United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

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United States at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
United States Olympic Committee
Websitewww.teamusa.org
in Innsbruck
Competitors57[2] in 15 sports
Flag bearer Jake Peterson[1]
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
8
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

The United States competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Ben Ferguson Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe January 15
 Gold Summer Britcher
Tucker West
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds		 Luge
Mixed team relay
 January 17
 Gold  Shoma Uno (JPN)
 Jordan Bauth (USA)
 Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Hulitski (BLR)		 Figure skating
Mixed NOC team
 January 21
 Silver Arielle Gold Snowboarding Girls' halfpipe January 15
 Silver Ben Ferguson Snowboarding Boys' slopestyle January 19
 Silver Arielle Gold Snowboarding Girls' slopestyle January 19
 Bronze Aaron Blunck Freestyle skiing Boys' halfpipe January 15
 Bronze Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds		 Luge Boys' doubles January 16
 Bronze Anna Kubek
Heather Mooney
Sean Doherty
Patrick Caldwell		 Cross-country skiing
Biathlon
Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay
 January 21
 Bronze  Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS)		 Curling Mixed doubles January 22

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States sent a maximum of two athletes to compete in the alpine skiing event, one male and one female athlete.[2][3][4]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Alex Leever Boys' super-G 1:06.33 1:06.33 16
Boys' combined 1:05.98 37.36 1:43.34 10
Boys' giant slalom 59.89 56.09 1:55.98 11
Boys' slalom 40.44 DNF – –
Julia Mueller-Ristine Girls' super-G DNF
Girls' combined 1:07.93 40.17 1:48.10 17
Girls' giant slalom 1:01.86 1:01.31 2:03.17 24
Girls' slalom 46.48 41.31 1:27.79 12

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified two male and two female biathletes.[2][5]

Individual
Athlete Event Time Penalties Rank
Sean Doherty Boys' sprint 20:47.5 3 12
Boys' pursuit 31:44.3 8 14
Nick Proell Boys' sprint 22:21.8 2 32
Boys' pursuit 36:03.6 8 40
Anna Kubek Girls' sprint 18:56.7 1 13
Girls' pursuit 30:28.5 3 10
Aleksandra Zakrzewska Girls' sprint 21:21.8 4 39
Girls' pursuit 37:18.6 10 41
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Penalties Rank
Anna Kubek
Aleksandra Zakrzewska
Nick Proell
Sean Doherty 		Mixed relay 1:20:03.4 20 14
Anna Kubek
Heather Mooney
Sean Doherty
Patrick Caldwell
Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay
 1:05:23.0 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States sent a pair of athletes to compete in the two-man bobsled event.[2]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Cody Bascue
Jake Peterson 		Two-boys 54.98 54.67 1:49.65 7

Cross country skiing

Main article:
Cross country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one male and one female cross-country skier.[2][3][4][6]

Individual
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Patrick Caldwell Boys' 10 km classical 31:30.1 16
Boys' sprint 1:46.5 4 Q (LL) 1:47.3 3 Q (LL) 1:47.0 5
Heather Mooney Girls' 5 km classical 16:18.8 13
Girls' sprint 2:09.6 5 did not advance
Notes
  • LL – Lucky loser; lucky losers in the cross country skiing sprint competitions qualified for the next round by posting the best heat times among the third and fourth placed competitors in that round.
Mixed
Athletes Event Final
Time Rank
Anna Kubek
Heather Mooney
Sean Doherty
Patrick Caldwell
Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay
 1:05:23.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified a mixed team of two junior men and two junior women. The team representing the United States was decided at the Youth Olympic Games playdown in Grafton, North Dakota.[7]

Mixed team

Team[2]

Skip: Korey Dropkin
Third: Sarah Anderson
Second: Thomas Howell
Lead: Taylor Anderson

Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers

Final Round Robin Standings

Blue Group Skip W L
 United States Korey Dropkin 7 0
 Switzerland Michael Brunner 6 1
 Czech Republic Marek Černovský 4 3
 China Bai Yang 3 4
 Norway Markus Skogvold 3 4
 South Korea Kang Sue-yeon 2 5
 New Zealand Luke Steele 2 5
 Estonia Robert-Kent Päll 1 6

Round-robin results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Mosaner) (has hammer) 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 X 7
 United States (Dropkin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X 5

Final place: 5

Mixed doubles

Teams

Results

Athletes Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
 Sarah Anderson (USA)
 Go Ke-on (KOR) 		 Brunner (SUI)
 Muskatewitz (GER)
L 6–8 		did not advance
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS) 		 Stern (SUI)
 Rõuk (EST)
W 13–3 		 Steele (NZL)
 Heldin (SWE)
W 10–3 		 Brown (CAN)
 Reichel (AUT)
W 9–3 		 Brunner (SUI)
 Muskatewitz (GER)
L 3–7 		Bronze medal final
 Yoo (KOR)
 Tamakuma (JPN)
W 6–5 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Yang Ying (CHN)
 Thomas Howell (USA) 		 Genner (AUT)
 Gisler (SUI)
W 10–2 		 Sesaker (NOR)
 Kim (KOR)
L 4–10 		did not advance
 Duncan Menzies (GBR)
 Taylor Anderson (USA) 		 Adviento (NZL)
 Meier (SUI)
W 8–7 		 Wranå (SWE)
 Zirk (EST)
W 6–4 		 Yoo (KOR)
 Tamakuma (JPN)
L 4–7 		did not advance
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Michael Brunner (SUI)
 Nicole Muskatewitz (GER) 		1 1 0 2 0 3 0 X 7
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS) (has hammer) 		0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
Bronze Medal Game
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS) (has hammer) 		1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
 Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)
 Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 		0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified a total of three singles skaters and three skating pairs. However, there were only one athlete in girls' singles, one pair team in pair skating, and two pairs teams in ice dancing. Originally, the United States had received a quota spot in the boys' singles competition and an additional quota spot in the girls' singles competition, but U.S. Figure Skating announced that those spots will not be filled.[2][8]

Individual/Pairs
Athlete Event SP/OD FS/FD Total Rank
Points Rank Points Rank
Jordan Bauth Girls' singles 42.33 7 81.06 7 123.39 7
Caitlin Belt
Michael Johnson 		Pair skating 38.65 4 70.96 4 109.61 4
Rachel Parsons
Michael Parsons 		Ice dancing 44.69 4 69.53 4 114.22 4
Mixed NOC
Athlete Event Men (M) Women (W) Ice dance (ID) Total
Points 		Final
Rank
Score Points Score Points Score Points
M:  Shoma Uno (JPN)
W:  Jordan Bauth (USA)
ID:  Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Hulitski (BLR)
Mixed NOC team
 112.72 7 77.84 7 44.36 2 16 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States has qualified two male and two female skiers, one each in the half-pipe and ski cross categories for each gender.[2][3][4][9]

Half-pipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Aaron Blunck Boys' halfpipe 75.75 3 Q 87.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jeanne Crane-Mauzy Girls' halfpipe DNS – did not advance
Ski cross
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lesley Wilson Girls' ski cross 1:02.64 10 Cancelled 10

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States sent one boys' ice hockey team consisting of 17 athletes.

Team

The team roster is listed as follows:[2][10][11]

No. Pos. 2012 Winter Youth Olympics United States U-16 boys' ice hockey team roster Height Weight Birthdate Hometown Current Team
30 G Logan Halladay 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 17 August 1996 Cary, North Carolina Carolina Jr. Hurricanes (NAPAL)
1 G Edwin Minney 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 March 1996 Wind Gap, Pennsylvania DC Capitals (TIER-1 ELITE)
3 D Adam Baughman 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 3 January 1996
Chicago, Illinois
 Chicago Mission (HPHL)
2 D Nathan Billitier 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 March 1996 Spencerport, New York
Rochester Stars
(EJHL)
4 D Ryan Bliss – A 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 22 June 1996 Bedford, New Hampshire
St. Paul's School
5 D Jack Glover 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 17 May 1996 Golden Valley, Minnesota Benilde-St. Margaret's School
6 D Joshua Jacobs – A 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 15 February 1996 Shelby Township, Michigan Detroit Honeybaked (HPHL)
8 D Kevin Kerr 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 9 February 1996
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
 Team Comcast (TIER-1 ELITE)
10 F Blake Clarke 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 January 1996 Wildwood, Missouri Fargo Force (USHL)
12 F Jack Eichel 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 28 October 1996 North Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Boston Jr. Bruins
(EJHL)
11 F Jared Fiegl – C 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 January 1996 Parker, Colorado Colorado Rampage (TIER-1 ELITE)
9 F Shane Gersich 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 10 July 1996 Chaska, Minnesota Holy Family Catholic High School
18 F Marcel Godbout – C 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 4 June 1996 Center Line, Michigan Shattuck St. Mary's School
15 F Nicholas Magyar 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 29 May 1996 Mentor, Ohio Cleveland Jr. Barons
14 F Ryan MacInnis 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 14 February 1996
St. Louis, Missouri
 St. Louis Amateur Blues (TIER-1 ELITE)
16 F Nick Schmaltz 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 23 February 1996 Verona, Wisconsin Chicago Mission (HPHL)
17 F Joe Wegwerth 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 16 June 1996 Brewster, New York Brewster Bulldogs (EJHL)
Coaching staff

Head Coach: Ben Smith[12]
Athletic Trainer: Stan Wong

Results

Preliminary round

Legend
Teams to Playoffs
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff PTS
Russia Russia 4 3 0 0 1 25 9 +16 9
Canada Canada 4 2 1 0 1 20 7 +13 8
Finland Finland 4 2 0 1 1 13 11 +2 7
United States United States 4 2 0 0 2 14 18 –4 6
Austria Austria 4 0 0 0 4 3 30 –27 0
14 January
12:30
SH
) – 41:24		7–2
14 minPenalties10 min42Shots16
15 January
18:00
PP
) – 44:06		5–1
2 minPenalties10 min27Shots16
17 January
15:45
PP)
Kauppinen (Hopponen, Levanen) – 24:363–2
3–327:47 – Clarke (Kerr)
3–431:01 – Schmaltz (Bliss, Fiegl)
3–532:15 – MacInnis (Gersich, Magyar)
Kapanen (Haapanen) – 41:454–5
10 minPenalties26 min29Shots32
18 January
16:15
A. Svetlakov)
0–419:32 – E. Svechnikov (M. Lazarev, A. Protapovich) (PP)
0–521:58 – M. Lazarev (E. Svechnikov)
J. Fiegl (R. MacInnis, J. Wegwerth) – 38:171–5
1–640:30 – M. Lazarev (E. Svechnikov)
1–743:32 – E. Nasybullin (E. Orlov, A. Protapovich) (PP)
16 minPenalties4 min15Shots30

Playoffs

Semifinals
20 January
14:15
PP)
Svechnikov – 44:375–2
14 minPenalties8 min16Shots32
Bronze medal game
January 21, 2012
14:45
J. Jacobs, J. Wegwerth)
7–540:10 – N. Schmaltz (R. MacInnis, M. Godbout) (PP)
8 minPenalties12 min19Shots40

Final rank: 4

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified three male and two female lugers.[2][13]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ty Andersen Boys' singles 40.374 17 40.210 13 1:20.584 15
Tucker West Boys' singles 40.218 12 40.117 10 1:20.335 12
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds 		Doubles 42.817 3 42.949 4 1:25.766 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Summer Britcher Girls' singles 40.321 5 40.309 3 1:20.630 5
Raychel Germaine Girls' singles 40.856 12 41.324 18 1:22.180 14
Summer Britcher
Tucker West
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds
Mixed Team Relay
 44.658 1 46.686 1 46.966 1 2:18.310 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one athlete in Nordic combined.[2]

Athlete Event Ski jump Cross-country Final
Distance Score Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Colton Kissell Individual 67.5m 105.3 13 29:11.6 15 32:00.6 13

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one male and one female short track speed skater.[2]

Individual
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Thomas Hong Boys' 500 metres 44.485 1 Q 43.187 2 Q 42.782 4
Boys' 1000 metres 1:30.615 2 Q DNF – did not advance
Sarah Warren Girls' 500 metres 48.241 1 Q 47.033 4 qB 48.273 4
Girls' 1000 metres 1:40.397 4 1:45.006 2 QC 1:50.026 11
Mixed
Athlete Event Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Team D
 
Thomas Insuk Hong (USA)
 Sumire Kikuchi (JPN)
 Yin-Cheng Chang (TPE
) 		Mixed team relay 4:23.141 4 qB 4:24.360 4
Team E
 Sarah Warren (USA)
 Kei Saito (JPN)
 Lin Yu-Tzu (TPE)
 Josse Antonissen (NED) 		Mixed team relay 4:36.208 4 qB 4:30.383 6
Notes

^1 Warren was relegated to the B final after the semifinal, and placed first in the B final. She finished fourth overall.[14]
^2 Warren qualified for the C final after the semifinal, and placed fourth in the C final. She finished eleventh overall.[15]

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one male and two female athletes in the skeleton event.[2]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Anthony Herringshaw Boys' 59.00 59.16 1:58.16 7
Timi Earl Girls' 1:01.04 1:01.04 9
Lizzy Maxwell Girls' 59.50 59.50 7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one male and one female athlete in the ski jumping event.[2][3][4]

Individual
Athlete Event 1st Jump 2nd Jump Overall
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
William Rhoads Boys' individual 59.0m 86.4 63.0m 95.0 181.4 19
Emilee Anderson Girls' individual 59.5m 85.1 65.5m 101.0 186.1 9
Ski Jumping/Nordic combined Mixed team
Athlete Event 1st Round 2nd Round Total Rank
Emilee Anderson
Colton Kissel
William Rhoads
Mixed team
 205.7 230.5 436.2 11

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one male and one female snowboarder each in the men's and women's half-pipe and slopestyle competitions.[2][3][4]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Finals
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Ben Ferguson Boys' halfpipe 88.00 33.75 3 Q 90.25 93.25 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Boys' slopestyle 80.50 90.25 1 Q 90.25 87.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Max Raymer Boys' halfpipe 47.00 48.50 10 did not advance
Boys' slopestyle 74.25 80.75 2 Q 39.25 85.00 5
Arielle Gold Girls' halfpipe 88.50 27.00 1 Q 90.00 86.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Girls' slopestyle 77.50 72.50 4 Q 71.75 69.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Indigo Monk Girls' halfpipe 45.00 46.75 8 q 59.25 54.50 5 did not advance
Girls' slopestyle 65.75 77.25 5 55.00 50.00 5

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one female speed skater.[2]

Athlete Event Heats Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Clare Jeong Girls' 3000 metres 4:54.04 8
Girls' mass start 6:11.73 13

See also

References

  1. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original
    on 2012-01-15.
  2. ^
    United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on March 7, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e "US Nominates Winter Youth Olympic Team". Ski Racing Journal.
  4. ^
    About.com
    Skiing. 9 October 2011.
  5. ^ US Biathlon Team Nominations for the 2012 Youth Olympic Games
  6. ^ "Stratton Mountain School Seasonal Program Achievements".
  7. ^ "Dropkin rink wins Youth Olympic Games playdown". USA Curling. 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012.
  8. ^ "2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Athletes Announced". U.S. Figure Skating. 19 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Local Aaron Blunck named to U.S. youth Olympic squad". The Crested Butte News. 27 April 2011.
  10. ^ "2011 United States Under-16 Boys' Select Team Roster – Winter Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Hockey. 2 November 2011.
  11. ^ "USA Ice Hockey Team Roster" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Smith leads Youth Olympic Team". USA Hockey. 2 November 2011. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  13. ^ "5 Juniors Nominated to Youth Olympic Games". USA Luge. 12 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 500m – Event Classification" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 1000m – Event Classification" (PDF).
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