CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) β Alice McKennis capped off a comeback season with her first national title, winning the super-G on Wednesday at the U.S. Alpine Championships.
McKennis glided through the course at Sugarloaf resort in 1 minute, 22.48 seconds to hold off Valerie Grenier of Canada by 0.10 seconds. Jacqueline Wiles wound up third.
The 25-year-old McKennis returned to the World Cup circuit this season after a crash in March 2013 shattered the top of her shinbone near her knee into 30 pieces. McKennis, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, needed 11 screws and a metal plate to stabilize her leg. She tried to make it back for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but it didn’t work out.
McKennis’ best World Cup finish this season was 11th during a downhill race in Italy on Jan. 18.
