Florian makes his debut on the U.S. Ski Team in 2017 with a D Team nomination. In 2016, he was part of the historic downhill day at World Juniors on the 2014 Olympic track in Sochi, when four young American Downhillers made their way into the top 10. Teammate Erik Arvidsson (Woodside, CA) was crowned downhill champ, Sam Morse (Sugarloaf, ME) was fourth, Szwebel seventh and Drew Duffy (Warren, VT) in 10th.