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GREENWOOD, FLETCHER WIN U.S. SNOWBOARD SLALOM TITLES

NEWRY, Maine (March 22) - It was tough to see it happen, but Jeff
Greenwood (Hartford, CT) and Rosey Fletcher (Girdwood, AK) won U.S.
slalom titles Thursday in blinding snow at the X-Nix U.S. Snowboard
Championships at Sunday River.

ESPN will broadcast coverage of the Championships April 12 at 2 p.m.
EST.

The first event of the Championships got underway as scheduled despite
heavy snowfall that quickly blanketed the long course with slow white
stuff. A major Nor'easter moved into the area Wednesday night and dumped
six to eight inches of fresh snow on the Sunday Punch course by the time
the final racer crossed the finish line in the early afternoon.
On-course visibility for the racers was less than optimal as spectators
could see no more than four or five gates from the finish area at times.

The X-Nix U.S. Snowboard Championships also double as the Chevy Truck
U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix Finals, so not only are the U.S. titles on the
line, but competitors can earn valuable Grand Prix points. The overall
men's and women's Grand Prix winners, to be named Sunday, will take home
new Chevy Trucks and several thousand in bonus monies.

Greenwood, a member of the U.S. Snowboard Team, laid down a two-run
combined time of 1:58.18. Canadian Jasey Jay Anderson, last season's
overall tour winner, took second in 1:59.85 and Canadian Jerome
Sylvestre was third in 2:00.97.

For the U.S. riders, Chris Klug (Aspen, CO) was fourth with a time of
2:01.66 and Ryan McDonald (Entiat, WA) was eighth in 2:03.63. Klug was
last season's overall Grand Prix alpine champion.

It was the third national slalom title for Greenwood as he won the crown
in '99 and '97. He also won the giant slalom championship in '97.
Greenwood was on a good pace all day as he led after the opening run
with a time of 58.60.

Fletcher retained her title by smoking the field with a combined time of
2:01.41. She beat second place finisher Stacia Hookom (Edwards, CO) by
almost nine and a half seconds as Hookom, a U.S. Team athlete, posted a
2:10.88. Japanese rider Ran Iida was third in 2:11.99.

Completing the top-three U.S. finishers was Sondra Van Ert (Ketchum,
ID), who finished fourth with a time of 2:12.40. Van Ert currently holds
the overall alpine title from last season.

Like Greenwood, Fletcher also led after the first run with a 59.97. She
was the lone women's rider to record a sub-minute time all day. In fact,
Fletcher's times were so fast, she would have finished fourth in the
men's race. It was her fifth career U.S. title and fourth in slalom.

"I just tried to keep my focus and race my own race," said Fletcher. "It
was different. We never get to race two-run slaloms, so inspection was
really important. The second course was set a little straighter and you
could let it run on the flats."

Fletcher's season has been super solid as she posted six podium
finishes, including three wins, on the FIS World Cup circuit. The '96
U.S. Open slalom winner ended the year in third in the overall World Cup
standings.

"I love slalom and it turned out to be my event this season," said
Fletcher.

The course was one of the longest seen in snowboard slalom as the first
run featured almost 60 gates. The new snow made the course run extremely
slow, so a few gates were removed and the course set straighter for the
second run.

The X-Nix U.S. Snowboard Championships continue Friday with parallel
giant slalom, one of two disciplines to be run at the 2002 Olympics.
Superpipe, the second Olympic event, will be contested Saturday and the
event concludes Sunday with snowboardcross.

X-NIX U.S. SNOWBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday River, Maine
March 22, 2001
Slalom

MEN
1. Jeff Greenwood, Hartford, Conn., 1:58.18
2. Jasey Jay Anderson, Canada, 1:59.85
3. Jerome Sylvestre, Canada, 2:00.97
4. Chris Klug, Aspen, Colo., 2:01.66
5. Claude Boivin, Canada, 2:01.91
6. Mark Fawcett, Canada, 2:03.08
7. Stefan Boeck, Austria, 2:03.13
8. Ryan McDonald, Entiat, Wash., 2:03.63
9. Benjamin Fairchild, Kirkland, Wash., 2:03.93
10. Graham Watanabe, Sun Valley, Idaho, 2:04.03

WOMEN
1. Rosey Fletcher, Girdwood, Alaska, 2:01.41
2. Stacia Hookom, Edwards, Colo., 2:10.88
3. Ran Iida, Japan, 2:11.99
4. Sondra Van Ert, Ketchum, Idaho, 2:12.40
5. Helene Cloutier, Canada, 2:12.44
6. Miho Hasegawa, Japan, 2:14.99
7. Claire Cetera, Sun Valley, Idaho, 2:18.05
8. Lynn Ott, Bend, Ore., 2:18.07
9. Alexa Loo, Canada, 2:19.19
10. Michelle Charles, Canada, 2:19.67



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