PARK CITY, UT (March 19) – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) named 22 athletes to the 2014 U.S. Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships team. The event kicks March 30 and feature halfpipe skiing, slopestyle skiing and skicross events. Some of the athletes highlighting the roster include Junior National Champions Birk Irving (Winter Park, CO) and Jeanee Crane-Mauzy (Park City, UT), as well as Grand Prix podium finisher Tyler Wallasch (Mammoth Lakes, CA).
HIGHLIGHTS
- The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association named 22 freeskiing athletes to the 2014 U.S. Freestyle Junior World Championships team.
- The freeskiing portion of FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships kicks off March 30 in Valmalenco, Italy, with halfpipe, slopestyle and skicross events.
- Some of the athletes highlighting the roster include Junior National Champions Birk Irving (Winter Park, CO) and Jeanee Crane-Mauzy (Park City, UT), as well as Grand Prix podium finisher Tyler Wallasch (Mammoth Lakes, CA).
SCHEDULE
March 30
Women’s Halfpipe Skiing
Men’s Halfpipe Skiing
April 3
Women’s Slopestyle Skiing
Men’s Slopestyle Skiing
April 6
Women’s Skicross
Men’s Skicross
ATHLETES
Halfpipe Skiing
Men
Jacob Beebe, Bend, OR (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation)
Jake Cummings, Vail, CO (Ski and Snowboard Club Vail)
Trevor Hattabaugh, Boise, ID (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation)
Birk Irving, Winter Park, CO (Winter Park Comp Center)
Broby Leeds, Vail, CO (Ski and Snowboard Club Vail)
Women
Jeanee Crane-Mauzy, Park City, UT (Axis Freeskiing)
Abigale Hansen, Mammoth Lakes, CA (Mammoth Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club)
Mary Daubenschmidt, Bend, OR (Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation)
Slopestyle Skiing
Men
Keegan Kilbride, Portland, ME (Carrabassett Valley Academy)
Tim Ryan, Gilford, NH (Waterville Valley BBTS)
Bobby Sullivan Chelmsford, MA (Nashoba Valley Ski Club)
Ethan Swadburg, Dillon, CO (Team Breckenridge Sports Club)
Jonah Williams, Willard, UT (Wasatch Freestyle)
Women
Kathryn Alexander, Rutland, VT (Pico Ski Club)
Hailey Cecie, Sandpoint, ID
Melanie Harding, Salt Lake City, UT (Axis Freeskiing)
Anna Tedesco, Canastota, NY (Axis Freeskiing)
Skicross
Men
Michael Hayes, Beverly, MA
Grant Ketels, Reno, NV
Nico Monforte, Olympic Valley, CA (Squaw Valley Ski Team)
Tyler Wallasch, Acton, CA
Women
Michael Gardner, Stateline, NV (Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation)
Whitney Gardner, Stateline, NV (Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation)
Jordan Schweitzer, Gresham, OR (Mt. Bachelor Ski and Snowboard Foundation)
