Cochran-Siegle 12th at Lake Louise Super-G

Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) led the men of the U.S. Ski Team in Sunday’s FIS Ski World Cup super-G in Lake Louise, Canada, grabbing a career-best 12th place super-G finish. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud won, Austria’s Vincent Kreichmayr came in second, and Switzerland’s Mauro Caviezel rounded out the podium in third.

“I would say this is a pretty outstanding start to the season for me,” said Cochran-Siegle, who finished 20th in Saturday’s downhill. “Even being able to score World Cup points on Saturday was huge—only the second time I’ve scored World Cup points, the last time being six years ago, so to be able to perform on race day with a later bib is a good step for me. In order to move up and get to where I want to be, consistency on race day is what I'm trying to achieve this year. 

"My race mentality today was no expectations—just focus on skiing, and it seems to be working out pretty well for me. I was skiing aggressive and with some good speed, but I wasn't sure if I was doing too much. I was literally shaking my head when I crossed the finish, thinking it wasn't enough, but then looked up and saw I was pretty fast. It was a definitely really cool feeling."

Cochran-Siegle added with a laugh, "Also, it looks like my fantasy [football] team is going to beat River's [Radamus], and the Patriots won, so all in all...a pretty solid weekend."

Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, Calif.), who is returning from a knee injury sustained in Bormio, Italy last December, is looking more comfortable and grabbed some points with a 17th place. Other American starters included Tommy Biesemeyer (Keene, N.Y.), Nicholas Krause (Northboro, Mass.), Jared Goldberg (Holladay, Utah), Sam Morse (Sugarloaf, Maine), Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) and Wiley Maple (Aspen, Colo.).

What's next?! "I am going to use this momentum going into Beaver Creek weekend," Cochran-Siegle said. In the next few weeks, between the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom, Cochran-Siegle will work to stay even-keeled and keep his eye on the prize.

The men's alpine team returns home for the Beaver Creek Birds of Prey FIS Ski World Cup super-G, downhill, and giant slalom races scheduled for Nov. 30 - Dec. 2. Race week begins Nov. 28 with the first day of downhill training. 

RESULTS
Men’s super-G

HOW TO WATCH

Preliminary schedule, subject to change
*All times EST.

ALPINE
Friday, Nov. 30
12:30 p.m. - World Cup men’s Super-G, Beaver Creek, Colo. - NBCSN
2:00 p.m. - World Cup women’s downhill, Lake Louise, CAN - NBCSN

Saturday, Dec. 1
1:00 p.m. - World Cup men’s downhill, Beaver Creek, Colo. - NBCSN
2:00 p.m. - World Cup women’s downhill, Lake Louise, CAN - NBCSN
5:00 p.m. - World Cup men’s downhill recap, Beaver Creek, Colo. - NBC

Sunday, Dec. 2
1:00 p.m. - World Cup women’s super-G, Lake Louise, CAN - The Olympic Channel
2:30 p.m. - World Cup men’s giant slalom, run 2, Beaver Creek, Colo. - NBCSN
5:30 p.m. - World Cup women’s super-G recap, Lake Louise, CAN - NBCSN
5:30 p.m. - World Cup men’s giant slalom recap, Beaver Creek, Colo. - NBC