Photo: Riley Seger training earlier this month (Photo credit: Gordie Bowles)
PANORAMA MOUNTAIN RESORT (Dec. 20, 2014) - It was a war of attrition on the demanding Hayfever piste today with less than half of the field making it through both runs.
BCST men's leader Dominic Unterberger, from Revelstoke, had the table set for a win, taking the first run with a sizable lead but tipped over at the bottom of the pitch on the second run and crashed out. Two Croatians, Istok Rodes and Elias Kolega, took over taking the top two spots with Kevyn Read, from Calgary, in third.
James Crawford, from the Whistler Mountain Ski Club now racing with the national development team, was the top U18, followed closely by BCST racer Riley Seger and Max Peiffer, who finished 12th and 21st respectively. Martin Grasic, also of the men's development team, finished 10th on his home mountain.
“It was another tough day down Hayfever but I feel like I was able to handle it well and ended up skiing some good slalom,” said Seger, a first-year BCST skier.
Peiffer, also in his first year with the BCST, was satisfied with his performance. “I've been struggling a bit in slalom lately and it's finally starting to come together," said Peiffer. "Today was a good result and I'm looking to build on it tomorrow.”
The women concluded the Nor-Am races today at Panorama and the women's BCST had a solid showing. Stef Gartner finished a respectible 18th, followed by Antonia Wearmouth and Mikayla Martin finishing 29th and 30th for their first time in the Nor-Am points (top 30).
For Unterberger, it was lesson learned, as he shifts his focus to tomorrow's slalom race. "I believe that today I took a big step forward in my race day approach and proved to myself that I can easily hang in there with the best of them," he said. Of course I'm bummed about the outcome of the day, I would have loved to be on that top step of the podium but I'm walking away from today with more confidence than I had this morning. I'm excited to get after it again tomorrow and fight for the top of box."
Results below. Official results for today's men's race
Official results from today's women's Nor-Am GS
FIS Keurig Mens - Slalom, Men
Panorama Mountain Village
12/20/2014
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
| Rank | Bib | Name | Team | Class | Result 1 | Result 2 | Combined |
| 1 | 14 |
RODES, Istok
|
CRO
|
U21
|
33.10 (2)
|
37.30 (1)
|
1:10.40
|
| 2 | 9 |
KOLEGA, Elias
|
CRO
|
U21
|
33.69 (4)
|
37.72 (4)
|
1:11.41
|
| 3 | 26 |
READ, Kevyn
|
CAN
|
SR
|
33.86 (8)
|
37.61 (2)
|
1:11.47
|
| 4 | 25 |
NACIUK, Anthony
|
CAN
|
U21
|
34.93 (22)
|
37.68 (3)
|
1:12.61
|
| 5 | 8 |
TROW, Andy
|
CAN
|
SR
|
33.87 (9)
|
38.88 (15)
|
1:12.75
|
| 6 | 18 |
MCLAUGHLIN, Prescott
|
USA
|
SR
|
34.32 (13)
|
38.51 (9)
|
1:12.83
|
| 7 | 5 |
BELL, Jeffrey
|
CAN
|
SR
|
34.36 (14)
|
38.52 (10)
|
1:12.88
|
| 8 | 11 |
PFIFFNER, Marco
|
LIE
|
U21
|
35.06 (23)
|
37.89 (5)
|
1:12.95
|
| 9 | 34 |
CRAWFORD, James
|
CAN
|
U18
|
34.80 (19)
|
38.31 (6)
|
1:13.11
|
| 10 | 20 |
GRASIC, Martin
|
CAN
|
U21
|
34.72 (18)
|
38.47 (7)
|
1:13.19
|
| Other BC skiers: | |||||||
| 12 | 40 |
SEGER, Riley
|
CAN
|
U18
|
34.54 (16)
|
38.81 (14)
|
1:13.35
|
| 21 | 54 |
PEIFFER, Max
|
CAN
|
U18
|
36.14 (30)
|
39.49 (21)
|
1:15.63
|
| 25 | 64 |
ALEXANDER, Cameron
|
CAN
|
U18
|
36.42 (37)
|
40.24 (26)
|
1:16.66
|
| 32 | 88 |
ARMSTRONG, Harrison
|
CAN
|
U18
|
37.95 (53)
|
42.84 (34)
|
1:20.79
|
| 43 | 128 |
HARLE, Kole
|
CAN
|
U18
|
43.08 (83)
|
43.90 (37)
|
1:26.98
|
| 44 | 126 |
NYDEGGER, Shawn
|
CAN
|
U21
|
42.01 (82)
|
46.23 (44)
|
1:28.24
|
| 45 | 132 |
MACNAUGHT, Iain
|
CAN
|
U18
|
43.83 (86)
|
47.21 (45)
|
1:31.04
|
| 3 |
UNTERBERGER, Dominic
|
CAN
|
U21
|
32.89 (1)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 19 |
SEGER, Brodie
|
CAN
|
U21
|
35.12 (24)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 58 |
SMITH, Mitch
|
CAN
|
U18
|
37.04 (44)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 36 |
MULLIGAN, Sam
|
CAN
|
U18
|
37.21 (45)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 63 |
LLEWELLYN, Carson
|
CAN
|
U18
|
37.25 (46)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 62 |
KIRSHENBLATT, Samuel
|
CAN
|
U21
|
37.89 (51)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 117 |
KIRSHENBLATT, Max
|
CAN
|
U18
|
38.11 (55)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 86 |
YATES, Cooper
|
CAN
|
U18
|
38.56 (57)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 121 |
BERNARD, Simon
|
CAN
|
U18
|
39.15 (64)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 123 |
RENZONI, Griffin
|
CAN
|
U18
|
40.20 (74)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 72 |
WOOD, Clinton
|
CAN
|
U21
|
40.35 (75)
|
DNF
|
|
|
| 129 |
MOFFAT, Ryan
|
CAN
|
U18
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 127 |
GILCHRIST, Liam
|
CAN
|
U18
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 87 |
BEATTIE, Jamis
|
CAN
|
U18
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
| 2 |
THOMPSON, Broderick
|
CAN
|
U21
|
DNF
|
DNS
|
|
|
Audi Coupe Nor-Am Cup - Giant Slalom, Ladies
PANORAMA
12/20/2014
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
| Rank | Bib | Name | Team | Class | Result 1 | Result 2 | Combined |
| 1 | 1 |
TILLEY, Alexandra
|
GBR
|
SR
|
1:11.02 (1)
|
1:15.67 (6)
|
2:26.69
|
| 2 | 11 |
TOMMY, Mikaela
|
CAN
|
U21
|
1:11.89 (2)
|
1:14.98 (3)
|
2:26.87
|
| 3 | 7 |
GRENIER, Valerie
|
CAN
|
U21
|
1:12.11 (4)
|
1:14.96 (2)
|
2:27.07
|
| 4 | 2 |
FAUSA, Chloe Margrethe
|
NOR
|
SR
|
1:12.47 (6)
|
1:14.89 (1)
|
2:27.36
|
| 5 | 3 |
CRAWFORD, Candace
|
CAN
|
U21
|
1:12.82 (8)
|
1:15.33 (4)
|
2:28.15
|
| 6 | 9 |
O BRIEN, Nina
|
USA
|
U18
|
1:12.44 (5)
|
1:15.83 (7)
|
2:28.27
|
| 7 | 6 |
POPOVIC, Leona
|
CRO
|
U18
|
1:11.96 (3)
|
1:16.63 (14)
|
2:28.59
|
| 8 | 8 |
BEDAREVA, Maria
|
RUS
|
SR
|
1:12.67 (7)
|
1:16.34 (11)
|
2:29.01
|
| 9 | 5 |
MCJAMES, Megan
|
USA
|
SR
|
1:13.84 (15)
|
1:15.40 (5)
|
2:29.24
|
| 10 | 4 |
HUEBNER, Monica
|
GER
|
SR
|
1:13.08 (9)
|
1:16.20 (10)
|
2:29.28
|
| BC skiers: | |||||||
| 18 | 27 |
GARTNER, Stephanie
|
CAN
|
U21
|
1:14.55 (22)
|
1:16.91 (16)
|
2:31.46
|
| 29 | 56 |
WEARMOUTH, Antonia
|
CAN
|
U18
|
1:15.82 (34)
|
1:18.75 (30)
|
2:34.57
|
| 30 | 75 |
MARTIN, Mikayla
|
CAN
|
U18
|
1:16.57 (45)
|
1:18.28 (28)
|
2:34.85
|
| 43 | 51 |
SWETTE, Rae
|
CAN
|
U21
|
1:17.45 (50)
|
1:20.71 (42)
|
2:38.16
|
| 50 | 60 |
UNTERBERGER, Emily
|
CAN
|
U21
|
1:18.67 (57)
|
1:23.68 (50)
|
2:42.35
|