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2023 Junior/U23 World Championships Cross Country Ski Team Announced

By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
January, 23 2023
Sophia Laukli
Sophia Laukli, who finished third in the final stage of the 2023 FIS Tour de Ski, leads the list of 22 American set to compete at the 2023 U23/Junior Nordic World Ski Championships from Jan. 28 through Feb. 4 in Whistler, British Columbia. (Modica/NordicFocus)

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced 22 athletes to represent the United States at the FIS Junior & U23 World Cross Country Championships from Jan. 28 through Feb. 4 in Whistler, British Columbia.

The following athletes have been selected to represent the United States at the upcoming FIS U23 and Junior World Nordic Championships.

U23 World Championship Team
Women

  • Sophia Laukli - Yarmouth, ME; University of Utah/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team
  • Novie McCabe - Winthrop, WA; University of Utah/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team
  • Sydney Palmer-Leger - Park City, UT; University of Utah/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team
  • Anabel Needham - Houghton, MI; Michigan Tech University
  • Kate Oldham - Aspen, CO; Montana State University

Men

  • JC Schoonmaker - Tahoe City, CA; Sugar Bowl Academy/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team 
  • Gus Schumacher - Anchorage, AK; Alaska Winter Stars/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team 
  • Luke Jager - Anchorage, AK; University of Utah/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team 
  • Zanden McMullen - Anchorage, AK; APU Nordic Ski Center/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team
  • John Steel Hagenbuch - Ketchum, ID; Dartmouth College/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team 

Junior World Championship Team
Women

  • Samantha Smith - Sun Valley, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation/U.S. Cross Country Ski Team 
  • Nina Schamberger - Leadville, CO; Summit Nordic Ski Club 
  • Haley Brewster - Avon, CO; University of Vermont 
  • Ava Thurston - Waterbury, VT; Dartmouth College 
  • Rose Horning - Leadville, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail 
  • Hattie Barker - Underhill, VT; University of New Hampshire 

Men

  • Adrik Kraftson - Minneapolis, MN; Northern Michigan University 
  • Anders Weiss - Aspen, CO; Montana State University 
  • Max Kluck - Butte, Montana; Bridger Ski Foundation 
  • Jack Lange - Putney, VT; Dartmouth College 
  • Jack Conde - Bend, Oregon; Montana State University 
  • Luka Riley - Boulder, CO; University of Colorado