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Canadian takeover of California keeps rolling at Vail Lake US Cup

Bouchard, Woods and Larose Gingras all take early season wins south of the border

Vail Lake US Cup 2019
March 25, 2019
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Canada’s cross country racers thrived in a second straight weekend of high paced, tactical racing in California, taking wins in three races at the Vail Lake US cup and finishing on the podium in many more.

Vail Lake US Cup Short Track XC

Juliette Larose Gingras landed the first win for the Canadian contingent. The first-year junior was the fastest in a tactical jr. women’s Short Track XC race on Friday, finishing ahead of Alexis Bobbitt and Gabrielle Richardson. Fellow Quebec rider Laurence Levesque was close behind in sixth.

Leandré Bouchard added another win to the weekend, soloing off the front of the pro men’s STXC event. He was followed by six other Canadians in the top nine finishers at Vail lake, in a show of force by the visiting athletes. Jose Gerardo Ulloa Arevalo of Mexico was second, followed by US STXC champion Christopher Blevins. Then Peter Disera led a string of six Canucks, with Andrew L’Esperance, Quinton Disera, Carter Woods, Raphael Auclair, and Gunnar Holmgren placing fourth through ninth.

In the Women’s STXC, Haley Smith was fourth, Sandra Walter eighth, and Vancouver Island junior Emilly Johnston, racing up with the pro women, 12th.

The Junior Men added more STXC speed, led by Vincent Thiboutot on the podium in third. Charles-Antoine St-Onge was one second behind in fourth, joined by Jeremie La Grenade in seventh, Kieran Nilsen in eighth, Hamish Graham in ninth and Jakob Yells in tenth.

Vail Lake US Cup Cross Country

Cumberland, B.C.’s Carter Woods added a second straight US Cup XCO victory in the junior men’s race on Sunday. Like he did a week earlier at Bonnelli Park, Woods soloed off the front to cross the finish line alone in Vail Lake. Markus Kaad Hueur of Denmark was the closest rider to Woods in second, 1:23 back.

Hamish Graham, also from the Comox Valley, finished seventh, one spot ahead of Charles-Antoin St-Onge of St-Denis-de-Brompton, Quebec. Vincent Thiboutot (13th), Kieran Nilsen (14th), Jeremie La Grenade (16th) and Xavier Roy (19th) made for seven Canadian’s in the top-20.

In the junior women’s race, Comox, B.C.’s Emilly Johnston finished just one second behind Sophie Heby Pedersen of Denmark. Johnston was joined in the top-10 by Juliette Larose Gingras (7th) and Laurence Levesque (8th)

In the pro men’s race, the podium was a mostly Canadian affair. Christopher Blevins took the top step, but Peter Disera followed in second, Andrew L’Esperance third, and Leandre Bouchard fourth. Quinton Disera, younger brother of Peter, finished eighth.

Haley Smith added another podium for Canada, finishing third in the pro women’s race behind world champion Kate Courtney and Boulder, Colo.’s Erin Huck. Sandra Walter finished in seventh, and Laurie Arseneault eighth.

Vail Lake US Cup Pro Women XCO (top-30)
1 KATE COURTNEY 01:30:00.773
2 ERIN HUCK 01:30:14.768
3 HALEY SMITH 01:33:08.847
4 SOFIA GOMEZ VILLAFANE 01:33:08.848
5 LEA DAVISON 01:34:06.051
6 ROSE GRANT 01:34:30.913
7 SANDRA WALTER 01:34:31.878
8 LAURIE ARSENEAULT 01:34:44.444
9 CAROLINE BOHE 01:35:19.800
10 ALEXIS SKARDA 01:35:19.808
11 KELSEY URBAN 01:35:40.058
12 GWENDALYN GIBSON 01:35:56.985
13 INES GUTIERREZ ORTEGA 01:36:20.851
14 MARIANNE THEBERGE 01:37:21.991
15 EVELYN DONG 01:37:47.052
16 REBECCA BEAUMONT 01:37:57.259
17 RINA MATSUMOTO 01:38:03.942
18 JASMIN DUEHRING 01:38:06.893
19 SAVILIA BLUNK 01:38:09.080
20 KAYSEE ARMSTRONG 01:39:00.124
21 HANNAH FINCHAMP 01:39:04.985
22 ERIKA MONSERRATH RODRIGUEZ SUAREZ 01:40:08.091
23 JULIETTE TETREAULT 01:40:22.186
24 CRYSTAL ANTHONY 01:40:36.091
25 MINA RICCI 01:40:47.116
26 ALYSSA EIKMEIER 01:41:33.128
27 ANNE-JULIE TREMBLAY 01:42:57.130
28 MIREILLE LAROSE GINGRAS 01:43:15.707
29 CHRISTINE EIKMEIER 01:44:33.332
30 DARRAGH HILDRETH 01:46:11.390
Vail Lake US Cup Pro Men XCO (top-30)
1 CHRISTOPHER BLEVINS 01:38:07.961
2 PETER DISERA 01:38:09.580
3 ANDREW L’ESPERANCE 01:38:10.025
4 LEANDRE BOUCHARD 01:38:17.070
5 JOSE GERARDO ULLOA AREVALO 01:38:34.096
6 KEEGAN SWENSON 01:38:34.100
7 COLE PATON 01:39:12.146
8 QUINTON DISERA 01:39:16.944
9 KOHEI YAMAMOTO 01:39:30.164
10 ALEX WILD 01:40:00.174
11 JERRY DUFOUR 01:40:10.555
12 DANIEL JOHNSON 01:40:15.353
13 RICHARD CYPRESS GORRY 01:40:27.272
14 RAPHAEL GAGNE 01:40:34.200
15 SAMUEL ELSON 01:40:37.607
16 CARSON BECKETT 01:40:43.275
17 STEPHAN DAVOUST 01:40:51.188
18 JONAS LINDBERG 01:40:57.198
19 RAPHAEL AUCLAIR 01:40:58.251
20 ALEXANDER YOUNG ANDERSEN 01:41:01.192
21 VICTOR VERREAULT 01:41:07.955
22 GUNNAR HOLMGREN 01:41:18.198
23 PETE KARINEN 01:41:42.316
24 NICK LANDO 01:41:50.566
25 GEORWILL PEREZ 01:41:56.385
26 CARLOS MAC PHERSON 01:42:01.668
27 SANDY FLOREN 01:42:09.737
28 ALEXANDER SUGARMAN 01:42:22.451
29 NIC BEECHAN 01:42:23.844
30 TOBIN ORTENBLAD 01:42:26.444
Vail Lake US Cup Junior Women XCO
1 SOFIE HEBY PEDERSEN 00:58:20.867
2 EMILLY JOHNSTON 00:58:21.923
3 ALEXIS BOBBITT 00:59:21.040
4 GABRIELLE RICHARDSON 00:59:22.307
5 RUBY RYAN 01:01:04.928
6 ADA URIST 01:01:14.841
7 JULIETTE LAROSE GINGRAS 01:01:36.281
8 LAURENCE LEVESQUE 01:01:38.925
9 HALEY RANDEL 01:01:45.087
10 GRACE MURPHY 01:02:19.929
11 SYDNEY NIELSON 01:02:54.428
12 KATELYN WILLIAMS 01:02:56.193
13 MORGAN HALES 01:03:17.885
14 MILA LEGER REDEL 01:03:34.919
15 NATALIE FERNAU 01:03:39.890
16 NATALIA MARIE TORRES MACOUZET 01:03:52.944
17 MEIGAN BUTLER 01:04:27.921
18 GISELLE SLEMBOSKI 01:04:50.951
19 IZABEL ADAMS 01:05:47.938
20 HADLEY PEAY 01:06:12.050
21 SHELBY KAWELL 01:06:14.103
22 ZAYDIE CROY 01:07:01.986
23 KENDYL NELSON 01:07:22.248
24 HATTIE RANSOM 01:09:08.407
25 CAMILLE LIDDELL 01:09:30.149
26 KENNEDY SCOTT 01:10:44.110
Vail Lake US Cup Junior Men XCO
1 CARTER WOODS 01:05:13.949
2 MARKUS KAAD HEUER 01:06:36.672
3 TOBIAS LILLELUND 01:06:41.371
4 AUGUST HOGLUND 01:06:41.933
5 NOLAN JENKINS 01:06:42.171
6 IAN MILLENNIUM 01:06:42.173
7 HAMISH GRAHAM 01:06:46.147
8 CHARLES-ANTOINE ST-ONGE 01:06:53.284
9 BJORN RILEY 01:07:54.574
10 RILEY AMOS 01:07:56.935
11 BRAEDEN ANDERSON 01:07:56.937
12 DAXTON MOCK 01:08:12.391
13 VINCENT THIBOUTOT 01:08:29.305
14 KIERAN NILSEN 01:08:30.138
15 BRENNON PETERSON 01:08:30.320
16 JEREMIE LA GRENADE 01:08:40.076
17 DEVIN DEBRUHL 01:08:48.254
18 MAX MCFADDEN 01:08:50.254
19 XAVIER ROY 01:09:04.040
20 DYLAN KERR 01:09:14.010
21 CODY SCOTT 01:09:14.020
22 JAKOB YELLS 01:09:14.050
23 ISSEI MATSUMOTO 01:09:40.101
24 COBE FREEBURN 01:09:41.388
25 TYLER ADAMS 01:09:51.103
26 EMILIO AZCONA 01:10:10.986
27 NATHAN DAVIS 01:10:12.406
28 COLTON WOODS 01:10:56.087
29 ADAIR ZABDIEL GUTIERREZ PRIERTO 01:11:03.406
30 GABE NOORDA 01:11:10.078
31 SEAN MIDDLETON 01:11:21.015
Vail Lake US Cup Pro Women STXC
1 ERIN HUCK 00:25:34.359
2 KATE COURTNEY 00:25:53.206
3 LEA DAVISON 00:26:19.692
4 HALEY SMITH 00:26:41.077
5 KELSEY URBAN 00:26:41.402
6 GWENDALYN GIBSON 00:26:42.459
7 ROSE GRANT 00:26:43.330
8 SANDRA WALTER 00:26:43.933
9 EVELYN DONG 00:26:44.604
10 KAYSEE ARMSTRONG 00:26:45.831
11 CRYSTAL ANTHONY 00:26:54.814
12 EMILLY JOHNSTON 00:26:57.899
13 SOFIA GOMEZ VILLAFANE 00:27:00.874
14 SAVILIA BLUNK 00:27:08.686
15 INES GUTIERREZ ORTEGA 00:27:21.194
16 LAURIE ARSENEAULT 00:27:40.644
17 ALEXIS SKARDA 00:20:02.403
18 REBECCA BEAUMONT 00:20:04.767
19 RINA MATSUMOTO 00:20:27.329
20 JULIETTE TETREAULT 00:20:29.329
21 JASMIN DUEHRING 00:20:29.628
22 ERIKA MONSERRATH RODRIGUEZ SUAREZ 00:20:44.294
23 MARIANNE THEBERGE 00:18:07.313
24 MIREILLE LAROSE GINGRAS 00:18:13.848
25 MINA RICCI 00:18:14.266
26 ANNE-JULIE TREMBLAY 00:18:14.528
27 KATJA FREEBURN 00:18:27.801
28 DARRAGH HILDRETH 00:15:49.447
29 MONICA VEGA TORRES 00:13:15.362
30 KRISTEN KOLLUS 00:13:25.331
Vail Lake US Cup Pro Men STXC
1 LEANDRE BOUCHARD 00:25:10.195
2 JOSE GERARDO ULLOA AREVALO 00:25:15.050
3 CHRISTOPHER BLEVINS 00:25:15.075
4 PETER DISERA 00:25:15.077
5 ANDREW L’ESPERANCE 00:25:31.407
6 QUINTON DISERA 00:25:34.203
7 CARTER WOODS 00:25:35.251
8 RAPHAEL AUCLAIR 00:25:35.277
9 GUNNAR HOLMGREN 00:25:36.044
10 STEPHAN DAVOUST 00:25:41.401
11 ALEX WILD 00:25:46.519
12 JERRY DUFOUR 00:25:50.075
13 COLE PATON 00:25:50.568
14 RICHARD CYPRESS GORRY 00:25:51.028
15 KEEGAN SWENSON 00:25:54.025
16 ALEXANDER SUGARMAN 00:25:55.633
17 HENRY NADELL 00:26:02.045
18 SANDY FLOREN 00:26:10.851
19 DANIEL JOHNSON 00:26:12.364
20 VICTOR VERREAULT 00:26:14.190
21 PETE KARINEN 00:26:15.024
22 NIC BEECHAN 00:26:15.572
23 TOBIN ORTENBLAD 00:26:17.774
24 ANDERS JOHNSON 00:26:22.174
25 WILLIAM COTE 00:26:22.340
26 NASH DORY 00:26:22.348
27 CARSON BECKETT 00:26:26.240
28 JAIME MIRANDA 00:26:26.246
29 AMANDO MARTINEZ GALVAN 00:26:27.516
30 ARI HIRABAYASHI 00:26:28.271
Vail Lake US Cup Junior Women STXC
1 JULIETTE LAROSE GINGRAS 00:20:50.210
2 ALEXIS BOBBITT 00:20:50.552
3 GABRIELLE RICHARDSON 00:20:51.936
4 HALEY RANDEL 00:21:00.068
5 RUBY RYAN 00:21:01.971
6 LAURENCE LEVESQUE 00:21:22.161
7 SYDNEY NIELSON 00:21:41.967
8 HADLEY PEAY 00:21:44.129
9 TAI-LEE SMITH 00:21:53.145
10 SKYLER PERRY 00:21:56.100
11 MILA LEGER REDEL 00:21:56.102
12 NATALIE FERNAU 00:21:56.103
13 LAUREN AGGELER 00:21:59.851
14 KATELYN WILLIAMS 00:22:03.062
15 ZAYDIE CROY 00:22:25.178
16 ISABELLA HEINEMANN 00:22:30.202
17 SHELBY KAWELL 00:22:30.240
18 GISELLE SLEMBOSKI 00:22:30.248
19 MORGAN HALES 00:22:57.446
20 KENNEDY SCOTT 00:23:21.585
21 OPAL KONING 00:23:32.383
22 ADDIE WALKER 00:23:45.376
23 CLAIRE SLEMBOSKI 00:21:03.087
24 REILLY PHELAN 00:15:02.233
Vail Lake US Cup Pro Women STXC
1 RILEY AMOS 00:20:06.690
2 BLAKE WRAY 00:20:10.797
3 VINCENT THIBOUTOT 00:20:11.942
4 CHARLES-ANTOINE ST-ONGE 00:20:12.943
5 ISSEI MATSUMOTO 00:20:14.089
6 DAXTON MOCK 00:20:15.741
7 JEREMIE LA GRENADE 00:20:15.753
8 KIERAN NILSEN 00:20:16.915
9 HAMISH GRAHAM 00:20:19.223
10 JAKOB YELLS 00:20:20.921
11 TYLER ADAMS 00:20:24.766
12 BJORN RILEY 00:20:25.748
13 XAVIER ROY 00:20:27.885
14 COBE FREEBURN 00:20:36.780
15 DEVIN DEBRUHL 00:20:41.701
16 BRAEDEN ANDERSON 00:20:42.838
17 ETHAN VILLANEDA 00:20:42.917
18 NYE YACKLE 00:20:45.720
19 MAX MCFADDEN 00:20:45.727
20 MATT GARRISON 00:20:50.538
21 NATHAN DAVIS 00:20:52.027
22 CAMERON ADAMS 00:20:59.010
23 GABE NOORDA 00:20:59.016
24 CAMERON DOMINGUEZ 00:21:03.164
25 SEAN MIDDLETON 00:21:05.919
26 COLTON WOODS 00:21:07.724
27 EVAN GARRISON 00:21:08.780
28 NICHOLAS TABARES 00:21:11.975
29 RYDER UETRECHT 00:21:16.778
30 ZACHARY FERNAU 00:21:18.262
31 CODY SCOTT 00:21:20.265