Weekend Round-Up — More Victories for WSS Students
The past weekend yielded another bumper crop of top results for WSS students and one recent graduate. Sarah Hendrickson ’12 continued to amass an almost embarrassing collection of World Cup hardware with back-to-back victories in Val di Fiemme, Italy. That makes four World Cup victories for Sarah in Women’s Ski Jumping… out of the five World Cup events contested in the history of the sport. Good lord! And her most recent victory was earned with a hill-record jump of 108 meters on the 95 meter hill. Sarah is most definitely in the zone, and we’re starting to wonder how many more victories and podiums Sarah will collect in the inaugural World Cup season for her sport, which is only about half over. As always, you can check out full coverage of the Val di Fiemme event on the U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping news blog.
Sarah Hendrickson ’12 after breaking the K95 hill record in Val di Fiemme
On the Alpine Skiing Front, Ian Griffith ’14 poured it on in Jackson Hole, winning the J3 Super-G event. Nice job, Ian!
The Nordic Junior Olympic qualifiers were held in West Yellowstone over the weekend as well. Karsten Hokanson ’13 took second in the J2 Men’s Sprint and won the J2 Men’s 5K (by an 8 second margin, by the way), Michaela Webb ’13 won the J2 Women’s Sprint, and Mia Anderson ’12 garnered top 10 finishes in the J1 Women’s Sprint and the J1 Women’s 5K. Amazing performances!
Finally, in the relatively new sport of Big Mountain Freestyle skiing, George Rodney ’11 turned in an awe inspiring run — including a 50-foot cliff jump — to win the Canadian Open Freeskiing Championship. It’s wonderful to see another WSS student/alum blazing a new trail in a new sport. You can read full coverage of the event at Newschoolers.com. Way to go, Jorge!
And best of luck to our entire student/alum community as this season continues. The local events in the Park City area should become a bit more fun to compete in and attend, because we are finally due for our first big series of snow storms this year. It’s about time, and thanks to all for performing your private snow dances — they just might have worked.
George Rodney ’11 standing tall
