Summer Grand Prix
A Historic Weekend for U.S. Ski Jumping
The U.S. Men’s Ski Jumping Team delivered a weekend in Râșnov, Romania, that we will remember for a long time.
Jason Colby started Saturday with a phenomenal second-place finish, standing on the Summer Grand Prix podium for the first time. Alongside him, Tate Frantz put together a strong performance of his own, finishing 12th.
And then came Sunday.
Colby took another step, all the way to the top. With an incredible performance, he won by 10 points, becoming the first U.S. men’s ski jumper ever to win a Summer Grand Prix event and the first American man to win at the World Cup/Grand Prix level in more than 40 years.
Frantz broke through into the top 10 on Sunday with a ninth-place finish, putting an exclamation point on an outstanding weekend for the U.S. men.
An incredible weekend for both athletes and a proud moment for the entire U.S. team.
And now, we bring that momentum home. The team returns to the U.S. for theU.S. National Championships in Lake Placid, New York, October 10–11, where they will compete for national titles on home soil. Then it’s back to Europe for one final stop: the Summer Grand Prix finale in Klingenthal, Germany, October 24–25.
After that, winter begins.
Full Results here.
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ICOC/COC
It was also a special weekend in Stams, Austria, as Josie Johnson returned to competition for the first time since suffering a knee injury at the Olympics.
Johnson didn’t just return to competition, she returned to the top 10, finishing 7th and 9th against a full field of athletes. Two strong, consistent performances marked an impressive first weekend back on in a bib.
Teammate Tara Geraghty-Moats also put together a solid weekend, finishing in the top 30 both days with 25th and 14th-place results.
On the men’s side, Henry Loher continued a strong stretch of competition. Coming off his FIS Cup win in Einsiedeln last weekend, Loher stepped up to the Continental Cup level in Stams and added his first COC points with 18th and 13th-place finishes.
