United States at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of the United States
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)

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 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

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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 place, gold medalist(s)
Super-G — 1:10.62 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Combined 1:11.15 1 41.72 7 1:52.87 1st place, 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 — 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

Main article: Biathlon at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Mixed team

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – 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
Quarterfinals
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 United States (Violette) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 10
 United States (Violette) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Final Rank: 2nd place, 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

Round of 16

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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 place, 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 place, gold medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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 place, gold medalist(s)
Paula Cooper Girls' halfpipe 72.60 79.00 34.40 79.00 2nd place, 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 place, silver medalist(s)
Birk Irving Boys' slopestyle did not start
Nikita Rubocki Girls' slopestyle 50.60 41.40 50.60 8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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 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 Emberson – A 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 Samuelsson – C 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 Pivonka – A 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:
Switzerland Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:
France Clement Goncalves
Sweden 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:
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau
Denmark 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:
Sweden Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:
Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau
Sweden 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:
Switzerland Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:
Denmark Niclas Lundgaard
Sweden 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:
Sweden Lars Johan Gossas
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Danny Beresford
Norway 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:
Switzerland Alex DiPietro
Linesmen:
Denmark Niclas Lundgaard
Sweden 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:1st place, gold medalist(s)

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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 place, 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

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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

Main article: Skeleton at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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 place, silver medalist(s)
Jake Pates Boys' halfpipe 46.50 92.00 93.00 93.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chloe Kim Girls' halfpipe 94.25 96.50 96.25 96.50 1st place, 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 place, 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 place, gold medalist(s)
Chloe Kim Girls' slopestyle 87.50 88.25 88.25 1st place, 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

Main article: Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

See also

References

  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.


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