2019 Junior World Championship Team: Beckett Ledger
Excerpt from usanordic.org
PARK CITY, Utah (Jan. 14, 2019) – A team of 15 junior nordic combined and ski jumping athletes were named today by U.S. Ski & Snowboard and USA Nordic to compete in the FIS Nordic Junior World Championships Jan. 20-27 in Lahti, Finland. The event will feature the debut of women’s nordic combined as a medal event at Junior Worlds, proof of the quick progress the sport is making towards hopeful future Olympic inclusion.
The team includes four men and four women on the jumping team, with five men and two women qualifying for the nordic combined team.
2019 FIS NORDIC JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
Men’s Nordic Combined Team
Bennett Gamber, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Beckett Ledger, Lake Placid, N.Y., New York Ski Education Foundation
Niklas Malacinski, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Evan Nicholas, Lyme, N.H., Ford K. Sayre Memorial Ski Council
Jared Shumate, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski and Snowboard
Women’s Nordic Combined Team
Tess Arnone, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Annika Malacinski, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Men’s Ski Jumping Team
Decker Dean, 18, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Greyson Scharffs, 17, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski and Snowboard
Andrew Urlaub, 17, Eau Claire, Wis., Flying Eagles Ski Club
Canden Wilkinson, 16, Steamboat Springs, Colo., Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Women’s Ski Jumping Team,
Annika Belshaw, 16, Steamboat Springs, Colo, Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Paige Jones, 16, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski and Snowboard
Anna Hoffmann, 18, Madison, Wis., Blackhawk Ski Club
Samantha Macuga, 17, Park City, Utah, Park City Ski and Snowboard
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