2014 Olympic Halfpipe and Slopestyle Team Nominations Announced

Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/21/2014 - 2:56pm
Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe heads Women's Halfpipe Team

USSA - Five additional freeskiing athletes were nominated by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to be a part of the Olympic debut of halfpipe and slopestyle skiing. In addition, skicross athlete John Teller (Mammoth Lakes, CA) was nominated to the team, following his win in the final Olympic qualifying World Cup last week. With the confirmation of quotas within freestyle skiing, the USSA added two skiers in halfpipe and three in slopestyle to round out the full team.

Men’s Skicross
John Teller, Mammoth Lakes, CA (3/9/1983)

Men’s Halfpipe
Aaron Blunck, Crested Butte, CO (4/12/1996)
Lyman Currier, Boulder, CO (8/28/1994)
Torin Yater-Wallace, Aspen, CO (12/2/1995)
David Wise, Reno, NV (6/30/1990)

Women’s Halfpipe
Maddie Bowman, S. Lake Tahoe, CA (1/10/1994)
Annalisa Drew, Andover, MA (5/28/93)
Brita Sigourney, Carmel, CA (1/17/1990)
Angeli VanLaanen, Bellingham, WA (10/24/1985)

Men’s Slopestyle
Bobby Brown, Breckenridge, CO (6/5/1991)
Joss Christensen, Park City, UT (12/20/91)
Nick Goepper, Lawrenceburg, IN (3/14/1994)
Gus Kenworthy, Telluride, CO (10/01/1991)

Women’s Slopestyle
Julia Krass, Hanover, NH (6/7/1997)
Devin Logan, W. Dover, VT (2/17/1993)
Keri Herman, Bloomington, MN (8/16/1983)
Maggie Voisin, Whitefish, MT (12/14/1998)

"Each of the freeskiing athletes added to our nominations brings the potential for success in Sochi," said Jeremy Forster, Director of Freeskiing and Snowboarding for USAA. "They each distinguished themselves during the Grand Prix qualifying series with some amazing performances, all the way through the last qualifying events this past weekend."

The formal naming of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team by the United States Olympic Committee is set for Jan. 27.