Ketterer Wins Again At Western Region Open

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — It was just another race and another race victory for University of Colorado alpine skier David Ketterer.

The freshman from Bad Durrheim, Germany won the men's giant slalom for a second consecutive day at the Western Region Open FIS being held here at Sun Valley Resort.

Ketterer's two-run time of 2:21.46 was over a second faster than Martin Grasic's of Utah, who placed second with a time of 2:22.54. Just Thursday, Ketterer beat out Grasic by 3.0 seconds flat to win the first GS race of the weekend at the Western Region Open.

Updating Ketterer's win count this winter, he has now won 15 of the 32 races he's been in. That combines all of his NCAA, NorAm Cup and FIS competition races. In fact, Ketterer has won eight of his last 10 races going back to the RMISA Championships at the end of February.

His win highlighted another successful day on the slopes for the Buffs at the FIS race.

Nora Christensen led the group of four Buffs who all placed in the top 12 in the women's slalom. Christensen finished second with a two-run time of 1:28,71, just 48 one-hundredths of a second behind race winner Sofija Novoselic of Westminster College.

Behind Christensen, Isabella Fidjeland finished inside the top 10 for a second consecutive day. Katie Hostetler placed 11th and Andrea Arnold 12th.

Back on the men's side, senior Roger Carry placed 14th in the GS. He came in sixth in Thursday's GS race.

The racing continues tomorrow with the women switching over to the giant slalom and the men in the slalom. Live timing is available at live-timing.com and full end-of-day results at fis-ski.com.

Men's Giant Slalom (67 finishers)—1. David Ketterer, CU, 2:21.46; 2. Martin Grasic, Utah, 2:22.54; 3. Adam Chrapek, POL, 2:23.32; 4. Nicolo Nogara, Westminster College, 2:23.35; 5. Louis Muhlen-Schulte, AUS, 2:23.37; 6. Oskar Voello, Westminster College, 2:24.58; 7. Morten Bakke, Montana State, 2:25.97; 8. Michel Macedo, SBSTA, 2:26.11; 9. Jordan Asher, Whistler Mountain Ski Club, 2:26.20; 10. Marc Talbott, Williams University, 2:26.22. Other CU Finishers: 14. Roger Carry 2:28.23; DNS Bobby Moyer; DNF1 Max Luukko.

Women's Slalom (59 finishers)—1. Sofija Novoselic, Westminster College, 1:28.23; 2. Nora Christensen, CU, 1:28.71; 3. Stephanie Gartner, Montana State, 1:28.83; 4. Ann-Kathrin Breuning, Westminster College, 1:29.04; 5. Benedicte Lyche, Montana State, 1:29.05; 6. Jocelyn McCarthy, 1:30.03; 7. Isabella Fidjeland, CU, 1:30.68; 8. Marie Aufrere, Westminster College, 1:31.91; 9. Madison Ostergren, IMD, 1:32.20; 10. Kathryn Parker, AUS, 1:32.89. Other CU Finishers: 11. Katie Hostetler 1:33.20; 12. Andrea Arnold 1:33.70; DNF2 Megan McGrew; DNF1 Tonje Trulsrud.

Players Mentioned

Andrea Arnold

Roger Carry

Nora Christensen

Isabelle Fidjeland

Katie Hostetler

David Ketterer

Max Luukko

Megan McGrew

Bobby Moyer

Tonje Trulsrud

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