Siegrist leads first day qualifying
Martin Siegrist attacking Bathurst on his first qualifying run. Photo Raphael Arcenas
Bathurst, Australia - Martin Siegrist led the first day of Downhill Skateboard qualifying at the Newton's Playground / IGSA World Championships being held this weekend at Mount Panorama Raceway. The three time World Champion from Switzerland set a time of 1:01.049 shattering Scoot Smith's year old qualifying record of 1:04.168 by over 3 seconds.
Qualifying second was the winner of the recent IGSA U.S. Nationals Andrew Chapman. Chapman proved that his recent win was no fluke by recording a time of 1:01.875.
Scoot Smith currently sits in 4th. Photo David Pang
Current IGSA World Cup Series points leader Mischo Erban turned in the third quickest run with a time of 1:01.926. The fourth fastest time was turned in by the defending World Champion Scott "Scoot" Smith who ran a 1:02.661. Rounding out the top five was Kevin Reimer with a time of 1:02.957.
Jeff Budro is currently sitting inside the Top Ten. Photo David Pang
Racers congregated near the start awaiting their qualifying runs. Photo David Pang
| Downhill Skateboard Qualifying | |||||
| Pos | No | First Name | Surname | Nat | Run #1 |
| 1 | 6 | Martin | Siegrist | SUI | 1:01.049 |
| 2 | 164 | Andrew | Chapman | CAN | 1:01.875 |
| 3 | 2 | Mischo | Erban | CAN | 1:01.926 |
| 4 | 1 | Scott | Smith | CAN | 1:02.661 |
| 5 | 3 | Kevin | Reimer | CAN | 1:02.957 |
| 6 | 7 | Olivier | Bareaud | FRA | 1:03.429 |
| 7 | 5 | Erik | Lundberg | SWE | 1:03.814 |
| 8 | 91 | Adam | Yates | AUS | 1:04.053 |
| 9 | 53 | Jeff | Budro | USA | 1:04.279 |
| 10 | 37 | Yvon | Labarthe | SUI | 1:04.524 |
| 11 | 524 | Anthony | Graves | USA | 1:04.682 |
| 12 | 622 | Evren | Ozan | USA | 1:04.831 |
| 13 | 55 | Joshua | Weisfeld | USA | 1:05.439 |
| 14 | 654 | Richard | Hornbrook | CAN | 1:05.526 |
| 15 | 181 | Rob | McWhinnie | AUS | 1:05.807 |
| 16 | 459 | Micah | Green | USA | 1:05.941 |
| 17 | 105 | Kurt | Nischel | AUS | 1:06.208 |
| 18 | 109 | Torbjorn | Sunde | NOR | 1:06.937 |
| 19 | 19 | David | Price | USA | 1:07.050 |
| 20 | 650 | Mark | Hepple | AUS | 1:07.096 |
| 21 | 239 | Georges | Siddiqi | USA | 1:07.303 |
| 22 | 225 | Brad | Pearson | AUS | 1:07.365 |
| 23 | 188 | Eddie | Spearing | NZL | 1:07.677 |
| 24 | 631 | Gregorio Gerardo III | Cancio | 1:08.346 | |
| 25 | 649 | Ben | Hay | AUS | 1:08.448 |
| 26 | 38 | Austin | Moncrieff | AUS | 1:08.476 |
| 27 | 210 | Ashley | Donaldson | AUS | 1:08.714 |
| 28 | 663 | Ian | McGlynn | AUS | 1:09.080 |
| 29 | 43 | Jeremy | Rodgers | AUS | 1:09.434 |
| 30 | 56 | Brianne | Davies | CAN | 1:09.557 |
| 31 | 666 | Kody | Noble | AUS | 1:10.418 |
| 32 | 356 | Sebastian | Lundmark | AUS | 1:10.636 |
| 33 | 674 | Jason | Wright | AUS | 1:10.723 |
| 34 | 642 | Fendy | Gan | AUS | 1:10.749 |
| 35 | 222 | Craig | Bond | AUS | 1:11.287 |
| 36 | 628 | Dane | Bond | AUS | 1:11.352 |
| 37 | 670 | Dion | Sternberg | NOR | 1:11.638 |
| 38 | 632 | Luca | Coleman | AUS | 1:12.053 |
| 39 | 630 | Joseph | Brown | AUS | 1:12.325 |
| 40 | 294 | Rebekka | Gemperle | SUI | 1:12.874 |
| 41 | 100 | Jarle | Asheim | 1:13.095 | |
| 42 | 655 | Api | Ihaia | PHI | 1:13.389 |
| 43 | 651 | Peter | Hill | AUS | 1:13.417 |
| 44 | 638 | Gabriel | Eliasson | AUS | 1:13.801 |
| 45 | 672 | Nick | Threapleton | AUS | 1:13.965 |
| 46 | 68 | Kevin | O'Hara | AUS | 1:13.992 |
| 47 | 659 | Kent | Lingeveldt | RSA | 1:14.572 |
| 48 | 30 | Hugh | Johnston | CAN | 1:14.765 |
| 49 | 665 | Juan Diego | Millones | AUS | 1:14.825 |
| 50 | 661 | Alex | Lyngaas | AUS | 1:15.836 |
| 51 | 633 | Ben | Cross | AUS | 1:15.927 |
| 52 | 159 | Humberto | de Melo | BRA | 1:15.993 |
| 53 | 667 | Brodie | Pedersen | AUS | 1:16.016 |
| 54 | 583 | Oliver | Dowie | AUS | 1:16.744 |
| 55 | 640 | Joshua | Evans | AUS | 1:17.117 |
| 56 | 127 | Anne | Harding | CAN | 1:17.263 |
| 57 | 673 | Gilbert | Wong | AUS | 1:18.291 |
| 58 | 644 | Leigh | Griffiths | AUS | 1:18.683 |
| 59 | 676 | Mathies | Lessman | AUS | 1:19.314 |
| 60 | 610 | Spencer | Daley | AUS | 1:19.884 |
| 61 | 509 | Connor | Wagner | USA | 1:19.957 |
| 62 | 228 | Bobby | Godfrey | AUS | 1:20.415 |
| 63 | 145 | Chris | Schütz | GER | 1:21.606 |
| 64 | 648 | Daniel | Hawes | AUS | 1:21.614 |
| 65 | 629 | Michael | Bowditch | AUS | 1:21.618 |
| 66 | 656 | Henry | King | AUS | 1:23.000 |
| 67 | 549 | Merrick | Wildash | AUS | 1:23.145 |
| 68 | 626 | Raphael | Arcenas | PHI | 1:23.476 |
| 69 | 641 | Pierre | Gamby | FRA | 1:24.688 |
| 70 | 35 | Corey | Leeson | AUS | 1:24.707 |
| 71 | 658 | Alex | Leith | AUS | 1:25.138 |
| 72 | 634 | Owen | Davey | AUS | 1:25.236 |
| 73 | 139 | Dennis | Westphal | CAN | 1:27.301 |
| 74 | 662 | Alex | Martin | AUS | 1:27.557 |
| 75 | 637 | Nick | Dunmall | CAN | 1:30.208 |
| 76 | 657 | Cameron | Kite | AUS | 1:31.498 |
| 77 | 66 | Dusty | Werner | RSA | 1:38.619 |
| 78 | 635 | Benjamin | Dowie | AUS | 1:42.523 |
| 79 | 660 | Isaac | Llewelyn-Davies | AUS | 1:45.072 |
| 80 | 675 | Renee | Bayly | AUS | 1:52.913 |
| 81 | 664 | Sean | Meaney | AUS | DNF |
| 82 | 671 | Bradley | Sterritt | AUS | DNS |
| 83 | 669 | Aron | Söderström | NOR | DNS |
| 84 | 668 | Tara | Scrivener | AUS | DNS |
| 85 | 653 | Lasse | Holopainen | PHI | DNS |
| 86 | 652 | Ching-Ling | Ho | PHI | DNS |
| 87 | 647 | Gabriel | Gwynne | AUS | DNS |
| 88 | 646 | Paul | Gwillim | AUS | DNS |
| 89 | 645 | Scott | Guthrie | AUS | DNS |
| 90 | 643 | Daniel | Grant | AUS | DNS |
| 91 | 639 | Michael | Enriquez | AUS | DNS |
| 92 | 563 | Jordan | Madeley | AUS | DNS |
| 93 | 220 | Matt | Ryan | AUS | DNS |
| 94 | 199 | Darren | Rose | AUS | DNS |
| 95 | 193 | David | Kelly | AUS | DNS |
| 96 | 17 | Stephen | Daddow | AUS | DNS |