Goats Win Big at SGIS Alpine Ski Championships
February 5th, 2010. Posted in General News

Members of the LAS Alpine Ski Team cleaned up at the SGIS Championships on Sunday, Jan. 31 in Villars, Switzerland. Two giant slalom runs were combined to place skiers in individual and team rankings. Swanee Messerli won gold in the Senior Girls category and was the overall fastest girl, edging out teammate Christelle Giobellina, defending champion in the Senior Girls who took the silver medal this year. Markus Kupfer took gold in the Boys Senior category, and our category B boys, led by Yoshi Sugiyama, earned bronze medals. Yoshi placed 8th in a very competitive and deep field of Category B boys.
SGIS Alpine Skiing Championships, Villars Jan. 31: RESULTS
Girls
1st Place Cat. A Girls – Swanee Messerli (total 103.89 seconds)
2nd Place Cat. A Girls – Christelle Giobellina (total 105.83 seconds)
1st Place Overall – Swanee Messerli
Boys
1st Place Cat. A Boys – Marcus Kupfer (total 107.25 seconds)
3rd Place Cat. B Boys – Yoshi Sugiyama, Micky Schobitz & Dylan Sanden
8th Place Cat. B Boys – Yoshi Sugiyama (total 109.02 seconds)







