Gagnon doubles up, Philp wins and Roy retires

Mar 27, 2013

Marie-Michèle Gagnon collected her second gold medal of the Canadian National Championships, and her fourth straight Canadian slalom title Tuesday (March 26). Trevor Philp caught the men’s GS title despite losing a pole and 14 year veteran JP Roy took his final competitive run.

Gagnon said she had come into the Sport Chek Canadian Championships at Whistler, BC., with hopes of sweeping the event. “I was like, ‘it would be the coolest thing if I could get four golds,’ and then in teh first downhill I was second, so I was like, ‘Ah, you know, that crushes the best result I could have,’ but I’m so happy already. This has been awesome.”

Gagnon started first on a clean course and took a two second first run advantage. She pushed that to three seconds by the end of the day.

The win bumped her total to nine Canadian championships, still shy of the record 15 set by Britt Janyk. “She’ll think it’s funny that I’m trying to catch up. I’m just having fun and trying to race as fast as I can and maybe, eventually, I will get there,” Gagnon said.

She caught a break when Erin Mielzynski, Canada’s top ranked slalom skier, went out in the first run. Eve Routhier was second, two hundredth shy of a full three seconds back, with Elli Terwiel was third.

The men skied GS with U21 skier Trevor Philp collecting the title, his first. Philip Brown was second and Tyler Werry third.

The race was particularly significant as recently retired veteran Jean-Philippe Roy made a ceremonial final run.

“The coaches organized it so that could start after number 15 so all the guys in the top 15 were at the bottom when I came down,” said Roy. “It was great. I stopped to give hugs and thank you’s to the coaches. My wife was with Dusan (coach Dusan Grasic) at the last bit and we skied to the finish and the guys all jumped on me. … we had a great time.”

Roy scored his first World Cup points 13 years ago. His career topped out with a fifth in GS at Alta Badia Dec. 19, 2004. He sustained a number of injuries in his career, the most memorable being at the World Championships in 2005 where he sat third after the first run of GS, but fell in the second heat and sustained a second degree stretching of his left MCL.

Philp won the race despite losing a pole in his second run, having built up enough of a first run lead to withstand the assault of Brown.

“I hooked my arm and when I got it back my pole wasn’t there,” said Philp. “I skied the last three-quarters of the course without a pole, but it wasn’t so bad.”

Of Roy, Brown said, “JP’s been awesome. He’s such a mentor to us younger gus, teching us the ways and showing us the work ethic. He’s such a role model for us.”

“It was an emotional day for all of us,” Grasic said. “JP was with the team for 14 years and I was with him for 10 years. When you see someone who is such a great person – such a great athlete – it’s not just a racer leaving but a friend leaving.”

“I have to say that a couple of guys from the provinces, Tyler Werry and Morgan Megarry, they did an excellent job and got into the mix,” said Grasic, “I am very happy that we have some guys behind the national team who are our future.”

Philp photo courtesy of Alpine Canada

Whistler, BC (CAN)
National Championships
Ladies’ Slalom
March 26, 2013

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  1  105269 GAGNON Marie-Michele  1989  CAN   48.56  51.88  1:40.44  8.00
 2  3  105615 ROUTHIER Eve  1988  CAN   50.27  53.15  1:43.42  26.40
 3  2  106183 TERWIEL Elli  1989  CAN   50.84  53.16  1:44.00  29.98
 4  11  106825 PREFONTAINE Marie-Pier  1988  CAN   52.02  53.66  1:45.68  40.35
 5  5  107427 ST-GERMAIN Laurence  1994  CAN   52.58  54.12  1:46.70  46.64
 6  27  107312 ROTH Julia  1993  CAN   53.14  53.64  1:46.78  47.14
 7  8  107562 GARTNER Stephanie  1996  CAN   52.96  53.88  1:46.84  47.51
 8  15  107532 TOMMY Mikaela  1995  CAN   53.30  53.86  1:47.16  49.48
 9  4  107613 GRENIER Valerie  1996  CAN   53.05  54.83  1:47.88  53.93
 10  17  107192 FREEMAN Sarah  1992  CAN   54.64  56.81  1:51.45  75.96
 11  23  107469 FIELD Charley  1995  CAN   56.06  56.33  1:52.39  81.77
 12  22  107486 MACLACHLAN Hallie  1995  CAN   55.97  56.57  1:52.54  82.69
 13  20  107163 RYTZ Celine  1992  CAN   56.55  56.08  1:52.63  83.25
 14  9  107590 BOULANGER Elyse  1996  CAN   57.34  55.34  1:52.68  83.56
 15  25  107508 SWETTE Rae  1995  CAN   55.96  56.89  1:52.85  84.60
 16  21  107500 RAUHALA Silken  1995  CAN   55.89  56.98  1:52.87  84.73
 17  28  107570 STEEVES Kelly  1996  CAN   57.21  56.39  1:53.60  89.23
 18  31  107356 BUTLER Kali  1994  CAN   58.97  58.61  1:57.58  113.80
 19  30  6535460 KEPL Elizabeth  1996  USA   58.53  59.18  1:57.71  114.60
 20  32  107484 KWONG Alysia  1995  CAN   1:03.41  1:00.82  2:04.23  154.85
Did not finish 2nd run
   33  107307 PANKRATZ Alexandria  1993  CAN         
   12  107497 POITRAS Adrienne  1995  CAN         
   7  107337 PAQUIN-RICARD Claudia  1993  CAN         
Did not finish 1st run
   29  107603 VANDER VEEN Rachel  1996  CAN         
   26  107440 LEROUX Sofi  1994  CAN         
   24  107432 THACKRAY Logan  1994  CAN         
   19  107489 MCINTYRE Jenna  1995  CAN         
   18  107512 TURNER Andrea  1995  CAN         
   16  107482 KING Emma  1995  CAN         
   14  107387 CRAWFORD Candace  1994  CAN         
   13  107415 MOORE Kelly  1994  CAN         
   10  106849 YURKIW Larisa  1988  CAN         
   6  106961 MIELZYNSKI Erin  1990  CAN         

Whistler, BC (CAN)
National Championships
Men’s Giant Slalom

Rank Bib FIS Code Name Year Nation Run 1 Run 2 Total Time FIS Points
 1  7  103865 PHILP Trevor  1992  CAN   1:08.69  1:10.76  2:19.45  8.00
 2  4  103676 BROWN Philip  1991  CAN   1:09.63  1:10.60  2:20.23  12.98
 3  8  103762 WERRY Tyler  1991  CAN   1:10.48  1:10.58  2:21.06  18.28
 4  12  103512 FRISCH Jeffrey  1984  CAN   1:10.85  1:10.60  2:21.45  20.76
 4  11  103997 MEGARRY Morgan  1993  CAN   1:10.66  1:10.79  2:21.45  20.76
 6  14  103857 ST-GERMAIN Wiliam  1992  CAN   1:10.69  1:10.84  2:21.53  21.28
 7  6  103729 READ Erik  1991  CAN   1:09.96  1:11.61  2:21.57  21.53
 8  13  102435 JANYK Michael  1982  CAN   1:12.36  1:10.55  2:22.91  30.08
 9  10  103646 ZAITSOFF Sasha  1990  CAN   1:11.39  1:11.61  2:23.00  30.66
 10  17  103385 PRIDY Conrad  1988  CAN   1:11.34  1:11.79  2:23.13  31.49
 11  23  103942 BELL Jeffrey  1993  CAN   1:11.66  1:11.82  2:23.48  33.72
 12  19  103779 GARAND Dominique  1991  CAN   1:12.80  1:11.15  2:23.95  36.72
 13  31  103994 MCKILLOP Curtis  1993  CAN   1:13.13  1:11.08  2:24.21  38.38
 14  28  104272 SEGER Brodie  1995  CAN   1:12.36  1:12.37  2:24.73  41.70
 15  25  103953 CARRY Roger  1993  CAN   1:12.81  1:11.93  2:24.74  41.76
 16  22  104311 GRASIC Martin  1995  CAN   1:13.92  1:11.36  2:25.28  45.21
 17  21  104096 THOMPSON Broderick  1994  CAN   1:13.32  1:12.42  2:25.74  48.14
 18  30  104044 READ Kevyn  1993  CAN   1:13.36  1:12.42  2:25.78  48.40
 19  9  104015 SCHUESSLER BEDARD William  1993  CAN   1:13.02  1:12.88  2:25.90  49.17
 20  24  104156 NACIUK Anthony  1994  CAN   1:15.42  1:10.63  2:26.05  50.12
 21  32  104153 MCCONVILLE Patrick  1994  CAN   1:13.73  1:12.50  2:26.23  51.27
 22  29  103901 SUTTON Brandon  1992  CAN   1:13.41  1:12.85  2:26.26  51.46
 23  27  104307 TAYLOR Aaron  1995  CAN   1:13.97  1:12.62  2:26.59  53.57
 24  39  104215 CARRY Patrick  1995  CAN   1:14.45  1:12.23  2:26.68  54.14
 25  33  103970 HAEHLEN Jonas  1993  CAN   1:14.27  1:12.82  2:27.09  56.76
 26  36  104265 RAMSDEN Blake  1995  CAN   1:15.51  1:11.74  2:27.25  57.78
 27  20  104191 MAINS Gabriel  1994  CAN   1:14.37  1:13.39  2:27.76  61.04
 28  42  104120 DAWSON Taylor  1994  CAN   1:15.64  1:13.67  2:29.31  70.93
 29  49  103964 FRY Steven  1993  CAN   1:15.80  1:14.02  2:29.82  74.18
 30  48  104267 RENZONI Charlie  1995  CAN   1:16.39  1:13.44  2:29.83  74.25
 31  46  104282 YATES Kyle  1995  CAN   1:16.10  1:14.87  2:30.97  81.52
 32  44  304488 KOTAKE Yoriaki  1994  JPN   1:16.70  1:14.28  2:30.98  81.59
 33  50  104361 CALLAGHAN Connor  1996  CAN   1:18.09  1:16.05  2:34.14  101.75
 34  51  104400 PEHOTA Dalton  1996  CAN   1:19.78  1:16.55  2:36.33  115.73
 35  54  104214 BRUMEC-PARSONS Julian  1995  CAN   1:19.53  1:18.22  2:37.75  124.79
 36  52  104367 KIRSHENBLATT Samuel  1996  CAN   1:17.67  1:21.09  2:38.76  131.24
 37  55  6531220 WURDEN
Nicholas 		 1995  USA   1:23.32  1:18.98  2:42.30  153.83
Disqualified 2nd run
   18  104023 STEINKE Chris  1993  CAN         
Did not start 2nd run
   5  100558 COOK Dustin  1989  CAN         
Did not start 1st run
   3  101895 ROY Jean-Philippe  1979  CAN         
   2  103078 DONALDSON David  1986  CAN         
Did not finish 2nd run
   53  6531526 OSBORNE Andrew  1996  USA         
   45  104260 PHELAN Michael  1995  CAN         
   40  104133 GREIG Rob  1994  CAN         
Did not finish 1st run
   47  104245 LLEWELLYN Austin  1995  CAN         
   43  104253 MONAST-DORE Maxime  1995  CAN         
   41  104268 ROBIN MERCIER William  1995  CAN         
   38  104436 QUENNEVILLE Raphael  1996  CAN         
   37  104176 STEWART Eric  1994  CAN         
   35  103891 KELLOCK Jonathan  1992  CAN         
   34  104181 TOUTANT Francis  1994  CAN         
   26  104378 GOUGEON Jake  1996  CAN         
   16  103984 LAJOIE Vincent  1993  CAN         
   15  103751 TOUTANT Simon-Claude  1991  CAN         
   1  104026 SWETTE Ford  1993  CAN       

About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

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