Victoria Whitney (Whistler/WMSC), a first year member of Canada’s national development ski team, picked up the third Nor-Am Cup podium of her career today in Lake Louise, AB.
Whitney, who was the fastest Canadian in today's race, finished the ladies downhill in third place with a time of one minute 29.56 seconds. Spending the past week with the senior team participating in World Cup training runs seems to have paid off!
“It was a really good experience and opportunity for me, for sure,” Whitney said of her recent training experience. “There is no doubt that it makes me expect and want more at the Nor-Am level. I want to be on the podium, and I want to be winning.”
“But I also know that when I start trying too hard, if I feel like I need to win, things can go badly. I need to relax and not focus on the result. If I focus on the little details and just go for it, things usually work out,” Whitney said.
For the second day in a row, Sarah Freeman (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) was the top BC Team girl, finishing 13th.
In the men's race, Ben Thomsen (Windermere Valley Ski Club) was the top Canadian for the day in 9th place while Whistler's Conrad Pridy (WMSC) led the men's BC Ski Team with a 20th place finish.
1 18 ROSS Laurenne 1988 USA 1:28.60 2 15 FORD Julia 1990 USA 1:28.81 3 5 WHITNEY Victoria 1990 CAN 1:29.56 4 8 SIMMERLING Georgia 1989 CAN 1:29.77 5 19 ROTH Julia 1993 CAN 1:30.64 6 17 SHAW Kara 1991 USA 1:30.74 7 9 MOREL Catherine 1990 CAN 1:30.82 8 27 WEST Ann 1987 USA 1:31.29 9 10 IRWIN Stephanie 1990 CAN 1:31.53 10 13 BERTHER Vanessa 1992 USA 1:31.59 11 16 SAMUELS Lauren 1992 USA 1:31.77 12 6 STEVENS Victoria 1990 CAN 1:31.86 13 20 FREEMAN Sarah 1992 CAN 1:31.93 14 23 GHENT Abby 1992 USA 1:32.22 15 7 MICHALIK Victoria 1993 CAN 1:32.33
23 44 RYTZ Celine 1992 CAN 1:33.26 26 29 WILLIS Alecia 1991 CAN 1:34.12 39 41 RAMSDEN Jocelyn 1993 CAN 1:37.67
1 19 NYMAN Steven 1982 USA 1:24.49 2 12 BRANDENBURG Will 1987 USA 1:24.66 3 14 BECKMANN Christopher 1986 USA 1:24.67 4 11 WAGNER Hannes 1986 GER 1:24.71 5 13 GREGORAK Will 1990 USA 1:25.22 6 16 BRUEDERL Timo 1989 GER 1:25.26 7 8 GANONG Travis 1988 USA 1:25.34 8 7 BRANCH Craig 1977 AUS 1:25.38 9 9 THOMSEN Benjamin 1987 CAN 1:25.42 10 5 HALBERT Kelby 1990 CAN 1:25.43 11 6 HUDEC Jan 1981 CAN 1:25.50 12 30 MOFFAT Keith 1991 USA 1:25.64 12 24 DAWSON Travis 1988 CAN 1:25.64 14 10 NELLA Tyler 1988 CAN 1:25.89 15 29 SANDER Andreas 1989 GER 1:25.96
22 37 PRIDY Conrad 1988 CAN 1:26.59 30 49 ZAITSOFF Sasha 1990 CAN 1:26.99 32 42 WERRY Tyler 1991 CAN 1:27.26 42 43 PRIDY Morgan 1990 CAN 1:27.88 66 77 MACLEAN Benjamin 1990 CAN 1:29.42 72 88 MORRIS Spencer 1993 CAN 1:30.10 74 86 KONANTZ William 1993 CAN 1:30.17 85 115 SWETTE Ford 1993 CAN 1:31.25 95 89 KWONG Daniel 1993 CAN 1:31.92 96 78 CADMAN Michael 1992 CAN 1:32.00
The Nor-Am Cup continues tomorrow with a super-G, the final Nor-Am event in Lake Louise, before the series shifts to Panorama for technical events next week.