United States at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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

United States at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
Websitewww.teamusa.org
in Lillehammer
Competitors62 in 15 sports
Flag bearerChloe Kim
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
10
Silver
6
Bronze
0
Total
16
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold River Radamus Alpine skiing Boys' super-G 13 February
  Gold River Radamus Alpine Skiing Boys' combined 14 February
  Gold Birk Irving Freestyle skiing Boys' halfpipe 14 February
  Gold Chloe Kim Snowboarding Girls' Halfpipe 14 February
  Gold Jake Pates Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 14 February
  Gold Jake Vedder Snowboarding Boys' snowboard cross 15 February
  Gold River Radamus Alpine skiing Boys' giant slalom 17 February
  Gold Chloe Kim Snowboarding Girls' slopestyle 19 February
  Gold Jake Pates Snowboarding Boys' slopestyle 19 February
  Gold United States men's national under-16 ice hockey team
Ice hockey Boys' tournament 21 February
  Silver Nikolas Baden Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 14 February
  Silver Paula Cooper Freestyle skiing Girls' halfpipe 14 February
  Silver Ben Loomis Nordic combined Normal hill/5 km 16 February
  Silver Chloe Lewis
Logan Bye
Figure skating Ice dancing 16 February
  Silver Luc Violette
Cora Farrell
Ben Richardson
Cait Flannery
Curling Mixed Team 17 February
  Silver Alexander Hall Freestyle skiing Boys' slopestyle 19 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events edit

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

Alpine Skiing edit

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  
Super-G 1:10.62  
Combined 1:11.15 1 41.72 7 1:52.87  
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 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hunter Wonders 10 km freestyle 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 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 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 3:39.91 5 did not advance

Curling edit

Mixed team edit

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
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:  

Mixed doubles edit

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 edit

Round of 16 edit

Figure skating edit

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  
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  

Freestyle skiing edit

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  
Paula Cooper Girls' halfpipe 72.60 79.00 34.40 79.00  
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  
Birk Irving Boys' slopestyle did not start
Nikita Rubocki Girls' slopestyle 50.60 41.40 50.60 8

Ice hockey edit

The United States sent one boys' ice hockey team consisting of 17 athletes.

Boys' tournament edit

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 Drew DeRidder 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 1 May 2000 Fenton, Michigan Oakland Jr. Grizzlies (T1EHL)
30 G Todd Scott 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 May 2000 Albertville, Minnesota Omaha AAA Hockey Club (NAPHL)
7 D Ty EmbersonA 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 May 2000 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Memorial High School (WIAA)
2 D Christian Krygier 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 5 May 2000 Novi, Michigan Little Caesars Hockey Club (HPHL)
3 D Will MacKinnon 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 13 April 2000 Plymouth, Michigan HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
5 D Adam Samuelsson 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 June 2000 Rye, New York Connecticut Jr. Rangers (USPHL)
6 D Mattias SamuelssonC 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 14 March 2000 Voorhees, New Jersey Northwood School
4 D Jacob Semik 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 10 March 2000 Canton, Michigan HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
17 F Jack DeBoer 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 17 August 2000 Madison, New Jersey Salisbury School (NEPSAC)
10 F Jonathan Gruden 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 4 May 2000 Rochester, Michigan HoneyBaked Hockey Club (HPHL)
16 F Erik Middendorf 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 11 July 2000 Scottsdale, Arizona Jr. Coyotes (T1EHL)
15 F Jacob PivonkaA 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 28 February 2000 Woodridge, Illinois Chicago Mission (HPHL)
11 F Ryan Savage 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 March 2000 Scottsdale, Arizona EC Red Bull Salzburg
14 F Oliver Wahlstrom 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 13 June 2000 Quincy, Massachusetts Shattuck-Saint Mary's
8 F T. J. Walsh 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 29 April 2000 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Cushing Academy (NEPSAC)
9 F Tyler Weiss 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 3 January 2000 Raleigh, North Carolina Don Mills Flyers (GTHL)
12 F Jake 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
Game reference
Todd ScottGoaliesJimi UusitaloReferee:
  Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:
  Clement Goncalves
  Tobias Nordlander
0–102:36 – Salonen (Maki)
Wise (DeBoer, Krygier) – 08:391–1
Walsh (Emberson) – 13:102–1
Krygier (MacKinnon) – 20:253–1
Weiss (PS) – 42:124–1
4.5 minPenalties7.5 min
24Shots22
14 February 2016
20:00
Norway  0–8
(0–3, 0–4, 0–1)
  United StatesKristins Hall
Attendance: 2,094
Game reference
Theo Rooseboom de VriesGoaliesDrew DeRidderReferee:
  Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
  Aleh Kliashcheunikau
  Niclas Lundsgaard
0–106:48 – Wahlstrom (Weiss, DeBoer) (PP)
0–211:09 – Wahlstrom (Weiss, Wise)
0–311:49 – (Pivonka, Middendorf, Emberson)
0–417:09 – Pivonka (Walsh, M. Samuelsson) (PP)
0–521:35 – Middendorf (Krygier, Pivonka) (SH)
0–623:04 – Pivonka (Middendorf, Semik)
0–724:48 – DeBoer (Wise, Weiss)
0–830:31 – Wahlstrom (Wise, Weiss)
7.5 minPenalties6 min
11Shots35
16 February 2016
14:00
United States  2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1)
  CanadaKristins Hall
Attendance: 1,745
Game reference
Todd ScottGoaliesAlexis GravelReferee:
  Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:
  Aleh Kliashcheunikau
  Tobias Nordlander
0–102:45 – McShane (McIsaac)
Weiss (Semik, Wise) (PP) – 09:401–1
Wise (T. J. Walsh, DeBoer) – 14:362–1
2–221:52 – Fortier (Roberts, McShane)
2–326:42 – Roberts (Focht, MacDonald)
2–438:09 – Burzan (Dudas)
6 minPenalties6 min
23Shots20
18 February 2016
17:00
Russia  2–4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–2)
  United StatesYouth Hall
Attendance: 564
Game reference
Amir MiftakhovGoaliesDrew DeRidderReferee:
  Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:
  Niclas Lundgaard
  Tobias Nordlander
0–104:16 – Weiss (Wahlstrom)
0–212:25 – DeBoer (Wise, Walsh)
Zhabreyev (Babintsev, Denisenko) – 22:381–2
1–331:25 – Pivonka (Weiss)
1–439:06 – Gruden (MacKinnon, Middendorf)
Nizhnikov (Denezhkin) – 42:462–4
26.5 minPenalties10.5 min
24Shots20
Semifinals
19 February 2016
20:00
United States  3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
  RussiaYouth Hall
Attendance: 1,902
Game reference
Drew DeRidderGoaliesAmir MiftakhovReferee:
  Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:
  Danny Beresford
  Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
Pivonka (Middendorf, Savage) – 19:411–0
Wise (Gruden) (SH, EN) – 43:182–0
Walsh (Wise) – 44:303–0
6 minPenalties13 min
23Shots19
Gold medal game
21 February 2016
15:00
Canada  2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)
  United StatesKristins Hall
Attendance: 2,428
Game reference
Alexis Gravel
Olivier Rodrigue
GoaliesDrew DeRidderReferee:
  Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:
  Niclas Lundgaard
  Tobias Nordlander
0–108:00 – Walsh (Gruden, DeBoer)
0–217:56 – DeBoer (Pivonka, Semik) (PP)
Merkley (Focht) (PP) – 24:321–2
1–326:25 – Krygier (MacKinnon, Gruden)
McShane (Busby, Smith) – 41:112–3
2–444:04 – Tyler Weiss (EN)
2–544:41 – Wise (Pivonka) (PP, EN)
7.5 minPenalties4.5 min
25Shots23

Final Rank: 

Luge edit

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 edit

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  
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Nikolas Baden Boys' halfpipe 83.25 50.50 85.25 85.25  
Jake Pates Boys' halfpipe 46.50 92.00 93.00 93.00  
Chloe Kim Girls' halfpipe 94.25 96.50 96.25 96.50  
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  
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  
Chloe Kim Girls' slopestyle 87.50 88.25 88.25  
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 edit

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 1:53.87 5
Mass start 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  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "United States Youth Olympic Team" (PDF). United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "2016 U.S. Youth Olympics Boys' Ice Hockey Team". USA Hockey. 2 November 2011.