. world snowboard news : Faye Gulini and Nate Holland national SBX Champions - 13 February 2012 - 23:28
SBX. In only her second competition back from injury, Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, UT) was U.S. Snowboarding's top finisher at the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Canyons Resort, taking second behind of Canada's Dominique Maltais to win the women's U.S. Championship.
It was only Gulini's second race this season after recovering from a knee injury.
“Coming back from injury, I needed this. I needed a little confidence booster. I went to the last World Cup and it was really stressful, I felt nervous. But it is good to be back and hopefully it will carry over into the last two World Cups,“ said Gulini.
Her teammate Nate Holland(Squaw Valley, CA) was the top American male finisher on a day where continuous snowfall made for low visibility and slow course speeds on Canyons Resort's Doc's Run.
“I'm pumped to have the U.S. Championship title but I really wanted to put the exclamation point on it with a win. Right off the start features, I got run into and taken out. There's not much I could have done. I'm stoked for the title, but wish I would have gotten the win. Sitting one off the podium is a bittersweet spot,“ explained Holland who had ranked fourth at the last Olympics in Vancouver, too.
Austrian Markus Schairer won the men's title and told the US Snowboarding staff that he wasn't expecting this at all. “I was hoping to end up in the finals and I was hoping I could win this race and it's really amazing. The season has been up and down and up and down. Now I'm up again and I hope it stays like this.“
Results
U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD ASSOCIATION SPRINT U.S. GRAND PRIX U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD FEBRUARY 12, 2012 CANYONS INTERMOUNTAIN DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S N O W B O A R D B O A R D E R C R O S S L A D I E S OFFICIAL RESULTS JURY TECHNICAL DATA TD FIS J. SIDORCHUK (CAN) COURSE DOC`S RUN REFEREE D. SUCKLING (NZE) START 2296 M CHIEF OF RACE M. KIRCHNER (USA) FINISH 2065 M VERTICAL DROP 231 M LENGTH 845 M FIS HOMOLOG.Nr. 1st RUN 2nd RUN COURSE SETTER J. SIDORCHUK (CAN) FORERUNNERS -A- J. MANEKIN (USA) -A- -B- I. BUCKLAND (USA) -B- -C- -C- -D- -D- -E- -E- FEATURES/DIR CHANGE 16/(8) /() START TIME 12.00 5.00 WEATHER: OVERCAST SNOW: PACKED POWDER TEMP. S: 1 C F: -2 C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL BIB FIS COMPETITOR----------------------------- QUALIFY RANK IN RACE Nr Nr SURNAME NAME CLS NAT/YR TIME ROUND POINTS
Finals
1 9 7105025 MALTAIS, Dominique CAN/80 1 500.00
2 13 9535108 GULINI, Faye J-1 USA/92 2 400.00
3 5 1059944 RAMBERGER, Maria AUT/86 3 300.00
4 16 7537602 JEKOVA, Alexandra MID BUL/87 4 250.00
Semi-Finals
5 3 9105035 BRODEUR, Michelle MID CAN/89 1 225.00
6 7 9105177 CRITCHLOW, Jade J-1 CAN/93 2 200.00
7 4 9535159 HERNANDEZ, Jacqueline J-1 USA/92 3 180.00
8 1 9105197 NIBLOCK, Sara CAN/84 4 160.00
Qualifier
9 12 9535093 FELDMAN, Jenna MID USA/90 1:24.50 3 145.00
10 6 9535296 KOBAYASHI, Karen J-2 USA/95 1:28.20 3 130.00
11 14 9535201 HARVEY, Kristen MID USA/91 1:29.65 3 120.00
12 15 9535260 HEDMAN, Aimee USA/84 1:38.82 3 110.00
12-02-12 / CANYONS USA7465.2149 SF8 / 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA PROCESSING BY USSA RACE SOFTWARE PYRAMID SPORTS TIMING
U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD ASSOCIATION SPRINT U.S. GRAND PRIX U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD FEBRUARY 12, 2012 CANYONS INTERMOUNTAIN DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S N O W B O A R D B O A R D E R C R O S S M E N OFFICIAL RESULTS JURY TECHNICAL DATA TD FIS J. SIDORCHUK (CAN) COURSE DOC`S RUN REFEREE D. SUCKLING (NZE) START 2296 M CHIEF OF RACE M. KIRCHNER (USA) FINISH 2065 M VERTICAL DROP 231 M LENGTH 845 M FIS HOMOLOG.Nr. 1st RUN 2nd RUN COURSE SETTER J. SIDORCHUK (CAN) FORERUNNERS -A- J. MANEKIN (USA) -A- -B- I. BUCKLAND (USA) -B- -C- -C- -D- -D- -E- -E- FEATURES/DIR CHANGE 16/(8) /() START TIME 12.00 5.00 WEATHER: OVERCAST SNOW: PACKED POWDER TEMP. S: 1 C F: -2 C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL BIB FIS COMPETITOR----------------------------- QUALIFY RANK IN RACE Nr Nr SURNAME NAME CLS NAT/YR TIME ROUND POINTS
Finals
1 2 7050145 SCHAIRER, Markus MID AUT/87 1 500.00
2 6 9050115 HAEMMERLE, Alessandro J-1 AUT/93 2 400.00
3 26 9040149 HUGHES, Jarryd J-2 AUS/95 3 300.00
4 8 1134900 HOLLAND, Nate USA/78 4 250.00
Semi-Finals
5 33 1135870 WATANABE, Graham USA/82 1 225.00
6 9 9050096 HAEMMERLE, Michael MID AUT/91 2 200.00
7 18 7537171 MINGHINI, Robert USA/86 3 180.00
8 4 7535002 DEIBOLD, Alex USA/86 4 160.00
Qualifier
9 19 9530388 TOMLINSON, J J MID USA/91 1:12.91 3 145.00
10 20 9530318 LEAHY, Kevin USA/86 1:13.19 3 130.00
11 32 9530756 DICASTRO, Derek MID USA/90 1:13.26 3 120.00
12 5 9040077 BOLTON, Cameron MID AUS/90 1:13.81 3 110.00
12-02-12 / CANYONS USA7466.2149 SM8 / 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA PROCESSING BY USSA RACE SOFTWARE PYRAMID SPORTS TIMING
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