2015/2016 IBSF North American Cup Final Points

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The overall points for the North American Cup are below.

Women’s Skeleton

As it is with most overall points titles in the IBSF, Veronica Day’s key to winning the North American Cup women’s skeleton title was consistency. The American never finished outside of the top six in all eight races, scoring six medals along the way. The overall title is the first for Day.

Canadian Jaclyn LaBerge was well on her way to taking the NAC title ahead of Day, but didn’t race in the final two events in Lake Placid. Still, her fantastic start to the season was good enough to place her second overall on the strength of two gold medals in Calgary, and never finishing worse than second.

Rayoung Mun was the top-finishing junior on the women’s skeleton NAC tour, with the Korean finishing third overall. Mun got better as the season went on, culminating with a bronze medal in the final race of the season in Lake Placid.

Pos Name Nation Best Finish Worst Finish Points
1 Veronica Day USA 2 (Lake Placid 2x) 6 (Whistler) 435
2 Jaclyn LaBerge CAN 1 (Calgary 2x) 2 (4x) 410
3 Rayoung Mun (J) KOR 3 (Lake Placid) 9 (2x) 341
4 Kimberley Bos (J) NED 1 (4x) 8 (Whistler) 336
5 Sophia Jeong (J) KOR 6 (2x) 11 (Calgary) 288
6 Jaclyn Narracott AUS 2 (Calgary 2x) 4 (Lake Placid 2x) 230
7 Leslie Stratton USA 8 (2x) 16 (Calgary) 190
8 Katie Tannenbaum ISV 4 (Park City) 11 (Whistler) 186
9 Nozomi Komuro JPN 4 (Whistler) 8 (Calgary 2x) 167
10 Grace Dafoe (J) CAN 5 (Calgary 2x) 8 (Park City) 156

Men’s Skeleton

Ander Mirambell made history in the 2015/2016 season as the first ever Spanish slider to win an overall IBSF title, clinching the North American Cup title despite only racing in six of the eight events. Mirambell slid double-duty in both the World Cup and North American cup, causing him to miss the two NAC races in whistler. In the other six races he won five gold medals, and despite one eighth place finish in Park City, Mirambell finished eight points ahead of the competition.

Alex Ivanov finished second in the overall points, with one poor finish in Whistler the difference between he and Mirambell. The American was otherwise consistent with seven finishes in the top-five, but the 12th place finish in Whistler moved him to second overall.

John Farrow finished third, despite missing the final two races in Lake Placid. The Aussie slider won one gold medal, and never finished outside of the top three in the races he competed in.  Jisoo Kim was the top-finishing junior in fourth.

Pos Name Nation Best Finish Worst Finish Points
1 Ander Mirambell ESP 1 (5x) 8 (Park City) 411
2 Alex Ivanov USA 2 (Lake Placid 2x) 12 (Whistler) 403
3 John Farrow AUS 1 (Park City) 3 (2x) 380
4 Jisoo Kim (J) KOR 3 (Park City) 16 (Whistler 2x) 288
5 Rhys Thornbury NZL 1 (Whistler 2x) 4 (Calgary) 255
6 Junhyeon Kim KOR 3 (Lake Placid) 17 (Whistler) 243
7 Katsuyuki Miyajima JPN 2 (Whistler) 13 (Calgary) 236
8 Nicholas Timmings AUS 2 (Park City) 14 (Calgary) 226
9 Allen Blackwell USA 7 (Whistler) 15 (Calgary) 194
10 Trent Kraychir USA 5 (Whistler 2x) 13 (Park City) 190

Women’s Bobsled

American Nicole Vogt won the overall women’s bobsled title by just four points over Canadian Alysia Rissling. Vogt never finished outside of the top six on her way to her first overall title.

Rissling had a DNS in one of the races in Whistler, scoring her 0 points for the event. Had she been able to make it down in her second run, Rissling would have taken the title from Vogt. Her second place finish, however, was the best average finish of the tour, never finishing outside of the medals save for the one DNS.

Yooran Kim was the top-finishing junior on the circuit, with the Korean finishing with a silver medal in Lake Placid to keep ahead of teammate Seonhye Lee.

Pos Name Nation Best Finish Worst Finish Points
1 Nicole Vogt USA 1 (Park City) 6 (3x) 776
2 Alysia Rissling CAN 1 (Lake Placid) 3 (Calgary) 772
3 Yooran Kim (J) KOR 2 (Lake Placid) 8 (2x) 718
4 Seonhye Lee (J) KOR 3 (Whistler 2x) 11 (Calgary) 692
5 Heather Paes BRA 5 (Whistler) 10 (Calgary) 660
6 Julia Corrente (J) CAN 2 (Whistler) 8 (Park City) 570
7 Katie Eberling USA 1 (Park City) 11 (Calgary) 502
8 Christine de Bruin CAN 1 (3x) 4 (Whistler) 456
9 Brittany Reinbolt USA 1 (Whistler) 6 (Calgary) 414
10 Kristi Koplin USA 3 (Lake Placid 2x) 5 (Calgary) 392

2-man Bobsled

Nick Poloniato was the top finisher in two-man bobsled. The Canadian won gold twice, and only finished out of the medals once (Race #7 in Lake Placid). His consistency, coupled with American Codie Bascue missing the two races in Whistler, led to an overall championship for Poloniato.

Youngjin Suk was the top finishing junior, taking second overall. The Korean slider scored two medals on the season and never finished outside of the top ten.

Justin Olsen of the United States was the top-scoring American, finishing third overall. Olsen benefited from a combination of some extra ice time over in Europe and the final four races in the United States to score top-four finishes in all four American races.

Codie Bascue won the most races on the season, only failing to score gold once in the six events he raced in. Bascue didn’t score points in Whistler, and the lack of any points there dropped him down to fifth overall.

Pos Name Nation Best Finish Worst Finish Points
1 Nick Poloniato CAN 1 (Whistler 2x) 4 (Lake Placid) 870
2 Youngjin Suk (J) KOR 3 (Park City 2x) 8 (Calgary) 744
3 Justin Olsen USA 2 (Lake Placid) 8 (2x) 736
4 Dakarai Kongela USA 3 (Whistler) 9 (Calgary) 710
5 Codie Bascue (J) USA 1 (5x) 3 (Calgary) 702
6 Taylor Austin (J) CAN 4 (Whistler) 17 (Calgary) 604
7 Lucas Mata AUS 7 (Park City 2x) 14 (Calgary) 596
8 Christiano Paes BRA 8 (2x) 14 (Calgary) 568
9 Heath Spence AUS 3 (Whistler) 12 (Calgary) 470
10 Ivo de Bruin NED 2 (Whistler 2x) 4 (Calgary) 408

Four-Man Bobsled

Codie Bascue won the final overall title available in the 2015/2016 IBSF season, taking home the overall North American Cup four-man title.  The American made it three of five overall NAC titles going to Americans, winning six medals and never finishing outside of the top five. Bascue was also the top-finishing junior on the season.

Two-man champion Nick Poloniato didn’t really hit his four-man stride until about four races into the season, finishing second overall. The Canadian’s performance in both two and four-man sliding did, however, give him the combined title ahead of Bascue by a handful of points.

Youngjin Suk finished third on the season for Korea, as Korea looks to strengthen its four-man program.

Pos Name Nation Best Finish Worst Finish Points
1 Codie Bascue (J) USA 1 (2x) 4 (Calgary) 652
2 Nick Poloniato CAN 3 (3x) 10 (Calgary) 498
3 Youngjin Suk (J) KOR 4 (Lake Placid) 10 (Calgary 2x) 434
4 Hunter Church (J) USA 3 (Lake Placid) 11 (Calgary) 366
5 Geoffrey Gadbois (J) USA 5 (Park City) 9 (Calgary) 328
6 Loic Costerg FRA 1 (Calgary) 5 (Calgary) 322
7 Rudy Rinaldi (J) MON 1 (Calgary) 6 (Calgary) 304
8 Chris Spring CAN 1 (Calgary) 6 (Calgary) 300
8 Lucas Mata AUS 6 (Park City) 12 (Calgary) 300
10 Kaillie Humphries CAN 3 (Calgary 2x) 5 (Calgary) 296
10 Taylor Austin (J) CAN 8 (Park City 2x) 11 (Calgary 2x) 296