2011 Luge America Pacific Championships

2011 Luge America Pacific Championships
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Single seater	Alex Gough	Samuel Edney
Two-seater	Matthew Mortensen / Griffall
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The 2011 America-Pacific Luge Championships were the first ever continental America-Pacific Championships to be held. They were held from December 16 to 17, 2011 as part of the 3rd World Cup race of the 2011/12 season on the bobsleigh and sled run in Canada Olympic Park in Calgary , Canada . There were competitions in the single-seater for men and women and the two-seater. All competitions were decided in two runs, the results of the World Cup races in the respective disciplines were used for the evaluation.

The titles went to the Canadian Alex Gough in the women's singles, Samuel Edney in the men and the doubles to the Americans Matthew Mortensen and Preston Griffall .

Women's singles

Alex Gough, winner in the women's singles

space	sportswoman	Terms	time
01	Alex Gough	047.153  s 0 47.059 s	1: 34.212  minutes
02	Kimberley McRae	047,746 s 047,763 s	1:+1.297 s
03	Dayna Clay	047.727 s 047.923 s	1:+1.438 s
04th	Emily Sweeney	047.707 s 048.125 s	1:+1.620 s
05	Erin Hamlin	049.960 s 047.333 s	1:+3.081 s
06th	Ashley Walden	050.567 s 047.983 s	1:+4.338 s
07th	Kate Hansen	054.544 s 050.091 s	+10.423 s
08th	Arianne Jones	100.502 s 049.187 s	+55.477 s

Date: December 17th
The title in the women's singles was won by Alex Gough from Canada ahead of her compatriots Kimberley McRae and Dayna Clay . Gough also won the World Cup race, here ahead of Tatyana Huefner and Tatyana Iwanowna Iwanowa . McRae achieved 7th place there, Clay finished 8th. Emily Sweeney (12th in the World Cup race) secured fourth place as the best American woman, ahead of her compatriots Erin Hamlin (16th in the World Cup race), Ashley Walden (19th in the World Cup race) and Kate Hansen (20th in the World Cup race). Local hero Arianne Jones finished eighth after a serious mistake in the first run and was thus last in the America-Pacific ranking. She finished the World Cup race as 22nd and thus the last rider to cross the finish line. With the exception of Gough, Hamlin and Jones, who belonged to the seeded group, all riders (McRae, Clay, Sweeney, Walden, Hansen) had to qualify for the championship race via the Nations Cup.

Men's single seaters

Samuel Edney, winner in the men's singles

space	athlete	Terms	time
01	Samuel Edney	45.064  s 44.908 s	1: 29.972  minutes
02	Isaac Underwood	46.414 s 45.867 s	1:+2.309 s
03	Bruno Banani	46.534 s 45.869 s	1:+2.431 s
04th	Taylor Cloy Morris	46.218 s 46.231 s	1:+2.477 s
05	Trent Matheson	46.366 s 46.389 s	1:+2.783 s

Date: December 17th
America Pacific Champion was the Canadian Samuel Edney ahead of the Americans Isaac Underwood and Bruno Banani from Tonga . In the World Cup race, Edney was 9th, Underwood was 25th directly ahead of Banani. Morris (27th in the World Cup race) and Matheson (28th in the World Cup race) followed on the other ranks in the America-Pacific ranking. While Edney was already set for the race, Underwood, Banani, Morris and Matheson had to qualify for this race through the Nations Cup.

Two-seater

Matthew Mortensen and Preston Griffall, winners in doubles

space	athlete	Terms	time
01	Matthew Mortensen / Preston Griffall	44.016  s 43.903 s	1: 27.919  minutes
02	Tristan Walker / Justin Snith	43.993s 43.931s	1:+0.005 s
03	Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman	44.001 s 44.109 s	1:+0.191 s
04th	Jacob Hyrns / Andrew Sherk	44.062 s 45.685 s	1:+1.828 s

Date: December 17th
Four pairs of two-seater took part in the competition, for which Mortensen / Griffall and Walker / Snith did not have to qualify via the Nations Cup, as they belonged to the seeded group of the World Cup. The Americans Matthew Mortensen and Preston Griffall secured the title of the America-Pacific Championship , ahead of Canadians Tristan Walker and Justin Snith and their teammates Christian Niccum and Jayson Terdiman . In the regular World Cup races, the winners Mortensen / Terdiman came in 5th, Walker / Snith came in sixth directly behind them, the two-seater pair Niccum / Terdiman in 8th. Outside of the medal positions, Jacob Hyrns and Andrew Sherk took fourth (17th in World cup races).

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Canada	2	2	1	5
2	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Tonga	0	0	1	1

Web links and notes

Web links

• America-Pacific Championships 2011 on the website of the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course
• Results of the Luge America Pacific Championships 2011 - women's singles ( PDF ; 138 kB)
• Results of the America Pacific Luge Championships 2011 - men's singles ( PDF ; 137 kB)
• Results of the Luge America Pacific Championships 2011 - two-seater ( PDF ; 136 kB)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} In the Luge Nations Cup, athletes who do not belong to the seeded groups must qualify for the World Cup.