Australia has won two medals in the first FIS Nor Am event in Park City, Utah, with SAL/VIS athlete Trudy McIntosh finishing in second and OWI athlete Lainie Cole in third.

Both girls executed lay-full (single twisting double back somersault) well in the air but had trouble on landing in their first jumps. Both performed close to perfect on their second lay-tuck (double back somersault) jump, narrowly missing out on first place to Sharlee Strebel of the USA.

Shannon Leotta, making her competition return after injuring her knee at the World Championships in February, finished in sixth place, with OWI athlete Bree Munro in ninth.

Also competing were 1998 Olympic fourth place finisher Tatiana Kozachenko of the Ukraine and last week's bronze medallist at the Ruka, Finland, World Cup, American Kate Reed.

In the men's event, 2002 Olympian Jeret Peterson of the USA set the highest score of the season (248.97) to win ahead of fellow countrymen Matt Saunders and Lance Field.

A second Nor Am event is scheduled to take place tomorrow.

Women

1 - Sharlee Strebel (USA) 145.85
2 - Trudy McIntosh (AUS) 143.19
3 - Lainie Cole (AUS) 139.79

6 - Shannon Leotta (AUS) 123.70
9 - Bree Munro (AUS) 114.75

Men

1 - Jeret Peterson (USA) 248.97
2 - Matt Saunders (USA)
3 - Lance Field (USA)


Courtesy Sportcom/ www.owia.org