2010 U.S. Alpine Ski Team Named

Lindsey Vonn, Ted Ligety, and Julia Mancuso lead a talent filled group of athletes named to the 2010 U.S. Alpine Ski Team. Vonn, two-time World Cup overall champion and double World Championships gold medalist, joins Olympic gold winner Julia Mancuso, on the A Team. For the men on the A team, 2006 Olympic combined gold medalist Ted Ligety and World Cup winners Marco Sullivan and Steven Nyman will lead the way.

"This is a larger Team than we've had in the past, but it's still a very young Team" said Men's Alpine Head Coach Sasha Rearick. "The average age of the A Team is 26 and that says a lot about the future of this program."

Here are the complete team placements as announced today:

2010 U.S. Alpine Ski Team (including birthdate, hometown and club program; * indicates Olympian):

A TEAM - Men
Erik Fisher (3/21/85; Middleton, ID; Bogus Basin)
Tim Jitloff (1/11/85; Reno, NV; Park City Ski Team)
TJ Lanning (8/27/84; Park City, UT; Park City Ski Team)
Ted Ligety (8/31/84; Park City, UT; Park City Ski Team)*
Scott Macartney (1/19/78; Crystal Mountain, WA; Crystal Mountain Alpine Club)*
Steven Nyman (2/12/82; Provo, UT; Park City Ski Team/Sundance)*
Marco Sullivan (4/27/80; Squaw Valley, CA; Squaw Valley Ski Team)*
Andrew Weibrecht (2/10/86; Lake Placid, NY; New York Ski Education Foundation)

A TEAM - Women
Julia Mancuso (9/9/84; Olympic Valley, CA; Squaw Valley Ski Team)*
Lindsey Vonn (10/18/84; Vail, CO; Ski and Snowboard Club Vail/Buck Hill Ski Team)*

B TEAM - Men
Thomas Biesemeyer (1/30/89; Keene, NY; New York Ski Education Foundation)
Will Brandenburg (1/1/87; Spokane, WA; Schweitzer Alpine Racing)
Jimmy Cochran (5/29/81; Keene, NH; Cochran's/Mount Mansfield Ski and Snowboard Club)*
David Chodounsky (6/25/84; Crested Butte, CO; Dartmouth Ski Team)
Tim Kelley (5/20/86; Starksboro, VT; Cochran's/Mount Mansfield Ski and Snowboard Club)
Cody Marshall (11/15/82; Pittsfield, VT; Burke Mountain Academy)
Paul McDonald (6/25/84; Bellevue, WA; Crystal Mountain Alpine Club)
Jeremy Transue (6/1/83; Hunter, NY; Green Mountain Valley School)
Jake Zamansky (6/26/81; Park City, UT; Aspen Valley Ski/Snowboard Club)

B TEAM - Women
Stacey Cook (7/3/84; Mammoth, CA; Mammoth Mountain Ski Team)*
Hailey Duke (9/17/85; Boise, ID; Park City Ski Education Foundation/McCall Ski Team)
Sterling Grant (6/1/87; Amery, WI; Buck Hill Ski Team)
Keely Kelleher (8/12/84; Big Sky, MT; Rowmark Ski Academy)
Jessica Kelley (10/5/82; Starksboro, VT; Cochran's/Mount Mansfield Ski and Snowboard Club)
Chelsea Marshall (8/14/86; Pittsfield, VT; Green Mountain Valley School)
Megan McJames (9/24/87; Park City, UT; Park City Ski Education Foundation)
Kaylin Richardson (9/28/84; Edina, MN; Team Gilboa)*
Sarah Schleper (2/19/79; Vail, CO; Ski and Snowboard Club Vail)*
Leanne Smith (5/28/87; Conway, NH; Mt. Washington Valley Ski Team)
Resi Stiegler (11/14/85; Jackson Hole, WY; Park City Ski Team/Jackson Hole)*

Also announced today were the C Team and the U.S. Alpine Development Team.

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