Simard, 28, had surgery to repair a left knee injury in 2007. She came back to the World Cup this season after missing the entire 2007/08 season rehabbing the injury.
Simard won today’s race in a two-run combined time of two minutes 22.15 seconds.
“This is a great note to end the season on,” said Simard, who was third after the opening run. “My second run was really solid. I will be heading to Whistler for training now with a lot of confidence.”
“It was a great feeling today racing in Quebec in front of family and friends. The nationals are really important for the younger girls racing against CAST. I haven’t been healthy enough recently to race (at the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships) and so this year it felt really nice to be racing. And any time you win, it’s an even better feeling,” said Simard, who now has three career Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships titles (GS in 2005 and slalom in 2002).
Simard’s second run was the best on the day, and she would finish nearly a second ahead of Shona Rubens (Canmore, AB) who took second place in a two-run combined time of 2:23.11.
First run leader Marie-Pier Préfontaine (St-Sauveur, QC) finished third in a two-run combined time of 2:23.29.
“That was great. I wasn’t that nervous about leading after the opening run and I skied well today. At the end of the day, I am pretty happy with third,” Préfontaine said.
Today’s race brings an end to the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships and the Pontiac GMC Cup season.
Quebec Ski Team racer Ashley-Kate Durham (Montreal, QC), the leader of the ladies overall Pontiac GMC Cup standings going into today, won the overall title joining back-to-back winner Benjamin Thomsen (Invermere, BC), the winner on the men’s side.
The Pontiac GMC Cup, Canada’s developmental ski racing program, is sanctioned by Alpine Canada Alpin and the International Ski Federation.
Pontiac GMC, the title sponsor of the race series, is celebrating 40 years since it began providing amateur ski racers in Canada with essential competitive experience.
PHOTOGRPAHY: For those wishing to purchase photos of ski racers involved in this weekend’s Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships races at Mont-Ste-Anne, please visit www.photoaction.ca.
(* NEW) SATELLITE FEED: Broadcasters can access a satellite feed of the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships from March 22 to 24.
Satellite: Anik F1 R C Transponder 5A (Channel 09) @ 107.3 degrees W.
Audio sub carriers 6.8 (left) & 6.2 (right)
downlink frequency 3880 H
The satellite feed will be available from 5:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET daily.
This is analogue (not digital, so no need for FEC or Symbols Rate).
* These new coordinates are being provided in order to resolve problems that may have been experienced by some broadcasters in receiving video news feeds from Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships over the past three days. Alpine Canada Alpin and Pontiac GMC regret any inconvenience this may have been caused.
2009 PONTIAC GMC CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
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MEN |
LADIES |
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Downhill |
Jeffrey Frisch |
Shona Rubens |
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Super-G |
Robbie Dixon |
Britt Janyk |
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Giant Slalom |
John Kucera |
Geneviève Simard |
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Slalom |
Michael Janyk |
Shona Rubens |
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Super Combined |
Paul Stutz |
Marie-Michèle Gagnon |
MONT-STE-ANNE, QC - MAR. 24, 2009 – GIANT SLALOM – LADIES
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1 |
4 |
SIMARD, Genevieve |
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CAST |
1:10.77 (3) |
1:11.38 (1) |
2:22.15 |
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2 |
2 |
RUBENS, Shona |
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CAST |
1:10.89 (4) |
1:12.22 (2) |
2:23.11 |
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3 |
5 |
PREFONTAINE, Marie-Pier |
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CAST |
1:10.36 (1) |
1:12.93 (5) |
2:23.29 |
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4 |
1 |
YURKIW, Larisa |
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CAST |
1:12.05 (5) |
1:12.41 (3) |
2:24.46 |
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5 |
10 |
RYLEY, Megan |
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ON |
1:12.06 (6) |
1:13.06 (7) |
2:25.12 |
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6 |
7 |
DESFORGES, Emilie |
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CAST |
1:12.24 (7) |
1:13.01 (6) |
2:25.25 |
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7 |
8 |
JANOWIAK, Lyndee |
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USA |
1:12.46 (9) |
1:13.28 (9) |
2:25.74 |
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8 |
17 |
PHELAN, Brittany |
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CAST |
1:12.60 (10) |
1:13.30 (10) |
2:25.90 |
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9 |
6 |
ROUTHIER, Eve |
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CAST |
1:12.85 (11) |
1:13.15 (8) |
2:26.00 |
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10 |
12 |
MIELZYNSKI, Erin |
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CAST |
1:12.36 (8) |
1:13.85 (14) |
2:26.21 |
ABOUT THE COUPE PONTIAC GMC CUP
The Coupe Pontiac GMC Cup, which is celebrating 40 years since it began providing amateur ski racers in Canada with essential competitive experience in 2008/09, is a developmental ski racing program sanctioned by Alpine Canada Alpin and the International Ski Federation (FIS). The series includes 39 races in three provinces this season culminating with the Coupe Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships from March 19 to March 25 in Le Massif and Mont Sainte-Anne, QC. For more information, click on the official Coupe Pontiac GMC Cup website of join the Coupe Pontiac GMC Cup Facebook page.
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