2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup – Women’s Skeleton – Race 6

From Park City, USA

Results from the sixth IBSF North American Cup women’s skeleton race of the 2016/2017 season, held January 8, 2017.

British sliders Madelaine Smith and Donna Creighton once again went gold-silver in North American Cup action. Smith dominated the race, putting down the only two runs under 53 seconds on her way to gold, while Creighton edged Korean Rayoung Mun by .01 in the second run to win silver. Mun left Park City with a bronze medal.

Madison Charney finished fourth as the top Canadian slider, while 2006 Olympic gold medalist Maya Pedersen edged American Gracie Clapp-Taylor for fifth. Clapp-Taylor finished sixth.

Leslie Stratton finished with a career-best eighth place, while teammates Megan Dovell and Morgan Tracey finished tenth and 11th respectively.

Melissa-Kate Gagnon finished 14th as the second Canadian entry.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Madelaine Smith GBR 5.12 5.20 52.73 52.89 1:45.62
2 Donna Creighton GBR 5.04 5.14 53.15 53.63 1:46.78
3 Rayoung Mun KOR 5.24 5.39 53.15 53.64 1:46.79
4 Madison Charney CAN 5.25 5.23 53.83 53.51 1:47.34
5 Maya Pedersen NOR 5.27 5.30 53.77 54.01 1:47.78
6 Gracie Clapp-Taylor USA 5.21 5.26 53.96 53.84 1:47.80
7 Sophia Jeong KOR 5.07 5.20 53.70 54.11 1:47.81
8 Leslie Stratton USA 5.37 5.33 54.11 54.68 1:48.79
9 Jeonghyeok Lee KOR 5.37 5.31 53.98 54.88 1:48.86
10 Megan Dovell USA 5.25 5.22 54.29 54.68 1:48.97
11 Morgan Tracey USA 5.43 5.43 54.49 54.56 1:49.05
12 Sayaka Tsurifune JPN 5.34 5.32 55.14 55.16 1:50.30
13 Shizuka Uehara JPN 5.19 5.17 55.55 55.20 1:50.75
14 Melissa-Kate Gagnon CAN 5.53 5.51 56.74 55.72 1:52.46
15 Anna Para ISV 6.44 6.21 57.23 56.34 1:53.57
DNS Cassie Hawrysh CAN DNS