Rookie Darian Stevens took second at Visa Grand Prix at Copper - U.S. Freeskiing

COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO. (Dec. 22) -- Rookie Darian Stevens (Missoula, MT) took second and the top U.S. spot at Saturday's slopestyle final while Grete Eliassen (Salt Lake City) came in third at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix presented by The North Face. Dara Howell of Canada won the women's FIS World Cup event, and fifteen-year-old rookie Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, MT) finished fourth, boosting into the top of the Olympic qualification standings. Stevens and Eliassen took one of two required podium finishes to qualify for the first-ever U.S. Freeskiing Olympic team. Previous leader Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) did not qualify for the slopestyle final and dropped to a second-place tie with Darian Stevens in the standings. Saturday's results break the competition wide open, making it anyone's game when the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix goes to Breckenridge Jan. 8-12.