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Anderson Whoops Fawcett In Vail Slalom |
APSS Vail Giant Slalom Results (2-2-96) |
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Vail, Colorado February 3, 1996 The slalom finals of the 1996 American Professional Snowboard Series opener at Vail, Colorado came down to a battle between Canadians Mark Fawcett of New Brunswick and Jasey Jay Anderson of Quebec. After charging through the prelims with the first and second fastest qualifying times on the 38-gate course, Fawcett and Anderson finally met in the head-to-head final. Fawcett liked the course. "This is a soft snow course and I do well on soft snow so I'm pretty happy," Fawcett said at the top of the course.
Anderson understood the challenges. "This is the longest course we've done this year," he said. "You've got to ride from gate to gate and not worry about anything else." Unfortunately, Fawcett's soft-snow prowess was not enough. In the first run Anderson edged Fawcett taking an advantage into their second run. Trying to make up lost time Fawcett pushed hard and blew out in the middle of the course handing the win to Anderson. Fawcett was visibly bummed. Immediately after crossing the finish line he carved away from the cameras and the waiting riders and threw his helmet into the air. After a few moments with his head down on the tip of his board, Fawcett walked back over to the group and congratulated Anderson. In the women's competition the only surprise came when Michele Taggart of Salem, Oregon crashed in the first run of the finals against new teammate Rosie Fletcher, of Gridwood, Alaska. "This was a race to see who could stand up," Taggart joked. "The course is so long that technique really doesn't play a part. It's just who can get to the finish line." Taggart was speaking prophecy. In her first run, Taggart went down while chasing Fletcher. With a two second deficit to overcome Taggart pushed it in the second run and crashed a second time allowing Fletcher to cruise into first place. The runoff for third and fourth places in the men's competition became a contest of who could make it to the finish line. Both Nolan Wadland and Jeremy Jones were extremely tired after their earlier runs. In the run Jones was leading until he hit a rut and blew out of the course. Seeing the opportunity Wadland turned on the juice and immediately hooked a toeside edge and went down. Jones was the first to get up and eventually crossed the finish line to move into the second run with a two second advantage. In their second run both riders finished the run, but Wadland could not make up the time.
Women's Slalom 1FLETCHER RoseyUSA 2TAGGART MicheleUSA 3BERTRAND PauleCAN 4HOLLMANN BirgitGER 5OLSON LesleeUSA 6KOSGLOW LisaUSA 7LUNDSTROM AmyUSA 8HENGGE MadeleineUSA 9TIRPAK MelissaUSA 10LAJOIE ManonCAN 11CONNOLLY SusanUSA 12HUGHES EmmaAUS 13ROSE AmyUSA 14PUTNAM JillianUSA 15SULLIVAN AliceUSA 16BATTON JakiUSA Men's Slalom 1ANDERSON Jasey JayCAN 2FAWCETT MarkCAN 3JONES JeremyUSA 4WADLAND NolanUSA 5THORNDIKE PeterUSA 6BROWN RyanUSA 7DOWD DaveUSA 8MELHUSE ShannonUSA 9BALDWIN EricUSA 10THOMAS MikeUSA 11RINGUETTE FrancoisCAN 12ARCHIBALD JeffUSA 13SIMMS NateUSA 14DUFRESNE Benoit CAN 15ZIKAS Tom USA 16HOSTETTER Adam USA 17KNAACK Frank USA 18DORVAL Felix Antoine CAN 19RUBINCAM Peter Cook USA 20MITCHELL Matt USA 21LEASK Brett AUS 22MCCLAIN Travis USA 23MORENCY Mathieu CAN 24MASTAGLIO Scott USA 25 KREBS Arn USA |
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