Remme Wins Women's GS at Seawolf Invitational

Wednesday, January 25

Girdwood, Alaska

All Day

University of Utah

Seawolf Invitational (Giant Slalom)

1/25/2017 6:13 PM | Skiing

Seawolf Invitational Day 1 Results

GIRDWOOD, Alaska - Utah skier Roni Remme won the women's giant slalom at the Seawolf Invitational for her first career victory while Sam Dupratt led the men with a fourth-place finish on Wednesday afternoon as the Utes stand second after the first day of the invite.

Remme has four career podium victories. She was second in the giant slalom at the RMISA qualifier earlier this year for her previous career-best finish. Abby Ghent placed 12th behind the best second run of the day while Chloe Fausa was 13th for the Utes followed by Julie Mohagen in 18th and Lauren Samuels in 19th. Sabine Krautgasser placed 24th.

For the men, Dupratt picked up his fourth-top five finish of the year, all in the giant slalom. He had the fastest first run of the day. Endre Bjertness earned his fifth top-10 finish of the year with an eighth-place run. Dominic Demschar placed 12th while Joergen Brath was 13th. Ty Sprock finished 23rd with Sasha Zaitsoff in 26th. Martin Grasic did not finish his first run.

"Very exciting win for Roni today, she was a warrior and that's what it took," Utah head alpine coach Jaka Korencan said. "Low visibility and a very challenging steep and bumpy top pitch coupled with rain made for some very difficult racing. Roni showed a lot of courage and competitiveness to take the win. We are really excited by Abby's winning second run, which is a proof that she is developing quickly into a tech ski racer. On the men's side Sam skied excellently on the first run and skied into the lead, unfortunately a few mistakes in second run pushed him back a little bit. Endre was right in the mix for a podium and Dom was on his way to a race winning run on his first run, but made a costly error on the flats.

"Generally we had a rough day, but moments of brilliance are good motivation!"

Montana State leads the meet with 170 points after a strong run in the men's giant slalom. Utah has 153 points for second with Denver in third (148). New Mexico (123) and host Alaska-Anchorage (117 points) rounds out the top five.

The day was the beginning of four straight days in Alaska. Next on the docket is the men's and women's slalom races for the Seawolf Invitational on Thursday before moving into the UAA Invite on Friday and Saturday. Races can be followed live at http://ussalivetiming.com/.