2024/2025 North American Cup Final Standings

From Durham, USA

(January 28, 2025) – The North American Cup concluded on January 27 in Lake Placid. Below are the season’s points in bobsled and skeleton.

Men’s Skeleton

The NAC men’s skeleton tour concluded in a similar way to how the Asian Cup kicked off: With many World Cup athletes in the field causing a bit of chaos into the races.

For the men, NAC regular Andrew Whittier-Neises clinched the season title a race early on the strength of a medal in every race in Park City and a fifth place in the season opener in Whistler. Behind him, Wengang Yan competed in just four races but finished second with two golds, a silver and a bronze.

Nick Timmings had four top fives and five top tens in six races as he edged out Jared Firestone by just five points, with Taiwan’s Lin-Wei Peng ending the year in fifth place.

Canada’s Josip Brusic was the top junior in ninth place.

Pos Name Nation Points Results Best Finish Worst Finish
1 Andrew Whittier-Neises USA 505 8 1 (Park City x3) 25 (Lake Placid)
2 Wengang Yan CHN 450 4 1 (LP2, PC3) 3 (Lake Placid 1)
3 Nicholas Timmings AUS 387 6 2 (Whistler 1) 12 (Lake Placid 1)
4 Jared Firestone ISR 382 8 3 (Park City 1) 17 (Lake Placid x2)
5 Lin-Wei Peng TPE 289 6 2 (Park City x2) 25 (Lake Placid 1)
6 Laurence Bostock GBR 278 4 4 (Park City 4) 8 (LP x2, PC3)
7 Jacob Salisbury GBR 260 4 4 (Park City 3) 14 (Lake Placid 1)
8 Lucas Defayet FRA 248 4 3 (Park City 3) 15 (Lake Placid 1)
9 Josip Brusic (J) CAN 248 6 3 (Whistler 1) 19 (Lake Placid 1)
10 Jeff Bauer LUX 242 8 5 (Whistler 2) 31 (Lake Placid 1)

Women’s Skeleton

Kendall Wesenberg dominated the women’s skeleton NAC tour this season. In her return to action from surgery, she started her comeback with six straight victories before the final two races in Lake Placid. In those races, with a huge field including many World Cup regulars, she finished eighth and fifth on her way to a 200+ point season victory.

The US Virgin Islands’ Katie Tannenbaum started the season strong with medals in her first four races, but was leapfrogged after the final race by Columbia’s Laura Vargas.

USA’s Hannah Gaskins and Sha’Londa Terry were fourth and fifth.

Isabella Fassnidge was the top junior in eighth.

Pos Name Nation Points Results Best Finish Worst Finish
1 Kendall Wesenberg USA 516 8 1 (PC x4, Wh x2) 8 (Lake Placid 1)
2 Laura Vargas COL 302 8 2 (Whistler x2) 17 (Lake Placid 1)
3 Katie Tannenbaum ISV 299 8 2 (Park City x2) 22 (Lake Placid 1)
4 Hannah Gaskins USA 260 8 3 (Park City 2) 19 (Lake Placid 1)
5 Sha’Londa Terry USA 247 8 3 (Park City 1) 23 (Lake Placid 1)
6 Logan Wudi USA 237 8 3 (Whistler x2) 20 (Lake Placid 1)
7 Lisel Baker USA 231 8 4 (Park City x2) 21 (Lake Placid 1)
8 Isabella Fassnidge (J) GBR 215 4 3 (Park City 3) 12 (Park City 4)
9 Susanne Kreher GER 210 2 2 (Lake Placid 2) 3 (Lake Placid 3)
10 Jane Channell CAN 192 2 3 (Lake Placid 2) 4 (Lake Placid 4)

Monobob

The Canadian women were dominant in NAC monobob action. A Canadian won every gold medal and every silver medal over the course of the eight races, with Erica Voss coming out on top 100 points ahead of teammate Kristen Bujnowski after Bujnowski scored no points in the first race of the season.

The United States’ Riley Tejcek scored two medals and finished in the top six of every race onto a third place finish, ahead of Thailand’s Agnese Campeol. Campeol edged out Latvia’s Amelija Kotane as the top junior after Kotane did not start the second heat in Whistler.

Pos Name Nation Points Results Best Finish Worst Finish
1 Erica Voss CAN 910 8 1 (LP1, PC2, Wh2) 2 (LP2, PC x3, Wh1)
2 Kristen Bujnowski CAN 810 7 1 (LP2, PC x3) 2 (LP1, PC2, Wh2)
3 Riley Tejcek USA 756 8 3 (Park City x2) 6 (PC x2, Wh2)
4 Agnese Campeolj (J) THA 632 8 7 (LP x2, PC3, Wh1) 11 (Park City 1)
5 Amelija Kotane (J) LAT 600 7 6 (LP x2, PC x2, Wh1) 8 (Park City x2)
6 Adanna Johnson JAM 588 8 7 (Park City 4) 15 (Park City x2)
7 Bianca Ribi CAN 426 4 1 (Whistler) 3 (Wh2, PC x2)
8 Yooran Kim KOR 396 4 3 (Lake Placid x2) 4 (Park City x2)
9 Mackenzie Stewart CAN 378 4 3 (Whistler 1) 5 (PC x2, Wh2)
10 Sin-Rong Lin TPE 352 4 5 (Lake Placid x2) 7 (Park City x2)

Two-Man Bobsled

The NAC two-man schedule consistently saw some of the best fields it has had in a while. Over the course of the season, the bulk of the golds and silvers were won by Americans Geoff Gadbois and Kris Horn, with Gadbois winning the season title by just 28 points over Horn, with the deciding factor a ninth-place finish for Horn in the second race of the year in Whistler.

NAC legend Edson Bindilatti of Brazil finished the year in third place, as he edged out Israel’s AJ Edelman by four points for the final podium position on the season.

Edelman was fourth, and Canada’s Cyrus Gray fifth.

USA’s Grady Mercer was sixth overall as the top junior on tour.

Pos Name Nation Points Results Best Finish Worst Finish
1 Geoffrey Gadbois USA 900 8 1 (LP2, PC1) 2 (Wh x2, PC x3, LP)
2 Kristopher Horn USA 872 8 1 (LP, PC x3) 9 (Whistler 2)
3 Edson Bindilatti BRA 708 8 4 (LP x2, PC4) 9 (Whistler 1)
4 Adam Edelman ISR 704 8 4 (Park City 3) 10 (Park City 1)
5 Cyrus Gray CAN 660 8 5 (Whistler 1) 9 (Park City x2)
6 Grady Mercer (J) USA 640 8 7 (LP2, PC4) 9 (PC2, LP1)
7 Jay Dearborn CAN 578 7 5 (Lake Placid 1) 13 (Park City 4)
8 Cam Scott AUS 540 8 8 (Park City 4) 18 (Park City 1)
9 Shane Pitter (J) JAM 496 7 6 (PC x2) 14 (Park City 2)
10 Gustavo dos Santos Ferreira (J) BRA 488 8 11 (Whistler 2) 15 (Park City 4)

Two-Woman Bobsled
For the first half of the season, the two-woman podium was not unlike the monobob podium. Kristen Bujnowski, Erica Voss, and Bianca Ribi dominated the races in Whistler and the first two in Park City. The post-holiday portion of the season saw the inclusion of South Korea’s Yooran Kim, who won two golds and two silvers on her way to an eighth place finish on the season despite only competing in the four races.

Kritsen Bujnowski medaled in every race but one in the two-woman season and won handily over USA’s Riley Tejcek and the remainder of the field. Tejcek moved into second place on the season after a win in the season finale, her first gold medal as a pilot.

Agnese Campeol was the top junior in third overall. Erica Voss missed two races in Park City but still finished fourth, while Taiwan’s Sin-Rong Lin was fifth despite missing two races in Whistler.

Pos Name Nation Points Results Best Finish Worst Finish
1 Kristen Bujnowski CAN 840 8 1 (Park City 3) 5 (Lake Placid 1)
2 Riley Tejcek USA 698 7 1 (Lake Placid 2) 6 (Park City 1)
3 Agnese Campeol (J) THA 680 8 4 (Park City 3) 9 (Park City 1)
4 Erica Voss CAN 610 6 2 (LP1, Wh x2) 9 (Park City 2)
5 Sin-Rong Lin TPE 532 6 4 (Park City 4) 7 (PC1, PC3)
6 Adanna Johnson (J) JAM 504 6 5 (PC x2) 10 (Park City 1)
7 Bianca Ribi CAN 480 4 1 (Wh x2, PC x2) 1 (Wh x2, PC x2)
8 Yooran Kim KOR 460 4 1 (PC4, LP1) 2 (LP2, PC3)
9 Lauren Brzozowski USA 394 4 2 (Park City 2) 5 (Lake Placid 2)
10 Mackenzie Stewart CAN 384 4 4 (PC x2, Wh x2) 4 (PC x2, Wh x2)

Four-Man Bobsled

Brazil’s Edson Bindilatti’s two-man season was very good, but his four-man season was even better. He won the season title ahead of Canada’s Jay Dearborn with a medal in all but one race on the season.

Dearborn finished the year in second place, just ahead of Kris Horn and Geoff Gadbois. Both Americans skipped the opening two races of the NAC four-man season and finished third and fourth, respectively.

Cyrus Gray rounded out the top five for Canada, with USA’s Grady Mercer the top junior in sixth.

Pos Name Nation Points Results Best Finish Worst Finish
1 Geoffrey Gadbois USA 900 8 1 (LP2, PC1) 2 (Wh x2, PC x3, LP)
2 Kristopher Horn USA 872 8 1 (LP, PC x3) 9 (Whistler 2)
3 Edson Bindilatti BRA 708 8 4 (LP x2, PC4) 9 (Whistler 1)
4 Adam Edelman ISR 704 8 4 (Park City 3) 10 (Park City 1)
5 Cyrus Gray CAN 660 8 5 (Whistler 1) 9 (Park City x2)
6 Grady Mercer (J) USA 640 8 7 (LP2, PC4) 9 (PC2, LP1)
7 Jay Dearborn CAN 578 7 5 (Lake Placid 1) 13 (Park City 4)
8 Cam Scott AUS 540 8 8 (Park City 4) 18 (Park City 1)
9 Shane Pitter (J) JAM 496 7 6 (PC x2) 14 (Park City 2)
10 Gustavo dos Santos Ferreira (J) BRA 488 8 11 (Whistler 2) 15 (Park City 4)