Rebecca Geries takes Gold, Jon Villani gets Bronze

Mt. Shasta High School graduate Rebecca Geries is the National Collegiate Champion in Women’s Giant Slalom snowboard racing. Geries finished first in both of her runs, with a first run time of 1:12.96, the fastest run of the competition. Her second run was 1:26.19, for a combined total of 2:39.15, nearly 11 seconds faster than the second place finisher.

On the men’s side, Etna High School graduate Jon Villani picked up a Bronze medal in snowboard Giant Slalom. Villani had the second best time of the first run, at 1:08.78. His second run was 1:16.99, for a combined total of 2:25.77. The winning time was 2:20.31.

Geries and Villani both compete for the College of the Siskiyous. The United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships were held at Sunday River, Maine, with the GS snowboard races taking place on Saturday, March 8.