VAL THORENS, France -- Canadian Marielle Thompson won the womens small final on Sunday to finish fifth at a skicross World Cup event and retain the overall leaders bib. wholesale nfl jerseys . Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., won the skicross World Cup opener in Nakiska, Alta., last weekend but she narrowly missed out on qualifying for the womens final on Sunday when she finished third in a stacked semifinal. Only the top two advance. West Vancouvers Georgia Simmerling and Kelsey Serwa, of Kelowna, B.C., were eliminated at the quarter-final stage, while the Canadian men were forced to watch from the sidelines after rapidly-changing course conditions saw many of the top racers eliminated during a wild qualification round on Saturday. "Its disappointing we didnt have a podium because we set the bar pretty high but Marielle was able to keep the overall lead," said coach Willy Raine. "To come away with the results we had, with the girls competing together in the bottom bracket, it was a good day." All four Canadian women qualified for Sundays round of 32 but Calgarys Danielle Sundquist was third in her heat and finished 19th overall. Simmerling advanced from the same heat but was third in her quarter-final -- behind Thompson and Swiss star Fanny Smith -- to finish 10th overall. Serwa, who is back in action following knee surgery, was skiing well Sunday but the start gate appeared to malfunction in her quarter-final and she was eliminated, finishing 15th overall. An official complaint was lodged but the results were not changed. "She will be able to keep training as she tries to peak for Sochi," said Raine of Serwa. Thompson was her usual dominant self in the early rounds but made a small error in her semifinal and Norways Marte Hoeie Gjefsen took full advantage to eliminate the Canadian by a matter of inches. "She missed it by an arms length at the finish line," Raine said. "She came out of it smiling and saying it was a great ski cross heat. There was passing and it was tight and everyone was close together." Switzerlands Katrin Mueller won the womens final, with her teammate Sanna Leudi finishing second and French veteran Ophelie David taking third. Hoeie Gjefsen was fourth. Sundays results mean Thompson leads the womens ski cross World Cup standings with 145 points. David is second with 120 and Smith is third (116). France leads the Nations Cup with 460 points, with Switzerland sitting second (405) and Canada third (298). Austrias Andreas Matt won the mens final, with Swedens Victor Oehling Norberg finishing second and Frances Jean Frederic Chapuis taking third. cheap nfl jerseys . 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With the Commodores trailing 59-57, Jenkins created some space between him and Jarred Berggren, but like so many of his other shots on this night, it was long. "That was as wide open a shot as we gave up the whole game," Badgers coach Bo Ryan said. "It just didnt happen to go down." Evans grabbed the rebound among a mash pit of bodies pushing and shoving underneath the basket, corralling the ball and drawing the foul with 2.1 seconds left. "It was a pretty good look," Jenkins said. "I felt like I got a good chance of having it going in, just like a lot of looks I had today. It just didnt drop for me." Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings desperately wanted a whistle on the Badgers but didnt get it. If the Badgers didnt get away with a foul, they know they got away with a rare defensive breakdown. "Hes one of the best scorers in the country, one of the best shooters in the country," Badgers point guard Jordan Taylor said. "So when you see a guy get a look like that, your heart kind of drops. I know my mom already bought tickets to Boston, so I was hoping that it didnt go in. "But Jared did a great job of recovering there and making it as difficult as possible. Ryan did a great job of checking out down low and securing the rebound. But it was definitely heart-stopping for a second there." Berggren would get another chance to come up big for the Badgers, and he did. Evans sank the first free throw but after a Vandy timeout, he missed the second and the Commodores called another timeout with 1.3 seconds left to set up the full-court play for a chance to send it to overtime. Berggren got his right hand on Lance Goulbournes overhand heave, however, and the Badgers, celebrated a return trip to the Round of 16, where they lost last year to Butler. The fourth-seeded Badgers (26-9) were led by Jordan Taylors 14 points and also got 12 from Berggren, 11 from Evans and reserve Ben Brust and 10 from Mike Bruesewitz. The Badgers grabbed two critical offensive rebounds in the final minute. First, Berggren rebounded a miss by Evans with 46 seconds to go and then Josh Gasser, who was hooked up to IVs earlier in the day after waking up sick, grabbed another board with 16.3 seconds left. He missed the froont end of a 1-and-1, however, giving Jenkins the chance in the closing seconds to send fifth-seeded Vandy (25-11) to the regional semifinals for the first time since 2007. [url=http://www.chinawholesalejersey.us.com/]cheap jerseys from china. Stifled by a team that allowed just 52.8 points coming in, Vanderbilt didnt take its first lead until the first minute of the second half, on Jeffery Taylors first basket of the night. The Commodores actually outshot Wisconsin 43.5 per cent to 41.8. But they made just 5 of 19 three-pointers, and the Badgers made 10 of 33. "Well, people who are going to shoot have off days," said Jenkins, who was 3 of 13 from the floor. "And it was one of mine today, unfortunately." Jeffery Taylor, had an off day, too. He was just 4 of 12 on the same court where he led Hobbs to the New Mexico state big-schools championship in 2008. "I think it was more a matter of the ball not going in" than the Badgers badgering defence, Jeffery Taylor said. "All of my shots pretty much felt good. They just were a little bit short or a little bit too long. Things like that happen in basketball." Brusts layup and three-pointer from the right corner gave the Badgers their biggest lead at 53-44 with 6:33 remaining. Suddenly, however, the Badgers had trouble with Vandys 2-3 zone. They couldnt penetrate and kept taking long three-pointers with the shot clock winding down. The Commodores capitalized with a 13-3 run, taking a 57-56 lead on Festus Ezelis layup with 2:25 remaining. Jordan Taylor restored Wisconsins lead with a contested three-pointer from the top of the circle and the Badgers turned to defence to improve to 4-0 at The Pit. They also won twice here in 2000, advancing to the Final Four. Ezeli led the Commodores with 14 points but he didnt start and the Badgers took advantage. Evans started out just like he did in the Badgers NCAA opener, when he sank his first four baskets and scored nine straight points to give Wisconsin a 14-5 lead on its way to a 25-point blowout of Montana. This time, he hit a jumper, a three-pointer and a bank shot from the paint before the Commodores knew what hit them, then added a free throw that gave the Badgers a quick 10-2 lead. Ezeli was an onlooker as Stallings started Steve Tchiengang instead. Ezeli entered the game at the 16:50 mark with Vanderbilt trailing 7-2. Unlike the Grizzlies 48 hours earlier, the Commodores settled down and settled in, pulling to 32-31 at the break on Brad Tinsleys NBA-long three-pointer at the buzzer. Jeffery Taylors minutes were limited in the first half after he picked up two quick fouls and he had no points and one rebound at halftime. He gave Vandy its first lead with a jumper 23 seconds into the second half, but the Badgers responded with seven straight points. "When you start off the game like that and you have to kind of play spot minutes, its tough to get into the rhythm of the game," Jeffery Taylor said. ' ' '