As nice as yesterday was, it was back in the snow then rain today. At least from what I saw online it was pretty decent this morning when racing was going on, then the snow started to fall which later changed to rain. But on to the race...
Today they had yesterday's technical problems fixed and we could watch the race live. I think Whitney's first run was during a commercial since I didn't see her. I talked to her after the run and she said that she felt fast. I wasn't able to get to the right spot on the live timing web page but Bob said that she was in 5th after her first run. That was pretty exciting! I did catch her second run. For a girl where this was only the second time she's run giant slalom, she did really well. She looked really good, like she knew what she was doing. Her second run was faster than her first, which seemed to be true for many of the top riders. Her first run was 55.18 and her second was 52.61. Her combined time put her in 4th place, .03 seconds behind 3rd. An awesome job! Since she was 4th, she was also 1st Team All American again. At some point this week she also received a 2nd Team Scholars All American award.
We are so proud of the hard work she's put in this season and her accomplishments at USCSA Nationals. I hope she had a good trip to Mt. Batchelor. She's certainly got the awards to show for a good week. It's almost time for her to head back to Maine, just ahead of another huge snowstorm. She's got two weeks in Maine for school and practice, then it's home for spring break and we head off to Copper (Colorado) for USASA Nationals. A busy month of travel for her, then it'll be back to Maine and time to focus on classes.
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