WILMINGTON, N.Y. Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.) continued her steak and won a record 11th consecutive FIS Freestyle World Cup moguls event with victory at the USANA Freestyle Cup at Whiteface Mountain on January 19, 2012. The title elevates Kearney past Switzerland's Conny Kissling for the longest Freestyle World Cup win streak. World Champion Patrick Deneen (Cle Elum, Wash.) earned his first podium of the season, finishing second behind Mikael Kingsbury of Canada in the men's event.

Hanna Kearny from Norwick VT heads down the course at Whiteface Mt. on her way to her 11th consecutive win

Conditions leading up to the finals were tough. It rained two days before the finals and the day before the wind chill was minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit. This made for a difficult course, which gave those used to skiing on hard surfaces and advantage. Kearney said "The first two days of training were incredibly tough. Luckily I'm from Vermont and I'm used to crazy conditions. I had no idea there was a record to be broken. I didn't know until the finish area today so I'm really excited about that. I know records are just a piece of data but it's a testament to consistency."

Patrick Deneen said "It's definitely been an interesting event because of all the weather, power outages and delayed training, but then the course workers spent all night on the hill and really softened up the course for us. "

Mikeal Kingsbury soars to his win at the FIS competition.

According to Scott Rawles, Moguls Head Coach the team had a great day that included eight women and four men making the finals. "We were in contention for four podiums and got two, so I'm super stoked on that" Rawles said. Rawles went on to say that Kearny is doing historical things after winning 11 in a row and with good showings from our new skiers, they had a lot to look forward to in Calgary and the following week in Deer Valley, Utah.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hannah Kearney won a record 11th consecutive FIS Freestyle World Cup with victory at the USANA Freestyle Cup in Lake Placid
• Kearney's historic win streak began January 21, 2011 in Lake Placid
• It was the 16th individual moguls win of her career
• Patrick Deneen was second for his first podium of the season.
• Four U.S. skiers finished in the top 8 as12 made the finals.
• Heather McPhie (Bozeman, Mont.) and Jeremy Cota (Carrabassett Valley, Maine) narrowly missed the podium with fourth

Ladies Results

 

Rank	Bib	Name	Year	Nation	Result	Points
1	1	KEARNEY Hannah	1986	USA	23.52	1000.00
2	2	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Justine	1994	CAN	22.85	800.00
3	4	SUDOVA Nikola	1982	CZE	22.78	600.00
4	5	MCPHIE Heather	1984	USA	21.57	500.00
5	13	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Chloe	1991	CAN	22.55	450.00
6	9	OAKLEY K C	1988	USA	21.91	400.00
7	37	RAKHIMOVA Regina	1985	RUS	21.73	360.00
8	10	GALYSHEVA Yulia	1992	KAZ	21.48	320.00
9	17	LOWEREE Brittany	1990	USA	21.12	290.00
10	8	DUFOUR-LAPOINTE Maxime	1989	CAN	21.1	260.00
11	6	STOLYAROVA Ekaterina	1988	RUS	20.82	240.00
12	12	KLOSER Heidi	1992	USA	15.76	220.00
13	34	ROBICHAUD Audrey	1988	CAN	15.25	200.00
14	3	OUTTRIM Eliza	1985	USA	12.58	180.00
15	35	DIGRAVIO Alison	1991	USA	11.10	160.00
16	31	MATTHEWS Mikaela	1991	USA		150.00
17	14	ITO Miki	1987	JPN	19.26	140.00
18	19	COX Britteny	1994	AUS	19.16	130.00
19	36	PARKS Nicole	1992	AUS	18.95	120.00
20	38	DUFRESNE Alexandra	1989	CAN	18.69	110.00
21	33	RYBALOVA Darya	1988	KAZ	18.63	100.00
22	29	KARIOTIS Ali	1995	USA	18.33	90.00
23	18	HOSHINO Junko	1989	JPN	17.58	80.00
24	22	WESSEL Hedvig	1995	NOR	17.53	70.00
25	28	SATOYA Tae	1976	JPN	17.39	60.00
26	23	KOYANDER Ellie	1991	GBR	14.32	50.00
27	30	UEMURA Aiko	1979	JPN	12.90	45.00
28	27	CARLQVIST Veronica	1990	SWE	12.36	40.00
29	21	SIMAKINA Kamilia	1984	RUS	11.77	36.00
30	15	MURATA Arisa	1990	JPN	11.64	32.00
31	11	PERTAKHIYA Marika	1992	RUS	9.99	28.00
32	16	BOULANGEAT Alizee	1988	FRA	7.98	26.00
33	32	NILSSON Julia	1990	SWE	6.67	24.00
Did not finish
		HENITIUK Chelsea	1987	CAN

 

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