Jessie Diggins Objective 23-24 Overall World Cup Winner
Rosie Brennan Objective 10th 23-24 Sprint World Cup
Julia Kern Objective 12th 23-24 Sprint World Cup
Sammy Smith Discretion 28th Oberhof Sprint C 23-24 WC
Erin Bianco Discretion 35th Oberhof Sprint C 23-24 WC
Renae Anderson Discretion 36th Canmore Sprint C 23-24 WC
Novie McCabe Discretion 43rd Ruka Sprint C 23-24 WC
Lauren Jortberg Alternate 43rd Canmore Sprint C 23-24 WC
Last season in Ruka, Finland Sophia Laukli (USA) came off an impressive trail running summer season to start her ski season with a 14th place finish. The long distance races are Laukli’s strength. (Photo: NordicFocus)
Ruka, FIN 10 km C & Davos, SUI 20 km C
Men
Michael Earnhart Objective 23-24 Overall SuperTour Leader
Gus Schumacher Objective 16th 23-24 Distance World Cup
Scott Patterson Objective 28th 23-24 Distance World Cup
Zanden McMullen Objective 37th 23-24 Distance World Cup
Ben Ogden Discretion 8th Trondheim 10 km C 23-24 WC
John Hagenbuch Discretion 1st American SuperTour Finals 10 km C 2024
Davis Norris Discretion 33rd Canmore 20 km C 23-24 WC
Hunter Wonders Alternate 34th Canmore 20 km C 23-24 WC
Zak Ketterson Alternate 40th Oberhof 20 km C 23-24 WC
Luke Jager Alternate 40th Trondheim 10 km C 23-24 WC
Jessie Diggins Objective 23-24 Overall World Cup Winner
Rosie Brennan Objective 7th 23-24 Distance World Cup
Sophia Laukli Objective 15th 23-24 Distance World Cup
Novie McCabe Discretion 11th Falun 20 km F 23-24 WC
Julia Kern Discretion 18th Gällivare 10 km F 23-24 WC
Sydney Palmer-Leger Discretion 23rd Falun 20 km F 23-24 WC
Sammy Smith Discretion 23rd Val di Fiemme Final Climb 23-24 WC
Haley Brewster Alternate 25th Minneapolis 10 km F 23-24 WC
Margie Freed Alternate 29th Canmore 15 km F 23-24 WC
Mariah Bredal Alternate 30th Canmore 15 km F 23-24 WC
Early season action in Ruka, Finland was exciting last year with Moa Ilar (SWE), Rosie Brennan (USA) and Jessie Diggins (USA), (l-r) battling until the end. (Photo: NordicFocus)
Lillehammer, NOR Sprint F & Davos, SUI Sprint F
Men
Michael Earnhart Objective 23-24 Overall SuperTour Leader
JC Schoonmaker Objective 10th 23-24 Sprint World Cup
Ben Ogden Objective 15th 23-24 Sprint World Cup
Gus Schumacher Objective 27th 23-24 Sprint World Cup
Kevin Bolger Objective 30th 23-24 Sprint World Cup
Zak Ketterson Objective 35th 23-24 Sprint World Cup
Logan Diekmann Discretion 16th Canmore Sprint F 23-24 WC
Jack Young Alternate 23rd Canmore Sprint F 23-24 WC
Zanden McMullen Alternate 25th Davos Sprint F 23-24 WC
John Hagenbuch Alternate 3rd Planica U23 World Champs Sprint F
Julia Kern Discretion 18th Gällivare 10 km F 23-24 WC
Sydney Palmer-Leger Discretion 23rd Falun 20 km F 23-24 WC
Haley Brewster Discretion 25th Minneapolis 10 km F 23-24 WC
Last season saw an early season skiathlon in Trondheim, Norway (NOR, here the women’s race gets started. (Photo: Modica/NordicFocus)
The above discretionary selections were nominated by a 15-person working group that included:
James Southam Athlete Rep.
Ida Sargent Athlete Rep.
Cami Thompson-Graves Dartmouth College
Andy Newell Bridger Ski Foundation
Eliška Albrigtsen University of Alaska Fairbanks
Erik Flora Alaska Pacific University
Chad Salmela Team Birkie
Chris Mallory SVSEF Gold Team
Pepa Miloucheva Craftsbury GRP
Maria Stuber SMS T2
Sophie Caldwell Hamilton Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Clu
Kristen Bourne 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:
Tyler Kornfield U.S. Ski & Snowboard Athlete Rep
Anouk Patty U.S. Ski & Snowboard Chief of Sport
Bryan Fish U.S. Ski & Snowboard Development Director
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.
