Friday, May 8, 2020

Lucy headed to Bozeman with one-eye on Beijing 2022

In America there are a half dozen, sponsored teams which function as home-base for nordic and biathlon Olympians, as well as incubators for those hoping to make the jump to that next level.  Yesterday, Lucy was asked to join one of those teams ... Crosscut Mountain Sports elite team ... https://www.crosscutmt.org/

2020-21 Elite Crosscut Mountain Sports Nordic and Biathlon Team

WOMEN
Hannah Cole (2020 Crosscut, 2017 podium NCAA Champs, World Cups starts)
Anna French (Raced xc-indoor-outdoor track for MSU, high school all-State nordic)
Felicia Gesior (Crosscut, top ten in Birkebeiner, NCAA Champs, World Cups starts)
Kendall Gretsch (US Paralympic Team, gold medalist 2018 Olympics )
LUCY (NCAA Champs, World Junior Biathlon Team, 10th national Biathlon points list)
Mikayla Maier (2020 Crosscut, ranked 13th on biathlon national points list)
Oksana Masters (US Paralympic Team, gold medalist 2018 Olympics)
Anna Sellers (Canadian, still U23 competitor, World Junior Biathlon Champs since 2017)
Ingrid Thyr (2020 NCAA Champs alternate, and 17th ranked EISA skier)
Ariana Woods (Still a U23 racer, ranked second junior on National Biathlon points list)

MEN
Vincent Bonacci (A U23 racer, and a top junior with World Junior Champs experience)
Luke Brown (US Biathlon Development Team, IBU Cup and World Cup starts)
Max Durtchi (US Biathlon Team, World Cup and World Championship starts)
Christian Gostout (Bowdoin graduate with top 30 at NCAA Champs)
Scott Lacy (Recovered from 2018 knee surgery, 29 year old former NCAA All-American)
Aaron Pike (US Paralympic Team, top ten 2018 Olympics, bronze medal 2019 Worlds)
Ruslan Reiter (US Paralympic Team, top ten, three top 20 results in 2018 Olympics)
Ty Wiberg (US Paralympic Team, a junior racing nordic world cups since 2019)