Luge America Pacific Championships 2018
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| Men's | Ladies | |
| winner | ||
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| Single seater |
 Christopher Mazdzer
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Emily Sweeney
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| Two-seater | Title not awarded | |
The 2018 America-Pacific Luge Championships were held from December 15 to 16, 2018 as part of the 4th World Cup race of the 2018/19 season on the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic bobsleigh in Lake Placid , United States .
Competitions were planned in the single-seater for men and women and the double-seater for men. As there were only two starting pairs for the two-seater race and the three participant sleds required by the regulations were missed, no title was awarded in the two-seater. As planned, the remaining competitions were decided in race-in-race mode with the World Cup race in two races. The results of the World Cup races in the respective disciplines were used for the evaluation. Athletes who did not qualify for the World Cup in the previous World Cup and therefore could not take part in the competition for the America-Pacific Championships were classified in the order of their placements in the Nations Cup.
The winners were Chris Mazdzer in single-seater of the men and Emily Sweeney in single-seater of women.
Defending champion
At the last America-Pacific Championships in 2017 in Calgary, Canada, members of the Canadian team won Alex Gough in the women's singles, Samuel Edney in the men’s singles, and the doubles Tristan Walker and Justin Snith . Alex Gough and Samuel Edney ended their careers at the end of the 2017/18 season, which is why they did not defend their titles.
Alex Gough, defending champion in the women's singles
Samuel Edney, defending champion in the men's singles
Tristan Walker and Justin Snith, defending champions in doubles
Men's single seaters
| space | athlete | Terms | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Christopher Mazdzer
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51.668 s 51.647 s |
1: 43.315 minutes |
| 2 |
Tucker West
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51.921 s 51.997 s |
+0.603 s |
| 3 |
Jonathan Eric Gustafson
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52.149 s 52.098 s |
+0.932 s |
| 4th |
 Reid Watts
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52.390 s 52.090 s |
+1.165 s |
| 5 |
 Alexander Michael Ferlazzo
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Date: December 15th
After the first of two races, the American Christopher Mazdzer was already in the lead with a clear lead over his compatriots Tucker West and Jonathan Eric Gustafson . The Canadian Reid Watts took 4th place of the race . Watts achieved a better time in the second run than his competitor Gustafson, but was unable to overtake him due to the large gap after run 1. So nothing changed in the order after run 2.
Christopher Mazdzer won the men's single-seater competition with more than half a second ahead of Tucker West and Jonathan Eric Gustafson. For Mazdzer it was the fourth America-Pacific Championship after 2012, 2013 and 2015. With this result, the US team was able to occupy the entire podium on its home track in Lake Placid. Reid Watts went on rank 4, the Australian Alexander Michael Ferlazzo was placed on rank 5, because he could not qualify for the World Cup race in Lake Placid in the previous Nations Cup (qualifying race) and thus could not take part in the rating race for the America-Pacific Championships.
Mazdzer finished 4th in the Race-in-Race World Cup, West was 10th, Gustafson was 17th and Watts was 22nd.
Two-seater
| space | athlete | Terms | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tristan Walker / Justin Snith
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44.295 s 44.063 s |
1: 25.358 minutes |
| 2 |
Christopher Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman
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44,305 s 44,123 s |
+0.070 s |
Date: December 15th
Only two pairs of doubles started in the doubles classification of the America-Pacific Championships. This means that the minimum number of participants for awarding the continental title was not met. The Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course prepared a race ranking, but no titles were awarded. In addition to the US local heroes Christopher Mazdzer , who won the singles classification shortly before the doubles race, and Jayson Terdiman , the Canadians Tristan Walker and Justin Snith were also at the start. After Terdiman's partner Matthew Mortensen had ended his career at the end of the 2017/18 season and he initially trained without a doubles partner , the US team again formed a doubles pair of Christopher Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman. The two had already started together in junior races.
After the first of two races, the Canadians Walker / Snith led by 0.010 seconds over Mazdzer / Terdiman. In the second race, Walker / Snith succeeded in increasing their lead, so that the Canadians ultimately won the duel with a lead of 0.070 seconds and the Americans Mazdzer / Terdiman relegated to silver on their home track, an America -Pacific championships they did not receive.
In the Race-in-Race World Cup races, Walker / Snith finished in 5th place, Mazdzer / Terdiman finished directly behind in 6th place.
Women's singles
| space | athlete | Terms | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Emily Sweeney
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43.837 s 44.106 s |
1: 27.943 minutes |
| 2 |
Summer Britcher
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43.849 s 44.163 s |
+0.069 s |
| 3 |
Brittney Arndt
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43.997 s 44.066 s |
+0.120 s |
| 4th |
Kimberley McRae
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44.017 s 44.098 s |
+0.172 s |
| 5 |
Raychel Michele Germaine
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44.314 s 44.527 s |
+0.898 s |
| 6th |
Brooke Apshkrum
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44.629 s 44.668 s |
+1.354 s |
| 7th |
Carolyn Maxwell
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44.681 s 44.644 s |
+1.382 s |
| 8th |
 Verónica María Ravenna
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44.881 s 44.795 s |
+1.733 s |
Date: December 16
Eight starters took part in the women's singles race. While the Americans Emily Sweeney and Summer Britcher were already qualified via the seed list of the World Cup, their compatriots Brittney Arndt , Raychel Michele Germaine , as well as the Canadians Kimberley McRae , Brooke Apshkrum and Carolyn Maxwell and the Argentinian Verónica María Ravenna qualified via the Nations Cup. After the first run, Emily Sweeney, who had just returned to the World Cup in Whistler two weeks earlier after a serious fall at the Winter Olympics , was ahead of Summer Britcher and Brittney Arndt. McRae, Germaine, Apshkrum, Maxwell and Ravenna followed on the other ranks.
In the second run Brittney Arndt, who is contesting her first World Cup season, set the fastest time in the America-Pacific classification, but could not improve further in the overall classification, so the order did not change. With Emily Sweeney, Summer Britcher and Brittney Arndt, all representatives of the US team were on the podium. The Canadian Kimberley McRae came in fourth, ahead of the American Raychel Michele Germaine and her compatriots Brooke Apshkrum and Carolyn Maxwell. Verónica María Ravenna from Argentina came in eighth.
In the World Cup race, Sweeney was fourth, Britcher was right behind in fifth and Arndt was sixth, ahead of McRae in seventh. Germaine was seventeenth, Apshkrum was 22nd, Maxwell was 23rd and Ravenna was 25th .
Medal table
No title was awarded in the doubles because of the insufficient number of starters according to the regulations.
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| 1 |
United States
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2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
Sources and further information
Web links
- America-Pacific Championships 2018 on the website of the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course
- Continental championships in Oberhof and Lake Placid. In: fil-luge.de. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course , May 29, 2018, accessed June 25, 2018 .
- Results of the Luge America Pacific Championships 2018 - men's singles ( PDF ; 325 kB)
- Results of the America Pacific Luge Championships 2018 - doubles (PDF; 324 kB)
- Results of the Luge America Pacific Championships 2018 - women singles (PDF; 327 kB)
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d Emily Sweeney and Chris Mazdzer win titles. In: fil-luge.org. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, December 17, 2018, accessed December 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c In the Luge Nations Cup, athletes who do not belong to the seeded groups must qualify for the World Cup.
- ↑ Chris Mazdzer forms doubles with Jayson Terdiman. In: fil-luge.org. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, October 16, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 .
- ↑ The Incredible Comeback of Emily Sweeney. In: fil-luge.org. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, December 13, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 .