Hagen Kearney, Mick Dierdorff Qualify For Men’s Snowboard Cross Final
Feb 9, 2022, 10:16 PM
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SALT LAKE CITY – Hagen Kearney and Mick Dierdorff both qualified for the Men’s Snowboard Cross Final at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Both Hagen Kearney and Mick Dierdorff finished in the top 32 and will participate in the Men’s Snowboard Cross Final just hours after the qualifier. Kearney finished the qualifier in seventh place with a time of 1:17.81.
Dierdorff finished in 20th place with times of 1:19.66 on the first run and 1:18.64.
Both will advance to the final with a group format. Four snowboarders will race against each other with the top two of each group advancing to the next round. Kearney will be the No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 Nick Baumgartner of the United States, No. 23 Yoshiki Takahara of Japan and No. 26 Kevin Hill of Canada.
Dierdorff will be the No. 20 seed and will race against No. 4 Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria, No. 13 Liam Moffatt of Canada and No. 29 Huw Nightingale of Great Britain.
The final will be at 11:00 p.m. MT on Wednesday night on USA Network.
Kearney is from Buffalo, New York and currently resides in Park City, Utah. It’s his second Winter Olympic Games after competing in PyeongChang in 2018. Dierdorff is from Bellevue, Washington before he attended the University of Utah.
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