The podium finishers of the "Double Crown" were excellent competitors,
but they neither competed in nor completed the Triple Crown.
Historically, when only two legs could be completed no awards were
given, as the event is a triad.
By my calculations, here are the actual podium finishers in the Triple
Crown. Thankfully, the first-place finishers were unaffected by the
scoring glitch. I am including the number of runs completed in their
Vertical Challenge performances to honor the tremendous effort required
for a true Triple Crown podium placement.
I doubt Mad River Glen can ever make it right for these competitors, but
I think Mad River should try. I hope that publishing the revised
results will give these competitors recognition in some public manner.
Women's Open: 1. Ashleigh Bergstrom (27 runs, won both the Double
and Triple Crown); 2. SJ Grundon (26 runs); 3. Emily O'Donnell (14
runs).
Men's Telemark: 1.Tim Shepard (27 runs, won both the Double and
Triple Crown); 2. Dave Bouchard (23 runs); 3. Tom Hite (26 runs).
Men's Alpine: 1.Todd Holtan (28 runs, winner of both the Double
Crown and the Triple Crown); 2. Peter Holtan (26 runs); 3. Tied for
third place: Michael Baccari (28 runs), Tim McClellan (26 runs).
Kim Holtan Lang
Burlington, VT
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