WHISTLER, B.C. (March 19, 2011) – Madison Irwin secured her fourth straight podium finish with a third-place in the super-G Saturday at the Northwest Funds Coupe Nor-Am Cup Finals in Whistler, B.C.
The 18-year-old, who clocked a time of one minute, 10.34 seconds Saturday, was second in Wednesday’s slalom and Thursday’s giant slalom and third in Friday’s giant slalom. She currently sits seventh in the overall Nor-Am rankings with 550 points.
Canada had a podium on the men’s side as well with veteran Jan Hudec finishing third, with a time of 1:08.79.
Hudec, of Calgary, Alta., arrived late Friday night from Europe, coming fresh off a season-best 10th place finish in Kvitfjell, Norway, in one of the downhill events.
“My race was decent, I knew I had to take a lot of risks to win because these guys are really fast,” said Hudec. “The problem is that on soft snow like this, the more risk you take the chances to make mistakes are bigger.
“I missed a couple of chances and at a couple of gates I went overly wide because I went to straight the gate before. I don’t have any regrets, though. I went for it and tried to go fast.”
Saturday was another difficult day on the slopes as snow started falling early in the morning and did not stop until late in the afternoon.
“The conditions were really soft,” added Hudec. “There are no excuses though; everyone is skiing on the same snow. It’s just tough when you ski on ice all year and then you come here and you have to ski on super soft snow.
The ladies were supposed to race a super combined Saturday but due to the heavy snow, the slalom portion of the race was cancelled – only the super-G counted as a race.
The final ladies’ rankings in super combined show Julia Ford, of the USA, finished on top with 160 points and Kiley Staples in second place with 145 points. The top Canadian was Madison McLeish, of Canmore, Alta., who finished fifth with 60 points.
The GMC Nations Cup took place at the end of the day Saturday, as Canadians went head-to-head with their American peers. The Nations Cup title went to Canada with a final score of 26 to 22.
The event draws to a close Sunday. The ladies compete in another super-G and the men will race a super combined and another super-G.
Super-G, Ladies – Whistler, BC (COMPLETE RESULTS)
Mar. 19, 2011
1 3 WALES Brooke 1990 USA 1:09.35
2 9 GHENT Abby 1992 USA 1:10.07
3 12 IRWIN Madison 1991 CAN 1:10.34
4 7 STAPLES Kiley 1989 USA 1:11.09
5 5 FORD Julia 1990 USA 1:11.17
6 11 STEVENS Victoria 1990 CAN 1:11.23
7 43 SAMUELS Lauren 1992 USA 1:11.40
8 14 ROTH Julia 1993 CAN 1:11.48
9 2 PREFONTAINE Marie-Pier 1988 CAN 1:11.69
10 6 MCLEISH Madison 1992 CAN 1:11.71
BC Results:
11 18 ELLIOT Sarah 1992 CAN 1:11.85
14 4 RYTZ Celine 1992 CAN 1:12.84
20 33 RAMSDEN Jocelyn 1993 CAN 1:13.38
31 35 YOUNG Mackensey 1992 CAN 1:14.77
33 41 DARLINGTON Kailee 1994 CAN 1:15.01
40 50 LEROUX Sofi 1994 CAN 1:16.01
Super-G, Men – Whistler, BC (COMPLETE RESULTS)
Mar. 19, 2011
1 10 COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan 1992 USA 1:08.55
2 14 FRANK Chris 1983 USA 1:08.64
3 17 HUDEC Jan 1981 CAN 1:08.79
4 11 COOK Dustin 1989 CAN 1:08.81
5 15 GREGORAK Will 1990 USA 1:08.98
6 8 GRANSTROM Colby 1990 USA 1:09.00
7 4 FINK-DEBRAY Miles 1988 USA 1:09.10
8 9 BIESEMEYER Thomas 1989 USA 1:09.11
9 7 RUBIE Brennan 1991 USA 1:09.13
10 6 PRIDY Conrad 1988 CAN 1:09.19
BC Results:
10 6 PRIDY Conrad 1988 CAN 1:09.19
13 5 ZAITSOFF Sasha 1990 CAN 1:09.44
17 3 PRIDY Morgan 1990 CAN 1:09.57
18 22 THOMSEN Benjamin 1987 CAN 1:09.89
33 39 WERRY Tyler 1991 CAN 1:11.03
56 66 MOES Sebastian 1991 SWE 1:12.75
60 48 THOMPSON Broderick 1994 CAN 1:13.31
63 62 SWETTE Ford 1993 CAN 1:13.44