United States at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

United States at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics

IOC code USA
NOC United States Olympic Committee
Website www.teamusa.org
in Lillehammer
Competitors 62 in 15 sports
Flag bearer Chloe Kim
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
10 6 0 16
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

The United States competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Radamus, RiverRiver Radamus Alpine skiing Boys' Super-G 13 February
 Gold Radamus, RiverRiver Radamus Alpine Skiing Boys' combined 14 February
 Gold Irving, BirkBirk Irving Freestyle skiing Boys' halfpipe 14 February
 Gold Kim, ChloeChloe Kim Snowboarding Girls' Halfpipe 14 February
 Gold Pates, JakeJake Pates Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 14 February
 Gold Vedder, JakeJake Vedder Snowboarding Boys' snowboard cross 15 February
 Gold Radamus, RiverRiver Radamus Alpine skiing Boys' giant slalom 17 February
 Gold Kim, ChloeChloe Kim Snowboarding Girls' slopestyle 19 February
 Gold Pates, JakeJake Pates Snowboarding Boys' slopestyle 19 February
 Gold men's national under-16 ice hockey team, United StatesUnited States men's national under-16 ice hockey team
Jack DeBoer Erik Middendorf Jacob Semik
Drew DeRidder Jacob Pivonka Oliver Wahlstrom
Ty Emberson Adam Samuelsson T. J. Walsh
Jonathan Gruden Mattias Samuelsson Tyler Weiss
Christian Krygier Ryan Savage Jake Wise
Will MacKinnon Todd Scott
 Ice hockey Boys' tournament 21 February
 Silver Baden, NikolasNikolas Baden Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 14 February
 Silver Cooper, PaulaPaula Cooper Freestyle skiing Girls' halfpipe 14 February
 Silver Loomis, BenBen Loomis Nordic combined Normal hill/5 km 16 February
 Silver Lewis, ChloeChloe Lewis
Logan Bye 		Figure skating Ice dancing 16 February
 Silver Luc Violette
Cora Farrell
Ben Richardson
Cait Flannery 		Curling Mixed Team 17 February
 Silver Hall, AlexanderAlexander Hall Freestyle skiing Boys' slopestyle 19 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Rose, SarahSarah Rose
Joseph Goodpaster 		Figure skating Team trophy 20 February
 Silver Kleba, AustinAustin Kleba Speed skating Mixed team sprint 17 February

Alpine Skiing

Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
River Radamus Slalom DNF Did not advance
Giant slalom 1:17.16 1 1:17.89 3 2:35.05 1st, gold medalist(s)
Super-G N/A 1:10.62 1st, gold medalist(s)
Combined 1:11.15 1 41.72 7 1:52.87 1st, gold medalist(s)
Girls
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Keely Cashman Slalom 57.10 11 53.58 15 1:50.68 13
Giant slalom 1:22.21 15 1:18.50 14 2:40.71 14
Super-G N/A 1:14.52 10
Combined 1:15.75 11 Did not finish
Parallel mixed team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Keely Cashman
River Radamus		 Parallel mixed team  Canada (CAN)
L 2 - 2+		 Did not advance

Biathlon

Boys
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Vaclav Cervenka Sprint 21:52.2 4 36
Pursuit 32:04.9 1 20
Eli Nielsen Sprint 22:59.6 6 46
Pursuit 36:24.1 6 45
Girls
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Amanda Kautzer Sprint 19:22.4 2 10
Pursuit 29:17.1 8 27
Chloe Levins Sprint 19:56.6 2 22
Pursuit 25:47.6 0 4
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
Chloe Levins
Vaclav Cervenka		 Single mixed relay 42:29.2 1+8 6
Chloe Levins
Amanda Kautzer
Eli Nielsen
Vaclav Cervenka		 Mixed relay 1:24:56.2 3+12 7

Bobsleigh

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Samuel Beach Boys' 59.02 14 59.32 15 1:58.34 14

Cross-country skiing

Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hunter Wonders 10 km freestyle N/A 24:48.5 8
Classical sprint 3:13.15 29 Q 3:04.65 3 Did not advance
Cross-country cross 3:19.42 30 Q N/A 3:12.18 9 Did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hannah Halvorsen 5 km freestyle N/A 14:13.8 17
Classical sprint 3:38.73 13 Q 3:28.40 1 Q 3:28.77 3 q 3:33.20 6
Cross-country cross 3:44.04 10 Q N/A 3:39.91 5 Did not advance

Curling

Mixed team

Team
Round Robin
Group A Skip W L
United States Luc Violette 6 1
Switzerland Selina Witschonke 6 1
Russia Nadezhda Karelina 6 1
Turkey Oğuzhan Karakurt 3 4
Italy Luca Rizzolli 3 4
China Du Hongrui 2 5
New Zealand Matthew Neilson 1 6
Japan Kota Ito 1 6

Draw 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Turkey (Karakurt) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3

United States (Violette) 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 X 7

Draw 2
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (Violette) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 6

Switzerland (Witschonke) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 5

Draw 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy (Rizzolli) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5

United States (Violette) 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 8

Draw 4
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia (Karelina) 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 1 9

United States (Violette) 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 6

Draw 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
New Zealand (Neilson) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3

United States (Violette) 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 X 10

Draw 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (Violette) 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 5

China (Du) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2

Draw 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (Violette) 2 0 0 1 0 5 1 X 9

Japan (Ito) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3

Quarterfinals
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
United States (Violette) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5

Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4

Semifinals
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States (Violette) 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 8

Russia (Karelina) 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 6

Gold Medal Game
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada (Fay) 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 10

United States (Violette) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Final Rank: 2nd, silver medalist(s)

Mixed doubles

Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
 Giovanna Barros (BRA)
 Ben Richardson (USA)		 Mixed doubles  Jonasson (SWE)
 Du (CHN)
W 8–4		  Ramsfjell (NOR)
 Kim (KOR)
L 7–9		 Did not advance
 Britta Sillaots (EST)
 Luc Violette (USA)		  Petterson (SWE)
 Zisa (ITA)
W 7–4		  Matsuzawa (JPN)
 Hösli (SUI)
L 5–10		 Did not advance
 Cait Flannery (USA)
 Kota Ito (JPN)		  Podrábská (CZE)
 Degerfeldt (SWE)
L 7–8		 Did not advance
 Cora Farrell (USA)
 Ben Smith (NZL)		  Lee (KOR)
 Nygren (SWE)
L 1–8		 Did not advance

Round of 32

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Jenny Jonasson (SWE)
 Du Hongrui (CHN) 		0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 4

 Giovanna Barros (BRA)
 Ben Richardson (USA)		 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 X 8

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kristina Podrábská (CZE)
 Anton Degerfeldt (SWE)		 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 8

 Cait Flannery (USA)
 Kota Ito (JPN)		 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Lee (KOR)
 Johan Nygren (SWE)		 2 1 1 1 3 0 X X 8

 Cora Farrell (USA)
 Ben Smith (NZL)		 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Tova Pettersson (SWE)
 Alberto Zisa (ITA)		 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 4

 Britta Sillaots (EST)
 Luc Violette (USA) 		0 3 0 0 1 1 2 X 7

Round of 16

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Maia Ramsfjell (NOR)
 Kim Ho-geon (KOR) 		0 0 4 1 0 2 2 X 9

 Giovanna Barros (BRA)
 Ben Richardson (USA)		 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 X 7

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Yako Matsuzawa (JPN)
 Philipp Hösli (SUI) 		0 1 0 0 4 0 5 X 10

 Britta Sillaots (EST)
 Luc Violette (USA)		 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 5

Figure skating

Singles
Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Camden Pulkinen Boys' singles 57.91 7 108.68 8 166.59 7
Vanna Giang Girls' singles 48.14 10 87.51 7 135.65 8
Couples
Athletes Event SP/SD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sarah Rose
Joseph Goodpaster		 Pairs 46.47 5 80.06 6 126.53 6
Chloe Lewis
Logan Bye		 Ice dancing 55.07 3 81.30 2 136.37 2nd, silver medalist(s)
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 Desire
 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin (RUS)
 Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster (USA)
 Li Xiangning (CHN)
 Dmitri Aliev (RUS)		 Team trophy 80.28
7		 82.47
4		 88.73
5		 141.06
7		 23 1st, gold medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Alexander Hall Boys' halfpipe 75.80 12.20 78.00 78.00 4
Birk Irving Boys' halfpipe 84.80 93.00 DNS 93.00 1st, gold medalist(s)
Paula Cooper Girls' halfpipe 72.60 79.00 34.40 79.00 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Nikita Rubocki Girls' halfpipe 68.40 70.20 58.80 70.20 4
Ski cross
Athlete Event Qualification Group heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Position Position
Russell Malm Boys' ski cross 44.62 9 Q 7 14 Did not advance
Abigail Zagnoli Girls' ski cross 47.85 11 12 9 Did not advance
Slopestyle
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Alexander Hall Boys' slopestyle 83.40 87.40 87.40 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Birk Irving Boys' slopestyle Did not start
Nikita Rubocki Girls' slopestyle 50.60 41.40 50.60 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:[1][2]

No. Pos. 2016 Winter Youth Olympics United States U-16 boys' ice hockey team roster Height Weight Birthdate Hometown Current Team
1 G DeRidder, DrewDrew DeRidder 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 1 May 2000 Fenton, Michigan Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (T1EHL)
30 G Scott, ToddTodd Scott 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 May 2000 Albertville, Minnesota Omaha AAA Hockey Club (NAPHL)
7 D Emberson, TyTy Emberson – A 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 May 2000 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Memorial High School (WIAA)
2 D Krygier, ChristianChristian Krygier 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 5 May 2000 Novi, Michigan Little Caesars Hockey Club (HPHL)
3 D MacKinnon, WillWill MacKinnon 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 13 April 2000 Plymouth, Michigan HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
5 D Samuelsson, AdamAdam Samuelsson 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 June 2000 Rye, New York Connecticut Jr. Rangers (USPHL)
6 D Samuelsson, MattiasMattias Samuelsson – C 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 14 March 2000 Voorhees, New Jersey Northwood School
4 D Semik, JacobJacob Semik 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 10 March 2000 Canton, Michigan HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
17 F DeBoer, JackJack DeBoer 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 17 August 2000 Madison, New Jersey Salisbury School (NEPSAC)
10 F Gruden, JonathanJonathan Gruden 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 4 May 2000 Rochester, Michigan HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
16 F Middendorf, ErikErik Middendorf 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 11 July 2000 Scottsdale, Arizona Jr. Coyotes (T1EHL)
15 F Pivonka, JacobJacob Pivonka – A 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 28 February 2000 Woodridge, Illinois Chicago Mission (HPHL)
11 F Savage, RyanRyan Savage 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 March 2000 Scottsdale, Arizona EC Red Bull Salzburg
14 F Wahlstrom, OliverOliver Wahlstrom 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 13 June 2000 Quincy, Massachusetts Shattuck-Saint Mary's
8 F Walsh, T. J.T. J. Walsh 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 29 April 2000 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Cushing Academy (NEPSAC)
9 F Weiss, TylerTyler Weiss 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 3 January 2000 Raleigh, North Carolina Don Mills Flyers (GTHL)
12 F Wise, JakeJake Wise 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 28 February 2000 North Andover, Massachusetts Central Catholic High School (MIAA)
Coaching staff

Head Coach: Scott Paluch
Assistant Coach: J. D. Forrest

Group Stage
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Canada 4 3 0 0 1 18 7 +11 9 Advance to semifinals
2 United States 4 3 0 0 1 18 7 +11 9
3 Russia 4 2 1 0 1 21 9 +12 8
4 Finland 4 1 0 1 2 14 11 +3 4
5 Norway 4 0 0 0 4 1 38 −37 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2016. Source: IIHF.com
13 February 2016
20:00		United States 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 FinlandKristins Hall
Attendance: 890
14 February 2016
20:00		Norway 0–8
(0–3, 0–4, 0–1)		 United StatesKristins Hall
Attendance: 2,094
16 February 2016
14:00		United States 2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 CanadaKristins Hall
Attendance: 1,745
18 February 2016
17:00		Russia 2–4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–2)		 United StatesYouth Hall
Attendance: 564
Semifinals
19 February 2016
20:00		United States 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 RussiaYouth Hall
Attendance: 1,902
Gold medal game
21 February 2016
15:00		Canada 2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)		 United StatesKristins Hall
Attendance: 2,428

Final Rank:1st, gold medalist(s)

Luge

Individual sleds
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Justine Taylor Boys 48.908 13 49.248 16 1:38.156 15
Ashley Farquharson Girls DNF Did not advance
Duncan Biles
Alanson Owen		 Doubles 54.056 8 54.068 10 1:48.124 8
Mixed team relay
Athlete Event Girls Boys Doubles Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ashley Farquharson
Justine Taylor
Duncan Biles
Alanson Owen		 Team relay 57.750 6 1:00.090 12 1:00.020 8 2:57.860 10

Nordic combined

Individual
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Distance Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Ben Loomis Normal hill/5 km 98.5 129.7 2 0:08 13:36.6 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Nordic mixed team
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Logan Sankey
Ben Loomis
Casey Larson
Hannah Halvorsen
Hunter Wonders		 Nordic mixed team 286.2 10 1:59 28:26.7 8

Short track speed skating

Boys
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aaron Heo 500 m 44.052 3 SC/D 44.396 2 FC 45.413 11
1000 m 1:31.071 3 SC/D 1:52.861 1 FC 1:35.707 10
Mixed team relay
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Team A
 April Shin (USA)
 Zang Yize (CHN)
 Pavel Sitnikov (RUS)
 Andras Sziklasi (HUN)		 Mixed team relay 4:18.683 3 FB 4:25.169 6
Team E
 Gloria Ioriatti (ITA)
 Anna Seidel (GER)
 Aaron Heo (USA)
 Hong Kyung-hwan (KOR)		 Mixed team relay 4:16.056 2 FA PEN

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized

Skeleton

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kindrick Carter Boys 55.16 11 54.95 11 1:50.11 11
Mitchell Jones Boys 55.43 13 55.61 14 1:51.04 13
Rebecca Hass Girls 56.95 11 56.58 8 1:53.53 9
Kalyn McGuire Girls 57.19 12 57.61 16 1:54.80 16

Ski jumping

Individual
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Casey Larson Boys' normal hill 97.0 119.0 6 87.0 102.5 9 221.5 6
Logan Sankey Girls' normal hill 74.0 65.8 12 69.0 58.7 12 124.5 12
Team
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Logan Sankey
Ben Loomis
Casey Larson		 Team competition 273.8 10 257.8 11 531.6 10

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Nikolas Baden Boys' halfpipe 83.25 50.50 85.25 85.25 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Jake Pates Boys' halfpipe 46.50 92.00 93.00 93.00 1st, gold medalist(s)
Chloe Kim Girls' halfpipe 94.25 96.50 96.25 96.50 1st, gold medalist(s)
Hailey Langland Girls' halfpipe 39.75 52.50 56.00 56.00 9
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualification Group heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Points Rank Position Position
Jake Vedder Boys' snowboard cross 47.91 2 Q 20 1 Q 1 FA 1st, gold medalist(s)
Shannon Maguire Girls' snowboard cross 52.04 5 Q 13 9 Did not advance
Slopestyle
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Nikolas Baden Boys' slopestyle 64.50 52.00 64.50 11
Jake Pates Boys' slopestyle 93.00 94.75 94.75 1st, gold medalist(s)
Chloe Kim Girls' slopestyle 87.50 88.25 88.25 1st, gold medalist(s)
Hailey Langland Girls' slopestyle 64.25 55.75 64.25 8
Snowboard and ski cross relay
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Position Position Position
Shannon Maguire
Abigail Zagnoli
Jake Vedder
Russell Malm		 Team snowboard ski cross 2 Q 4 FB 8

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating

Boys
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Austin Kleba 500 m 37.14 4 37.19 9 74.34 6
1500 m N/A 1:53.87 5
Mass start N/A 6:01.63 24
Mixed team sprint
Athletes Event Final
Time Rank
Team 9
 Elisa Dul (NED)
 Karolina Gasecka (POL)
 Austin Kleba (USA)
 Anvar Mukhamadeyev (KAZ)		 Mixed team sprint 1:58.80 2nd, silver medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "United States Youth Olympic Team" (PDF). United States Olympic Committee.
  2. ↑ "2016 U.S. Youth Olympics Boys' Ice Hockey Team". USA Hockey. 2 November 2011.
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