Kananaskis Valley (AB), Canada – Marie-Michèle Gagnon completed a hat-trick of national super combined titles Sunday with a dominant performance at the GMC Canadian Championships held at Nakiska Ski Area in Alberta.nThe 21-year-old from Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, finished almost 1.5 seconds ahead of her nearest rival with a combined time of one minute, 40.52 seconds in Nakiska. It’s the third straight super combined Canadian title for the talented young skier, who finished the year ranked 15th overall in the world in super combined. She was fastest in both the super G (1:05.18) and the slalom (35.34) on Sunday.

“I’m happy. It’s my thing,” said Gagnon of the super combined event. “It’s my third title. I can’t let it go to anyone!

“It’s fun to have all the girls from the team here. But as much as you are having fun, you are still competitive.”

Prospect Group skier Madison Irwin, of the Craigleith Ski Club in Ontario, was the top junior and finished second overall with a combined time of 1:41.94.

“Super G went well – it was a fun course,” said the 19-year-old from Toronto, Ontario. “In slalom, you could see everyone go down. It was intimidating because there were some girls ripping it.

“I’m thrilled. I hope to keep things going down the path they are going. I hope to ski well, ski hard, ski fast. And I hope that’s good enough for a good result.”

Rounding out the podium was Marie-Pier Préfontaine, of Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, who had a combined time of 1:42.10.

“This morning I had an OK run in super G. I just went for it in the slalom,” said Préfontaine, who has been battling illness this week. “I’m happy with the podium.”

Whistler’s Britt Janyk was second fastest in the super G and had a lot of fun racing the slalom, an event she hasn’t skied competitively for some time. She even had to borrow slalom equipment from teammate Eve Routhier.

“I haven’t done much slalom recently,” said Janyk, who finished fourth overall with a combined time of 1:42.50. “I’m more nervous at the top of a slalom course than a downhill. But it was good to run the super G and get ready for tomorrow.”

Hugues Ansermoz, head coach of the Canadian ladies’ team, enjoyed the battle between Janyk and Gagnon in the super G, and the tough competition in the slalom portion of the race.

“We know we have some really good slalom skiers,” he said. “Everybody was attacking – it was pretty impressive.”