | 12-13 (U14) | Alpine | |||
Samantha | MCCLELLAN | 10.73 | 19.92 | GS | F | 12-13 (U14) | Alpine | |||
Sarah | ROWE | 11.17 | 20.00 | GS | F | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Abi | JEWETT | 11.34 | 20.03 | GS | F | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Reese | Bell | 11.56 | 20.07 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Nicholas | Unkovskoy | 12.28 | 20.20 | GS | M | 12-13 (U14) | Alpine | |||
Jeffery | Gay | 12.84 | 20.30 | GS | M | 21-29 | Telemark | |||
Jeanette | Saylor | 13.51 | 20.42 | GS | F | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Scott | Hoose | 13.73 | 20.46 | GS | M | 35-39 | Alpine | |||
Bob | Skinner | 13.73 | 20.46 | GS | M | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Cooper | Puckett | 14.06 | 20.52 | GS | M | 12-13 (U14) | Alpine | |||
Scott | Lacek | 16.95 | 21.04 | GS | M | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Jeremy | Greenberger | 19.90 | 21.57 | GS | M | 14-15 (U16) | Alpine | |||
Everett | McEwan | 20.34 | 21.65 | GS | M | 40-44 | Snowboard | |||
Zach | Henry | 22.23 | 21.99 | GS | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Stefan | Voelker | 23.01 | 22.13 | GS | M | 10-11 (U12) | Alpine | |||
Sawyer | Johnson | 27.07 | 22.86 | GS | M | 8-9 (U10) | Alpine | |||
Auden | Pankonin | 27.74 | 22.98 | GS | M | 8-9 (U10) | Alpine | |||
Tyler | Walker | 28.46 | 23.11 | GS | M | 21-29 | Alpine Sitting | |||
Jon | Lujan | 29.41 | 23.28 | GS | M | 40-44 | Alpine Standing | |||
Kevin | Burton | 29.52 | 23.30 | GS | M | 30-34 | Visually Impaired | |||
Jasper | Johnson | 31.30 | 23.62 | GS | F | 10-11 (U12) | Alpine | |||
Hillary | Bond | 38.91 | 24.99 | GS | F | 40-44 | Snowboard | |||
Marty | Neighbors | 39.36 | 25.07 | GS | M | 60-64 | Alpine | |||
Lauri | Stephens | 46.41 | 26.34 | GS | F | 30-34 | Alpine Sitting | |||
Collin | Gaylord | 59.76 | 28.74 | GS | M | Alpine | ||||
Cody | Field | 94.55 | 35.00 | GS | M | 21-29 | Cognitive Disability | |||
Amelie | Pankonin | 101.22 | 36.20 | GS | F | 6-7 (U8) | Alpine | |||
Tim | Kelley | 0.00 | 19.88 | SL | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Michael | Ankeny | 2.31 | 20.34 | SL | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Ben | Drummond | 5.38 | 20.95 | SL | M | 30-34 | Alpine | |||
Ryan | Cochran-Siegle | 5.43 | 20.96 | SL | M | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
AJ | Kitt | 7.75 | 21.42 | SL | M | 45-49 | Alpine | |||
Cary | Adgate | 7.90 | 21.45 | SL | M | 60-64 | Alpine | |||
Franz | Fuchsberger | 8.85 | 21.64 | SL | M | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Lila | Lapanja | 9.26 | 21.72 | SL | F | 21-29 | Alpine | |||
Nina | O’Brien | 9.61 | 21.79 | SL | F | 18-20 (U21) | Alpine | |||
Breezy | Johnson | 11.32 | 22.13 | SL | F | 18-20 (U21) | Alpine | |||
Stephanie | Lebby | 11.57 | 22.18 | SL | F | 18-20 (U21) | Alpine | |||
Daron | Rahlves | 11.97 | 22.26 | SL | M | 40-44 | Alpine | |||
Patricia | Mangan | 12.07 | 22.28 | SL | F | 18-20 (U21) | Alpine | |||
Ryan | Fuller | 12.78 | 22.42 | SL | M | 40-44 | Alpine | |||
Galena | Wardl | 12.98 | 22.46 | SL | F | 16-17 (U18) | Alpine | |||
Alice | Marryweather | 14.34 | 22.73 | SL | F | 16-17 (U18) | Alpine | |||
Bob | Skinner | 15.59 | 22.98 | SL | M | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Nick | Unkovskoy | 17.51 | 23.36 | SL | M | 12-13 (U14) | Alpine | |||
Bill | Skinner | 18.51 | 23.56 | SL | M | 60-64 | Alpine | |||
Cooper | Puckett | 19.06 | 23.67 | SL | M | 12-13 (U14) | Alpine | |||
Scott | Hoose | 19.67 | 23.79 | SL | M | 35-39 | Alpine | |||
Angelo (Tony) | Blancato | 20.52 | 23.96 | SL | M | 45-49 | Alpine | |||
Scott | Lacek | 21.53 | 24.16 | SL | M | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Jeffery | Gay | 23.74 | 24.60 | SL | M | 21-29 | Telemark | |||
Jeanette | Saylor | 23.99 | 24.65 | SL | F | 55-59 | Alpine | |||
Ken | McAdam | 24.35 | 24.72 | SL | M | 60-64 | Alpine | |||
Everett | McEwan | 25.30 | 24.91 | SL | M | 40-44 | Snowboard | |||
Sawyer | Johnson | 35.76 | 26.99 | SL | M | 8-9 (U10) | Alpine | |||
Tyler | Walker | 35.97 | 27.03 | SL | M | 21-29 | Alpine Sitting | |||
Jon | Lujan | 41.55 | 28.14 | SL | M | 40-44 | Alpine Standing | |||
Lauri | Stephens | 47.74 | 29.37 | SL | F | 30-34 | Alpine Sitting | |||
Marty | Neighbors | 47.99 | 29.42 | SL | M | 60-64 | Alpine | |||
Kevin | Burton | 48.69 | 29.56 | SL | M | 30-34 | Visually Impaired | |||
Hillary | Bond | 58.40 | 31.49 | SL | F | 40-44 | Snowboard |