March 18, 2010
Kearney ready for freestyle championships
by PR Wire Report/
Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.) will compete in the U.S. Freestyle Championships this weekend. (photo: Getty Images)
An event half a century in the making, Squaw Valley is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games with the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships as Olympic medalists and the sport's best compete for U.S. titles March 26-28.
The action kicks off Friday with men's and women's moguls where Olympic champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.), and Olympic bronze medalists Bryon Wilson (Butte, Mont.) and Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, Calif.) and World Champion Patrick Deneen (Cle Elum, Wash.) will ski the bumps looking for a win.
Things keep rolling on Saturday when David Wise gets back in the halfpipe looking to mark the fifth consecutive U.S. title of his career.
Adding to the action on Saturday will be men's and women's aerials, which feature Olympic silver medalist Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (Boise, Idaho), World Champion Ryan St. Onge (Winter Park, Colo.), World Cup winner Emily Cook (Belmont, Mass.) and Olympians Lacy Schnoor (Draper, Utah) and Scotty Bahrke (Tahoe City, Calif.).
Wrapping up the weekend will be the dual moguls event where Kearney, who just won back-to-back World Cups in both moguls and dual moguls, is looking to shine.
"Squaw last year was gorgeous. It was kind of like spring vacation. To show up on an Olympic year and share with the freestyle community is always something I look forward to," Kearney said.
The Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships kick off March 26 and run through March 28.
