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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