Hoelzl Wins Aspen World Cup GS Race, Mancuso Leads U.S. Finishing 13th

ASPEN/SNOWMASS, CO - Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany bested the world’s top female skiers completing the course with a combined time of 2:09:63 (two minutes and nine point sixty-three seconds) to win the Giant Slalom in the 2009 Aspen Winternational Audi FIS Women’s Alpine World Cup. Hoelzl was twenty-four one hundreds of a second faster than the second place finisher.

Kathrin Zettel of Austria placed second with a combined time of 2:09:87 (two minutes and nine point eighty-seven seconds) and Federica Brignone from Italy was third in 2:10:76 (two minutes and ten point seventy-six seconds).

Julia Mancuso was the top American finishing thirteenth. Americans Sarah Schleper and Megan McJames also qualified for the second run. Schleper finished 23rd and McJames did not finish the second run.

With the victory Hoezl vaults to second place in the FIS Giant Slalom standings with 136 points. Zettel sits at the top of the GS standings with 160 points.

The Aspen Winternational continues tomorrow with the slalom race. Tonight, the John Popper Project featuring DJ Logic will play a free concert at the base of Aspen Mountain as part of the Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series followed by fireworks.

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