2022 U.S. OLYMPIC ALPINE SKI TEAM STORYLINES

• Of the 17-member U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team, five members competed collegiately across four different schools: Utah, Denver, Vermont and Dartmouth.
• Of the five collegiate athletes competing for Team USA in Beijing, three are current student-athletes: Keely Cashman and Maureen Lebel (Utah) and Katie Hensien (Denver).
• U.S. alpine skiers have earned a medal at every Olympic Winter Games dating back to 1992.
• The average age across the full 2022 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team is 26.2 years; the oldest athlete who skied collegiately is 27-year-old Paula Moltzan (Vermont); the youngest who currently skis collegiately is 22-year-old Katie Hensien (Denver).
• Three Team USA alpine skiers boast NCAA championships: Keely Cashman (Utah), Maureen Lebel (Utah) and Paula Moltzan (Vermont).

ALPINE ATHLETE & SCHOOL STORYLINES

• Since 2000, the NCAA skiing championship has been won 16 times by Utah, Denver, Vermont and Dartmouth – the four schools represented on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team.
• Keely Cashman and Maureen Lebel are teammates at Utah.
• Vermont’s Paula Moltzan broke a 30-year drought for female freshmen Catamounts when she earned an NCAA slalom title her first year in 2017.
• With her Olympic debut in Beijing, Katie Hensien (Denver) joins an illustrious crew of U.S. Olympic Pioneer skiers – a group that dates back to the early 1950s.

COACH STORYLINE

•  Team USA’s alpine head coach, Forest Carey (Middlebury), has skied for and coached at his alma mater.

2022 U.S. OLYMPIC CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM STORYLINES

• Of the 14-member U.S. Olympic Cross-Country Team, 11 athletes competed collegiately across five schools.
• The University of Utah leads the way with four college athletes, followed by Vermont (three), Alaska Pacific (three) and Alaska Anchorage (one).
• At the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, U.S women earned their first-ever cross-country medal after earning gold in the women’s team sprint.
• The average age across the full cross-country team is 25.4 years; the oldest athlete who skied collegiately is 33-year-old Rosie Brennan (Dartmouth/Alaska Pacific) and the youngest athlete who currently skis collegiately is 20-year-old Novie McCabe (Utah).
• The U.S. cross-country team in Beijing boasts five current NCAA student-athletes: three from Utah, one from Vermont and one from Alaska Anchorage.

CROSS-COUNTRY ATHLETE & SCHOOL STORYLINES

• Utah has three current student-athletes on the U.S. cross-country ski team; aside from men’s hockey (Minnesota), no other school boasts this many current student-athletes on one team.
• Cross-country skiers and siblings Scott and Caitlin Patterson (Vermont) will both be making their second U.S. Olympic appearance for Team USA in Beijing.
• Olympic skiing runs in the family for Utah’s Novie McCabe: her mother, Laura McCabe, competed for Team USA at the 1994 and 1998 Olympic Winter Games.
• Scott Patterson (Vermont) is the only returning U.S. Olympian on the men’s team. 
• JC Schoonmaker (Alaska Anchorage) earned his first national championship last month at the LL Bean U.S. National Championships in Soldier Hollow.
• Ben Ogden (Vermont) will be cheered on stateside by his sister and three-time national champion, Katharine, who competed at Dartmouth College.

COACH STORYLINES

• Team USA’s cross-country head coach Matt Whitcomb skied for Middlebury. 
• In addition to skiing at Middlebury, U.S. cross-country program director Kate Johnson (Middlebury) also coached for the Panthers.