Read the Digital MagazineAerials: Caldwell grabs career first World Cup win in Lake Placid, St. Onge second
After earning a spot on the U.S. Ski Team just last year, 17-year-old Ashley Caldwell stepped up to her first World Cup victory today (Jan. 21) at her training base in Lake Placid, NY to kick off this weekend’s Nature Valley Freestyle Cup.
Before today, Caldwell, a Charleston, SC native, had never finished higher than 10th or lower than 13th in any of the previous four World Cup events she had competed in. With a score of 187.65, the Elite Air Program product blew her previous high mark out of the water with the win over Belorussian Alla Tsuper (186.42) in second and China’s Xu Mengtao (183.82) in third.
American veteran Emily Cook scored a 175.54 in fourth to match her performance in the Mont Gabriel World Cup a week ago. Fellow Americans Allison Lee and Alexa Devereaux also scored World Cup points in 17th and 18th, respectively.
On the men’s side, it was China’s Qi Guangpu taking his second career victory with a score of 250.70. Defending World Champion, American Ryan St. Onge (246.21) took second to secure his ninth career World Cup podium. Last season’s overall titleholder and last season's winner here Anton Kushnir (241.42) rounded out the podium in third.
American Dylan Ferguson landed his second top-10 finish in as many competitions in 10th after finishing ninth last week in Mont Gabriel.
Four other American men earned valuable World Cup points as qualification heats up for the upcoming World Championships in Deer Valley, Utah in February. Nevin Brown finished 17th for his best finish in three World Cups. Michael Ross, Jonathon Lillis and Scotty Bahrke all secured points finishing 22, 27, 30.
Remi Belanger led the Canadian men in 9th followed by teammate Travis Gerritis in 18th.
World Cup competition continues in Lake Placid tomorrow and Sunday with a pair of women’s and men’s moguls competitions.
Head shot by Katie Perhai/U.S. Ski Team, Front page image by Olympic Regional Development Authority.
Women's Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 17 | 2526863 | CALDWELL Ashley | 1993 | USA | 187.65 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 10 | 2192518 | TSUPER Alla | 1979 | BLR | 186.42 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2526230 | XU Mengtao | 1990 | CHN | 183.82 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 13 | 2180102 | COOK Emily | 1979 | USA | 175.54 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2406021 | VOLKOVA Olga | 1986 | UKR | 175.36 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 8 | 2484528 | SCHAERER Tanja | 1989 | SUI | 169.86 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 16 | 2484885 | POLYUK Olga | 1987 | UKR | 166.93 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 9 | 2379055 | DIDENKO Nadiya | 1986 | UKR | 162.50 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 22 | 2526217 | LEE Crystal | 1988 | CAN | 157.01 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 20 | 2527930 | PEEL Laura | 1989 | AUS | 155.69 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 4 | 2529017 | XU Sicun | 1992 | CHN | 150.55 | 240.00 | |
| 12 | 14 | 2526216 | GUERIN Sabrina | 1985 | CAN | 140.48 | 220.00 | |
| 13 | 12 | 2485033 | HUSKOVA Hanna | 1992 | BLR | 79.46 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 6 | 2416400 | ZHAO Shanshan | 1987 | CHN | 77.8 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2438807 | CHENG Shuang | 1987 | CHN | 75.08 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2439777 | ZHANG Xin | 1985 | CHN | 71.2 | 150.00 | |
| 17 | 27 | 2484519 | LEE Allison | 1989 | USA | 69.16 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 26 | 2528011 | DEVEREAUX Alexa | 1991 | USA | 69.03 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 19 | 2526676 | AINSWORTH Sarah | 1985 | GBR | 62.06 | 0.00 |
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Men's Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Result | Level | Points |
| 1 | 2 | 2526229 | QI Guangpu | 1990 | CHN | 250.70 | 1000.00 | |
| 2 | 15 | 2263813 | ST ONGE Ryan | 1983 | USA | 246.21 | 800.00 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2193294 | KUSHNIR Anton | 1984 | BLR | 241.42 | 600.00 | |
| 4 | 17 | 2306688 | ISOZ Andreas | 1984 | SUI | 232.87 | 500.00 | |
| 5 | 21 | 2192615 | ABLAEV Enver | 1979 | UKR | 222.25 | 450.00 | |
| 6 | 8 | 2484526 | GUSTIK Maxim | 1988 | BLR | 221.83 | 400.00 | |
| 7 | 6 | 2330841 | ULRICH Renato | 1983 | SUI | 218.14 | 360.00 | |
| 8 | 7 | 2472951 | ABRAMENKO Oleksandr | 1988 | UKR | 208.6 | 320.00 | |
| 9 | 23 | 2526057 | BELANGER Remi | 1987 | CAN | 205.19 | 290.00 | |
| 10 | 19 | 2343160 | FERGUSON Dylan | 1988 | USA | 204.94 | 260.00 | |
| 11 | 22 | 2416788 | LI Ke | 1985 | CHN | 204.32 | 240.00 | |
| 12 | 5 | 2438904 | WU Chao | 1987 | CHN | 201.17 | 220.00 | |
| 13 | 41 | 2360140 | OSIPAU Denis | 1983 | BLR | 100.82 | 200.00 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2527482 | JIA Zongyang | 1991 | CHN | 100.44 | 180.00 | |
| 15 | 11 | 2312217 | LAMBERT Thomas | 1984 | SUI | 99.23 | 160.00 | |
| 16 | 31 | 2527790 | MEDULICH Petr | 1991 | RUS | 99.15 | 150.00 | |
| 17 | 29 | 2485223 | BROWN Nevin | 1989 | USA | 98.82 | 140.00 | |
| 18 | 20 | 2525948 | GERRITS Travis | 1991 | CAN | 96.39 | 130.00 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2416982 | LIU Zhongqing | 1985 | CHN | 94.03 | 120.00 | |
| 20 | 24 | 2308434 | LEBEDEV Vladimir | 1984 | RUS | 93.75 | 110.00 | |
| 21 | 38 | 2527527 | MARUSHCHAK Ivan | 1988 | RUS | 91.96 | 100.00 | |
| 22 | 26 | 2527740 | ROSSI Michael | 1994 | USA | 91.65 | 90.00 | |
| 23 | 27 | 2527536 | KROTOV Pavel | 1992 | RUS | 86.67 | 80.00 | |
| 24 | 25 | 2526709 | TABARA Naoya | 1980 | JPN | 86.67 | 70.00 | |
| 25 | 28 | 2527534 | BUROV Ilya | 1991 | RUS | 84.74 | 60.00 | |
| 26 | 10 | 2330938 | HAECHLER Christian | 1983 | SUI | 84.54 | 50.00 | |
| 27 | 35 | 2527147 | LILLIS Jonathon | 1994 | USA | 82.66 | 45.00 | |
| 28 | 14 | 2526134 | LYSIANSKYI Sergii | 1985 | UKR | 81.81 | 40.00 | |
| 29 | 39 | 2064090 | GETTY Clyde | 1961 | ARG | 74.96 | 36.00 | |
| 30 | 18 | 2398843 | BAHRKE Scotty | 1985 | USA | 74.78 | 32.00 | |
| 31 | 36 | 2485212 | GARDNER Hans | 1989 | USA | 73.67 | 0.00 | |
| 32 | 34 | 2484953 | ANDRE Jean-Christophe | 1989 | CAN | 61.15 | 0.00 | |
| 33 | 40 | 2484608 | DOBRANSKY Roman | 1992 | CZE | 34.89 | 0.00 | |
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| 2485224 | DEPETERS Matthew | 1987 | USA | |||||
| 2527535 | NIKITIN Alexander | 1992 | RUS | |||||
| 2074178 | KRAVCHUK Stanislav | 1978 | UKR | |||||
