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SkiPennsylvania/SkiNortheast Vol. XXVI No. 4 Mountain Edition March 2019 Skiers & Snowboarders Enjoy Winterfest Mid-Atlantic Eastern Region Slalom USASA 2019 Roundtop Mtn. Results Shiffrin Wins Record 4th FIS Ski World Cup Slalom Title at Are, Sweden March Madness on the Slopes in PA Shiffrin Punches to City Event Win, 6th World Cup Slalom Title A Look Back at Shawnee Lindsey Vonn's Illustrious Career Mountain 2 S KI P ENNSYLVAN I A ~ S KI N ORTHEA ST March 2019 March 2019 S KI P ENNSYLVANIA ~ S KI N ORTHEAST 3 USASA 2019 Season Usasa Continues Its Success UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SNOWBOARD AND FREESKI ASSOCIATION EASTERN REGION Mid-Atlantic Series e Mid-Atlantic Series began in 1988 under the direction of Tony and Cathy Lin- coln. In 1998 the torch was passed to Bill Van Gilder and his wife Rebecca Van Gilder. ey have grown together with the many families in the region competing at their events over the years. Bill and Rebecca are proud parents of a little girl, Harper, born in 2012. ey are hoping she too enjoys the winter life (and competing.) Despite the warm weather a ecting majority of our East Coast series early in the As one of the longest running regions on the country, the Mid-Atlantic hosts Rail season, 2019 is well underway with events across the rest of the country. Jam, Slopestyle, Skier/Boardercross, Slalom and Giant Slalom Events. The Mid- Results List USASA - Mid Atlantic Series Atlantic is a fun family focused series. The emphasis at each Mid-Atlantic event is to Roundtop Mtn Resort, Giant Slalom 4 , 46 Competitors 2/17/2019 have fun, improve and develop a life long passion for snow sports. They offer a true TS: Bill Van Gilder Run-1 Run-2 Total Points grassroots competition experience with safe, fun and fair events, which allows aspiring Snowboard Junior (16-17) Women -4 Time Time Time competitors of all ages to get together and have some fun. Mika Kizuka Sinking Spring, PA 45.02 44.87 1:29.89 1030 Brianna Cook Bartonsville, PA 49.01 48.75 1:37.76 920 Results List USASA - Mid Atlantic Series Carly Fogleman Mohrsville, PA 62.46 71.06 2:13.52 810 Roundtop Mtn Resort, Giant Slalom 4 , 46 Competitors 2/17/2019 Snowboard Legend (40-49) Men - 4 TS: Bill Van Guilder Run-1 Run-2 Total Points Don Williams Portland, OR 49.47 51.52 1:40.99 1040 Snowboard Breaker (12-13) Boys - 6 Time Time Time Nathan Clawson Warrenton, VA 53.56 52.75 1:46.31 930 Talon Belluscio Lewisberry, PA 40.57 38.94 1:19.51 1050 Brian Cook Bartonsville, PA 54.86 52.47 1:47.33 820 Samuel Voekler Ashland, VA 48.93 48.21 1:37.14 940 Zachary Clawson Warrenton, VA 50.94 51.33 1:42.27 830 Daniel Dibeler Mechanicsburg, PA 56.64 53.05 1:49.69 760 Clayton Kunkleman Mohrsville, PA 52.33 50.93 1:43.26 770 Snowboard Menehune (10-11) Boys - 1 RJ Bielski Morganton, NC 52.66 52.56 1:45.22 710 Zachary Dibeler Mechanicsburg, PA 60.06 56.51 1:56.57 1010 Snowboard Breaker (12-13) Girls - 8 Snowboard Menehune (10-11) Girls - 1 Akina Ginga Ninja Kizuka Sinking Spring, PA 47.03 46.62 1:33.65 1080 Sienna Mckinley Stephens City, Va 82.65 78.52 2:41.17 1020 Erin Henderson Tinton Falls, NJ 48.96 49.45 1:38.41 970 Snowboard Ruggie (7 & Under) Boys - 2 Madison Czuday Palmyra, PA 55.46 54.18 1:49.64 860 Owen Czuday Palmyra, PA 74.43 72.98 2:27.41 1010 Anna Bernstein Mechanicburg, PA 56.15 54.62 1:50.77 800 Finn Miller Mechanicsburg, PA 90.78 96.54 3:07.32 910 Wenya Huan Princeton, NJ 56.46 55.35 1:51.81 740 Snowboard Ruggie (7 & Under) Girls - 3 Wenqing Huan Princeton, NJ 55.74 56.31 1:52.05 680 Kylie Dinh Fredrick, MD 70.51 66.90 2:17.41 1030 Nina Dziak Bethlehem, PA 56.96 57.63 1:54.59 620 Mia Valach Mingo, WVA 76.20 77.85 2:34.05 920 Jensen Rissmiller Newark, DE 65.52 65.10 2:10.62 560 Harper E Van Gilder Pocono Pines, PA 123.39 108.14 3:51.53 810 Wboard Grommet (8-9) Boys - 1 Snowboard Senior (23-29) Men - 1 Griffin Kleinle East Stbg., PA 47.93 48.16 1:36.09 1010 Carver Bowlby Somerset, PA 39.36 39.52 1:18.88 1010 Wboard Grommet (8-9) Girls - 1 Snowboard Senior (23-29) Women - 2 Emily Dinh Frederick, MD 71.33 73.78 2:25.11 1010 Viktoriia Eretnova Alexandria, VA 47.68 48.80 1:36.48 1020 Snowboard Jams (18-22) Men - 1 Iryna Rospigliosi Audubon, NJ 49.32 48.56 1:37.88 910 Alec Young Stafford, VA 45.89 45.76 0:58.59 1040 Snowboard Youth (14-15) Men - 3 Snowboard Jams (18-22) Women - 1 Mulin Huan Princeton, NJ 45.35 48.92 1:34.27 1030 Katlyn Blizzard Westminster, MD 52.28 52.22 1:06.78 1050 Kolton Almany New Canton, VA 56.94 55.25 1:52.19 920 Snowboard Junior (16-17) Men - 4 Jansen Balmer Ephrata, PA 57.01 55.42 1:52.43 810 Kubo Dziak Bethlehem, PA 36.30 35.94 1:12.24 1040 Youth Women (14-15) - 2 Bailey Clawson Warrenton, VA 48.19 46.68 1:34.87 930 Mazee Simpson Long Pond, PA 48.01 45.79 1:33.80 1020 Joshua Wojnar Frederick, MD 48.94 48.60 1:37.54 820 Emma Ayers Dillsburg, PA 48.38 46.89 1:35.27 910 Gareth Cockroft Hummelstown, PA 77.03 42.75 1:59.78 760 Eastern Region Mid-Atlantic Series Continued on Page 9 4 S KI P ENNSYLVANIA ~ S KI N ORTHEAST March 2019 FAMILY SKI AREA #1 IN PA! GO TO ShawneeMt.com OR CALL (570) 421-7231 401 Hollow Road • East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 March 2019 S KI P ENNSYLVANIA ~ S KI N ORTHEAST 5 Shiffrin Wins Record Fourth World Slalom Title Shi rin ends year in style with record-breaking 4th World Cup slalom Title Mikaela Shiff rin on the podium with record breaking win at Are, Sweden (Cristophe Pallot - Getty Images) By Tom Horrocks medal, and Vlhova won the bronze, her third medal of the 2019 World Cham- pionships. With the win, Shi rin goes down in the history books, becom- Are, Sweden – Mikaela Shi rin (Avon, Colo.) won a record fourth-straight ing the rst-ever athlete - male or female - to win in a speci c discipline in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships slalom title with an amazing come- four consecutive World Championships. Shi rin’s slalom gold is her fourth- from-behind victory in Are, Sweden, Saturday. Shi rin’s win was even more straight, including 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Championships. It is also her impressive considering she was battling not only the best slalom racers in the third medal of the 2019 World Championships, including the super-G gold world but a new opponent - a nasty chest cold. and giant slalom bronze. “Halfway down the (second) run, I ran out of oxygen,” she said. “It was tough today.” It was so tough that at one point before the second run, she Paula Moltzan (Prior Lake, Minn.) nished 18th, and Nina O’Brien (San coughed so hard that her stomach went into spasms and she couldn’t breathe. Francisco, Calif.) skied an impressive rst run, but missed a gate in the second Her mother, Eileen Shi rin, said to her: “You don’t have to do this!” and was forced to hike. She nished 34th. In the end though, Shi rin “just gured I had to be tough” for 60-seconds and she credited her team with the victory. “My whole team was around me FIS SKI WORLD CUP 2019 all day and helping to make sure I was drinking...resting... and not wasting ARE SWE 5th LADIES' SLALOM OFFICIAL RESULTS energy” she said. Nation 1st Run 2ndRun Total Diff. After nishing third in the opening run, Shi rin toughed it out and found Time/Rank Time/Rank her groove under the warm afternoon sunshine to absolutely nail the second run, moving into the lead by .72 seconds over Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova, and put- SHIFFRIN Mikaela USA 57.23 (3) 59.82 (1) 1:57.05 0.00 ting signi cant pressure on the nal two racers - Sweden’s Anna Swenn-Larsson SWENN LARSSON Anna SWE 57.19 (2) 1:00.44 (2) 1:57.63 0.58 and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener. VLHOVA Petra SVK 57.54 (5) 1:00.54 (3) 1:58.08 1.03 “I knew I had to ght really hard the second run because Anna and Wendy LIENSBERGER Katharina AUT 57.35 (4) 1:01.13 (7) 1:58.48 1.43 are too strong, and the girls who were behind me were also really close,” Shif- HANSDOTTER Frida SWE 57.64 (6) 1:01.80(17) 1:59.44 2.39 frin said. On the second run, Swenn-Larsson was fast up top but lost time to Shi rin ST-GERMAIN Laurence CAN 58.60 (8) 1:01.05 (4) 1:59.65 2.60 on the lower part of the course. Holdener, meanwhile, held a .15-second lead HUBER Katharina AUT 58.66 (9) 1:01.19 (8) 1:59.85 2.80 over Shi rin, but quickly lost that and much more when she missed a gate just TRUPPE Katharina AUT 58.93 (10) 1:01.05 (4) 1:59.98 2.93 seconds into her run and was forced to ski back uphill in order to make the SCHILD Bernadette AUT 59.20 (12) 1:01.26 (9) 2:00.46 3.41 gate.