Delka Wins NAC Gold in Park City

From Park City, USA

(November 29, 2025) – Puerto Rico’s Kellie Delka won her first gold medal of the season in Park City.

Dela had a pair of strong starts coupled with the two quickest runs of the competition on her way to a .45 second victory over the United States’ Liesel Baker.

The previous day’s winner, South Africa’s Nicole Burger, took bronaze.

Yerim Kim finished fourth for South Korea, with teammate Sujung Hong fifth. The US Virgin Islands’ Katie Tannenbaum rounded out the top six.

Grace Otto helped put two Americans in the top ten in seventh. Lani Huyke was 123th, and Logan Wudi 15th.

Canada’s Emily Bateman finished tenth, with Julia Hamilton, Madeleine Parra, and Indy Dorscheid 16th to 18th.

After four races of the North American Cup women’s skeleton season, Nicole Burger leads the season rankings, ahead of Liesel Baker in second. Katie Tannenbaum, Malta’s Shannon Galea and Columbia’s Laura Vargas round out the top five.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Kellie Delka PUR 4 5.19 5.16 50.94 51.04 1:41.98
2 Liesel Baker USA 9 5.23 5.22 51.13 51.30 1:42.43
3 Nicole Burger RSA 3 5.06 5.04 50.99 51.60 1:42.59
4 Yerim Kim KOR 12 5.24 5.28 51.71 51.35 1:43.06
5 Sujung Hong KOR 2 5.10 5.06 51.22 51.89 1:43.11
6 Katie Tannenbaum ISV 5 5.26 5.26 51.57 51.66 1:43.23
7 Grace Otto USA 7 5.27 5.24 51.65 51.83 1:43.48
8 Eire Rowland-Evans IRL 6 5.13 5.10 51.75 52.00 1:43.75
9 Ana Torres Quevedo ESP 14 5.41 5.40 52.06 51.80 1:43.86
10 Emily Bateman CAN 11 5.20 5.17 51.61 52.28 1:43.89
11 Laura Vargas COL 1 5.46 5.47 51.86 52.13 1:43.99
12 Hannah Russwurm FIN 10 5.20 5.18 51.85 52.20 1:44.05
13 Lani Huyke USA 19 5.25 5.24 52.38 52.35 1:44.73
14 Shannon Galea MLT 8 5.38 5.40 52.80 52.17 1:44.97
15 Logan Wudi USA 20 5.40 5.40 52.22 52.76 1:44.98
16 Julia Hamilton CAN 13 5.40 5.42 52.50 52.95 1:45.45
17 Madeline Parra CAN 18 5.50 5.51 53.28 53.43 1:46.71
18 Indy Dorscheid CAN 15 5.48 5.48 53.27 53.78 1:47.05
19 Emily Maria Macdonald ESP 17 5.32 5.36 54.65 52.85 1:47.50
DSQ Grace Dafoe CAN 16 DSQ