BC Ski Team athletes Kelsey Serwa (Big White) and Elli Terwiel (Sun Peaks) battled through two GS runs iin the rain to earn 7th and 13th spot respectively in a strong, competitive field and under challenging conditions.
Britt Janyk (CAST/WMSC) won today’s Women’s Giant Slalom race at the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships, finishing in a two-run combined time of two minutes 27.05 seconds to win by more than two seconds. Janyk, who wins a national GS title for the fourth time in the last six years, easily handled the rainy conditions to win on her hometown race hill.
“It feels really good to win the GS because I haven’t for a few years,” said Janyk, who’s last Canadian Championships GS win came in 2004. Janyk has won national titles in all five of the alpine ski racing disciplines. “It wasn’t easy today, the conditions were not ideal but you can’t control Mother Nature so you can’t worry about it,” Janyk said.
Serwa was the third fastest J2 for the day while Victoria Whitney (WMSC) was the third fastest J1.
Top-15 Women’s Giant Slalom (UNOFFICIAL)
1 1 JANYK, Britt CAN CAST SR 1:12.97 (1) 1:14.08 (1) 2:27.05
2 6 RUBENS, Shona CAN CAST SR 1:14.50 (2) 1:14.73 (2) 2:29.23
3 2 GAGNON, Marie-Michele CAN QC J2 1:14.80 (3) 1:15.59 (3) 2:30.39
4 8 GANTNEROVA, Jana SVK J2 1:15.47 (6) 1:15.73 (4) 2:31.20
5 4 RYLEY, Megan CAN CAST SR 1:15.26 (4) 1:16.30 (11) 2:31.56
6 7 DESFORGES, Emilie CAN CAST SR 1:15.35 (5) 1:16.93 (19) 2:32.28
7 16 SERWA, Kelsey CAN BC J2 1:15.74 (7) 1:16.77 (16) 2:32.51
8 34 GHENT, Erika USA RC J2 1:16.32 (9) 1:16.30 (11) 2:32.62
9 5 BRYDON, Emily CAN CAST SR 1:16.91 (12) 1:15.97 (8) 2:32.88
10 23 BLISS, Andrea CAN AB J2 1:17.25 (14) 1:15.88 (7) 2:33.13
11 36 CREMA, Katya AUS J2 1:17.56 (17) 1:16.28 (10) 2:33.84
12 18 LAWRENCE, Sherry CAN CAST SR 1:17.08 (13) 1:16.79 (17) 2:33.87
13 10 TERWIEL, Elli CAN BC J2 1:16.29 (8) 1:17.76 (29) 2:34.05
14 25 MCKENNIS, Alice USA WEST J2 1:16.67 (11) 1:17.47 (26) 2:34.14
15 32 BELANGER-TIMOTHY, Marie-Mich CAN QC J2 1:18.03 (18) 1:16.44 (13) 2:34.47
3 2 GAGNON, Marie-Michele CAN QC J2 1:14.80 (3) 1:15.59 (3) 2:30.39 (FIRST J2)
4 8 GANTNEROVA, Jana SVK J2 1:15.47 (6) 1:15.73 (4) 2:31.20 (SECOND J2)
7 16 SERWA, Kelsey CAN BC J2 1:15.74 (7) 1:16.77 (16) 2:32.51 (THIRD J2)
17 37 IRWIN, Stephanie CAN AB J1 1:18.84 (26) 1:15.79 (5) 2:34.63 (FIRST J1)
18 19 MOREL, Catherine CAN QC J1 1:17.31 (16) 1:17.46 (25) 2:34.77 (SECOND J1)
18 45 WHITNEY, Victoria CAN BC J1 1:18.93 (29) 1:15.84 (6) 2:34.77 (THIRD J1)
The race schedule for tomorrow, likely to be a Men’s Giant Slalom race, will not be made official until later this evening.