Seibel Gold in NAC Debut

From Park City, USA

(November 19, 2021) – Germany’s Felix Seibel won in his first ever race in Park City, winning the fourth race of the North American Cup skeleton program.

Seibel beat out teammate Lukas Nydegger and Russia’s Daniil Romanov, who tied for silver. After one heat Seibel was tied with Nydegger, but in the second run it was all Seibel as he took a .2 second victory over the field.

The United States’ Andrew Blaser finished fourth, ahead of Vladislav Marchenkov of Russia and Nathan Crumpton.

Two-time NAC champion Ander Mirambell finished seventh.

Daniel Barefoot helped put two Americans in the top ten with a nith place effort, while Stephen Garbett finished 14th. Darryl Payne finished 31st in his first NAC race.

The Canadian men couldn’t match the success of their women’s skeleton counterparts. David Park led the way in 16th, just ahead of Jimmie Airey and Kyle Donsberger in 19th and 20th, respectively. Blake Enzie finished 25th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Felix Seibel GER 26 4.77 4.77 49.13 49.17 1:38.30
2 Lukas Nydegger GER 31 4.78 4.81 49.13 49.37 1:38.50
2 Daniil Romanov RUS 30 4.56 4.51 49.32 49.18 1:38.50
4 Andrew Blaser USA 6 4.75 4.70 49.31 49.34 1:38.65
5 Vladislav Marchenkov RUS 28 4.74 4.77 49.56 49.55 1:39.11
6 Nathan Crumpton ASA 5 4.69 4.68 49.38 49.83 1:39.21
7 Ander Mirambell ESP 14 4.95 4.96 49.57 49.82 1:39.39
8 Alexander Schlintner AUT 11 4.78 4.75 49.49 49.93 1:39.42
9 Daniel Barefoot USA 19 4.79 4.85 49.58 49.86 1:39.44
10 Nicholas Timmings AUS 4 4.81 4.82 49.90 49.68 1:39.58
11 Manuel Schwärzer ITA 13 4.72 4.72 49.98 49.97 1:39.95
12 Brendan Doyle IRL 10 4.83 4.85 49.99 50.02 1:40.01
13 Jacob Salisbury GBR 23 4.58 4.70 49.61 50.50 1:40.11
14 Stepen Garbett USA 15 4.88 4.89 49.95 50.35 1:40.30
15 Ben Fulker GBR 12 4.79 4.83 50.23 50.19 1:40.42
16 David Park CAN 7 4.66 4.72 49.75 50.76 1:40.51
17 Peter Makrides AUS 1 4.80 4.79 50.08 50.61 1:40.69
18 Rin Kinoshita JPN 8 4.61 4.71 49.81 50.92 1:40.73
19 Jimmie Airey CAN 24 4.77 4.80 50.24 50.56 1:40.80
20 Kyle Donsberger CAN 21 4.81 4.80 50.45 51.08 1:41.53
21 Lucas Defayet FRA 9 4.93 50.65
22 Jeff Bauer LUX 22 5.03 50.67
23 Akwasi Frimpong GHA 3 4.95 50.75
24 Dean Timmings AUS 20 4.89 50.83
25 Blake Enzie CAN 29 4.68 51.09
26 Sebastian Zeleznik CZE 18 4.79 51.16
27 Jared Firestone ISRE 16 5.30 51.17
28 Rasmus Johansen DEN 17 4.90 51.20
29 Jonathan Yaw MAS 2 4.93 51.45
30 Takanobu Usi JPN 25 4.89 51.59
31 Darryl Payne USA 32 4.65 52.42
32 Gabriel Berger AUS 27 5.80 55.53