On Course at Last; First Races; Alyeska, January 2019
Finally, after a delayed opening, racing begins locally in the new season with two U16/19 giant slaloms in the Coca-Cola Classic. As always it was exciting to see how fast and well the field skied, including not just the overall winners, but everyone "down" through first-year U16s. Special congratulations to Randi Von Wichman (fastest times in all four runs in both races), Kevin Leach (first and second), and Colin Horrigan (first and DNF). The best thing is the promise of more great racing, all season long.
And for Randi, especially great results after getting tangled in the B-Net webbing the day before in training. (But actually, after the net run, she came right back with a super-fast and clean training run.)
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