Rocky Mountain juniors Glenn Randall (Collbran/Dartmouth College), Tad Elliott (Durango Nordic), Noah Hoffman (Aspen Valley Ski Club), Ian Havlick (Boulder Junior Nordic) and Jamie Woelk (Crested Butte/Gunnison Nordic) were selected to US ski teams last evening at Soldier Hollow.

Randall, Hoffman and Elliott were all named to the World Junior championship team, though Hoffman and Elliott declined to attend. The team is made up of the best junior (19 years old and younger) skiers from the US. They will compete with other juniors in Kranj, Slovenia January 31 through February 5.

Elliott, Hoffman, Havlick and Woelk were named to the J1 Scandinavian Cup team. The team is made up of the top six best 16-17 year of boys and girls Nordic skiers from the US, who will race against Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Estonian teams of similar ages. They will travel to Vörå/Vöyri, Finland to race February 3 through 5.

Congratulations to all of these athletes for their great accomplishments!

Hoffman, Elliott photos courtesy Jane Gerstenberger

Full team listings:

Scandinavian Cup team

Tad Elliott – Durango Nordic

Noah Hoffman – Aspen Valley

Reid Pletcher – Sun Valley

Patrick Johnson – Alaska Winter Stars

Ian Havlick – Boulder Nordic

Ben Fick – Nordic Works

Alex Howe – Gunstock

  
Jennie Bender – Northeast Nordic
Jamie Woelk – Crested Butte
Rosie Brennan – National Sports Foundation
Elise Moody – Burke
Asa-lunde Carlson – Bridger Ski Foundation
Kate Dolan – Bridger Ski Foundation

World Junior team

Matt Gelso – Far West Nordic

Glenn Randall – Dartmouth

Matt Johnson – Middlebury

Max Trienen – Alaska Winter Stars

Nate Berry – Montana State University

Jack Harris – Sun Valley

Mike Hinkley – Denver University

Liz Stephen – Burke

Morgan Arritola – Sun Valley

Tazlina Mannix – Alaska Pacific University

Sadie Bjornsen – Methow Valley

Morgan Smyth – Northern Michigan University

Alexa Turzian – Sun Valley