KEARNEY the Great! Makes it 8!

FIS FREESTYLE WORLD CUP
March 12, 2011 - ARE, SWE
Ladies and Men's Dual Moguls

Ladies Final Results:
First Place - Hannah KEARNEY - USA
Second Place - Justine DUFOUR-LaPOINTE - CAN
Third Place - Jen HEIL - CAN
COMPLETE FINAL RESULTS - CLICK HERE

Men's Final Results:
First Place - Alexandre BILODEAU - CAN
Second Place - Guilbuat COLAS - FRA
Third Place - Patrick DENEEN - USA
COMPLETE FINAL RESULTS - CLICK HERE


WORLD CUP STANDINGS - MOGULS:
Ladies - Hannah KEARNEY - USA
Men - Guilbaut COLAS - FRA

Press Release:

SOURCE - USSA - ARE, Sweden (Mar. 12) Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) clinched the FIS Freestyle World Cup overall title with a victory in dual moguls Saturday in Are, Sweden. It was her eighth World Cup win of the season. Patrick Deneen (Cle Elum, WA) fought his way back onto the podium in third. This was Deneen's third podium of the year. "It wasn't always perfect, but I'm proud of my performance," said Kearney of her championship season. "It feels really good." Kearney is the first American to win the World Cup overall since Jeremy Bloom topped the standings in 2005. Her road to victory Saturday exemplifies the type of athlete and competitor Kearney is. For the qualifying run, athletes are randomly assigned a course lane. In Friday's individual moguls World Cup more than 80% of the skiers skied the same line. Kearney, whose lane preference was in that majority, was assigned to the other lane for her qualifying run. "They assigned me to the other course," said Kearney, who qualified for the finals in fifth. "I had a shaky qualification run, very slow too, which is not a good sign for duals." The U.S. women had five athletes qualify for Saturday's finals, unfortunately four of the five were paired against one another in the first round. Kearney was paired against teammate Kayla Snyderman (Winchester, MA), with Heather McPhie (Bozeman, MT) and Heidi Kloser (Vail, CO) the other round one pairing. After moving past Snyderman, Kearney knocked out Eliza Outtrim (Steamboat Springs, CO) in the quarterfinals. The semifinals proved the toughest for Kearney. Her run was not perfect, but with a score of 18-17, Kearney advanced to the finals. It was in the finals where Kearney skied her best run of the day, topping Justine Dufour-LaPointe of Canada with a score of 23-12. "I was the fastest skier in all my duals," said Kearney. "Which was one of my main goals." "Her [Kearney] performance today was very impressive," said Head Coach Scott Rawles. "After having clinched the World Cup title [moguls] yesterday, you might think there would be a bit of a let down, but she really got it done at the end." "This whole weekend was really nice"said Keaney. "It takes a lot of energy to win two events in a row." The U.S. men were led by a resurgent Deneen. After not finishing the course in qualifying for Friday's individual moguls event, Deneen advanced in fifth for Saturday's duals World Cup before going on to win the consolation round for third. "He [Deneen] was pretty disappointed after yesterday," said Rawles. ?¢‚Ǩ?ìHe came back and did a really good job today." Along with two podium finishes, the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team's dual moguls roster fared well Saturday with McPhie finishing fifth, Outtrim, sixth, Snyderman 13th and Kloser 15th for the women. The men also had solid performances by Sho Kashima (Lake Tahoe, CA) in 11th and David DiGravio (Farmington, ME) in 14th.

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