2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup – Women’s Bobsled – Race 8

From Lake Placid, USA

Results from the final race of the 2016/2017 IBSF North American Cup women’s bobsled season, held January 23, 2017.

Nicole Vogt took gold in the final race of the North American Cup season, edging Julie Johnson of Canada.

Vogt came into the second run fourth, behind Yooran Kim, Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian, and Julie Johnson. On that second run, Vogt out-drove the field on her way to her first gold medal of the season.

Julie Johnson finished a career-best second, ahead of 2014 Olympian Fenlator-Victorian, who finished third.

Kim struggled on her second run and fell back to fourth, but still won the overall NAC title. Teammate Seonhye Lee finished fifth, while Heather Paes finished sixth.

Katie Eberling finished seven for the United States, while Rachel Hauck finished one spot behind Eberling in eighth.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Vogt / Kilis USA 5.86 5.94 59.03 58.67 1:57.70
2 Johnson / McCue CAN 5.88 5.91 59.01 58.80 1:57.81
3 Fenlator-Victorian / Russell JAM 5.75 5.76 58.88 58.99 1:57.87
4 Kim / Kim KOR 5.86 5.87 58.87 59.12 1:57.99
5 Lee / Shin KOR 6.01 6.01 59.26 58.97 1:58.23
6 Paes / Silva Tuono BRA 5.97 5.97 59.58 59.18 1:58.76
7 Eberling / Clutter USA 5.86 5.81 59.89 59.37 1:59.26
8 Hauck / Tolsdorf CAN 6.56 6.67 61.93 61.57 2:03.50
9 Ying / Li CHN 6.05 6.10 62.68 62.16 2:04.84
DSQ Koplin / Otey USA 5.81 5.93 59.53 DSQ