Five-time giant slalom champion wins super G in Sun Valley
Tim Jitloff of Reno won his first national title in men’s super G on Thursday at the U.S. Alpine Championships at Bald Mountain.
Jitloff’s total time of 1 minute, 18.06 seconds was .61 seconds faster than Vermont’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle.
In the women’s super G, Anna Marno of Centennial, Wyo., picked up her first national title in 1:14.04 — .28 seconds ahead of World Cup veteran Laureene Ross.
The event continues Friday with the men’s and women’s slalom.
U.S. ALPINE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bald Mountain, Ketchum
Thursday
Men’s super G
1. Jitloff, Tim 1:18.06
2. Cochran-Siegle, Ryan 1:18.67
3. Arvidsson, Erik 1:18.93
4. Dupratt, Samuel 1:19.07
5. Krause, Nicholas 1:19.10
6. Chodounsky, David 1:19.12
7. Radamus, River 1:19.38
8. Gower, Jack 1:19.65
9. Travers, Dean 1:19.69
10. Farrow, Tanner 1:19.76
Women’s super G
1. Marno, Anna 1:14.04 9.07
2. Ross, Laurenne 1:14.32
3. Mangan, Patricia 1:14.67
4. McJames, Megan 1:14.97
5. Merryweather, Alice 1:15.16
6. Cook, Stacey 1:15.17
7. Schleper, Sarah 1:15.30
8. Wardle, Galena 1:15.32
9. O Brien, Nina 1:15.71
10. Talbot, Nellie Rose 1:15.74
SCHEDULE
Friday: Men’s and women’s slalom (women’s runs at 9 a.m. and noon, men’s runs at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.). Awards at 2:30 p.m. The Sun Valley Big Air Exhibition is 4:30 p.m. at Dollar Mountain. Snowboard big air joins the Olympics in 2018.
Saturday: Men’s giant slalom (runs at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.) Awards at 2:30 p.m. Baldy Bash street party at 3 p.m. Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin will sign autographs at the Brass Ranch at River Run from 4 to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Women’s giant slalom (runs at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.). Awards at 1:30 p.m.
This story was originally published March 24, 2016 at 11:32 PM with the headline "Five-time giant slalom champion wins super G in Sun Valley."