Jack Crawford led Team Canada's alpine speed squad once again with his fifth-place performance on Jan. 28 at the World Cup super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. It is the third top-five of the Whistler-based athlete's season and the tenth top-10 of his career.
Breaking the line in a time of one minute and 10.89 seconds, Crawford just missed out on podium position but achieved a lifetime best on the challenging Kandahar course. Swiss star Marco Odermatt locked up gold (1:10.13), while Raphael Haaser of Austria grabbed silver (1:10.43) and Odermatt's countryman Franjo von Allmen went home with bronze (1:10.74).
“Really happy with today’s race,” Crawford told reporters after the fact. “I’ve been struggling for the last little while and it’s been a road to get back to form. Over the last week of training, we figured out a few things and today I felt confident racing. And now I’m feeling good for the rest of the season.”
Canada had four men in the points with Jeffrey Read (Canmore, Alta.) finishing 15th for consecutive top-20s in Garmisch. Cameron Alexander wound up 24th, just ahead of his younger brother and fellow North Vancouverite Kyle Alexander in 30th.
Two other Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) siblings saw action as well. Riley Seger landed just outside the points in 34th and Brodie Seger did not finish his run.
At the women’s super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo Italy, Cassidy Gray was top Canadian with a career-best 29th while Valérie Grenier crashed out and was assisted off the mountain.
Team Canada heads to Kronplatz, Italy for women's giant slalom on Jan. 30 and to Chamonix, France on Feb. 4 for men's slalom.
