Zhu, Crumpton Tie for NAC Gold

From Park City, USA

Dec. 9, 2019 – Chinese slider Haifeng Zhu won gold in his second career North American Cup race, tying with American Samoa’s Nathan Crumpton for the honor.

In a one-heat race, both Crumpton and Zhu put down identical 50.92 runs on nearly identical start times.

China had a breakout NAC race, with Zheng Yin winning bronze, just ahead of Jing Zhang, who rounded out the top four.

Former NAC champion Ander Mirambell finished fifth, ahead of Rin Kinoshita of Japan, who finished a career-best sixth.

Chris Strup led the way for the United States with an eighth place finish. Kyler Sultemeirer finished 12th, Hunter Williams 18th, and Zack Goodwin 23rd to round out the American effort.

For Canada, Troy Wilson led the way in 11th, with James Airey, David Park, and Jordan Rwiyamilira finishing 13th through 15th, respectively.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Time
1	Haifeng Zhu	CHN	24	4.78	50.92
1	Nathan Crumpton	ASA	7	4.77	50.92
3	Zheng Yin	CHN	6	4.59	51.04
4	Jing Zhang	CHN	15	4.79	51.09
5	Ander Mirambell	ESP	8	4.95	51.35
6	Rin Kinoshita	JPN	4	4.75	51.68
7	Dean Timmings	AUS	13	4.93	51.82
8	Chris Strup	USA	10	4.66	51.86
9	Peter Makrides	AUS	3	4.93	52.08
10	Jared Firestone	ISR	12	4.79	52.14
11	Troy Wilson	CAN	16	4.91	52.26
12	Kyler Sultemeirer	USA	17	4.99	52.58
13	James Airey	CAN	22	4.78	52.72
14	David Park	CAN	19	4.81	52.82
15	Jordan Rwiyamilira	CAN	20	4.82	53.11
16	Akwasi Frimpong	GHA	9	4.89	53.21
17	Tyler Heron	AUS	21	4.89	53.22
18	Hunter Williams	USA	18	4.92	53.24
19	Jeff Bauer	LUX	11	5.12	53.29
20	Sebastian Zeleznik	CZE	25	4.90	53.61
21	Adrian Rodriguez	ESP	1	4.99	53.97
22	Jorge Caracassis	ARG	26	4.90	54.01
23	Zack Goodwin	USA	5	5.34	54.34
24	Joe Della Santina	NZL	14	5.51	54.95
25	Howon Lee	KOR	2	5.14	55.34
26	Gabriel Carmignoli de Andrade	BRA	23	4.91	56.47