U.S. Ski Team Announces Tour de Ski and World Cup Period 2 Team

Dear Cross Country Community,

We are pleased to announce the USA Cross Country Team for World Cup Period 2 of the 2020-21 season:

Tour de Ski 2021

Men

Gus Schumacher                                 Objective                  Overall 19-20 SuperTour Leader

Simi Hamilton                                     Objective                  8^th WC Sprint

Kevin Bolger                                        Objective                  9^th WC Sprint

Logan Hanneman                              Objective                  11^th WC Sprint

JC Schoonmaker                                Objective                  21^st WC Sprint

Scott Patterson                                  Objective                  28^th WC Distance

David Norris                                       Discretion                  Historic World Cup Results

 

Women

Kaitlynn Miller                                  Objective                           Overall 19-20 SuperTour Leader

Rosie Brennan                                  Objective                  1^st WC Distance, 5^th WC Sprint

Sophie Caldwell Hamilton             Objective                  3^rd WC Sprint

Jessie Diggins                                    Objective                  8^th WC Distance, 8^th WC Sprint

Hailey Swirbul                                   Objective                  11^th WC Distance

Julia Kern                                            Objective                  14^th WC Sprint

Sadie Maubet Bjornsen                    Discretion                  Historic Tour de Ski Podium Ability

Katharine Ogden                               Discretion                  9 WC Distance Points 2020-21

Caitlin Patterson                               Discretion                  5 WC Distance Points 2020-21

Please note that we purposefully did not nominate alternates to the Tour de Ski team this year, as the U.S. Cross Country staff is concerned that a larger team might be harder to keep healthy given the unique nature of the Tour (i.e. two countries, 3 venues, and 8 competitions in 10 days), and our priority remains keeping all athletes and staff healthy during the pandemic.

The above discretionary selections were nominated by a 15-person working group that includes:

Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess                 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Athlete Rep

Tad Elliott                                                U.S. Ski & Snowboard Athlete Rep

Cami Thompson-Graves                       U.S. Ski & Snowboard XC Sport Committee Chair / Dartmouth College

Austin Caldwell                                      CU

Dragan Danevski                                    MEA

Erik Flora                                                 APU

Joe Haggenmiller                                    CXC

Chris Mallory                                           SVSEF

Pepa Miloucheva                                    CGRP

Pat O’Brien                                              SMS

Dan Weiland                                            SSCV

Bernie Nelson                                          U.S. Ski Team

Jason Cork                                                U.S. Ski Team

Matt Whitcomb                                       U.S. Ski Team

Chris Grover                                             U.S. Ski Team

 

The nominations were then approved by a discretionary selection review group comprised of:

Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess                  U.S. Ski & Snowboard Athlete Rep

Tiger Shaw                                                U.S. Ski & Snowboard CEO

Bryan Fish                                                 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Sport Development Manager

The above discretionary selection process will be repeated for each period of World Cup this coming season. As always, if you have questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact me directly.

 

Sincerely,

Chris Grover

Cross Country Program Director, U.S. Ski Team

chris.grover@usskiandsnowboard.org