Sarah Hendrickson
Women’s ski jumping at Latemar Ski Jumping Stadium
2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Val di Fiemme, Italy
Photo: Sarah Brunson/U.S. Ski Team
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Doug Maki enjoying the ride of his life. Below he discusses whether returning to some of the less-structured practices of days gone by might make us all a little better.
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
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Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Henry Johnstone
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Bill Demong
BRYAN FLETCHER
Stephen
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Pieper
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Nordic Combined Team Event
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Keeping the trailer clean…
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Landon Lee
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
Adam Loomis
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Will Rhoads
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Tate Frantz
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Gunnar Gilbertson
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
NICK MATOON
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
tara geraghty-moats
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
www.backcountry.com
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Westby Ski Jump
Stephen
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Doug Maki enjoying the ride of his life. Below he discusses whether returning to some of the less-structured practices of days gone by might make us all a little better.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Billy Demong achieved the ultimate goal in his sport – Olympic gold! Today he’s leading the next generation as the head of USA Nordic and an advocate for sport.
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Nordic Combined Team Event
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USAnordic : 2017
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
Trevor Edlund (Woodbury, MN) of the St. Paul Ski Club soars to third in the trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Sarah Anderson
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Alaskan Greeting Party
NINA LUSSI
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
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ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Will Rhoads
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BRYAN FLETCHER
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
GRANT ANDREWS
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Ben Pieper
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Sarah Hendrickson
Will Rhoads
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Casey Larson (Barrington, IL) of the Norge Ski Club wins his second straight tryout event for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Macey Olden
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
Will Rhoads
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Merchandise
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Will Rhoads
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Casey Larson
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Coach Dave Jarrett
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
Zach Selzman
Will Rhoads
Nina Lussi
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Ben
Taylor Fletcher
Alaskan Greeting Party
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Norge Ski Club
BRYAN FLETCHER
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic Livestream tent
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Hughes
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Taylor Fletcher
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BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
Charlotte Ripp
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Rachael Haerter
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Taylor Fletcher
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Elise Loescher
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Logan Sankey
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
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NICK MATOON
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Nina Lussi
BRYAN FLETCHER
Casey Larson (Barrington, IL) of the Norge Ski Club wins his second straight tryout event for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Mt Werner
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
AJ BROWN
tara geraghty-moats
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Michael Glasder
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Trevor Edlund (Woodbury, MN) of the St. Paul Ski Club soars to third in the trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Ben Berend
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Michael Glasder
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
Adeline Swanson
BILLY DEMONG
Taylor Fletcher
Casey Larson (Barrington, IL) of the Norge Ski Club wins his second straight tryout event for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Nordic Combined Podium
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
USA Nordic’s history women’s nordic combined team at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. From left: Annika Malacinski, Tess Arnone, Alexa Brabec and Tara Geraghty-Moats. (Photo: Tom Horrocks)
Backcountry will serve as the official online retail store of licensed USA Nordic apparel and will provide all USA Nordic athletes with official Backcountry attire.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
2018 Park City Continental Cup
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
ADAM LOOMIS
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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Nita Englund
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Ben
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Jed Hinkley
www.backcountry.com
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Adam Loomis
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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