FIS Athletes Start Off Strong at Copper

March 23, 2016 - Ketchum, ID: Erin Smith racing in the U.S. Alpine Championships Women's Combined at the Sun Valley Resort.
March 23, 2016 – Ketchum, ID: Erin Smith racing in the U.S. Alpine Championships Women’s Combined at the Sun Valley Resort.

SVSEF alpine FIS skiers had a successful start to the season on snow with super G and giant slalom races down at Copper Mountain in Colorado. Athletes competed in two super G and two giant slalom events. In the women’s first super G on November 28, Haley Cutler, a SVSEF PG athlete, skied to 15th place. Skylar Cooley was 18th and Erin Smith was 24th. Kipling Weisel, a SVSEF Gold Team skier, grabbed the win in the men’s event on the same day with a time of 1:06.81. John Blackburn was 34th and Spencer Wright was 39th. In the second super G race on November 29, Cutler finished sixth, Smith 8th and Cooley 22nd. In the men’s race, Wright was 42nd and Blackburn 45th. The athletes transitioned to giant slalom for the following two days. On November 30, Cutler cruised to 17th and Ruby Marden to 49th. Cooley and Smith did not finish their first run of the day. Blackburn skied to 55th on the men’s side, and Wright to 76th. On December 1, Cutler finished 11th, Smith 23rd and Cooley 38th for the women. Blackburn skied an impressive race, as he started with bib 76 and finished in 28th in the men’s event. Filippo Collini skied into 57th and Wright finished 64th.
 
Full results: http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/results.html