Jeremy Cota of Steamboat Springs and Joe Discoe of Telluride made their marks in moguls competition at the U.S. freestyle championships in Squaw Valley, Calif. The Colorado skiers traded the first and second steps of the podium on consecutive days of moguls and dual moguls over the weekend.
Eliza Outrim of Steamboat Springs finished second among the women in both moguls events.
Walter Wood of Evergreen finished second in the men’s halfpipe and part-time Aspen resident Jen Hudak won the women’s title.
Familiar finish for Klug.
Three-time Olympian Chris Klug of Aspen claimed his 11th national championship snowboarding title with a parallel slalom victory at the U.S. championships Saturday in Steamboat Springs.
A day before, Tyler Jewell of Steamboat won the parallel giant slalom title.
Bound for Scotland.
Marisa Asplund, 33, of Durango won USA Triathlon’s elite duathlon national championship Saturday at Oak Mountain State Park near Birmingham, Ala., to qualify for the ITU elite duathlon world champ- ionships Sept. 3-5 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Boulder’s Uli Bromme finished fourth to join the medalists as a Team USA qualifier for the run-bike-run world championship race.
Meet at Monarch.
Enjoy your corn with a side of carnage? Then consider joining the crew Saturday at Monarch Mountain, where the fifth annual Kayaks on the Snow boatercross returns to the sun-splashed slopes above Salida.
With the nearby Arkansas River still a little low for floating, kayakers will compete in a head-to-head downhill race on a snow-covered course featuring banked corners, berms, rollers and “small” jumps. New Belgium Brewery is the title sponsor for this year’s event, which offers prizes including a kayak, cruiser bike and Monarch season pass for next winter.
The fee is $20, and spectators can enjoy the 1 p.m. show from the base lodge deck for free. Colorado Kayak Supply and River Runners outfitters will host an expo in conjunction with the contest to help boaters get fired up for the real whitewater arriving in about a month.
Closing day at Monarch is April 11.
Chair changes.
Operations for Loveland’s Chair 2 will change Monday to accommodate extended lessons this season, the resort announced.
When the Valley area closes Sunday, lessons operations will move up to the Basin area and operate off Chair 2. The midway load station on Chair 2 be converted to an unload station only.
Skiers and riders will not be allowed to load at the midway point for the remainder of the season. This is strictly a trial and is not permanent.
Scott Willoughby, The Denver Post
This story has been corrected in this online archive to indicate Monarch’s closing day as April 11.
