United States at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

United States at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
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IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org
in Lausanne
Competitors	96 in 16 sports
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 6 Total 11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2012 2016 2020 2024

The United States competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.^[1]

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kiernan Fagan	Freestyle skiing	Boys' slopestyle	20 January
Gold	Dusty Henricksen	Snowboarding	Boys' slopestyle	20 January
Gold	Jonathan So	Short track speed skating	Mixed NOC team relay	22 January
Silver	Kate Wang Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell	Figure skating	Team trophy	15 January
Silver	Hunter Carey	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	21 January
Silver	Kiernan Fagan	Freestyle skiing	Boys' big air	22 January
Silver	Cruz Lucius Arthur Smith	Ice hockey	Boys' tournament	22 January
Bronze	Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen	Figure skating	Ice dancing	13 January
Bronze	Jonathan Tobon	Speed skating	Boys' 1500 metres	13 January
Bronze	Jonathan Tobon	Speed skating	Mixed team sprint	15 January
Bronze	Hanna Faulhaber	Freestyle skiing	Girls' halfpipe	20 January
Bronze	Hunter Henderson	Freestyle skiing	Boys' slopestyle	20 January
Bronze	Kendall Kramer	Cross-country skiing	Girls' 5 kilometres classic	21 January
Bronze	Will Koch	Cross-country skiing	Boys' 10 kilometres classic	21 January

Alpine skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Gillis	Super-G	—	56.32	25
	Combined	56.32	25	36.42	26	1:32.74	19
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	39.82	27	41.82	21	1:21.64	20
Maxx Parys	Super-G	—	59.01	46
	Combined	59.01	46	36.13	24	1:35.14	29
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	47.43	47	DNF
Trent Pennington	Super-G	—	55.88	20
	Combined	55.88	20	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:05.12	14	1:06.20	19	2:11.32	17
	Slalom	DNF

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lauren Macuga	Super-G	—	DNF
	Combined	DNF
Emma Resnick	Super-G	—	57.21	11
	Combined	57.21	11	39.00	14	1:36.21	12
	Giant slalom	1:06.37	12	1:02.79	1	2:09.16	4
	Slalom	46.97	14	DNF
Nicola Rountree-Williams	Super-G	—	DNF
	Combined	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:05.95	8	1:04.06	8	2:10.01	8
	Slalom	47.29	18	45.84	13	1:33.13	13

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicola Rountree-Williams Daniel Gillis	Team	Argentina (ARG) W 3–1	France (FRA) L 2–2*	Did not advance		6

Biathlon

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Etienne Bordes	Sprint	21:45.2	2 (1+1)	34
	Individual	42:39.8	8 (2+3+2+1)	76
Van Ledger	Sprint	23:49.6	5 (1+4)	75
	Individual	41:03.5	6 (3+2+0+1)	59
Cale Woods	Sprint	23:15.3	4 (2+2)	64
	Individual	41:24.3	6 (0+3+0+3)	64

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kaisa Bosek	Sprint	21:38.0	2 (1+1)	55
	Individual	36:30.8	2 (0+0+2+0)	18
Maja Lapkass	Sprint	22:25.8	4 (2+2)	70
	Individual	41:38.3	10 (1+4+2+3)	69
Margaret Madigan	Sprint	22:07.4	2 (1+1)	65
	Individual	39:59.8	8 (3+2+1+2)	55

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kaisa Bosek Van Ledger	Single mixed relay	48:30.2	4+11	21
Kaisa Bosek Margaret Madigan Etienne Bordes Cale Woods	Mixed relay	1:21:20.9	3+15	19

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bridger Stone	Boys'	1:13.47	6	1:13.33	10	2:26.80	9
Maddy Cohen	Girls'	1:16.06	15	1:15.91	15	2:31.97	14

Cross-country skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brian Bushey	10 km classic	—						28:12.6	13
	Free sprint	3:33.18	44	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:35.68	28 Q	—		4:35.33	9	Did not advance
Will Koch	10 km classic	—						27:29.5
	Free sprint	3:22.98	17 Q	3:26.22	4	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:17.33	3 Q	—		4:17.07	1 Q	4:15.07	4
Kai Mittelsteadt	10 km classic	—						30:38.0	48
	Free sprint	DNS
	Cross-country cross	4:44.09	47	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kendall Kramer	5 km classic	—						14:36.3
	Free sprint	2:54.44	22 Q	2:55.80	5	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:09.65	14 Q	—		5:08.51	6	Did not advance
Sydney Palmer-Leger	5 km classic	—						14:43.3	4
	Free sprint	2:52.98	18 Q	2:55.53	2 Q	2:52.17	6	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:01.58	8 Q	—		4:52.62	2 Q	4:49.31	4
Nina Seemann	5 km classic	—						16:21.1	35
	Free sprint	3:01.25	35	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:10.26	16 Q	—		5:06.07	6	Did not advance

Curling

United States qualified a mixed team of four athletes.^[2]

Mixed team

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ethan Hebert Kaitlin Murphy Charlie Thompson Alina Tschumakow	Mixed team	Italy (ITA) L 3 – 7	Latvia (LAT) W 8 – 0	Japan (JPN) L 2 – 8	Czech Republic (CZE) L 4 – 6	Sweden (SWE) L 3 – 8	5	Did not advance			19

Mixed doubles

Summary

Athletes	Event	Round of 48	Round of 24	Round of 12	Round of 6	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Malin da Ros (SUI)  Ethan Hebert (USA)	Mixed doubles	Lasmane (LAT) /  Becker (NZL) L 4–10	Did not advance
Kaitlin Murphy (USA)  Jaedon Neuert (CAN)		Farries (GBR) /  Polat (TUR) W 8–4	Gregori (SLO) /  Winz (SUI) L 6–8	Did not advance
Kim Sutor (GER)  Charlie Thompson (USA)		Vergnaud (FRA) /  Burås (NOR) L 5–7	Did not advance
Francesco de Zanna (ITA )		Park (KOR) /  Kamiński (POL) L 7–8	Did not advance

Figure skating

8 American figure skaters achieved quota places for the USA delegation based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Liam Kapeikis	Boys' singles	49.57	14	112.02	9	161.59	10
Audrey Shin	Girls' singles	60.36	7	116.31	7	176.67	7
Kate Wang		54.75	10	86.42	14	141.17	13

Couples

Athletes	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell	Pairs	49.87	4	88.10	6	137.97	6
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen	Ice dancing	57.02	5	95.41	3	152.43

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Determination  Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (USA)  Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste (CAN)  Nella Pelkonen (FIN)  Cha Young-hyun (KOR)	Team trophy	90.41 5	96.73 5	91.27 2	133.13 6	18	4
Team Focus  Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS)  Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell (USA)  Kate Wang (USA)  Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)	Team trophy	96.39 7	91.34 3	101.84 4	157.62 8	22
Team Hope  Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara (CAN)  Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster (GER)  Maïa Mazzara (FRA)  Liam Kapeikis (USA)	Team trophy	89.87 4	78.24 1	103.36 5	117.28 5	15	8

Freestyle skiing

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Eli Derrick	Boys' ski cross	12	10	Did not advance

Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Hunter Carey	Boys' halfpipe	81.66	73.66	81.66	2 Q	84.00	86.00	30.66	86.00
Kiernan Fagan	Boys' big air	79.00	25.00	79.00	6 Q	88.75	94.25	87.00	183.00
	Boys' slopestyle	11.66	83.00	83.00	3 Q	87.33	90.66	35.33	90.66
Hunter Henderson	Boys' big air	87.50	72.50	87.50	1 Q	89.50	43.50	85.75	175.25	4
	Boys' halfpipe	DNS
	Boys' slopestyle	80.33	3.66	80.33	4 Q	32.00	88.66	83.66	88.66
Connor Ladd	Boys' halfpipe	5.00	54.66	54.66	9 Q	33.00	73.33	53.33	73.33	5
Hannah Faulhaber	Girls' halfpipe	78.66	80.33	80.33	3 Q	63.33	77.33	71.33	77.33
Riley Jacobs	Girls' big air	60.66	63.00	63.00	10 Q	13.50	53.75	52.25	106.00	8
	Girls' halfpipe	69.00	67.33	69.00	5 Q	60.33	51.33	41.66	60.33	6
Montana Osinski	Girls' big air	16.33	30.00	30.00	16	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	58.50	53.50	58.50	11 Q	21.75	42.50	40.75	42.50	10
Jenna Riccomini	Girls' big air	77.66	64.66	77.66	4 Q	67.75	9.75	60.75	128.50	5
	Girls' halfpipe	45.33	46.00	46.00	12	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	59.25	57.00	59.25	10 Q	26.75	47.00	52.00	52.00	8

Ice hockey

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

Boys' tournament

The team roster is listed as follows:^[4]

No.	Pos.	2020 Winter Youth Olympics United States U-16 boys' ice hockey team roster	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Hometown	Current Team
1	G	Dylan Silverstein	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	7 February 2004	Calabasas, California	Dexter Southfield (NEPSAC)
30	G	Arthur Smith	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	30 April 2004	Farmington, Connecticut	Selects Academy
5	D	Vinny Borgesi	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	2 March 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Selects Academy
2	D	Hunter Brzustewicz	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	29 November 2004	Washington Township, Michigan	Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (HPHL)
3	D	Seamus Casey	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	8 January 2004	Estero, Florida	Florida Alliance (NAPHL )
4	D	Ryan Chesley	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	27 February 2004	Mahtomedi, Minnesota	Shattuck-St. Mary's
7	D	Tyler Duke – A	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	19 July 2004	Strongsville, Ohio	Compuware Hockey Club (HPHL)
6	D	Lane Hutson	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	14 February 2004	North Barrington, Illinois	North Jersey Avalanche (AYHL)
11	F	Gavin Brindley	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	5 October 2004	Estero, Florida	Florida Alliance (NAPHL )
8	F	Maddox Fleming – A	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	13 February 2004	Rochester, Minnesota	Shattuck-St. Mary's
9	F	Cutter Gauthier	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	19 January 2004	Northville, Michigan	Compuware Hockey Club (HPHL)
10	F	Isaac Howard	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	30 March 2004	Hudson, Wisconsin	Shattuck-St. Mary's
17	F	Cruz Lucius	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	5 April 2004	Grant, Minnesota	Gentry Academy (NAPHL)
12	F	Rutger McGroarty	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	30 March 2004	Lincoln, Nebraska	Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (HPHL)
14	F	Frank Nazar	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	14 January 2004	Mount Clemens, Michigan	HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
15	F	Jimmy Snuggerud – C	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	1 June 2004	Chaska, Minnesota	Chaska High School (MSHSL)
16	F	Charlie Stramel	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	15 October 2004	Apple Valley, Minnesota	Rosemount High School (MSHSL)

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Scott Paluch
Assistant Coaches: Guy Gosselin, Kevin Reiter

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States boys'	Boys' tournament	Finland W 7–5	Switzerland W 8–2	1 Q	Canada W 2–1	Russia L 0–4

Luge

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matthew Greiner	Singles	54.897	9	54.833	7	1:49.730	9
Hunter Harris		55.725	18	55.880	16	1:51.605	15
Samuel Day Samuel Eckert	Doubles	55.624	5	58.233	9	1:53.857	8

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
McKenna Mazlo	Singles	56.045	14	56.047	16	1:52.092	15
Maya Chan Reannyn Weiler	Doubles	56.145	3	57.095	6	1:53.240	4

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Girls' singles		Boys' singles		Doubles		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
McKenna Mazlo Matthew Greiner Maya Chan Reannyn Weiler	Team relay	58.047	7	59.955	6	1:01.177	8	2:59.179	7

Nordic combined

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Carter Brubaker	Boys' Normal hill/6 km	DNS
Niklas Malacinski		85.5	116.9	3	0:15	15:32.9	5
Tess Arnone	Girls' Normal hill/4 km	71.0	86.7	15	2:00	14:18.0	14
Alexa Brabec		69.5	88.8	14	1:53	14:18.4	15

Nordic mixed team

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Tess Arnone Niklas Malacinski Annika Belshaw Erik Belshaw Sydney Palmer-Leger Will Koch	Nordic mixed team	385.5	7	2:13	32:45.4	6

Short track speed skating

Three American skaters achieved quota places for the USA delegation based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.^[3]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonathan So	500 m	PEN		Did not advance
	1000 m	1:30.428	1 Q	1:31.616	1 Q	1:31.810	2 Q	1:33.896	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jenell Berhorst	500 m	47.836	1 Q	46.243	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	PEN		Did not advance
Hailey Choi	500 m	45.103	2 Q	44.956	2 Q	44.849	4	46.185	7
	1000 m	1:35.837	1 Q	1:33.787	3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team B  Kim Chan-seo (KOR)  Diede van Oorschot (NED)  Shogo Miyata (JPN)  Jonathan So (USA)	Mixed team relay	4:11.095	1 QA	4:12.378
Team D  Michelle Velzeboer (NED)  Jenell Berhorst (USA)  Zhang Tianyi (CHN)  Sanzhar Zhanissov (KAZ)		4:13.578	3 QB	PEN
Team H  Zhang Chutong (CHN)  Hailey Choi (USA)  Lee Jeong-min (KOR)  Natthapat Kancharin (THA)		4:31.666	4 QB	4:15.234	5

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teddy Fitzsimons	Boys	1:14.32	19	1:13.75	18	2:28.07	18
James McGuire		1:12.40	16	1:10.91	12	2:23.31	16

Ski jumping

Boys

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Erik Belshaw	Normal hill	82.0	102.2	16	75.5	93.8	24	196.0	22
Landon Lee		68.0	73.1	32	67.5	76.4	31	149.5	32

Girls

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Annika Belshaw	Normal hill	68.5	90.5	20	66.0	73.4	21	163.9	21
Paige Jones		68.0	82.2	23	70.5	70.9	22	153.1	23

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexa Brabec Niklas Malacinski Paige Jones Landon Lee	Mixed Team	280.0	353.9	10	265.5	323.2	11	677.1	11

Ski mountaineering

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
George Beck	Individual	53:51.21	12
Jeremiah Vaille	Individual	56:58.99	17
Samantha Paisley	Individual	1:18:40.08	20
Grace Staberg	Individual	1:03:21.24	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
George Beck	Boys' sprint	3:06.06	14	3:04.40	5	Did not advance
Jeremiah Vaille	Boys' sprint	3:12.19	18	3:05.73	5	Did not advance
Samantha Paisley	Girls' sprint	3:56.44	14	3:48.55	5	Did not advance
Grace Staberg	Girls' sprint	3:53.25	12	3:49.58	4	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Grace Staberg Jeremiah Vaille Samantha Paisley George Beck	Mixed relay	39:07	6

Snowboarding

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Theo McLemore	Boys' snowboard cross	17	4 Q	3 SF	8
Connor Schlegel		16	5	Did not advance
Acy Craig	Girls' snowboard cross	13	7	Did not advance
Madeline Lochte-Bono		16	6	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Pre-Heats	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Mixed Team 11  Madeline Lochte-Bono (USA)  Kayla Anna Lozáková (SVK)  Theo McLemore (USA)  Jakub Válek (SVK)	Team snowboard ski cross	2 Q	4	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Jack Coyne	Boys' big air	DNS
	Boys' halfpipe	69.00	64.00	69.00	8 Q	70.33	53.00	76.00	76.00	5
	Boys' slopestyle	58.33	63.33	63.33	10 Q	34.33	34.00	30.33	34.33	8
Will Healy	Boys' big air	60.25	70.25	70.25	10 Q	12.75	61.75	66.25	128.00	6
	Boys' slopestyle	DNS	14.33	14.33	18	Did not advance
Dusty Henricksen	Boys' big air	90.50	86.75	90.50	2 Q	94.25	82.50	28.50	176.75	4
	Boys' slopestyle	84.66	21.00	84.66	2 Q	94.00	96.33	27.00	96.33
Kolman LeCroy	Boys' halfpipe	18.33	82.33	82.33	5 Q	15.66	42.33	12.33	42.33	10
Athena Comeau	Girls' halfpipe	42.66	37.00	42.66	10	Did not advance
Tessa Maud	Girls' halfpipe	82.00	12.33	82.00	4 Q	76.00	76.00	18.66	76.00	4
Courtney Rummel	Girls' big air	53.66	DNS	53.66	8 Q	DNS
	Girls' slopestyle	41.75	22.75	41.75	8 Q	53.25	DNS	DNS	53.25	7
Ty Schnorrbusch	Girls' big air	70.00	DNS	70.00	5 Q	62.50	68.50	56.00	131.00	5
	Girls' slopestyle	52.25	61.75	61.75	3 Q	59.75	30.25	15.50	59.75	6

Speed skating

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jordan Stolz	500 m	37.34	5
	1500 m	2:02.84	21
Jonathan Tobon	500 m	37.78	8
	1500 m	1:55.67

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Jordan Stolz	Boys' mass start	DNF			Did not advance
Jonathan Tobon		12	6:32.83	3 Q	1	6:30.97	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Team 5  Amalie Haugland (NOR)  Kim Min-hui (KOR)  Oddbjørn Mellemstrand (CZE)  Jordan Stolz (NED)	Mixed team sprint	Disqualified
Team 14  Ramona Ionel (ROU)  Valeriia Sorokoletova (RUS)  Tuukka Suomalainen (FIN)  Jonathan Tobon (USA)	Mixed team sprint	2:05.96

See also

• United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• 2020 U.S. Youth Olympic Team