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Iced Out Competes at Wild West Classic and Telluride
Jackson, WY-Hunter Schleper, Kitt Flowers, and Cooper Cartmill competed from February 21-24 at the USSA Western Region Elite FIS GS and SL races. Schleper had excellent performances, winning one of the Giant Slalom races and finishing second in one Slaom race. He lowered his international slalom ranking to 1st in the world for his age group. Flowers had an excellent GS and SL race finishing on the podium for juniors. Cartmill had excellent giant slalom results but suffered a season ending knee injury in the slalom on Saturday. Kieffer Christianson competed in Telluride in a very demanding series of tech races over the same period and continued his preparation for the upcoming J2 Nationals in Aspen. The J2's begin on March 4th where Christianson will be joined by teammates Schleper and Flowers. (Cartmill sidelined by injury).
This race weekend concluded the Canadian and Northern competition campaign in February. Iced Out Racers captured 35 medals during these competitions!
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Flowers Hits Stride in British Columbia
Photo From Left, 2nd place Jon Olsson( SWE), 1st place Kitt Flowers (Iced Out), 3rd place Jonathan Hadley(GBR)
Rossland, BC-Kitt Flowers arrived at Red Mountain Ski Area after an all night drive from the Canadian National Championships and hit the ground flying as he captured a win in the opening Giant Slalom followed by two 2nd placed in the Slalom competitions over the weekend. Cooper Cartmill had excellent races taking a podium spot for juniors and scoring some excellent results. Cartmill arrived in Canada after competing in Whitefish, Montana at the Western Region Speed Qualifiers.
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Schleper, Flowers Dominate Podium in Canada
Photo From Left, 2nd place Kitt Flowers (Iced Out), 1st place Hunter Schleper (Iced Out), 3rd place Andy Trow (Canada)
Due to unpredictable snow and weather conditions in Europe, Iced Out Racing rescheduled it's February race campaign to Canada have just concluded 4 days in Nakiska, Alberta the site of the 1988 Winter Olympics.
On Thursday, January 31, Hunter Schleper finished 3rd in a star studed field including World Cup star Thomas Grandi. Schleper won the 1st run with a great performance and then had a slight bobble on the steep, firm pitch which culminated in his 2nd run, 3rd place finish and a 3rd overall. Grandi won the 2nd run and claimed the victory. Kitt Flowers had a spectacular 1st run, only .6 seconds from the lead and put the hammer down on the 2nd run, but got askew on one of the difficult terrain changes and did not finish.
On Friday, the 2nd day of GS, Iced Out took to the slopes on a record cold day and discovered a very difficult course set, on the Eagle Crest Trail, with the snow having hardened into a firmer surface with the cold temperatures. Schleper began where he left off the day before, and won the first run followed by a victory in the 2nd run to take the gold, and soldify his #1 world ranking in Giant Slalom. Flowers also had a fantastic race and finished 5th, 3rd in the juniors, 19 and under, to lower his GS ranking to 8th in the nation.
On Saturday, February 2, the first slalom day, Schleper once again came out on top, winning both runs, and scoring a fantastic personal best ever slalom result when Thomas Grandi was unable to negotiate all of the difficulty of the slope and did not finish. Schleper moved up to top 5 in the world with this race. Meanwhile, Kitt Flowers scored his best slalom result and a 5th place overall, 3rd place in the juniors, with a great race.
Sunday, saw the best result of the weekend with Schleper finishing first and Flowers 2nd overall in a dominating display of skill as many of the Canadian, and other racers from around the world were unable to finish on the demanding courses.
Schleper and Flowers are now off to Whistler to compete in the Canadian Speed Nationals and the Canadian Junior National Championships.
Meanwhile, locally Cooper Cartmill and David Graebel competed at Beaver Creek in a series of slaloms to culminate the qualifying for J2 (15-16 year olds) Nationals. Cartmill raced successfully to maintain his first place qualifier standings in the J2 ranking and is off to J2 Nationals to join his teammates Hunter Schleper, Kitt Flowers, and Kieffer Christianson at the prestigious event to be held in Aspen in March. Graebel finished in a great position to qualify himself for the next Colorado Ski Cup races in Telluride and Eldora, CO.

Flowers Takes J2 National DH Championship
Men's DH winners, from left, Kieffer Christianson (3rd Place, Iced Out Racing Rocky/Central Region), Kitt Flowers (1st Place, Iced Out Racing Rocky/Central Region) and Michael Ankeny (2nd Place Rocky/Central Region) . (Photo credit Walt Evans)
Aspen, CO-Kitt Flowers skied a nearly flawless run on Aspen's America's Downhill World Cup course to win his first National Championship in the Men's Downhill. Flowers started in the third position and set a time that no one could better. Fellow Rocky/Central Region team member Michael Ankeny took the silver, and Iced Out Racing teammate Kieffer Christianson took the bronze medal to round out the podium. Flowers earned a berth to the US Senior Nationals to be held in Sugarloaf, Maine later this month. The J2 Nationals continues in Aspen through March 12th with the Super G, Giant Slalom, and Slalom on the schedule.
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Schleper Takes Canadian Championships By Storm
Photo From Left, 3rd place Kitt Flowers ( Iced Out), 2nd place Hunter Schleper(Iced Out), 2nd place Erik Read (CAN)
Whistler, BC-Hunter Schleper arrived in his familar surroundings in Whistler where he has competed and free skied many times in the past and made his mark on the competition. He won the juniors in the Super G, the Super Combined, where he also podiumed in the overall, the Giant Slalom, and the Slalom races. Kitt Flowers also placed his stamp getting results in every race and placing third in the national championship junior competition.
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NDS Invitational - Park City, Utah
Hunter Schleper and Kieffer Christianson were invited to compete in the prestigious US Ski Team's National Development System Invitaional held at the USST's home base in Park City. They took advantage of the opportunity February 13-15, 2008. Christianson competed in the 2 GS and 2 SL event. His most outstanding race was the 2nd slalom race where he finished far ahead of his fellow 1st year J2's in 25th overall, and scored an outstanding result. Schleper arrived from Canada and competed in the 2 Slalom races finishing fifth and sixth against the outstanding field of international competitors.

Iced Out Racers Compete at US Nationals
Sugarloaf, ME-Kieffer Christianson, Kitt Flowers, and Hunter Schleper competed March 19-25 at the US National Championships in Sugarloaf, Maine. They eached earned their starts with outstanding racing at the J2 Nationals in Aspen earlier in the month. The Iced Out racers gained valuable experience and had outstanding results as some of the youngest competitors in the races. US Ski Team members dominated the podiums all week with great racing action. World Cup Overall winner Lindsey Vonn and World Cup winner Marco Sullivan highlighted the all-star field.
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Schleper Wins Giant Slalom Championship-Flowers Takes Bronze
Men's GS winner Hunter Schleper with parent's Buzz and Lynne (Photo credit Walt Evans)
Aspen, CO-Hunter Schleper (Iced Out Racing) captured his second gold medal in as many days as he captured the J2 National Giant Slalom Championship on Aspen's America's Downhill World Cup Trail. Schleper who was third after the first run laid down a dominating second run to reign supreme. Kitt Flowers (Iced Out Racing), Friday's downhill champion, finished in third position after a slight mishap in the 2nd run on the Spring Pitch section of the course. Kieffer Christianson (Iced Out Racing), finished as the first 1992 competitor in 5th place.
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Iced Out's Schleper Super G National Champion
Gold Medalist's Men's SG Hunter Schleper (Iced Out Racing) and Women's SG Gabby Anthony (Sugarbowl, CA) (Photo credit Walt Evans)
Aspen, CO-Hunter Schleper continued the winning ways for Iced Out racing capturing the gold in the Men's Super G. Schleper negotiated the very tricky and challenging jump onto the Strawpile section of the course flawlessly and bested the field by nearly one second. Teammates Christianson and Flowers who followed Schleper down the course did not finish after they had issues on the Strawpile section. Schleper who is the number one ranked J2 in the nation for Super G showed the field why he has this ranking.
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