Park City, UT – X Games silver medalist Devin Logan, World Cup skicross standout Brant Crossan and Youth Olympic Games skicross athlete Lesley Wilson headline a group of 11 athletes named to the 2012 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships Team for U.S. Freeskiing. The Junior Worlds take place March 20–25 in Valmalenco, Italy.
Logan has had a stellar season with six podiums and is currently ranked first overall in the world according to the AFP World Ranking List, while her women’s slopestyle teammate Emilia Wint has had three notable podiums this season including the VISA U.S. Grand Prix, Dew Tour and Aspen/Snowmass Open. U.S. skier cross fans should look out for Tyler Wallasch, who has two podium finishes on the NorAm tour this season, as well as Youth Olympic Games athlete Lesley Wilson.
Skicross athletes were invited based upon their finishes at the U.S. Freeskiing Hole Shot NorAm Tour and Canyons Resort Sprint U.S. Grand Prix events. Slopestyle athletes were invited based on finishes at the U.S. Revolution Tour and Mammoth Mountain VISA U.S. Grand Prix. All invited athletes must be between the ages of 14 and 19 years old,
2012 U.S. FREESKIING FIS FREESTYLE JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM
Men – Skicross
Nico Monforte, Olympic Valley, CA 1/14/1995 (Squaw Valley Ski Team)
KC Brousseau, Saranac Lake, NY 5/12/1994 (New York Ski Education Foundation)
Brant Crossan, Steamboat Springs, CO 3/19/1992 (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club)
Tyler Wallasch, Mammoth Lakes, CA 6/8/1994 (Mammoth Mountain Ski Club)
Women – Skicross
Whitney Gardner, Stateline, NV 6/24/1994 (Heavenly Ski & Snowboard Foundation)
Carlyn Williams, Belvedere, CA 3/18/1995 (Squaw Valley Ski Team)
Lesley Wilson, Steamboat Springs, CO 8/2/1996 (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club)
Men – SlopestyleColby Stevenson, Park City, UT 10/3/1997 (Axis Freeride)
Carson Lehouillier, Incline Village, NV 12/6/1996 (Far West Freeride)
Cody Cirillo, Breckenridge, CO 1/23/1993 (Team Breckenridge Sports Club)
Women – Slopestyle
Devin Logan, West Dover, VT 2/17/1993 (Mount Snow Training Center)
Emilia Wint, Denver, CO 6/21/1994 (Team Breckenridge Sports Club)
Annalisa Drew, Andover, MA 5/28/1993 (Carrabassett Valley Academy Athletics)
EVENT SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 20 – Skicross
Thursday, March 22 – Slopestyle