Red Mountain Resort received 15 cm of new snow overnight and did a late grooming just before the race. This introduced a bit of delay in course setting and inspection. A local area power outage between races knocked out the resort’s internet service provider, so the live timing link was lost about 20 minutes before the 2nd race started and did not come up again in the afternoon. Despite all that, the course held up quite well and we were all happy that both the men and women managed to get two races in today.
– The results were anything but ordinary, as well!
Race 1
– Highlighted by ties for the bronze medals in both the women’s and men’s events – and in both cases, the co-medalists were Red Mountain Racers. In the K2 men’s class, Steven Fry and Brett Pozzo tied for 3rd while Rebekah teBulte and Tessa Stone tied for bronze in the women’s K2 class. Alex Wadey of Revelstoke and Jeremy Finn of Big White took the gold and silver, respectively, in the first men’s race. Girls from Big White locked up the top two podium spots in the women’s first race, with Sarah Elliot taking gold and Jen Meyer silver.
– In the overall, Red Mountain skiers filled the men’s podium, with local sensation Sasha Zaitsoff taking gold, Ross Nevison of Prince George Ski Club (and Red Mountain Racers Ski Academy) taking silver and Richard Watson of Georgian Peaks (another RMR Academy student/athlete) capturing the silver medal. Sarah Elliot also took the gold in overall for the women, with Jacey Paton of Salmo Ski Team and Sydney Gilman of Whitewater in second and third, respectively.
Race 2
– Jeremy Finn was back on the K2 men’s podium, this time on the top step. Jordan Black of Fernie Alpine Ski Team took the second spot and Dylan Zaitsoff grabbed the bronze, showing no sign of wear and tear from a hooked gate and spectacular crash in the first race. Daniella Aberger of Apex shot to the top of the women’s K2 podium after just missing with a fourth place finish in the first race. Tessa Stone of Red Mountain Racers climbed to the 2nd place position and Erika Park of Apex grabbed third.
– In the overall, Ross Nevison really gave perennial local favourite Sasha Zaitsoff a good run for his money, edging him out by 12/100ths at the intermediate timing point, but falling short by 0.5 seconds by the finish. So, the overall men’s podium for race 2 was an exact replica of that for race 1 – Zaitsoff, Nevison, Watson.
The racers and organizers/volunteers were all thrilled to have 3 members of the Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team Development Group participating in today’s races! Josh Dueck, Luke Donovan and Carley Grigg really showed everyone some strong skiing/riding!
The Red Mountain Racers ROC is hoping for a smooth day Sunday, with clearing forecast for overnight, and only a chance of a few flurries on Sunday afternoon. They also hope to have the live timing link from their race office "rebooted" following the local area power outage that occurred between races today.
A big thank you to Steve Hilts, Red Mountain Racers Chief of Timing, for taking the time to send us this report after a long day on the hill!
Women’s Super G Race #1
1 56 ELLIOT, Sarah CAN BIGWH K2 56.26 (1) First K2
2 72 PATON, Jacey CAN SALMO J1 56.76 (2)
3 59 GILLMAN, Sydney CAN NLSON J1 57.02 (3)
4 62 MEYER, Jen CAN BIGWH K2 57.56 (4) Second K2
5 79 TEBULTE, Rebekah CAN REDMT K2 57.86 (5) Third K2
5 58 STONE, Tessa CAN REDMT K2 57.86 (5) Third K2
7 65 ABERGER, Daniella CAN APEX K2 58.08 (7)
8 61 BEATON, Tess CAN SPAC K2 58.34 (8)
9 63 PARK, Erika CAN APEX K2 58.56 (9)
10 67 BAY, Riley CAN REVEL K2 58.85 (10)
11 54 McCAMMON, Maddison CAN BIGWH K2 59.16 (11)
12 80 SPITTLE, Twyla CAN BIGWH K2 59.17 (12)
13 66 YOUNG, Mackensey CAN FERNI K2 59.38 (13)
14 60 GASH, Monica GBR REDMT J2 59.41 (14)
15 74 GILLMAN, Kaylie CAN NLSON K2 59.62 (15)
Men’s Super G Race #1
1 2 ZAITSOFF, Sasha CAN REDMT J1 52.10 (1)
2 1 NEVISON, Ross CAN PGEOR J1 53.20 (2)
3 4 WATSON, Richard CAN GEORG J1 54.78 (3)
4 20 COLLINS, Phillipe CAN NLSON J1 55.05 (4)
5 11 SMITH, Nicholas CAN REDMT SR 55.32 (5)
6 36 WOOD, William AUS REDMT J1 55.71 (6)
6 30 WADEY, Alex CAN REVEL K2 55.71 (6) First K2
8 6 FINN, Jeremy CAN BIGWH K2 56.38 (8) Second K2
9 24 FRY, Steven CAN REDMT K2 56.49 (9) Third K2
9 14 POZZO, Brett CAN REDMT K2 56.49 (9) Third K2
11 15 MUFFLY, Jake CAN REDMT J1 57.00 (11)
12 7 BLACK, Jordan CAN FERNI K2 57.24 (12)
13 8 BAILEY, Colin CAN SPAC K2 57.75 (13)
14 31 HILTS, Neil CAN REDMT K2 57.98 (14)
15 28 KYJONKA, Michael CAN BIGWH K2 58.02 (15)
Women’s Super G Race #2
1 72 PATON, Jacey CAN SALMO J1 55.53 (1)
2 65 ABERGER, Daniella CAN APEX K2 56.27 (2) First K2
3 58 STONE, Tessa CAN REDMT K2 57.33 (3) Second K2
4 59 GILLMAN, Sydney CAN NLSON J1 57.92 (4)
5 63 PARK, Erika CAN APEX K2 57.96 (5) Third K2
6 79 TEBULTE, Rebekah CAN REDMT K2 58.29 (6)
7 55 McMILLAN, Andrea CAN NLSON J1 58.91 (7)
8 64 DUECK, Jenny CAN REDMT J2 59.02 (8)
9 66 YOUNG, Mackensey CAN FERNI K2 59.10 (9)
10 60 GASH, Monica GBR REDMT J2 59.24 (10)
11 51 KRAKE, Lena CAN FERNI K2 59.34 (11)
12 62 MEYER, Jen CAN BIGWH K2 59.52 (12)
13 54 McCAMMON, Maddison CAN BIGWH K2 59.68 (13)
14 82 BROWN-DAHL, Meagan CAN NLSON K2 59.83 (14)
15 80 SPITTLE, Twyla CAN BIGWH K2 59.95 (15)
Men’s Super G Race #2
1 2 ZAITSOFF, Sasha CAN REDMT J1 51.93 (1)
2 1 NEVISON, Ross CAN PGEOR J1 52.44 (2)
3 4 WATSON, Richard CAN GEORG J1 54.36 (3)
4 11 SMITH, Nicholas CAN REDMT SR 54.79 (4)
5 6 FINN, Jeremy CAN BIGWH K2 55.07 (5) First K2
6 36 WOOD, William AUS REDMT J1 55.87 (6)
7 15 MUFFLY, Jake CAN REDMT J1 55.91 (7)
8 7 BLACK, Jordan CAN FERNI K2 56.06 (8) Second K2
9 12 ZAITSOFF, Dylan CAN REDMT K2 56.08 (9) Third K2
10 30 WADEY, Alex CAN REVEL K2 56.20 (10)
11 24 FRY, Steven CAN REDMT K2 56.21 (11)
12 14 POZZO, Brett CAN REDMT K2 56.87 (12)
13 29 MIRICK, Corbin CAN APEX K2 57.44 (13)
14 32 THOMAS, Mark AUS REDMT J2 57.79 (14)
15 100 JONES, Morgan CAN BDRLN K2 57.98 (15)