U.S. Ski & Snowboard officially announced starters for upcoming World Cup races in Canmore and Minneapolis earlier Friday, following a positive snow control for the races at a distressingly warm Wirth Park.
The announced starters are below. This information was first reported by Nordic Insights last Sunday. I stand by my analysis there that the final spots in Minneapolis are potentially subject to change following top-six performances in Planica by athletes not previously named to the team, given the unambiguous language of section five of this season’s official criteria document from USSS.
The announced starters are as follows:
Canmore Sprint
Women
Rosie Brennan
Jessie Diggins
Julia Kern
Sydney Palmer-Leger
Emma Albrecht
Renae Anderson
Erin Bianco
Margie Freed
Lauren Jortberg
Michaela Keller-Miller
Alex Lawson
Alayna Sonnesyn
Men
Michael Earnhart
Luke Jager
Zak Ketterson
Will Koch
Zanden McMullen
Ben Ogden
JC Schoonmaker
Gus Schumacher
Kevin Bolger
Logan Diekmann
Murphy Kimball
Jack Young
Canmore Distance
Women
Sydney Palmer-Leger
Jessie Diggins
Sophia Laukli
Rosie Brennan
Julia Kern
Margie Freed
Alex Lawson
Alayna Sonnesyn
Erin Bianco
Mariah Bredal
Lauren Jortberg
Emma Albrecht
Men
Michael Earnhart
Ben Ogden
Gus Schumacher
Scott Patterson
Zanden McMullen
Luke Jager
Peter Wolter
Hunter Wonders
David Norris
Reid Goble
Braden Becker
Graham Houtsma
Minneapolis Sprint
Women
Sydney Palmer-Leger
Jessie Diggins
Rosie Brennan
Julia Kern
Sammy Smith
Haley Brewster
Alayna Sonnesyn
Ranae Anderson
Erin Bianco
Margie Freed
Ava Thurston
Nina Schamberger
Men
Michael Earnhart
Ben Ogden
JC Schoonmaker
Gus Schumacher
Kevin Bolger
Zak Ketterson
Zanden McMullen
Luke Jager
Logan Diekmann
Walker Hall
Will Koch
Murphy Kimball
Minneapolis Distance
Women
Sydney Palmer-Leger
Jessie Diggins
Sophia Laukli
Rosie Brennan
Julia Kern
Novie McCabe
Sammy Smith
Margie Freed
Haley Brewster
Kendall Kramer
Nina Schamberger
Alex Lawson
Men
Michael Earnhart
Ben Ogden
Gus Schumacher
John Hagenbuch
Scott Patterson
Zanden McMullen
Luke Jager
Peter Wolter
Hunter Wonders
David Norris
Brian Bushey
Reid Goble
— Gavin Kentch
