Andrew Newell was born in Shaftsbury, VT in 1983 and began ski racing when he was five in the Prospect Mountain Bill Koch Program. During his developmental years he attended Stratton Mountain School in VT under the coaching of Sverre Caldwell and Amy Caldwell and was named to the US Ski Team in 2005.

Kris Freeman was born in Andover, NH in 1980, began ski racing at age five, and hasn’t stopped since. Freeman won J2 Nationals at 15, took 8th in the sprint at World Juniors at 18 and is the only male junior besides Bill Koch to ever win a Senior US National Title.

Kikkan Randall began ski racing in high school as a way to stay in shape for running during the off-season and quickly became one of the top U.S. Junior racers, following in the footsteps of her aunt and 1980 U.S. Olympian, Betsy Haines. As part of the U.S. Ski Team, Kikkan has been a nine-time US National Champion, posted six World Cup top-ten results, been on two World Cup podiums, and in 2008 ...

Chris Cook was born in 1980 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and began ski racing at the age of three. Cook attended Northern Michigan University and credits both his teammates as well as his coach Sten Fjeldheim for helping shape his ski career. In 2003 Cook skied to an NCAA championship, followed two years later at U.S. Nationals by a 2nd place in the 15K and a 1st place in the Sprint.

Torin Koos was born in Leavenworth, Washington in 1980 and began skiing with his local Leavenworth Winter Sports Club. Encouraged by his parents and first coach T.J. Owen, Koos knew in second grade that he wanted to be an Olympic athlete. It wasn’t until his early years at the University of Utah, however, that Koos’s ski career took off. “Heading into Utah I was not the young rube of Americ...

Holly started this season out with a bang, winning three SuperTour races and taking second in three more.  With these races Holly put herself in position to be named to the 2010 Olympic Team.  Most recently, in the Canmore World Cups she took 21st in the sprint qualification and 24th in the 10km skate.