2023-24 Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team Nominations
By Sierra Ryder
May, 10 2023
Paula Moltzan Races Slalom in Killington (U.S. Ski & Snowboard)
May 11, 2023 - PARK CITY, UTAH - U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced the 55 athletes nominated to the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the 2023-24 competition season. Nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on the published selection criteria in the prior season.
Joining the nominations list include World Cup standouts like the greatest alpine skier of all-time Mikaela Shiffrin, top seven in the world slalom rank Paula Moltzan, and Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle. New to the A Team nominations list is Isabella Wright, who had a career best season, finishing top 20 in the women’s downhill rankings. Jared Goldberg is also moving back to the A team after his best season, with a fourth place finish at the Kitzbühel downhill.
B Team nominations are highlighted by Jett Seymour, who impressed at the Chamonix, France World Cup with a career best seventh place finish in the slalom. Also on the B team is Katie Hensien, moving up from her C Team status the year prior. Hensien posted multiple top-30 finishes on the World Cup tech circuit. Tricia Mangan returns to team status after a strong season on the women's speed World Cup circuit. Plus, Sam Morse, George Steffey and Sam DuPratt make their return to official team status on the B Team after strong results the season prior: Morse scored a career best top 10 finish in the Val Gardena World Cup downhill; DuPratt won the NorAm Overall super-G title; and Steffey scored his first World Cup points in giant slalom.
Mary Bocock, Elisabeth Bocock and Dasha Romanov are making moves up to the C Team. Mary Bocock coming off her NorAm Overall winning season. Stella Johansson will also join the C Team nominations list after strong Europa Cup results.
The men’s and women’s Development Team shows a lot of fresh faces. Seven new men and three new women are nominated to the team.
“This list of nominations shows strong skiers across all disciplines,” commented Alpine Director Patrick Riml. “We have already seen the potential that these athletes have in our spring camps across Mammoth, Norway and Palisades Tahoe. We are excited to see the progress this summer.”
The 2023-24 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup season is scheduled to kick off for the men and women with a pair of giant slalom races in Soelden, Austria in October.
The official Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team announcement will be made in the fall.
2023-24 U.S. Alpine Ski Team Nominations
(Hometown; Club; Birthdate)
A TEAM
Women
- Breezy Johnson (Jackson Hole, WY; Rowmark Ski Academy; 1/19/1996)
- Paula Moltzan (Prior Lake, MN; Buck Hill Ski Team/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail/University of Vermont; 4/7/1994)
- Nina O’Brien (Edwards, CO; Burke Mountain Academy/Team Palisades Tahoe; 11/29/1997)
- Mikaela Shiffrin (Edwards, CO; Burke Mountain Academy/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 3/13/1995)
- Isabella Wright (Salt Lake City, UT; Snowbird Sports Education Foundation; 2/10/1997)
Men
- Bryce Bennett (Olympic Valley, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; 7/14/1992)
- Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, VT; Cochran’s/Mount Mansfield Ski & Snowboard Club; 3/27/1992)
- Tommy Ford (Bend, OR; Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Foundation; 3/20/1989)
- Jared Goldberg (Holladay, UT; Snowbird Sports Education Foundation; 6/15/1991)
- River Radamus (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 2/12/1998)
B TEAM
Women
- Keely Cashman (Strawberry, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; 4/4/1999)
- Katie Hensien (Redmond, WA; Rowmark Ski Academy; 12/1/1999)
- AJ Hurt (Carnelian Bay, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; 12/5/2000)
- Tricia Mangan (Buffalo, NY; Holimont Race Team/Dartmouth; 3/7/1997)
- Alice Merryweather (Hingham, MA; Attitash Race Team/Stratton Mountain School; 10/5/1996)
- Jacqueline Wiles (Aurora, OR; White Pass Ski Club; 7/13/1992)
Men
- Erik Arvidsson (Woodside, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe/Middlebury College; 9/3/1996)
- Sam DuPratt (Park City, UT; Park City Ski Education Foundation; 11/28/1993)
- Sam Morse (Carrabassett Valley, ME; Carrabassett Valley Academy; 5/27/1996)
- Kyle Negomir (Littleton, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 10/3/1998)
- Jett Seymour (Steamboat, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club/University of Denver Ski Team; 11/5/1998)
- George Steffey (Lyme, NH; Stratton Mountain School; 8/8/1997)
- Luke Winters (Gresham,OR; Sugar Bowl Academy; 4/2/1997)
C TEAM
Women
- Elisabeth Bocock (Salt Lake City, UT; Rowmark Ski Academy; 9/3/2005)
- Mary Bocock (Salt Lake City, UT; Rowmark Ski Academy; 10/3/2003)
- Stella Johansson (Aspen, CO; Aspen Valley Ski Club; 09/02/2003) *
- Lauren Macuga (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard; 7/4/2002)
- Allie Resnick (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 9/1/2001)
- Dasha Romanov (Thornton, CO; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 5/3/2003)
- Ava Sunshine (Edwards, CO; Burke Mountain Academy; 6/20/2002)
- Alix Wilkinson (Mammoth Lakes, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; 8/2/2000)
- Zoe Zimmermann (Gilford, NH; Burke Mountain Academy; 5/16/2002)
Men
- Cooper Cornelius (Glenwood Springs, CO; Aspen Valley Ski Club; 6/20/1999)
- Bridger Gile (Aspen, CO; Aspen Valley Ski Club/Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 10/15/1999)
- Isaiah Nelson (Wayzata, MN; Buck Hill Ski Racing Club; 4/3/2001)
- Camden Palmquist (Eagan, MN; Buck Hill Ski Racing Club/Team Summit Colorado; 4/15/2003)
- Jay Poulter (Bondville, VT; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club/Stratton Mountain School; 7/1/2003)
- Cooper Puckett (Steamboat, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club;3/31/2003)
- Ben Ritchie (Waitsfield, VT; Green Mountain Valley School; 9/5/2000)
- Jack Smith (Sun Valley, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 4/24/2001)
D TEAM
Women
- Tatum Grosdidier (Wenatchee, WA; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, 07/24/2004) *
- Kaitlin Keane (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 11/26/2004)
- Kjersti Moritz (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 11/28/2004)
- Storm Klomhaus (Boulder, CO; Team X Alpine/University of Denver Ski Team; 7/17/1998)
- Liv Moritz (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 11/28/2004) *
- Allison Mollin (Truckee, CA; Team Palisades Tahoe; 07/07/2004) *
- Emma Resnick (Vail, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 7/23/2003)
Men
- Justin Bigatel (Park City, UT; Burke Mountain Academy; 4/29/2003)
- Stanley Buzek (Silverthorne, CO; Team Summit Colorado; 8/18/2005)*
- Finnigan Donley (Anchorage, AK; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 02/28/2005)*
- Roman Elvidge (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; 12/08/2005 )*
- Colin Hanna (Sun Valley, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 12/15/2004) *
- John Kerbaugh (Williston, VT; Mt. Mansfield Academy; 11/11/2005) *
- Sawyer Reed (Hingham, MA; Green Mountain Valley School; 7/26/2005) *
- Hunter Salani (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; 02/25/2005) *
*Newly named to the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team
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Kaitlin Keane
Kaitlin Keane initially found her spark for racing through NASTAR courses. It was through these courses that she gained momentum, and qualified platinum in NASTAR. Now Keane is working on enjoying the process with the team.
Elisabeth Bocock
Elisabeth Bocock began skiing at Snowbird where she cultivated a love for the sport free skiing the mountains with her coaches. For Bocock, Development team coach Foreste Peterson is the most influential person in her career.
Jay Poulter
Jay Poulter first joined the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the 2021-22 season from Stratton Mountain School in Vermont, though his club prior to SMS was Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. During the 2020-21 season, Jay qualified for U.S.
Camden Palmquist
Camden hails from Eagan, Minn. having cut his teeth at all 300 vertical feet of Buck Hill, before relocating to Colorado and skiing for Team Summit. He got his first taste of racing with the Stifel U.S.
Justin Bigatel
Justin Bigatel grew up and learned to ski in Pennsylvania before moving to Park City, Utah when he was in the fifth grade. His top three athletic accomplishments are being named to the Stifel U.S.
Dasha Romanov
Dasha Romanov first joined the Stifel U.S. Alpine Development Team for the 2021-22 season hailing from Thornton, Colo., but having skied for the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. Romanov had a very strong 22-23 season with multiple top five results in NorAm, finished second in the U.S.
Ava Sunshine
Ava Sunshine is a rising alpine force hailing from Edwards, Colo., but she calls Los Angeles, Calif. home. She attended Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy before heading to Burke Mountain Academy (BMA).
Mary Bocock
Mary Bocock enters her second season with the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team.
Erik Arvidsson
Erik Arvidsson joins the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for his 6th season. Some of Arvidsson’s top skiing results include an 8th place in the Saalbach downhill World Cup, 14th place at the Aspen super-G, and a 16th place at the Bormio downhill.
Storm Klomhaus
A graduate of the former USSA TEAM Academy, Klomhaus rejoins the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team after a successful collegiate ski racing career at the University of Denver where she was the 2020 NCAA giant slalom champion.
Jett Seymour
Jett Seymour is a slalom specialist hailing from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Seymour is a two-time National Champion in slalom, an NCAA slalom Champion and NorAm Parallel slalom winner. Seymour scored his first World Cup points when he placed 25th in the Schladming slalom.
Sam DuPratt
Sam attended and skied for the University of Utah—where he was an NCAA All-American, and then GroundSwell Athletics in Park City—a post-grad team where athletes combine skiing with education and experience to create long term growth in and out of the sport. DuPratt is primarily a spee
Isabella Wright
Isabella "Bella" Wright was first named to the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the 2021 season. Wright grew up skiing and ski racing in the west, out of Utah's Snowbird Sports Education Foundation, and showed fast skiing from a young age.
Allie Resnick
A Ski & Snowboard Club Vail athlete from Vail, Colo., Allie Resnick burst onto the FIS scene in her first year. She was the second junior and fourth overall at U.S. Nationals in her first-year FIS, ranked eighth in the world for her year of birth in slalom.
Alix Wilkinson
Alix Wilkinson learned to ski in California, for the famed Palisades Tahoe team. Wilkinson won the national championships giant slalom in 2018 and has multiple NorAm cup wins and podiums to her name.
Emma Resnick
Emma Resnick, raised in Vail, Colorado, is the youngest of three. Resnick cultivated her love for skiing on the mountains of Colorado, quickly becoming a top skier in her age group.
Lauren Macuga
Lauren Macuga hails from Park City, Utah, where she was groomed into an already successful alpine career with Park City Ski & Snowboard. Macuga is the 2022 World Juniors bronze medalist.
Jack Smith
Jack Smith first joined the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the 2019-20 season. He has since shown that he is an up-and-coming skier on the speed circuit.
Bridger Gile
Bridger Gile hails from Aspen, Colo., where he learned to ski at the age of two. Gile grew up racing with Aspen Valley Ski Club and Ski and Snowboard Club Vail.
Zoe Zimmermann
Zoe Zimmermann began skiing at age two at Gunstock Mountain in her home town of Gilford, N.H. Dressed in a pink one-piece suit and under three feet tall, she would turn heads as she barreled straight down the mountain with her father close by yelling at her to “look ahead”!
Isaiah Nelson
Isaiah Nelson is the reigning 2022-23 NorAm Overall champion. Nelson is also the U16 National Champion in giant slalom and super-G, as well as the U19 NPS Overall Champion.
Ben Ritchie
Ben Ritchie hails from the East Coast, learning to ski at Jay Peak Ski Club, and moving on to Green Mountain Valley School.
Kyle Negomir
Kyle Negomir, "Nego", is a Colorado native, he grew up skiing out of Copper Mountain. Negomir excels at all disciplines and is currently on the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team’s speed team.
AJ Hurt
AJ Hurt's passion for skiing and ski racing began at a very early age. Growing up in North Lake Tahoe, Palisades Tahoe was her winter playground. At four years old, she entered the Team Palisades Tahoe and fell in love with the sport.
Luke Winters
Luke Winters first learned to ski in Oregon and cultivated his love for racing out of Sugar Bowl Academy in Lake Tahoe, California. Winters became a strong skier in the technical disciplines, honing in on slalom.
Katie Hensien
Katie Hensien is a strong up and coming tech skier on the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team.
George Steffey
George Steffey hails from New England where he learned to ski on the east coast, building his foundation from Stratton Mountain School.
Keely Cashman
Keely Cashman is a 2022 Olympian and a strong skier of all disciplines, currently focused on speed with our women’s Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team.
Tricia Mangan
The former National Training Group (NTG) athlete turned heads during the 2015 season at U.S. Alpine Championships in Sugarloaf, Maine when she snagged a podium amongst juniors in giant slalom.
Nina O’Brien
Nina O’Brien started skiing out of Palisades Tahoe where she participated on the Mighty Mite program.
Alice Merryweather
Alice Merryweather learned to ski at four years old on the wintery slopes of Attitash Mountain, chasing her brother down the hill.
River Radamus
River Radamus hails from Edwards, Colorado where he learned to ski on the slopes of Vail, alongside his parents who are coaches.
Breezy Johnson
Rowmark Academy grad Breezy Johnson moved up to A Team in the 2017-18 season after bursting onto the World Cup scene in a big way during the 2016-17 season, where she finished 18th in the FIS Ski World Cup downhill standings and 36th in super-G. She started the season with a bang, finishing in 1
Sam Morse
At a mere 23-months-old, Morse made his first tracks skiing at Sugarloaf, Maine.
Jacqueline Wiles
A product entirely of the Pacific Northwest Ski Association, Jackie Wiles was on skis about the same time she figured out walking.
Paula Moltzan
Paula Moltzan is a Minnesota girl hailing from Buck Hill Ski Racing Club and Ski and Snowboard Club Vail.
Bryce Bennett
Bryce Bennett began skiing at the age of two, hailing from Olympic Valley, California, where he grew up shredding the terrain of Palisades Tahoe.
Jared Goldberg
Born in "Bean Town," Goldberg learned to ski at Killington, VT before his family moved to Utah when he was four.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time world champion Mikaela Shiffrin bega
Ryan Cochran-Siegle
Ryan Cochran-Siegle got his start in skiing from his family’s famous Cochran’s Ski Area.
Tommy Ford
Tommy Ford grew up skiing out of Mt. Bachelor in Oregon. He has been a strong force on the alpine scene since the beginning.