Posted by Editoress on 10/6/14
The 2014 BMX Canada Cup series came to an end on Sunday, October 5th, in Drummondville, Quebec, with two categories decided by tie breakers to determine the Series Champions.
James Palmer of North Vancouver, BC (Yess Factory) won the men's title in a tiebreaker with Mischa Partridge of Duncan, BC (Ridge Meadows BMX), while Eliane McAdam of Calgary, AB (Ssquared Canada) enjoyed a comfortable lead in the women's category. Both riders won their first Canada Cup titles.
Palmer rode away with the victory on this last race of the season, scoring 700 points. Palmer had a hard task ahead of him as the day started, in a position where he had to win the race to score the maximum points and hoping that Mischa Partridge would finish the race no higher than third. And that exact scenario happened.
Palmer won all three motos of the day and finished first of the race. With only three riders in the category, and with Partridge suffering from injuries suffered in Saturday's Canadian BMX Championships, Partridge soldiered on and participated in the races. He finished third of the first two rounds, and opted not to start the third round, allowing Palmer to cruise to the victory and the Canada Cup title.
Palmer finished the series with 4700 points, having competed in each of the BMX Canada Cup races this season. Patridge also finished with 4700 points, but Palmer took the title having won the Finals. National champion Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam, BC (Redline) finished in third place with 2800 points.
In the women's category, first-year elite rider Eliane McAdam easily won the title with 4780 points, with an impressive 1300 point lead over two-time Canadian Champion Amelia Walsh of Ayr, ON (Yess Factory) in second place. Rosemary Adams of Surrey, BC (Abbotsford BMX) came in third place.
McAdam entered the Elite ranks this year, and has established herself as an immediate threat to her opponents. In the Canada Cup series, she won four of the nine races and provided stiff competition to Amelia Walsh at the Canadian Championships. Walsh won four of the five races in which she entered to finish second overall.
Drew Mechielsen of Langley, BC (Yess Factory) won the Junior women's title with 3460 points for the season. Erin Kinnie of Burnaby, BC (Team BC) finished second close behind, just 200 points back of the leader, while Daina Tuchscherer of Chestermere, AB (Factory Pure) took third place.
In the hotly contested Junior men's category, Hayden Mechielsen of Langley, BC (Abbotsford BMX) won the Series title with 3250 points, jumping from third to first, thanks to his victory on the last day of competition. Jared Ennis of Coquitlam, BC (Team BC) finished second, tied with Mechielsen at 3250 points. Similarly to the Elite men's situation, Mecheilsen broke the tie thanks to his victory at the Finals to win the title. Kiran Kawa (Team Alberta) took third place.
The top seven results were taken in consideration for the Canada Cup final standings for all categories.
Final Series Standings
Elite Women | Best 7 of 9 |
1 Eliane McAdam (AB) Ssquared Canada | 4780 pts |
2 Amelia Walsh (ON) Yess | 3480 |
3 Rosemary Adams (AB) Abbotsford BMX | 2670 |
4 Cassidy Monaghan (AB) Edmonton BMX | 2570 |
5 Sabrina Millman (AB) | 1320 |
6 Margault Taupin (QC) | 1320 |
7 Morgan Mcadam (AB) Ssquared Canada | 1300 |
8 Michelle Berti (BC) | 1280 |
9 Emily Macpherson (ON) Team Ontario | 650 |
Elite Men | Best 7 of 9 |
1 James Palmer (BC) Yess Factory | 4700 pts |
2 Mischa Partridge (BC) Ridge Meadows BMX | 4700 |
3 Tory Nyhaug (BC) Redline | 2800 |
4 Jim Brown (BC) Yess Factory | 2740 |
5 Justin Tuchscherer (AB) B and P Cycle | 2430 |
6 Manuel Cadle (AB) GHP Canada | 2260 |
7 Frederic Levesque (QC) | 1950 |
8 Cory Walsh (ON) Dikoi | 1940 |
9 Brandon Reid (BC) Pure Cycles | 1930 |
10 Cameron Helm (AB) Alias | 1630 |
11 Michael Beaudoin (QC) BMX Cap | 1340 |
12 Nicolas Londono (QC) BMX Bromont | 1300 |
13 Mitch Warken (AB) | 1280 |
14 Karsten Millman (AB) 2 Cycle Michael's | 1280 |
15 Jeffrey Jacobsen (AB) Alias | 1250 |
16 Alex Sailer (?) | 1110 |
17 Calvin Mcrae (AB) | 1000 |
18 Trent Jones (NZL) | 680 |
19 Joey Trudeau (QC) | 620 |
Junior Women | Best 7 of 9 |
1 Drew Mechielsen (BWJ) (AB) Yess | 3460 pts |
2 Erin Kinnie (BWJ) (BC) Team BC | 3260 |
3 Daina Tuchscherer (BWJ) (AB) Factory Pure | 2440 |
4 Yvonne Kingston (BWJ) (AB) Trukkers | 1800 |
Junior Development Women | Best 4 of 5 |
1 Cayleigh Van Staalduinen (AB) St Albert BMX | 1460 pts |
2 Brianne Vanderkuip (AB) Alberta BMX Provincial | 1060 |
3 Kelly Ann Heughan (AB) Well Green Tech | 1030 |
4 Alexandra Plesniarski (AB) | 710 |
5 Avriana Herbert (AB) | 600 |
6 Emily Macpherson (ON) Team Ontario | 600 |
7 Vanessa Whaling (AB) XanGo | 490 |
8 Megane Belanger (QC) | 280 |
9 Alyzee Bruneau (QC) | 260 |
10 Audrey Leboeuf (QC) | 250 |
11 Maryanne Roy (QC) | 240 |
Junior Men | Best 7 of 9 |
1 Hayden Michielsen (BC) Abbotsford BMX | 3250 pts |
2 Jared Ennis (BC) Team BC | 3250 |
3 Kiran Kawa (AB) Alberta | 3060 |
4 Tanner Vandenhoven (AB) Staats | 2950 |
5 Gaby Malenfant (QC) | 2440 |
6 Mackay Leslie (BC) Team BC | 1650 |
7 Aidan Burger (AB) Yess | 1450 |
8 Chase Harrison (AB) | 1450 |
9 Alexandre Roy (QC) BMX Pointe du Lac | 1380 |
10 Shelby Mysek (AB) | 1010 |
11 Chase Kelln (AB) Alberta | 960 |
12 Alex Wright (ON) Team Ontario | 940 |
13 Alexis Lapointe (QC) BMX Gatineau | 900 |
14 Raymond Fenwick (AB) Edmonton BMX | 890 |
15 Evan Mottershead (AB) Cranks BMX | 720 |
16 Nathan Martin (BC) | 710 |
17 Kylar Van Ee (AB) Bert and Macs | 600 |
18 Brock Young (AB) | 600 |
19 Jayme Johnson (AB) | 410 |
Junior Development Men | Best 7 of 9 |
1 Deven Kawa (AB) Alberta | 1980 pts |
2 Alex Tougas (BC) Yess/ Team BC | 1500 |
3 Ethan Burger (AB) TLD Yess | 790 |
4 Lukas Becker (AB) | 730 |
5 Josh Samells (ON) Ontario | 600 |
6 Carter Pastuszko (AB) | 550 |
7 Zac Croft (AB) | 540 |
8 Dillon Butcher (BC) Abbotsford | 540 |
9 Philippe Bougie (QC) Cyclemax Racing | 540 |
10 Riley Lavorato (AB) Bert and Macs | 530 |
11 Jacob Thibodeau (AB) Alberta | 520 |
12 Garrett Hebert (AB) | 510 |
13 Raphael Ouellet (QC) BMX QSA | 500 |
14 Kevin Lampron (QC) BMX SCDD | 480 |
15 Luke Haggart (AB) | 460 |
16 Samuel Villeneuve (QC) BMX SCDD | 430 |
17 Ysmael Tougas (QC) BMX Haut Richelieu | 320 |
18 Olivier Desmeules (QC BMX QSA | 280 |
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