South Main Kayak Team’s Dustin Urban is second in the World Cup standings going into preliminaries in Thun, Switzerland today. He trails Peter Csonka of Slovakia by 15 points:

MK1 WC Standings

WK1 WC Standings

WK1 Prelims Results

 

In the women’s class, Emily Jackson holds the lead with Ruth Gordon and Fiona Jarvie on her heels in 2nd and 3rd place. Ruth finished preliminaries yesterday in 1st, Fiona is in 2nd and Emily is currently in 3rd.

 

 

K1JM Prelims Results

K1JM WC Standings

 

Junior prelims took place yesterday. Sebastien Devred of France, who is currently leading the Junior Men in World Cup standings, is in first going into semifinals.

 

 

We managed to escape to the mountains yesterday to take in the dramatic scenery. We drove to the alpine town of Grindelwald which sits at roughly 3,000 feet. Just miles away the highest mountains rise to over 13,000 feet. The 10,000-foot difference in elevation between the valley and the peaks makes for one of the most dramatic alpine settings I have witnessed. Here’s a gallery of the adventure.