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2025-26 Stifel U.S. Nordic Combined Team Nominations

By USA Nordic
May, 15 2025
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The Stifel U.S. Nordic Combined Team at the 2025 World Championships.

Park City, UT (May 15, 2025) –U.S. Ski & Snowboard is proud to announce the 2025-26 Stifel U.S. Nordic Combined Team. Nominations include athletes who qualified based on the published selection criteria. 

The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team announces its teams in two phases: nomination and acceptance. The athletes are formally nominated to the Stifel U.S. Nordic Combined Team in May. Pending their acceptance of the nomination and adherence to the team expectations outlined in team criteria, athletes will be officially announced to the team in September 2025. 

The 2025-26 roster is filled with veteran talent ready to continue their climb to the top in various races, including the FIS World Cup season and the Olympic Winter Games in Milan Cortina. The team is led by Ben Loomis, Niklas Malacinski, Annika Malacinski and Alexa Brabec, all returning after strong performances during the past season. Brabec is ranked ninth in the world after another breakout season highlighted by a fourth place at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway. Annika Malacinski returns with a 15th place world ranking, while her brother Niklas Malacinski sits in a strong 26th place overall and Loomis in 28th. 

2025-26 Stifel U.S. Nordic Combined National Team
 

(Hometown; Club; College; Birthdate)

A Team
Women

  • Alexa Brabec (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; University of North Dakota; 10/8/2004)
  • Annika Malacinski (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Colorado Mountain College; 5/9/2001)

Men

  • Ben Loomis (Eau Claire, WI; Flying Eagles Ski Club; DeVry University; 6/9/1998)
  • Niklas Malacinski (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Colorado Mountain College; 12/7/2003)

B Team

Men

  • Stephen Schumann (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard; Arizona State University; 3/14/2000)

C Team
Women

  • Kai McKinnon (Lake Placid, NY; New York Ski Educational Foundation; 5/6/2008)

Men

  • Carter Brubaker (Anchorage, AK; Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage; Arizona State University; 12/21/2003)
     

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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Stephanie Wilson – Press Officer, Nordic Combined USA
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