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USA Nordic’s 2021-22 national team nominations

PARK CITY, Utah. — USA Nordic has nominated 45 American athletes to its 2021-22 national and junior nordic combined and ski jumping teams. Athletes achieved the nominations based on selection criteria. They will have the option of being a part of the 2021-22 U.S. Nordic Combined or U.S. Ski Jumping Team.

The nominations were made after the conclusion of the 2021 competition season. Athletes are now in training for the upcoming summer and winter seasons.

“Our team nominations include a wide range of veterans across our national teams, but some great up-and-coming athletes on the junior teams,” said USA Nordic Sports Director Jed Hinkley. “It was especially challenging this year with ever-changing schedule changes and cancelations.”

Athletes will have the option of accepting nominations prior to the 2021-22 season. The final teams for the season will be named this fall. With the Olympics coming up next winter in Beijing, athletes will be striving to earn positions on Team USA. Those nominations and team naming will be announced just prior to the Olympics.

2021-22 U.S. NORDIC COMBINED SKI TEAM
Men’s National Team

  • Grant Andrews, 23, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Taylor Fletcher, 30, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Jasper Good, 24, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Ben Loomis, 22, Eau Claire, Wis., Flying Eagles Ski Club
  • Niklas Malacinski, 17, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Evan Nichols, 17, Lyme, N.H., Ford K. Sayre Memorial Ski Council
  • Jared Shumate, 22, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Stephen Schumann, 21, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard

Women’s National Team

  • Tess Arnone, 18, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Alexa Brabec, 16, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Annika Malacinski, 19, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Tara Geraghty-Moats, 28, W. Fairlee, Vt., Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club

2021-22 U.S. SKI JUMPING TEAM
Men’s National Team

  • Erik Belshaw, 16, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Kevin Bickner, 24 Wauconda, Ill., Norge Ski Club
  • Decker Dean, 20, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Patrick Gasienica, 22, Spring Grove, Ill., Norge Ski Club
  • Casey Larson, 22, Barrington, Ill., Norge Ski Club
  • Andrew Urlaub, 20, Eau Claire, Wis., Flying Eagles Ski Club

Women’s National Team

  • Annika Belshaw, 18, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Jillian Highfill, 17, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Anna Hoffmann, 20, Madison, Wis., Blackhawk Ski Club
  • Paige Jones, 18, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Cara Larson, 20, Barrington, Ill., Norge Ski Club
  • Nina Lussi, 27, Lake Placid, N.Y., New York Ski Education Foundation
  • Samantha Macuga, 20, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Logan Sankey, 22, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club

2021-22 U.S. NORDIC COMBINED SKI TEAM – JUNIOR TEAM
Men’s Junior Team

  • Carter Brubaker, 17, Anchorage, Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage
  • Tate Frantz, 16, Lake Placid, New York Ski Education Foundation
  • Gunnar Gilbertson, 18, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Henry Johnstone, 20, Concord, Mass. Andover Outing Club
  • Aidan Ripp, 20, Cloquet, Minn., Cloquet Ski Club
  • Zach Selzman, 16, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Caleb Zuckerman, 15, Norwich, Vt., Ford K. Sayre Memorial Ski Council

Women’s Junior Team

  • Aspen Bennett-Manke, 15, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Charlotte Ripp, 16, Cloquet, Minn., Cloquet Ski Club

2021-22 U.S. SKI JUMPING TEAM – JUNIOR TEAM
Men’s Junior Team

  • Jason Colby, 15, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
  • Hunter Gibson, 20, Woodstock, Ill., Norge Ski Club
  • Stewart Gundry, 15, Eau Claire, Wis., Flying Eagles Ski Club
  • Shane Kocher, 17, Algonquin, Ill., Norge Ski Club
  • Landon Lee, 18, Eau Claire, Wis., Flying Eagles Ski Club

Women’s Junior Team

  • Rachael Haerter, 16, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Josie Johnson, 14, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Elise Loescher, 18, Burlington, Vt., New York Ski Education Foundation
  • Macey Olden, 16, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski & Snowboard
  • Adeline Swanson, 15, Woodbury, Minn., St. Paul Ski Club

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