Werry and Ford claim opening NorAm downhills

LAKE LOUISE, Canada – Former BC Alpine skier Tyler Werry, in his first full-time season on the Canadian national team, won the opening downhill of the NorAm series Wednesday in Lake Louise.

Werry, 23, blazed down a blustery and shortened track at Lake Louise, holding off Italian-turned-Canadian Jeffrey Frisch, with a winning time of one minute 16.93 seconds. Croatian Nakko Zrncic-Dim rounded out the podium 0.41 seconds behind Werry in third.

British junior Jack Gower showed his speed in sixth, and the U.S. Ski Team’s Tommy Biesemeyer was the top American in seventh on the day.

Werry, the giant slalom national champion from last season, had his eyes on securing the same result in the second downhill race the following day, and even exclaimed on Facebook, “Pretty excited to try and repeat it tomorrow!” And repeat it he did, winning the second race by a slightly larger margin, 0.20 seconds ahead of Zrncic-Dim. Spaniard Paul De La Cuesta rounded out the podium in third.

Biesemeyer was once again the top American, improving to fourth, and Sam Morse was the fastest junior in sixth on Thursday.

U.S. Ski Team invitee Julia Ford claimed the first women’s race Wednesday, with a time of 1:19.40 seconds. Canadian Larisa Yurkiw finished second and Slovenian Marusa Ferk was third. Yurkiw’s NorAm result came on the heels of a stunning fourth-place finish in last weekend’s World Cup super G in Lake Louise.

In Wednesday’s race, junior Breezy Johnson of the U.S. development team finished an impressive fourth, just shy of the podium, as the third-fastest North American.

Thursday’s results saw some shifting for the ladies as Ferk took the win over Ford, and Karolina Chrapek, representing Poland, squeaked onto the podium in third. Canadian development team athlete Valerie Grenier was the top junior in sixth.

The NorAm circuit now moves to Panorama with a hodgepodge of races scheduled Dec. 13-20.

BC Alpine contributed to this release

RESULTS

Men’s 1st downhill – Wednesday

1	5	103762	WERRY Tyler	1991	CAN	1:16.93		6.08
2	4	103512	FRISCH Jeffrey	1984	CAN	1:17.12	+0.19	9.17
3	12	380292	ZRNCIC-DIM Natko	1986	CRO	1:17.34	+0.41	12.74
4	2	491151	DE LA CUESTA Paul	1988	SPA	1:17.53	+0.60	15.83
5	15	103385	PRIDY Conrad	1988	CAN	1:17.68	+0.75	18.27
6	6	221117	GOWER Jack	1994	GBR	1:17.95	+1.02	22.65
7	23	531452	BIESEMEYER Thomas	1989	USA	1:18.20	+1.27	26.72
8	1	6530104	BENNETT Bryce	1992	USA	1:18.28	+1.35	28.02
9	20	6531560	WILSON Cody	1996	USA	1:18.61	+1.68	33.38
10	9	6530453	DUPRATT Samuel	1993	USA	1:18.66	+1.73	34.19
11	3	6530454	FARROW Tanner	1993	USA	1:18.70	+1.77	34.84
12	10	104096	THOMPSON Broderick	1994	CAN	1:18.71	+1.78	35.00
13	17	6530952	BERLACK Ronnie	1994	USA	1:18.74	+1.81	35.49
14	7	6531520	MORSE Sam	1996	USA	1:18.81	+1.88	36.63
15	25	6531217	WEISEL Kipling	1995	USA	1:18.85	+1.92	37.28
16	19	501987	MONSEN Felix	1994	SWE	1:18.88	+1.95	37.76
17	36	6531444	ARVIDSSON Erik	1996	USA	1:19.06	+2.13	40.69
18	21	6531726	SZWEBEL Florian	1996	USA	1:19.09	+2.16	41.18
19	8	103942	BELL Jeffrey	1993	CAN	1:19.29	+2.36	44.43
20	11	6531127	DUFFY Drew	1995	USA	1:19.32	+2.39	44.91
21	22	410364	FEASEY Willis	1992	NZL	1:19.42	+2.49	46.54
22	26	410372	PREBBLE Nick	1993	NZL	1:19.48	+2.55	47.51
23	13	6530539	WRIGHT Bronson	1993	USA	1:19.59	+2.66	49.30
24	54	104468	READ Jeffrey	1997	CAN	1:19.65	+2.72	50.28
25	45	6531987	KELSEY Sky	1997	USA	1:19.67	+2.74	50.60
26	14	104238	KUUS Karl	1995	CAN	1:19.79	+2.86	52.55
27	27	502004	KOELL Alexander	1990	SWE	1:19.80	+2.87	52.71
28	38	6531206	TAYLOR Darwin	1995	USA	1:19.90	+2.97	54.34
29	43	104378	GOUGEON Jake	1996	CAN	1:19.96	+3.03	55.31
30	18	104246	LYNOTT Patrick	1995	CAN	1:19.97	+3.04	55.48
31	32	6531936	WINTERS Luke	1997	USA	1:20.01	+3.08	56.13
32	50	104531	CRAWFORD James	1997	CAN	1:20.13	+3.20	58.08
33	29	380361	RODES Istok	1996	CRO	1:20.35	+3.42	61.65
34	24	6531509	LEBEL James	1996	USA	1:20.41	+3.48	62.62
35	44	104537	ALEXANDER Cameron	1997	CAN	1:20.44	+3.51	63.11
36	30	180729	SVENSK Mikael	1994	FIN	1:20.45	+3.52	63.27
37	28	6530840	DUFFY Danny	1994	USA	1:20.46	+3.53	63.44
38	70	103090	HELIE Louis-Pierre	1986	CAN	1:20.52	+3.59	64.41
39	42	104525	PEIFFER Max	1997	CAN	1:20.64	+3.71	66.36
40	16	104272	SEGER Brodie	1995	CAN	1:20.65	+3.72	66.52
41	53	104409	QUEZEL Lambert	1996	CAN	1:20.94	+4.01	71.24
42	69	103106	LEMAN Brady	1986	CAN	1:21.01	+4.08	72.37
43	35	104133	GREIG Rob	1994	CAN	1:21.09	+4.16	73.67
44	49	104153	MCCONVILLE Patrick	1994	CAN	1:21.15	+4.22	74.65
45	47	104529	MULLIGAN Sam	1997	CAN	1:21.19	+4.26	75.30
46	33	104156	NACIUK Anthony	1994	CAN	1:21.21	+4.28	75.62
47	52	104436	QUENNEVILLE Raphael	1996	CAN	1:21.22	+4.29	75.79
48	51	104269	RONSKY Russell	1995	CAN	1:21.34	+4.41	77.74
49	57	104539	SEGER Riley	1997	CAN	1:21.56	+4.63	81.31
50	46	6531871	MARTIN Logan	1997	USA	1:21.62	+4.69	82.29
51	37	6530865	HAFERMAN Eric	1994	USA	1:21.95	+5.02	87.65
52	39	6531401	MITCHELL Nicholas	1995	USA	1:21.97	+5.04	87.97
53	41	6530925	VAN DEURSEN Jake	1994	USA	1:22.07	+5.14	89.60
54	60	104407	LALIBERTE Felix	1996	CAN	1:22.19	+5.26	91.55
55	34	104307	TAYLOR Aaron	1995	CAN	1:22.22	+5.29	92.03
56	40	934577	SMITH Brennan	1991	USA	1:22.79	+5.86	101.30
57	55	104347	LEITCH Jack	1996	CAN	1:22.85	+5.92	102.27
58	58	104412	BRUNEAU-BOUCHARD William	1996	CAN	1:22.95	+6.02	103.90
59	61	6531843	COLBY Alex	1997	USA	1:22.98	+6.05	104.38
60	48	6531499	JOSEY Tanner	1996	USA	1:23.08	+6.15	106.01
61	72	104495	PARIZEAU-HAMEL Sebastien	1997	CAN	1:23.81	+6.88	117.87
62	59	104367	KIRSHENBLATT Samuel	1996	CAN	1:23.86	+6.93	118.68
63	71	104516	BEAURIVAGE Justin	1997	CAN	1:24.00	+7.07	120.96
64	73	104488	FOURNIER Simon	1997	CAN	1:24.13	+7.20	123.07
65	62	104467	PHILP Huston	1997	CAN	1:24.46	+7.53	128.43
66	63	104354	SOETAERT Michael	1996	CAN	1:24.85	+7.92	134.77
67	66	104473	WILSON Matthew	1997	CAN	1:25.36	+8.43	143.06
68	64	104346	LEGREE Ben	1996	CAN	1:26.19	+9.26	156.54
69	65	104472	VAN DER VOORT Tristen	1997	CAN	1:27.07	+10.14	170.84
70	67	104459	BERENDT Tristan	1997	CAN	1:28.21	+11.28	189.36
Did not start 1st run
	56	6531526	OSBORNE Andrew	1996	USA
Did not finish 1st run
	68	6531702	LAYMAN Brooks	1996	USA
	31	6531854	GRIFFITH Ian	1997	USA

 

Men’s 2nd downhill – Thursday

1	4	103762	WERRY Tyler	1991	CAN	1:17.60
2	5	380292	ZRNCIC-DIM Natko	1986	CRO	1:17.80	+0.20
3	1	491151	DE LA CUESTA Paul	1988	SPA	1:18.13	+0.53
4	9	531452	BIESEMEYER Thomas	1989	USA	1:18.19	+0.59
5	6	103512	FRISCH Jeffrey	1984	CAN	1:18.27	+0.67
6	13	6531520	MORSE Sam	1996	USA	1:18.41	+0.81
7	2	6530454	FARROW Tanner	1993	USA	1:18.57	+0.97
8	8	103385	PRIDY Conrad	1988	CAN	1:18.70	+1.10
9	19	501987	MONSEN Felix	1994	SWE	1:18.85	+1.25
10	26	502004	KOELL Alexander	1990	SWE	1:19.00	+1.40
11	18	104272	SEGER Brodie	1995	CAN	1:19.06	+1.46
12	7	6530104	BENNETT Bryce	1992	USA	1:19.08	+1.48
13	29	6531127	DUFFY Drew	1995	USA	1:19.11	+1.51
14	3	221117	GOWER Jack	1994	GBR	1:19.14	+1.54
15	30	6531217	WEISEL Kipling	1995	USA	1:19.22	+1.62
16	54	104468	READ Jeffrey	1997	CAN	1:19.27	+1.67
16	50	104531	CRAWFORD James	1997	CAN	1:19.27	+1.67
18	32	6531936	WINTERS Luke	1997	USA	1:19.30	+1.70
19	10	104096	THOMPSON Broderick	1994	CAN	1:19.37	+1.77
20	16	6530840	DUFFY Danny	1994	USA	1:19.52	+1.92
21	22	180729	SVENSK Mikael	1994	FIN	1:19.53	+1.93
22	12	6531560	WILSON Cody	1996	USA	1:19.60	+2.00
23	14	103942	BELL Jeffrey	1993	CAN	1:19.62	+2.02
24	20	410372	PREBBLE Nick	1993	NZL	1:19.67	+2.07
25	36	6531444	ARVIDSSON Erik	1996	USA	1:19.71	+2.11
26	24	380361	RODES Istok	1996	CRO	1:19.76	+2.16
27	15	6530952	BERLACK Ronnie	1994	USA	1:19.82	+2.22
28	23	6531509	LEBEL James	1996	USA	1:19.91	+2.31
29	21	410364	FEASEY Willis	1992	NZL	1:19.98	+2.38
30	45	6531987	KELSEY Sky	1997	USA	1:20.01	+2.41
31	70	103106	LEMAN Brady	1986	CAN	1:20.28	+2.68
32	28	6530539	WRIGHT Bronson	1993	USA	1:20.36	+2.76
33	51	104269	RONSKY Russell	1995	CAN	1:20.42	+2.82
34	44	104537	ALEXANDER Cameron	1997	CAN	1:20.45	+2.85
35	25	104238	KUUS Karl	1995	CAN	1:20.62	+3.02
36	49	104153	MCCONVILLE Patrick	1994	CAN	1:20.63	+3.03
37	53	104409	QUEZEL Lambert	1996	CAN	1:20.84	+3.24
37	38	6531206	TAYLOR Darwin	1995	USA	1:20.84	+3.24
39	42	104525	PEIFFER Max	1997	CAN	1:20.86	+3.26
40	47	104529	MULLIGAN Sam	1997	CAN	1:20.95	+3.35
41	52	104436	QUENNEVILLE Raphael	1996	CAN	1:21.02	+3.42
42	43	104378	GOUGEON Jake	1996	CAN	1:21.05	+3.45
43	41	6530925	VAN DEURSEN Jake	1994	USA	1:21.16	+3.56
44	59	104407	LALIBERTE Felix	1996	CAN	1:21.18	+3.58
45	31	6531854	GRIFFITH Ian	1997	USA	1:21.32	+3.72
46	46	6531871	MARTIN Logan	1997	USA	1:21.34	+3.74
46	33	104156	NACIUK Anthony	1994	CAN	1:21.34	+3.74
48	67	103090	HELIE Louis-Pierre	1986	CAN	1:21.38	+3.78
49	17	6531726	SZWEBEL Florian	1996	USA	1:21.48	+3.88
50	56	104539	SEGER Riley	1997	CAN	1:21.73	+4.13
51	34	104307	TAYLOR Aaron	1995	CAN	1:22.26	+4.66
52	40	934577	SMITH Brennan	1991	USA	1:22.28	+4.68
53	57	104412	BRUNEAU-BOUCHARD William	1996	CAN	1:22.47	+4.87
53	39	6531401	MITCHELL Nicholas	1995	USA	1:22.47	+4.87
55	35	104133	GREIG Rob	1994	CAN	1:22.59	+4.99
56	60	6531843	COLBY Alex	1997	USA	1:22.65	+5.05
57	68	104488	FOURNIER Simon	1997	CAN	1:22.69	+5.09
58	37	6530865	HAFERMAN Eric	1994	USA	1:22.71	+5.11
59	69	104516	BEAURIVAGE Justin	1997	CAN	1:22.80	+5.20
60	55	104347	LEITCH Jack	1996	CAN	1:22.87	+5.27
61	66	104495	PARIZEAU-HAMEL Sebastien	1997	CAN	1:23.05	+5.45
62	48	6531499	JOSEY Tanner	1996	USA	1:23.14	+5.54
63	58	104367	KIRSHENBLATT Samuel	1996	CAN	1:23.43	+5.83
64	61	104354	SOETAERT Michael	1996	CAN	1:24.08	+6.48
65	62	104472	VAN DER VOORT Tristen	1997	CAN	1:24.64	+7.04
66	63	104473	WILSON Matthew	1997	CAN	1:25.71	+8.11
67	64	104459	BERENDT Tristan	1997	CAN	1:25.88	+8.28
Did not finish 1st run
	65	6531702	LAYMAN Brooks	1996	USA
	27	104246	LYNOTT Patrick	1995	CAN
	11	6530453	DUPRATT Samuel	1993	USA

 

Women’s 1st downhill – Wednesday

1	16	538855	FORD Julia	1990	USA	1:19.43		10.84
2	25	106849	YURKIW Larisa	1988	CAN	1:20.13	+0.70	21.86
3	27	565320	FERK Marusa	1988	SLO	1:20.46	+1.03	27.05
4	17	6535455	JOHNSON Breezy	1996	USA	1:20.82	+1.39	32.71
5	5	435245	CHRAPEK Karolina	1990	POL	1:20.93	+1.50	34.45
6	10	539685	RYAN Katie	1993	USA	1:20.94	+1.51	34.60
7	15	539932	IRWIN Katharine	1994	USA	1:21.50	+2.07	43.42
8	18	107613	GRENIER Valerie	1996	CAN	1:21.53	+2.10	43.89
9	4	485632	BEDAREVA Maria	1992	RUS	1:21.64	+2.21	45.62
10	26	565333	BRODNIK Vanja	1989	SLO	1:21.68	+2.25	46.25
11	12	539363	GHENT Abby	1992	USA	1:22.20	+2.77	54.43
12	11	539457	MARNO Anna	1992	USA	1:22.70	+3.27	62.30
13	24	107532	TOMMY Mikaela	1995	CAN	1:23.05	+3.62	67.81
14	22	6535600	MERRYWEATHER Alice	1996	USA	1:23.09	+3.66	68.44
15	6	6535765	MANGAN Patricia	1997	USA	1:23.62	+4.19	76.78
16	33	415213	WILLINGER Georgia	1997	NZL	1:24.07	+4.64	83.86
17	7	6535761	LIVRAN Heidi	1997	USA	1:24.17	+4.74	85.43
18	8	6535807	CUTLER Haley	1997	USA	1:24.35	+4.92	88.27
19	21	6535773	O BRIEN Nina	1997	USA	1:24.37	+4.94	88.58
20	19	6535791	WRIGHT Isabella	1997	USA	1:24.47	+5.04	90.16
21	32	6535163	CALCAGNI Lexi	1995	USA	1:24.81	+5.38	95.51
22	3	485807	OVCHINIKOVA Daria	1995	RUS	1:25.09	+5.66	99.91
23	28	107508	SWETTE Rae	1995	CAN	1:25.11	+5.68	100.23
24	9	6535497	SKOVRAN Alexandra	1996	USA	1:25.22	+5.79	101.96
25	29	107648	BURGESS Georgia	1997	CAN	1:25.33	+5.90	103.69
26	13	107497	POITRAS Adrienne	1995	CAN	1:25.41	+5.98	104.95
27	35	107660	TAYLOR Sarah	1997	CAN	1:26.08	+6.65	115.49
27	31	6535868	MURER Abigail	1997	USA	1:26.08	+6.65	115.49
29	34	6535423	BODILY Hannah	1996	USA	1:26.80	+7.37	126.82
30	36	6535810	STEFFEY Amanda	1997	USA	1:27.37	+7.94	135.79
Did not start 1st run
	30	107491	NORTON Gina	1995	CAN
	2	6535531	MILLER Kyla	1996	USA
Did not finish 1st run
	23	6535758	LEAVENS Molly	1997	USA
	20	6535414	AHMANN Lindsay	1996	USA
	14	107518	BARTLETT Caroline	1995	CAN
	1	485749	PROKOPYEVA Aleksandra	1994	RUS

 

Women’s 2nd downhill – Thursday

1	12	565320	FERK Marusa	1988	SLO	1:19.97
2	18	538855	FORD Julia	1990	USA	1:20.36	+0.39
3	11	435245	CHRAPEK Karolina	1990	POL	1:20.97	+1.00
4	17	539685	RYAN Katie	1993	USA	1:21.07	+1.10
5	13	565333	BRODNIK Vanja	1989	SLO	1:21.51	+1.54
6	15	107613	GRENIER Valerie	1996	CAN	1:21.53	+1.56
7	20	6535455	JOHNSON Breezy	1996	USA	1:21.64	+1.67
8	16	539932	IRWIN Katharine	1994	USA	1:21.67	+1.70
9	3	485632	BEDAREVA Maria	1992	RUS	1:21.96	+1.99
10	19	6535600	MERRYWEATHER Alice	1996	USA	1:22.08	+2.11
11	14	539363	GHENT Abby	1992	USA	1:22.17	+2.20
12	8	6535773	O BRIEN Nina	1997	USA	1:22.35	+2.38
13	21	539457	MARNO Anna	1992	USA	1:22.90	+2.93
14	22	107532	TOMMY Mikaela	1995	CAN	1:23.32	+3.35
15	4	415213	WILLINGER Georgia	1997	NZL	1:23.42	+3.45
16	26	107518	BARTLETT Caroline	1995	CAN	1:23.48	+3.51
17	24	6535163	CALCAGNI Lexi	1995	USA	1:23.79	+3.82
18	23	485807	OVCHINIKOVA Daria	1995	RUS	1:23.84	+3.87
19	6	107648	BURGESS Georgia	1997	CAN	1:23.99	+4.02
20	27	6535765	MANGAN Patricia	1997	USA	1:24.15	+4.18
21	10	6535791	WRIGHT Isabella	1997	USA	1:24.26	+4.29
22	1	6535868	MURER Abigail	1997	USA	1:24.36	+4.39
23	2	6535807	CUTLER Haley	1997	USA	1:24.40	+4.43
24	7	6535761	LIVRAN Heidi	1997	USA	1:24.77	+4.80
25	25	107508	SWETTE Rae	1995	CAN	1:25.11	+5.14
26	28	6535497	SKOVRAN Alexandra	1996	USA	1:25.13	+5.16
27	30	6535414	AHMANN Lindsay	1996	USA	1:26.22	+6.25
28	32	107660	TAYLOR Sarah	1997	CAN	1:28.15	+8.18
29	33	6535810	STEFFEY Amanda	1997	USA	1:28.82	+8.85
Did not start 1st run
	29	6535531	MILLER Kyla	1996	USA
	9	107497	POITRAS Adrienne	1995	CAN
	5	485749	PROKOPYEVA Aleksandra	1994	RUS
Did not finish 1st run
	31	6535423	BODILY Hannah	1996	USA