PARK CITY, UT (March 25, 2016) – U.S. Snowboarding has named 27 young, talented athletes to the 2016 U.S. Junior World Championships Team. The U.S. will send five athletes to compete in slopestyle and big air, nine athletes to compete in PGS/PSL and 13 athletes to compete in snowboardcross.
The slopestyle and big air events will take place in Sieser Alm, Italy March 29. The strong team of U.S. athletes will be led by Chris Corning (Arvada, CO). Corning, who is 16 years old, was the FIS crystal globe recipient for overall snowboard slopestyle points winner this season.
Maggie Carrigan (Steamboat Springs, CO) will lead the team of PGS/PSL athletes headed to compete in Rogla, Slovenia April 2-3. Carrigan, who also competed at Junior Worlds in 2015, has multiple FIS podiums including a second-place finish at the Holiday Valley Resort Nor-Am Cup in February.
The snowboardcross athletes will compete April 4-6, also in Rogla. Jake Vedder (Pinckney, MI) and Meghan Tierney (Edwards, CO) will lead a team of strong snowboardcross contenders. Vedder was the gold medalist in snowboardcross at the 2016 Youth Olympic Games in February.
2016 Snowboard Junior World Championships Team
Slopestyle/Big Air
Chandler Hunt – Park City, UT; U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Team
Chris Corning – Aspen, CO; Aspen Valley Snowboard Club
Lyon Farrell – Haiku, HI; U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Team
Sean Neary – Salisbury Mills, NY; Mammoth Mountain Ski & Snowboard Club
Nora Healey – Plymouth, NH; Waterville Valley BBTS
PGS/PSL
Maggie Carrigan – Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Karina Bladon – Wayland, MA; Holderness Ski Team
Emily Dziak – Bethlehem, PA; Camelback Ski Team
Billy Winters – Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Myles Silverman – Brunswick, ME; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Grant Abrahamson – Chanhasen, MN; Northstar Ski and Snowboard Team
Zach Lulavy – Golden Valley, MN; Westminster College Snowboard Team
Devin Dougherty – Easton, PA; Eastern
Dylan Udolf – West Hartford, CT; Stratton Winter Sports Club
Snowboardcross
Jake Vedder – Pinckney, MI; Team Park City United
Senna Leith – Vail, CO; International Snowboard Training Center
Caleb McFall – Park City, UT; Team Utah Snowboarding
Chad Frey – Brachville, NJ; Team Park City United
Sean Roley – Avon, CO; International Snowboard Training Center
Billy Winters – Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Colleen Healey – Incline Village, NV; Squaw Valley Snowboard Team
Shannon Maguire – Bethel, ME; Gould Academy
Kiersten Edwards – Londonberry, VT; Carrabassett Valley Academy
Haley Michienzi – Bourne, MA; Carrabassett Valley Academy
Meghan Tierney – Edwards, CO; U.S. Snowboarding Snowboardcross Development Team
Anna Miller – Orem, UT; Team Park City United
Kristen Venuto – Kingfield, ME; Carrabassett Valley Academy
