Britt Cox - Institute of Sport Article

Teen sensation Brit Cox defended her junior national mogul championship titles at Mt Buller over the weekend.

Cox, who finished 12th in this year's World Championships at Deer Valley in the USA in February, delivered a solid victory over NSWIS scholarship skiers, second place getter Taylah O'Neill, and 2009 Junior Champion Nicole Parks, in third spot.

The 16-year-old AIS/NSWIS athlete blasted down the 170-metre Chamois run, 1.23 points ahead of her O'Neill, with Parks a further 0.3 points down the results list.

Australian Institute of Sport Head Moguls Coach, Steve Desovich, was impressed by a number of athletes competing today but paid special tribute to Cox stating that she has achieved noticeable improvements with specific goals.

Cox, one of the hardest working athletes in Australia's AIS scholarship program, showed during last season's World Cup season that she needed to work on speed and jumping height to take the next step in her blossoming career.

Much to Desovich's admiration, Cox has made significant improvement, particularly with her speed, but hastens to add that the real extent of her development will not be known until she competes against international competitors, at Perisher on August 19.

Much of the improvement has come from an arduous weights program and in-depth analysis of her technique.

Desovich praised the NSW Institute of Sport sports scientist John Marsden who has worked tirelessly with Cox to enhance her leg absorption technique through moguls.

"We are particularly happy to invest a lot of time and energy in Britt and we are very pleased with what we're seeing," Desovich said.

He admits that it is still too early to predict how the recent improvements made by Cox will stand up in World Cup competition but added that at just 16-years of age she holds a great deal of hope.

And the pressure that athletes were under today, going into the event as white hot favourites to win, was another challenge Cox conquered.

Cox, along with a field of 100 of Australia's best junior mogul skiers were disappointed when the dual mogul event was cancelled due to poor visibility on Sunday morning.

Results

Junior Men
1st - Matt Graham (Perisher/AIS)
 2nd - Brodie Summers (Mt Buller/NSWIS)
 3rd - James Matheson(Perisher/NSWIS)

Junior Women
 1st - Brittany Cox (Falls Creek/AIS)
 2nd - Taylah O'Neill (Perisher/NSWIS)
 3rd - Nicole Parks (Perisher/NSWIS)