Canadian women sit first after first day of bobsled

Posted: 1:00 AM CST Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010

WHISTLER, B.C. -- While most Canadians had their eyes on the men's hockey team Tuesday night, Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse scored a hat trick at the Whistler Sliding Centre.

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WHISTLER, B.C. -- While most Canadians had their eyes on the men's hockey team Tuesday night, Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse scored a hat trick at the Whistler Sliding Centre.

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WHISTLER, B.C. — While most Canadians had their eyes on the men’s hockey team Tuesday night, Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse scored a hat trick at the Whistler Sliding Centre.

The Canada 1 crew established themselves as favourites for tonight’s women’s bobsled final, leading the field through two of four runs and taking down a trio of records in the process.

Humphries and Moyse set a track start record (5.11 seconds), track speed record (146.9 km/h) and track time record (53.01 seconds) on the night.

Their combined time of one minute 46.20 seconds was 13/100ths better than Erin Pac in USA 2. Then it’s a logjam for third.

Germany 2, driven by Cathleen Martini, clocked in at 1:46.60, followed by Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown in Canada 2 (1:46.62), and Germany 1 driven by defending Olympic gold medallist Sandra Kiriasis (1:46.64).

Not that Humphries and Moyse care about the numbers.

“I actually have no idea where people are ranked right now,” said Moyse, a 31-year-old from Summerside, P.E.I. “It’s irrelevant to our job.”

“I know Erin’s in second, only because I had to high-five her in the (leader’s) box, but that’s it,” added Humphries, a 24-year-old Calgarian. “My runs overall were OK..”

— Canwest News Service