Young guns Matthew Graham and Britteny Cox have reaffirmed their status as two of the most outstanding junior mogul skiing prospects in the world, taking out the 2010 Junior National Mogul Championships at Mt Buller under snowy skies.

A strong field featuring more than 100 athletes from across Australia took part in the event on a great early season course given the limited natural snowfalls leading into the event. The large field size showcased the popularity of mogul skiing in Australia, but in the end the story of the day was the two 15-year-olds, Cox and Graham, who impressed the most. 

For Cox, the event marked a return to competition after the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. She was sitting in second place behind New South Wales Institute of Sport team-mate Nicole Parks after qualifying, but stepped it up in the final to take home the gold. Graham was the dominant male athlete over the weekend, leading the event in qualifying and improving his score in the final to record a comfortable victory margin of two points.

Mt Buller skiers had great success in the youth (13 and under) event, taking out four of the six medals available.

The next mogul event at Mt Buller will be the Victorian Interschools followed by the 22nd running of the ABOM Mogul Challenge. 

Results

Junior Men
1st – Matt Graham (Perisher/NSWIS)
2nd – Rohan Chapman-Davies (Perisher/NSWIS)
3rd – Brodie Summers (Mt Buller/NSWIS)

Junior Women
1st – Britteny Cox (Falls Creek/NSWIS)
2nd – Nicole Parks (Perisher/NSWIS)
3rd –Roanna Chapman-Davies (Perisher/NSWIS)

Youth Men
1st – Charlie Comben (Mt Buller/Full Attack)
2nd –Jackson Comben (Mt Buller/TBR)
3rd –Peter Miliken (Perisher)

Youth Women
1st –Eliza Honan (Mt Buller/Full Attack)
2nd – Claudia Gueli (Mt Buller/TBR)
3rd – Juliana Nix (Perisher)

Full Results
http://www.teambuller.com/jnats/jNats_2010_results_male.pdf" target="blank">Men’s results
http://www.teambuller.com/jnats/jNats_2010_results_female.pdf" target="blank">Women’s results