Idaho Mountain Express: U.S. Nordic Team opens season in Sweden

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

U.S. Nordic Team opens season in Sweden

Grover is head coach

By the US Ski Team

     Former Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation cross-country ski coach Chris Grover, now the Head Coach and Head Men’s Coach of the U.S. Nordic Ski Team, has welcomed a talented group of 13 athletes to the 2013 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team.

     Matt Whitcomb is the Head Women’s Coach.

     The 2012-13 World Cup season debuts Nov. 24-25 at Gaellivare, Sweden and includes the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships Feb. 20-March 3 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The national team will also get its first look at the Sochi (Russia) Olympic trails with a World Cup race in February 2013

     Aspen’s Simi Hamilton, 25, of the SVSEF has moved to the Men’s A Team. Elevated to the Women’s A Team is Jessie Diggins, 21, of Afton, Minn.

     Leading the national team into action is World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall, 29, of Anchorage, Ak.

     Rounding out the teams are:

· Men’s A Team: Kris Freeman, 32, Andover, N.H.; Simi Hamilton, 25, Aspen; and Andy Newell, 28, Shaftsbury, Vt.

· Women’s A Team: Kikkan Randall, 29, Anchorage; Jessie Diggins, 21, Afton, Minn.; and Liz Stephen, 25, Montpelier, Vt.

· Men’s B Team: Tad Elliott, 24, Durango, Colo.; and Noah Hoffman, 23, Aspen, Colo.

· Women’s B Team: Sadie Bjornsen, 23, Winthrop, Wash.; Holly Brooks, 30, Anchorage, Ak.; and Ida Sargent, 24, Orleans, Vt.

· Development Team: Erik Bjornsen, 21, Winthrop, Wash.; and Skyler Davis, 20, Jericho, Vt.
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