The Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team for the 2024-2025 competition season has deep roots in the Green Mountain State. In fact, three of the seven women on the Alpine A Team this season trained in Vermont before making the national team.
Mikaela Shiffrin, 29, who trained at Burke Mountain Academy, leads the team as the winningest Alpine athlete in history.
She is joined on the A Team by fellow Burke alumna Nina O’Brien, 27, and Paula Moltzan, 30, who raced for the University of Vermont.
AJ Hurt (who raced for Dartmouth College) from California, Lauren Macuga and Isabella Wright from Utah, and Jacqueline Wiles from Oregon, round out the women’s side of A Team.
In addition to AJ Hurt on the A Team, six more alumnae of Dartmouth College (just 34 miles east of Killington) made the B, C and Development Teams. They include: Tricia Mangan, Elisabeth Bocock, Mary Bocock, Stella Johansson, Kaitlin Keane and Emma Resnick.
Additionally, Dasha Romanov raced for the University of New Hampshire, Kjersti Moritz race for Middlebury College in Vermont and Ava Sunshine raced for Burke. Collectively, 13 of the 22 women on the U.S. Women’s Alpine team — or 60% — have trained in Vermont or New Hampshire.
“This is a dedicated and determined group of athletes ready to compete at the highest level as we head into a World Championship season,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard Chief of Sport Anouk Patty. “These skiers are poised to enter the winter season ready to race. We cannot wait to see what they achieve.”
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