Hig Roberts screams down the first run of the US Alpine Championships Giant Slalom on Tuesday morning at Sugarloaf. Roberts won the Giant SlalomThe top three competitors of the US Alpine Championships celebrate on the podium after their win at the end of the Giant Slamon Course at Sugarloaf. From the left, in second place, […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: McJames makes it stick in women's giant slalom
Megan McJames hammers down the Giant Slalom course on Monday at the US Alpine Championships on Monday at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley. McJames won the Ladies Giant Slalom. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Megan McJames said she likes to be the underdog. She entered this year’s U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf as one — a competitor who […]
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AJ Ginnis prevails at U.S. Alpine Championships slalom
Eventual winner A.J. Ginnis psychs himself up in the start gate. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — If there is a men’s slalom torch to be passed on the U.S. Ski Team, David Chodounsky will be the one doing the passing. Winner of the past three U.S. Alpine slalom titles, Chodounsky was again in fine form Sunday. But […]
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Resi Stiegler captures U.S. Alpine Championships slalom crown
Resi Stiegler, center, celebrates her first place finish along with second place finisher Roni Remme (left) and third place finisher Lila Lapanja (right). CARRABASSETT VALLEY — With one run under her belt in the anything-can-happen slalom event, Resi Stiegler clung to a .16-second lead over Megan McJames, and Roni Remme of Canada and the University of […]
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On Skiing: Perfect conditions, and settings, for spring skiing
A few weeks ago, it looked as if an early spring had arrived. That was before two-plus feet of snow hit the mountains, and even along the coast the totals were close to that number. Since that storm we have had warm days but nights have been well below freezing, ideal for spring skiing. It […]
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Ryan Cochran-Siegle tops field in super-G at U.S. Alpine Championships
Eventual winner Ryan Cochran-Siegle.Sugarloaf favorite Sam Morse gets low on a left-footed turn.Samuel DuPratt arcs a turn entering the Meadow.Third place finisher Travis Ganong cuts around a blue gate.Seventh place finisher Drew Duffy shoulders a gate going through the Meadow.Argentine’s Javier Cristian Simari Birkner almost comes undone. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The speaker crackled. “Did he […]
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Laurenne Ross earns super-G crown at U.S. Alpine Championships
Eventual winner, Laurenne Ross arcs a left-footed turn. Galena Wardle does some pre-race visualization. Wardle finihed 6th.Sam Conzelman arcs a turn midway through her run.Rylee McCormack moves through the Meadow.Dylan Fiore keeps her eyes ahead as she enters the Meadow.CVA coach Kevin Eccles gives some advice to Rylee McCormack before the woman’s super G event. […]
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Escalator fall ended US ski racer's career, launched another
In this April 3, 2007, photo, Cody Marshall competes in the men’s giant slalom ski race of the U.S. Alpine Championships at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska. Marshall, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after falling off an escalator in July 2009, has turned to coaching as well as helping launch a program to prepare […]
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Welcome back to the 'Loaf: Weather or not, U.S. Alpine Championships begin Saturday
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The U.S. Alpine Championships bursts out the gates Saturday morning with the men’s and women’s super-G national championships up for grabs at Sugarloaf. After intermittent snow throughout Friday’s training day, race organizers expressed confidence that the weather — specifically the wind — would not be a detriment as some of the country’s […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: A lot on the line for Ankeny at Sugarloaf
Michael Ankeny skis during the men’s combined at the 2016 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships at Sun Valley, Idaho. Michael Ankeny broke onto the national skiing scene as a 19-year-old, thanks to a U.S. Alpine junior championship in the slalom at Sugarloaf in 2008. Nine years later, Ankeny returns to the Western Maine mountain at […]