Wednesday marked day two of giant slalom competition at the Panorama BC Cup event, and by all accounts, the Race Organizing Committee has been doing an amazing job. The course was a little tougher today and light snow continued to fall.
Kelsey Serwa (2010 Acceleration Team/Big White Racers) answered yesterday’s win with another today – and by a huge margin – laying down two GS runs in two minutes and 11 seconds, securing the lead by well over two seconds!
It was another stellar day for the BC Ski Team and J1 Development girls. BC Team’s Sandra MacDonald (Apex Ski Club), who was third in Tuesday’s race, continued her winning ways and moved into second today with a two-run time of 2:13.18.
Vic Glowczynski (Sun Peaks Alpine Club), also with the BC Ski Team, wrapped up the day in 5th place after completing two runs in 2:14.02.
Sara Elliot (Big White Racers) and Alecia Willis (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) led the way in the J1 Development group, coming in 11th and 13th respectively. Both girls slashed their start numbers – Elliot by a whopping 85 places – enough to earn her the prestigious "Most Improved" award!
In the men’s race, our top guy again was Ben Thomsen of the BC Ski Team (Windermere Valley Ski Club), who couldn’t quite match yesterday’s gold medal finish, but closed the day in 5th with a time of 2:07.42.
Taking their places in the top-15, also from the BC Ski Team, were Sasha Zaitsoff (Red Mountain Racers) in 7th, Conrad Pridy (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) in 9th and Stan Rey (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) in 14th.
In the J1 category, Tyler Werry (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) once again received the "2nd fastest J1" honours!
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – WOMEN TOP-15
1 (1) SERWA, Kelsey CAN J2 1:05.37 (2) 1:05.63 (1) 2:11.00
2 (10 MACDONALD, Sandra CAN J2 1:05.50 (3) 1:07.68 (6) 2:13.18
3 (25) DAVIES, Tess CAN J1 1:06.24 (5) 1:07.24 (3) 2:13.48
4 (11) MILLER, Janelle NZE SR 1:06.23 (4) 1:07.65 (5) 2:13.88
5 (17) GLOWCZYNSKI, Wictoria CAN J2 1:06.51 (6) 1:07.51 (4) 2:14.02
6 (6) EMPEY, Allison CAN SR 1:07.96 (13) 1:06.28 (2) 2:14.24
7 (16) YOUNG, Jessica CAN J2 1:06.92 (9) 1:08.45 (10) 2:15.37
8 (21) BLACK, Morgan USA J1 1:08.21 (15) 1:08.10 (8) 2:16.31
9 (2) MCKERCHER, Gillian CAN J2 1:07.20 (10) 1:09.19 (12) 2:16.39
10 (71) SAUNDERS, Jennifer CAN J1 1:08.48 (18) 1:08.34 (9) 2:16.82
11 (96) ELLIOT, Sarah CAN J1 1:09.08 (21) 1:07.82 (7) 2:16.90
12 (7) LEIGHTON, Alison CAN SR 1:06.91 (8) 1:10.02 (17) 2:16.93
13 (24) WILLIS, Alecia CAN J1 1:08.72 (20) 1:09.14 (11) 2:17.86
14 (35) YOSHIGOE, Natsuki JPN J1 1:08.39 (17) 1:09.76 (14) 2:18.15
15 (18) RAMSDEN, Calindy CAN J2 1:08.07 (14) 1:10.21 (19) 2:18.28
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – MEN TOP-15
1 (3) JOHNSON, Karl USA SR 1:02.25 (1) 1:03.30 (1) 2:05.55
2 (13) GRIFFIN, Benjamin NZE SR 1:02.70 (3) 1:03.77 (2) 2:06.47
3 (15) HARRIS, Martin USA J2 1:02.60 (2) 1:03.94 (3) 2:06.54
4 (20) HIGGINS, Sean USA SR 1:03.08 (5) 1:04.19 (4) 2:07.27
5 (1) THOMSEN, Benjamin CAN SR 1:02.90 (4) 1:04.52 (6) 2:07.42
6 (22) Canart, Cory CAN J2 1:03.36 (6) 1:04.50 (5) 2:07.86
7 (26) ZAITSOFF, Sasha CAN J2 1:03.68 (8) 1:04.68 (9) 2:08.36
8 (14) FETTERPLACE, Brenton AUS SR 1:03.72 (9) 1:04.65 (8) 2:08.37
9 (12) PRIDY, Conrad CAN J2 1:03.81 (13) 1:04.78 (10) 2:08.59
10 (2) CROMPTON, Jeff CAN SR 1:03.76 (11) 1:04.89 (12) 2:08.65
11 (8) BRIDGWATER, Mark NZE SR 1:03.82 (14) 1:04.84 (11) 2:08.66
12 (7) CAFE, Tim NZE SR 1:03.79 (12) 1:04.91 (13) 2:08.70
13 (4) HUME, Scott CAN SR 1:04.14 (18) 1:04.59 (7) 2:08.73
14 (23) REY, Stanislas CAN J2 1:03.72 (9) 1:05.41 (15) 2:09.13
15 (35) OWSLEY, David USA J2 1:04.31 (19) 1:05.22 (14) 2:09.53
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