Liles sweeps giant slaloms on final day of Coca-Cola Holiday Classic

Wind at Alyeska Resort put chairlifts on hold temporarily, but didn't slow down Ava Liles from securing two giant slalom wins in the final day of the Coca-Cola Holiday Classic.

Sophia Palmquist of Buck Hill Ski Racing Club (Minnesota) eluded Liles — a U14 Alyeska Ski Club racer — in Wednesday's slalom races, but the two traded places on the podium Thursday with Palmquist landing second place in both races.

Chloe Austerman earned third place in the first race and Hannah Kragt placed third in the second race. Palmquist was the first-place finisher in her U12 age division in both races.

Thursday's giant slalom races were modified to one-run each due to weather, leaving each competitor a single chance at a winning time.

Camden Palmquist of Buck Hill Ski Racing Club and Noah Rygh of Alyeska Ski Club each landed a first place finish in the boys giant slalom races. Rygh beat Palmquist by 1.59 seconds in the first race, but Palmquist turned the tables in the second race, outpacing Rygh by 0.6 seconds.

Third place finishers in the first and second races were Nolan Quigley and Joseph Stahla, respectively.

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Top 5 per age class

Giant slalom race No. 1

Girls

U12 — 1) Sophia Palmquist, Buck Hill Ski Racing Club, 45.33; 2) Ava Schweiger, Alyeska Ski Club, 48.44; 3) Lucy Lukes, Alyeska Ski Club, 52.11; 4) Alyssa Gries, Alyeska Ski Club, 52.20; 5) Ava Austerman, Alyeska Ski Club, 54.81.

U14 — 1) Ava Liles, Alyeska Ski Club, 43.79; 2) Chloe Austerman, Alyeska Ski Club, 45.83; 3) Quincy Donley, Alyeska Ski Club, 46.41;4) Sophie Neuberger, Alyeska Ski Club, 47.09; 5) Shyan Hargis, Hillberg Youth Ski Team, 48.28.

Overall — 1) Ava Liles, 2) Sophia Palmquist, 3) Chloe Austerman, 4) Quincy Donley, 5) Sophie Neuberger.

Boys

U12 — 1) Finnigan Donley, Alyeska Ski Club, 45.47; 2) Maxwell Carl, Hillberg Youth Ski Team, 47.45; 3) Aven Elsberg, Alyeska Ski Club, 48.72; 4) Ben Neuberger, Alyeska Ski Club, 49.95; 5) George Von Wichman, Alyeska Ski Club, 51.85.

U14 — 1) Noah Rygh, Alyeska Ski Club, 42.15; 2) Camden Palmquist, Buck Hill Ski Racing Club, 43.74; 3) Nolan Quigley, Alyeska Ski Club, 44.86; 4) Joseph Stahla, Alyeska Ski Club, 45.33; 5) Tyler Abts, Alyeska Ski Club, 45.81.

Overall — 1) Noah Rygh, 2) Camden Palmquist, 3) Nolan Quigley, 4) Joseph Stahla, 5) Finnigan Donley.

Giant slalom race No. 2

Girls

U12 — 1) Sophia Palmquist, Buck Hill Ski Racing Club, 45.76; 2) Ava Schweiger, Alyeska Ski Club, 50.37; 3) Abigail Kragt, Alyeska Ski Club, 53.35;4) Alyssa Gries, Alyeska Ski Club, 55.22; 5) Isabella Peterson, Hillberg Youth Ski Team, 55.96

U14 — 1) Ava Liles, Alyeska Ski Club, 44.75; 2) Hannah Kragt, Alyeska Ski Club, 47.15; 3) Sophie Neuberger, Alyeska Ski Club, 47.56; 4) Chloe Austerman, Alyeska Ski Club, 47.82; 5) Quincy Donley, Alyeska Ski Club, 48.43

Overall — 1) Ava Liles 2) Sophia Palmquist, 3) Hannah Kragt 4) Sophie Neuberger, 5) Chloe Austerman.

Boys

U12 — 1) Maxwell Carl, Hillberg Youth Ski Team, 46.64; 2) Finnigan Donley, Alyeska Ski Club, 46.94; 3) Aven Elsberg, Alyeska Ski Club, 48.29; 4) Daniel Ferucci, Alyeska Ski Club, 48.52; 3) Ben Neuberger, Alyeska Ski Club, 50.13

U14 — 1) Camden Palmquist, Buck Hill Ski Racing Club, 43.43; 2) Noah Rygh, Alyeska Ski Club, 44.03; 3) Joseph Stahla, Alyeska Ski Club, 45.62; 4) Nolan Quigley, Alyeska Ski Club, 47.02; 5) John Harris, Alyeska Ski Club, 47.06.

Overall — 1) Camden Palmquist, 2) Noah Rygh, 3) Joseph Stahla, 4) Maxwell Carl, 5) Finnigan Donley.