Schild and Wilson Top Finishers in Calgary

The U.S. Ski Team qualified six athletes into finals at Saturday’s moguls competition in Calgary, with Morgan Schild (Rochester, N.Y.) and Brad Wilson (Butte, Mont.) posting the top results, both finishing sixth.

Schild made it to her first super final of the season after finishing ninth in Friday’s qualifying rounds and sixth in the final. A few mistakes after the top air in her super final run landed Schild a score of 77.17 and her best World Cup finish of the season so far. Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.), Olivia Giaccio (Redding, Conn.) and Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) all made it through to the finals, finishing ninth, 11th and 16th respectively. Australia’s Britteny Cox claimed her second victory of the season followed by France’s Perrine Laffont in second and Canada’s Justine Dufour-LaPointe in third.

It was also Wilson’s first super final of the season. His qualifying runs were strong, but Wilson was unable to put down a clean run and land a podium spot against a stacked field in the men’s super final. In his first World Cup appearance, Ski & Snowboard Club Vail’s Casey Andringa was the only other U.S. man to make the finals and skied to an impressive 7th place finish right behind Wilson. Mikael Kingsbury landed the win on home turf. Kazaksan’s Dmitriy Reikherd was second and Australia’s Matt Graham third.

The U.S. Ski Team will be back on home soil next week when the FIS Freestyle World Cup tour makes a stop at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. The Visa Freestyle International will feature two single moguls competitions on January 10 and 11 followed by aerials on January 12.

RESULTS
Men’s moguls
Women’s moguls