United States at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics explained

The United States is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be United States's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The United States team consisted of 101 athletes competing in all 15 sports.^{[1] [2]} Skeleton athlete Noah Park and short track speed skater Eliza Rhodehamel were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle
		Freestyle skiing	Mixed team dual moguls
		Freestyle skiing	Women's dual moguls
	United States men's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Men's tournament
		Freestyle skiing	Women's ski cross
		Short track speed skating	Mixed relay
		Freestyle skiing	Mixed team ski cross
		Freestyle skiing	Men's dual moguls
			Pair skating
		Figure skating	Ice dance
		Figure skating	Team event
		Freestyle skiing	Mixed team dual moguls
		Freestyle skiing	Women's dual moguls
		Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint
		Freestyle skiing	Women's halfpipe
		Curling	Mixed doubles

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

width=160	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	2	3	5
Biathlon	3	3	6
Bobsleigh	1	2	3
Cross-country skiing	3	3	6
Curling	3	3	6
Figure skating	3	3	6
Freestyle skiing			14
Hockey	18	0	18
Luge	3	4	7
Nordic combined	2	2	4
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Skeleton	2	1	3
Ski jumping	2	2	4
Snowboarding			12
Speed skating	2	1	3
Total	5	6	101

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. United States qualified five alpine skiers (two men and three women).^{[4] [5]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stewart Bruce	Super-G	55.17	10
	Giant slalom	50.67	15	46.60	14	1:37.27	10
	Slalom	48.74	21	52.97	8	1:41.71	10
	Combined	56.20	25	55.95	12	1:52.15	18
Jevin Palmquist	Super-G
	Giant slalom	50.86	16	46.26	8	1:37.12	8
	Slalom	47.64	8	52.51	5	1:40.15	5
	Combined	55.33	11	55.22	6	1:50.55	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicole Begue	Super-G	54.22	6
	Giant slalom
	Slalom	52.52	21
	Combined	57.42	11	53.22	14	1:50.64	12
Annika Hunt	Super-G
	Giant slalom	51.30	20	53.37	7	1:44.67	13
	Slalom	50.83	7
	Combined
Christina Winchell	Super-G	56.16	22
	Giant slalom
	Slalom	55.22	34	53.47	25	1:48.69	25
	Combined	58.70	26	54.68	20	1:53.38	21

Mixed

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Noa Kam-Magruder	Sprint	25:14.6	7 (5+2)	62
Individual	48:39.1	7 (1+2+1+3)	48
align=left rowspan=2	John Lohuis	Sprint	24:11.3	1 (0+1)	38
Individual	47:55.6	6 (2+3+0+1)	35
align=left rowspan=2	Elias Soule	Sprint	23:33.2	5 (2+3)	23
Individual	47:23.7	5 (0+0+2+3)	31

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Emily Campbell	Sprint	27:35.7	9 (5+4)	76
Individual	44:10.0	2 (1+0+1+0)	45
align=left rowspan=2	Molly Maybach	Sprint	22:26.1	3 (1+2)	27
Individual	47:22.5	8 (2+3+0+3)	71
align=left rowspan=2	Alexandria Taylor	Sprint	25:53.0	7 (3+4)	65
Individual	44:54.7	6 (0+3+1+2)	56

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Emily Campbell Elias Soule	Single mixed relay	54:10.8	21 (6+15)	28
Alexandria Taylor Molly Maybach Noa Kam-Magruder John Lohuis	Mixed relay

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Lansing	align=left rowspan=2	Men's monobob	55.21	7	56.01	9	1:51.22	9
Liam McKenna	56.77	18	56.77	17	1:53.54	18
Emily Bradley	Women's monobob	57.08	4	58.35	11	1:55.43	8

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. The United States qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender).^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Benjamin Barbier	7.5 km classical	20:26.3	11
Sprint freestyle	3:06.34	6 Q	3:15.90	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tabor Greenberg	7.5 km classical	20:29.4	12
Sprint freestyle	3:08.64	13 Q	3:07.08	1 Q	3:09.69	3 LL	3:17.33
align=left rowspan=2	Landon Wyatt	7.5 km classical	20:48.5	18
Sprint freestyle	3:13.69	30 Q	3:13.95	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sydney Drevlow	7.5 km classical	23:30.9	19
Sprint freestyle	3:36.98	9 Q	3:39.01	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Neve Gerard	7.5 km classical	22:45.1	6
Sprint freestyle	3:39.84	15 Q	3:41.61	4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Rose Horning	7.5 km classical	23:16.4	13
Sprint freestyle	3:42.15	21 Q	3:42.49	4	Did not advance

Mixed

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. The United States qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.^{[7] [8]}

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left	Kenna Ponzio Zachary Brenden Owen Nelson Teagan Thurston	align=left	Mixed team	W 8–3	W 8–4	W 8–2	W 8–6	W 20–0	W 11–5	L 5–6	2 Q	L 3–4	Did not advance		5
align=left	Ella Wendling Benji Paral	align=left	Mixed doubles	W 6–5	W 13–1	W 8–3	W 9–1	W 12–0	1 Q	W 8–7	L 5–6	W 7–4

Mixed team

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team.

width=140	Group A	width=150	Skip	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
		6	1	1–0	65	25	28	17	0	12	59.04
		6	1	0–1	68	26	31	16	1	15	51.38
		5	2	1–0	64	26	27	17	2	11	39.53
		5	2	0–1	55	42	27	19	5	10	58.05
		3	4	–	49	39	25	19	2	11	65.33
		2	5	–	41	40	16	26	5	5	82.17
		1	6	–	27	44	18	23	3	6	86.52
		0	7	–	6	133	4	39	1	0	199.60

Round robin

Draw 1Saturday, January 20, 10:00

Draw 2Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Draw 3Sunday, January 21, 14:00

Draw 4Monday, January 22, 10:00

Draw 5Monday, January 22, 18:00

Draw 6Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Draw 7Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Qualification GameWednesday, January 24, 19:00

Mixed doubles

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles.

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	5	0	–	61.18
	4	1	–	78.69
	3	2	–	34.37
	2	3	–	112.84
	1	4	–	74.81
	0	5	–	155.39

Round robin

Draw 3Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Draw 6Sunday, January 28, 14:00

Draw 10Monday, January 29, 18:00

Draw 12Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Draw 14Wednesday, January 31, 9:00

QuarterfinalWednesday, January 31, 19:00

SemifinalThursday, February 1, 9:00

Bronze medal gameThursday, February 1, 13:00

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacob Sanchez	Men's singles	76.38	1	123.90	6	200.28	4
Sherry Zhang	Women's singles	45.97	14	123.48	3	169.45	6
Cayla Smith Jared McPike	Pairs	36.80	2	61.20	3	98.00
Olivia Ilin Dylan Cain	Ice dance	57.46	2	84.92	3	142.38

Team event

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Dual moguls

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jiah Cohen	align=left rowspan=2	Men's dual moguls	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 2–3	11	1 Q	L 15–20	L 16–19	4
Porter Huff	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–DNF	12	1 Q	W 32–3	L 17–18
Elizabeth Lemley	align=left rowspan=2	Women's dual moguls	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	12	1 Q	W 25–10	W 22–13
Abby McLarnon	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	12	1 Q	L 15–20	W 19–16

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elizabeth Lemley Porter Huff	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed team		W 50–20	W 38–32	W 43–27
Abby McLarnon Jiah Cohen	W 68–2	W 39–31	L 35–35*	W 44–26

Ski cross

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Aiden England	align=left rowspan=2	Men's ski cross	10	11	Did not advance
Walker Robinson	17	3 Q	2 BF	4
Morgan Shute	align=left rowspan=2	Women's ski cross	20	1 Q	1 BF
Maggie Swain	16	5	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Pre-heats	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Position	Position	Position	Position
Aiden England Maggie Swain	align=left rowspan=2	Team ski cross		2 Q	4 SF	7
Walker Robinson Morgan Shute		1 Q	2 BF

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Ben Fethke	Men's halfpipe	63.25	34.50	63.25	6 Q	37.00	30.50	72.50	72.50	6
Hunter Maytin	Men's halfpipe	70.25	22.00	70.25	4 Q	25.75	75.25	25.75	75.25	5
align=left rowspan=2	Jack Rodeheaver	Men's big air	30.00	13.00	30.00	21	Did not advance
Men's slopestyle	31.75	32.75	32.75	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Henry Townshend	Men's big air	16.00	75.75	75.75	11	Did not advance
Men's slopestyle	76.25	78.00	78.00	7 Q	90.25	26.25	80.25	90.25
align=left rowspan=2	Eleanor Andrews	Women's big air	59.00	67.75	67.75	7 Q	79.00	55.25	33.75	134.25	5
Women's slopestyle	79.25	9.25	79.25	3 Q	53.50	32.50	43.25	53.50	8
Piper Arnold	Women's halfpipe	64.25	66.50	66.50	4 Q	60.75	58.75	60.00	60.75	4
align=left rowspan=3	Kathryn Gray	Women's big air	68.75	65.75	68.75	6 Q	61.00	64.50	68.50	133.00	7
Women's halfpipe	81.50	24.50	81.50	3 Q	75.00	78.75	79.25	79.25
Women's slopestyle	76.00	75.75	76.00	5 Q	60.00	49.25	63.75	63.75	6

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. The United States qualified a men's hockey team of 18 athletes.^[9]

Men's tournament

The team roster is listed as follows:^[10]

No.	Pos.	2024 Winter Youth Olympics United States U-16 boys' ice hockey team roster	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Hometown	Current Team
1	G		180cm (70inches)	73abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Shattuck-Saint Mary's
2	F		178cm (70inches)	63abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club
4	D		180cm (70inches)	75abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Hermantown High School
5	D		185cm (73inches)	83abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Superior High School
7	F		180cm (70inches)	78abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Chicago Mission
9	F		185cm (73inches)	84abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Rogers High School
10	F		183cm (72inches)	77abbr=onNaNabbr=on			The Governor's Academy
11	F	– A	175cm (69inches)	75abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Shattuck-Saint Mary's
13	D		183cm (72inches)	79abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Chicago Mission
14	D		178cm (70inches)	72abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Maple Grove High School
15	D		191cm (75inches)	79abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Mount Saint Charles Academy
16	F	– C	183cm (72inches)	75abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Shattuck-Saint Mary's
18	F		183cm (72inches)	84abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Shattuck-Saint Mary's
19	F	– A	178cm (70inches)	78abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Chicago Mission
20	D		180cm (70inches)	79abbr=onNaNabbr=on			HoneyBaked Hockey Club
21	F		175cm (69inches)	70abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Little Caesars Hockey
30	G		178cm (70inches)	83abbr=onNaNabbr=on			Bishop Kearney Selects

Coaching staffHead Coach: Joe Bonnett
Assistant Coaches: Jason Guerriero, Matt Gilroy, Dave Caruso

Summary

Group A

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Singles & Doubles

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Orson Colby	Men's singles	47.973	14	48.141	17	1:36.114	14
Nathan Bivins Wolfgang Lux	Men's doubles	52.650	10	53.482	11	1:46.132	11
Elizabeth Kleinheinz	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	50.345	23	49.669	16	1:40.014	18
Talia Tonn	49.064	11
Sadie Martin Haidyn Bunker	Women's doubles	52.890	8

Mixed team relay

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Individual

Notes and References

1. Web site: U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Announces Team for Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024. 9 January 2024. www.usopc.org/. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. 13 January 2024. USA’s delegation will include 101 total athletes.
2. Web site: Nine Panam Sports Countries Ready to Shine at Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. 15 January 2024. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 15 January 2024.
3. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information. 19 January 2024. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024.
4. Web site: Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024.
5. Web site: 2024 Alpine, Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping, Ski Cross Youth Olympic Games Nominations Released. 20 December 2023. 7 January 2024. www.usskiandsnowboard.org/. U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
6. Web site: Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024.
7. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed. 12 April 2023. www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 September 2023.
8. Web site: Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed. Shefferd. Neil. 14 April 2023. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 23 December 2023.
9. Web site: Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action. 13 January 2024. . 13 January 2024.
10. Web site: 2024 Youth Olympic Games Roster. USA Hockey.
11. Web site: Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 13 January 2024.