2012/2013 N.A. Cup – Race 8 – Two-Man Bobsled

From Lake Placid, NY

Yunjong Won of Korea set the fast time in both heats in Race 8 of the North American Cup today, out-running Americans Jake Peterson and Codie Bascue to take gold.  Peterson had the second fastest time in both heats to secure second, while Bascue’s second heat set him back to Ivo de Bruin, putting the two in a tie for bronze.

In all it was a good day for the Americans, with Peterson and Bascue taking silver and bronze, while Colin Coughlin took sixth and Jay Noller eighth. Canada struggled, with Payton Berezowski leading the way in 11th, while Brad Reinsch took 13th and Ausitn Taylor in 16th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Won/Jun KOR 5 56.66 57.25 1:53.91
2 Peterson/Kongela USA 2 56.83 57.41 1:54.24
3 Bascue/McCarty USA 6 56.85 57.63 1:54.48
3 de Bruin/van der Zijde NED 10 56.90 57.57 1:54.48
5 Servelle/Lefort MON 7 56.99 57.65 1:54.64
6 Coughlin/Irvin USA 1 57.20 57.63 1:54.83
7 Suzuki/Kuroiwa JPN 4 57.06 57.98 1:55.04
8 Noller/Pelger USA 3 57.45 57.79 1:55.24
9 Watt/Blackwood JAM 13 57.71 57.59 1:55.30
10 Spence/Mata AUS 8 57.48 58.36 1:55.84
11 Berezowski/Lehew CAN 12 58.01 58.09 1:56.10
12 Kim/Yuk KOR 11 57.81 58.53 1:56.34
13 Reinsch/Colebrook CAN 9 57.65 58.82 1:56.47
14 Wesselink/Wintersberger NED 16 58.18 58.49 1:56.67
15 Bindilatti/Pessoni BRA 18 58.18 58.63 1:56.81
16 Austin/Nemet CAN 15 58.37 58.53 1:56.90
17 Song/Lee KOR 17 58.61 58.91 1:57.52
18 Fonseca/Romero PAN 14 59.71 60.24 1:59.95
19 Santina/Brettkelly NZL 19 61.75 61.44 2:03.19
DNF Longo/Tremblay CAN 20 DNF