Skiers to Compete in Putnam Investments Freestyle Cup
LAKE PLACID, NY (Jan. 28, 2014) – The U.S. Freestyle Ski Team begins mid season World Cup competition this week at the Putnam Investments Lake Placid Freestyle Cup. Mogul athletes will take to the course at Whiteface Mountain on Jan. 29 with the aerials competition taking place at the Olympic Jumping Complex Jan. 30-31. Lake Placid is the second U.S. stop on the World Cup tour this season and is home base for U.S. Freestyle’s Elite Aerial Development Program.
Both the moguls and aerials teams have carried a lot of positive momentum at all levels of competition this season, and the story is no different coming in to Lake Placid. Just over a week ago, Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) won the only World Championship medal she didn’t have, a gold in dual moguls, and brought her medal total up to eight, the most of any freestyle skier. The podium spots have been plentiful on the NorAm tour, with Bruce Perry Jr. finishing second at Deer Valley, UT and Ali Kariotis (Tiburon, CA), Nessa Dziemien (East Hampstead, NH) and Morgan Schild (Pittsford, NY) sweeping the podium at Apex Mountain Resort in Canada.
Ashley Caldwell competes at last year's World Cup event at the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, NY (Evan Spinosa)
The aerials team continues to put up impressive results, with Kiley McKinnon (Madison, CT) and Alex Bowen (Springville, NY) each bringing home a silver medal from World Championships. The Putnam Investments Lake Placid Freestyle Cup features a team event, which means there are two opportunities to get on the podium. The qualification results for Sunday’s team event will count as a World Cup result and be used to seed the teams for the final. This is the second time this year the team event has been used, the first time being at the World Cup opener in Beijing, China in December.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The Putnam Investments Lake Placid Freestyle Cup will take place Jan. 29-31 in Lake Placid, NY.
- Both the moguls and aerials teams are coming off a successful showing at the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships
- The aerial competition on Jan. 31 will be a team event, giving athletes a chance to earn two podium spots over the course of the weekend.
EVENT SCHEDULE (Times EST)
Thursday, January 29
Single Moguls
9:05 a.m. – Ladies’ Qualifications
10:55 a.m. – Men’s Qualifications
1:30 p.m. – Ladies’ Final 1
1:55 p.m. – Men’s Final 1
2:25 p.m. – Ladies’ Final 2
2:35 p.m. – Men’s Final 2
Friday, January 30
Aerials
2:55 p.m. – Ladies’ Qualifications
5:35 p.m. – Men’s Qualifications
8:15 p.m. – Ladies’ Final 1
8:35 p.m. – Men’s Final 1
9:00 p.m. – Ladies’ Final 2
9: 15 p.m. – Men’s Final 2
Saturday, January 31
Aerials Team Event
2:55 p.m. – Ladies’ Qualifications
5:05 p.m. – Men’s Qualifications
8:00 p.m. – Team Aerial Finals 1
8:45 p.m. – Team Aerial Final 2
BROADCAST SCHEDULE (Times EST)
Saturday, January 31st
3:30 p.m. – NBCSN
Sunday, February 1st
4:00 p.m. – NBCSN
Sunday, February 8th
4: 00 p.m. – NBC
AERIALS ATHLETES
Men
Mac Bohonnon (Madison, CT)
Alex Bowen (Springville, NY)
Kendal Johnson (McFarland, WI)
Jon Lillis (Rochester, NY)
Eric Loughran (Pelham, NH)
Mike Rossi (Long Valley, NJ)
Zachary Surdell (Marcellus, MI)
Nevin Brown (Streetsboro, OH)
Women
Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn, VA)
Si Ning Chan (Maine, NY)
Kiley McKinnon (Madison, CT)
Elle Gaudette (Maple Grove, MN)
Morgan Northrop (Park City, UT)
Madison Varmette (Stafford, VA)
MOGULS ATHLETES
Men
Jeremy Cota (Carrabassett Valley, ME)
Joe Discoe (Telluride, CO)
Ryan Dyer (Steamboat Springs, CO)
Sho Kashima (South Lake Tahoe, CA)
Troy Murphy (Bethel, ME)
Bruce Perry Jr. (Winter Park, CO)
Tom Rowley (Long Beach, NY)
Troy Tully (Pleasantville, NY)
Dylan Walczyk (Rochester, NY)
Bryon Wilson (Butte, MN)
Women
Nessa Dziemian (East Hampstead, NH)
Ali Kariotis (Tiburon, CA)
Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT)
Mikaela Matthews (Frisco, CO)
Keaton McCargo (Telluride, CO)
K.C. Oakley (Piedmont, CA)
Morgan Schild (Pittsford, NY)
Sophia Schwartz (Sun Valley, ID)
Lane Stoltzner (Telluride, CO)