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 |