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<\/a>Juneau Ski Club’s U16 athlete Maddie Dale races in the ladies slalom during the Coca-Cola Classic race series on Tuesday at the Alyeska Race Trail in Girdwood. (Photo courtesy Bob Eastaugh)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
On Tuesday, Andrews did not finish his first run in the slalom and hit a 53.98 (ninth fastest) in the second run. Top overall finishers were Wilson in 1:38.23 (48.07 \/ 50.16), ASC’s U16 Henry Nordstrom in 1:41.73 (49.21 \/ 52.52) and McDonald in 1:42.12 (50.59 \/ 51.53).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It was nice to get those podium spots with Eva and Angus in the giant slalom,” Stell said. “And we actually had three in the top 10 with Maddie placing eighth, which was a great result for her as well. That was a good day for Juneau Ski Club. Some of the younger kids struggled to find the finish line in both slaloms, but had good runs in a race. It was a good race of the year for us with very little preparation.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
On Monday, JSC’s Jackson Swanson placed ninth in the men’s U12 Slalom with 1:53.85 (57.14 \/ 56.71). Top times went to ASC’s Daniel Miles in 1:24.09 (40.68 \/ 43.41) and ASC’s Yohannan Dodge in 1:26.23 (42.04 \/ 44.19).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JSC’s Alexander Andrews placed fifth in the men’s U14 Slalom in 1:17.49 (38.65 \/ 38.84) and teammate Wesley Swanson seventh in 1:20.20 (42.33 \/ 37.87). JSC teammate Vadim Zimmerman did not finish his first run. The top times went to HART’s Finn Sundberg with 1:02.98 (32.47 \/ 30.51) and ASC’s Jasper Fleming with 1:14.97 (38.75 \/ 36.22).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
On Sunday in the men’s U12\/U14 giant slalom JSC’s W. Swanson placed ninth overall in 1:25.36 (41.56 \/ 43.80) and J. Swanson 26th with 1:47.92 (51.98 \/ 55.94). J. Swanson placed 14th in his U12 class and W. Swanson eighth in his U14 class. Alexander Andrews and Zimmerman did not finish their first runs. The top overall times were ASC’s U14 Julien-Didier Stiassny in 1:13.30 (36.65 \/ 36.65) and HART’s Sundberg in 1:15.71 (37.97 \/ 37.74).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“The kids struggled a little bit in the slalom but had good runs,” Stell said. “The giant slalom worked out really well for the older age groups…For not much time on snow, the kids skied really well and had a good time up there. Snow conditions were quite challenging. We had everything from pouring-down rain to about minus-10 windchill on Wednesday and everything in between — snowstorms and rain and cold weather — so it was a challenging race series for everybody there.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The JSC will return to Girdwood for the Alyeska Cup Feb. 14-17 and will host a race series in Juneau March 1-2. The races are all qualifiers for the U14 and U16 age groups to go to the Western Region Championships later in March.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I was hoping we could have a club race here, but with no snow it has been impossible,” Stell said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The JSC has approximately 100 athletes and will hold their Free Ride Competition on March 7-8. Currently, 65 kids are signed up for that competition, which is likely to happen as it is held on the upper mountain of Eaglecrest in the West Bowl. An adult competition is held at the same time. This will be the fourth year JSC has hosted the event that also attracts adults and youth from Anchorage, Washington and Canada.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“We even had a college team from Colorado come up,” Stell said. “It was pretty exciting. They were doing eight-foot back flips off a cliff.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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