Far West Nordic 2015 Junior National Team

Pending acceptance of their spot on the team, the following are the athletes that qualified for the Far West Nordic Junior National Team for 2015.  CLICK HERE to go to our sign-up page.

This year's Team Selection deserves a little explanation, as it was a difficult and trying process for the Selection Committee. We had a number of factors involved this year: being on home turf; rampant sickness throughout the ranks; quota issues (both overall and in our class ratios); a larger-than-normal-number of petitions; and more, making it a quite involved decision. For the first time in recent memory, we have added two "Alternates" to the team this year, who will be able to train and be part of the team, but will be able to race in Nationals only if we have injury or sickness before the event. In the end, we chose the team that will best represent our Division at Junior Nationals in March, and we are proud of the fact that Far West Nordic has such a large number of athletes eager to make the National Team this year, and it bodes well for the future.

JUNIOR NATIONALS 2015 RESULTS

JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM 2015
MU-16 Girls	MU-16 Boys
Quinn Lehmkuhl Sofia Sanchez Ursula Volz Camille Syben Bri Parker Grace Bronstone Eleanore Hamilton Chloe Gorman Carrie Bradley Claire Lang-Ree Meaghan Thompson Abby Baier****	JC Schoonmaker Nate Cutler Dawson Smith Christopher Miller David Dalicandro Ian Smith**** Haydn Halvorsen**** Cooper Anderson**** First Alternate: Tyler Ferrera Second Alternate: Max Roske
MU-18 Girls	MU-18 Boys
Hannah Halvorsen* Lizzie Larkins Amanda Kirkeby Tara Gallant Savannah Blide Jenna Rohlf Kyla Burrill****,	Sam Zabell* Dylan Syben Peter Carroll Trace Calvin Casey Jobe Julien Bordes Connor Kusumoto Skyler Mullings Calvin Forsythe Cam Goldstone**** Ryland Belisle**** Brandon Herhusky****
MU-20 Girls	MU-20 Boys
Bria Riggs****	Peter Holmes* Shane Christian Aaron Deeter

* = Pre-Qualified on Basis of U.S. Scandinavian Cup, World Juniors, or World Jr. Biathlon Selection
**= Pre-Qualified on basis of Top 20 Junior ranking at U.S. Nationals
***= Pre-Qualified on basis of top 5 College Rankings
****= Accepted via Petition Process
*****= Qualified, but declined competing at JN's

JUNIOR NATIONAL STANDINGS

2015 JUNIOR NATIONAL QUALIFYING POINTS
Names in RED/BOLD indicate preliminarily qualified. Please note that this does not mean acceptance to the Far West Team, as it does not take into account Quota issues, points rankings, etc. Final Team Announcement will be made after the last Junior National Qualifier on February 16.

JUNIOR GIRLS
RANK	CLASS	NAME	ASC FREE SPRINT	ASC SNOW SHOE	ASC SKOGS LOPPET	SOHO FREESTYLE SPRINT	SOHO CLASSIC DISTANCE	ALLAN BARD CLASSIC	ASC PRES. CUP	TOTAL POINTS	BEST 3 RACES
1	F-U16	Quinn Lehmkuhl	30	30	25	30	30	30	30	205	90
2	F-U16	Sofia Sanchez	18	18	30	21	25	-	-	112	76
3	F-U16	Ursula Volz	21	25	21	-	-	25	25	117	75
4	F-U16	Camille Syben	25	21	-	15	16	18	21	116	67
5	F-U16	Bri Parker	14	13	16	25	18	-	18	104	61
6	F-U16	Grace Bronstone	16	15	11	18	21	16	16	113	55
7	F-U16	Eleanore Hamilton	13	14	15	-	-	21	12	75	50
8	F-U16	Chloe Gorman	15	16	-	13	15	-	15	74	46
9	F-U16	Carrie Bradley	-	-	18	14	13	-	11	56	45
10	F-U16	Claire Lang-Ree	12	11	14	16	-	15	14	82	45
11	F-U16	Meaghan Thompson	8	12	13	12	14	-	9	68	39
12	F-U16	Abby Baier****	11	8	12	-	-	14	13	58	39
13	F-U16	Sophia McKee	9	9	-	11	12	-	-	41	32
14	F-U16	Lindsay Twomey	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	13
15	F-U16	Megan Burrill	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	7
16	F-U16	Ariana Kendall	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
RANK	CLASS	NAME	ASC FREE SPRINT	ASC SNOW SHOE	ASC SKOGS LOPPET	SOHO FREESTYLE SPRINT	SOHO CLASSIC DISTANCE	ALLAN BARD CLASSIC	ASC PRES. CUP	TOTAL POINTS	BEST 3 RACES
1	F-U18	Hannah Halvorsen*	30	30	30	-	-	-	-	90	90
2	F-U18	Lizzie Larkins	21	18	-	30	30	30	30	159	90
3	F-U18	Amanda Kirkeby	16	16	25	25	21	-	-	103	71
4	F-U18	Tara Gallant	15	13	21	-	-	25	25	99	71
5	F-U18	Savannah Blide	18	15	18	21	25	-	-	97	64
6	F-U18	Jenna Rohlf	14	-	16	18	18	21	18	105	57
6	F-U18	Kyla Burrill****	13	12	-	-	-	18	21	64	52
7	F-U20	Bria Riggs****	25	25	-	-	-	-	-	50	50
9	F-U18	Kaya Williams	-	-	15	-	-	16	16	47	47
10	F-U18	Allyson Swain	12	11	14	-	-	-	-	37	37
11	F-U20	Laurel Fiddler	16	21	-	-	-	-	-	37	37
RANK	CLASS	NAME	ASC FREE SPRINT	ASC SNOW SHOE	ASC SKOGS LOPPET	SOHO FREESTYLE SPRINT	SOHO CLASSIC DISTANCE	ALLAN BARD CLASSIC	ASC PRES. CUP
	F-U14	Ella-Sophie Kuzyk	3.9%	14.6%	9.3%	-	-		7.5%
	F-U14	Alexia Craven	6.4%	10.6%	-	17.7%	-		7.6%
	F-U14	Frances Hamilton	7.0%	-	9.4%	15.3%	-		7.6%
	F-U14	Kianna Mullings	8.5%	9.8%	6.2%	18.4%	-		7.8%
	F-U14	Nina Seemann	16.1%	21.3%	-	-	-		1.3%

* = Pre-Qualified on basis of World Junior Selection

**** = Accepted via Petition

JUNIOR BOYS
RANK	CLASS	NAME	ASC FREE SPRINT	ASC SNOW SHOE	ASC SKOGS LOPPET	SOHO FREESTYLE SPRINT	SOHO CLASSIC DISTANCE	ALLAN BARD CLASSIC	ASC PRES. CUP	TOTAL POINTS	BEST 3 RACES
1	M-U16	JC Schoonmaker	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	210	90
2	M-U16	Nate Cutler	25	25	25	25	21	25	25	171	75
3	M-U16	Dawson Smith	21	16	21	21	25	18	21	143	67
4	M-U16	Christopher Miller	14	21	-	-	14	21	14	84	56
5	M-U16	Ian Smith****	18	18	16	-	-	-	-	52	52
6	M-U16	David Dalicandro	15	15	14	18	16	14	18	110	52
7	M-U16	Tyler Ferrera	16	14	15	16	18	16	16	111	50
8	M-U16	Max Roske	13	13	18	15	15	15	15	104	48
9	M-U16	Connor Hipsley	12	-	13	-	-	12	13	50	38
10	M-U16	Jacob Gramanz	11	-	-	14	-	10		35	35
11	M-U16	Jake Inclan	-	-	-	-	-	11		11	11
12	M-U16	Murphy Scott	-	-	-	-	-	9		9	9
RANK	CLASS	NAME	ASC FREE SPRINT	ASC SNOW SHOE	ASC SKOGS LOPPET	SOHO FREESTYLE SPRINT	SOHO CLASSIC DISTANCE	ALLAN BARD CLASSIC	ASC PRES. CUP	TOTAL POINTS	BEST 3 RACES
1	M-U20	Shane Christian	30	30	-	21	30	-	-	111	90
2	M-U18	Dylan Syben	25	11	-	30	16	30	25	137	85
3	M-U18	Peter Carroll	18	25	-	13	25	25	16	122	75
4	M-U18	Trace Calvin	12	16	30	16	21	18	30	99	73
5	M-U18	Casey Jobe	10	18	25	-	-	16		113	69
6	M-U20	Aaron Deeter	21	14	16	18	15	13	18	115	57
7	M-U18	Sam Zabell*	14	13	-	25	12	15		79	54
8	M-U18	Julien Bordes	16	15	-	15	-	21		67	52
9	M-U18	Connor Kusumoto	9	9	18	12	18	14		80	50
10	M-U18	Skyler Mullings	11	10	21	14	14	-		70	49
11	M-U18	Cam Goldstone****	4	5	14	8	11	12	21	75	47
12	M-U18	Calvin Forsythe	7	7	15	11	13	-	15	68	43
13	M-U18	Ryland Belisle****	15	21	-	-	-	-		36	36
14	M-U20	Carson Bold	5	6	12	10	10	-	14	57	36
15	M-U18	Brandon Herhusky****	13	8	-	7	-	-		28	28
16	M-U18	Ethan Rohlf	-	-	-	9	-	-	14	23	23
17	M-U20	Jacob Volz	8	12	-	-	-	-		20	20
18	M-U18	Patrick Macauley	-	-	-	-	-	11		11	11
19	M-U18	Colin Deurlington	6	-	-	-	-	-		6	6
	M-20	Peter Holmes**
RANK	CLASS	NAME	ASC FREE SPRINT	ASC SNOW SHOE	ASC SKOGS LOPPET	SOHO FREESTYLE SPRINT	SOHO CLASSIC DISTANCE	ALLAN BARD CLASSIC	ASC PRES. CUP	TOTAL POINTS	BEST 3
	M-U14	Haydn Halvorsen****	-9.4%	-8.7%	-6.2%	1.8%	-4.7%		-7.2%
	M-U14	Cooper Anderson****	0.5%	-0.3%	-1.5%	8.3%	-		0.3%
	M-U14	Zachary Larson	13.8%	10.1%	12.0%	13.4%	-
	M-U14	Nikolas Burkhart	16.0%	-	-	-	-
	M-U14	K.C. Larkins	28.0%	14.9%	12.0%	36.8%	-
	M-U14	Jared Mahler	-	-	7.5%	-	-

* = Pre-Qualified on Basis of World Biathlon Junior Selection

** = Pre-Qualified on Basis of World Juniors Selection

**** = Accepted via Petition

QUOTA RATIOS WITHIN AGE GROUPS:

CLASS	NUMBER	RATIO %	ATHLETES
BOYS
U16	12	38%	8
U18/U20	19	62%	13
GIRLS
U16	16	42%	12
U18/U20	11	58%	9

BOYS	12/20/14 ASC JNQ Sprints Auburn Ski Club	12/21/14 S-S Thompson Auburn Ski Club	1/19/15 Skogsloppet TDXC	1/30/15 SOHO Free Sprint Soldier Hollow	1/31/15 SOHO Classic Soldier Hollow	2/8/15 Allan Bard Classic Tamarack Lodge	2/16/15 President's Cup Auburn Ski Club
U16	JC Schoonmaker Nate Cutler Dawson Smith Ian Smith Tyler Ferrera David Dalicandro Christopher Miller Max Roske	JC Schoonmaker Nate Cutler Christopher Miller Ian Smith Dawson Smith David Dalicandro	JC Schoonmaker Nate Cutler Dawson Smith Max Roske Ian Smith Tyler Ferrera	J.C. Schoonmaker Nate Cutler Dawson Smith Tyler Ferrera David Dalicandro Max Roske	J.C. Schoonmaker Dawson Smith Nate Cutler Tyler Ferrera David Dalicandro Max Roske	James Schoonmaker Nate Cutler Christopher Miller Dawson Smith Tyler Ferrera Max Roske David Dalicandro Jared Mahler Connor Hipsley	JC Schoonmaker Nate Cutler Dawson Smith David Dalicandro Tyler Ferrera Max Roske Christopher Miller
U18	Dylan Syben Peter Carroll Julien Bordes Ryland Belisle Sam Zabell Brandon Herhusky Trace Calvin Skyler Mullings Casey Jobe Connor Kusumoto	Peter Carroll Ryland Belisle Casey Jobe Trace Calvin Julien Bordes Sam Zabell Dylan Syben Skyler Mullings Connor Kusumoto	Trace Calvin Casey Jobe Skyler Mulings Connor Kusumoto Calvin  Forsythe Cam Goldstone	Dylan Syben Sam Zabell Trace Calvin Julien Bordes Skyler Mullings Peter Carroll Connor Kusumoto	Peter Carroll Trace Calvin Connor Kusumoto Dylan Syben Skyler Mullings Calvin Forsythe Sam Zabell	Dylan Syben Peter  Carroll Julien Bordes Trace Calvin Casey Jobe Sam Zabell Connor Kusumoto	Casey Jobe Dylan Syben Cam Goldstone Peter Carroll Calvin Forsythe
U20	Shane Christian Aaron Deeter Jacob Volz	Shane Christian Aaron Deeter Jacob  Volz	Aaron Deeter	Shane Christian Aaron Deeter	Shane Christian Aaron Deeter	Aaron Deeter	Aaron Deeter

GIRLS	12/20/14 ASC JNQ Sprints Auburn Ski Club	12/21/14 S-S Thompson Auburn Ski Club	1/19/15 Skogsloppet Auburn Ski Club	1/30/15 SOHO Free Sprint Soldier Hollow	1/31/15 SOHO Classic Soldier Hollow	2/8/15 Allan Bard Classic Tamarack Lodge	2/16/15 President's Cup Auburn Ski Club
U16	Quinn Lehmkuhl Camille Syben Ursula Volz Sofia Sanchez Grace Bronstone Chloe Gorman Bri Parker Eleanore Hamilton Claire Lang-Ree Abby Baier	Quinn Lehmkuhl Ursula Volz Camille Syben Sofia Sanchez Chloe Gorman Grace Bronstone Eleanore Hamilton Brianna Parker Meaghan Thompson	Sofia Sanchez Quinn Lehmkuhl Ursula Volz Carrie Bradley Bri Parker Eleanore Hamilton Claire Lang-Ree Meaghan Thompson Abigail Baier Grace Bronstone	Quinn Lehmkuhl Brianna Parker Sofia Sanchez Grace Bronstone Claire Lang-Ree Camille Syben Carrie Bradley Chloe Gorman Meaghan Thompson	Quinn Lehmkuhl Sofia Sanchez Grace Bronstone Brianna Parker Camille Syben Chloe Gorman Meaghan Thompson Carrie Bradley	Quinn Lehmkuhl Ursula Volz Eleanore Hamilton Camille Syben Grace Bronstone Claire Lang-Ree	Quinn Lehmkuhl Ursula Volz Camille Syben Brianna (Bri) Parker Grace Bronstone Chloe Gorman Claire Lang-Ree Abigail Baier Eleanore Hamilton Carrie Bradley
U18	Hannah Halvorsen Lizzie Larkins Savannah Blide Amanda Kirkeby Tara Gallant	Hannah Halvorsen Lizzie Larkins Amanda Kirkeby Savannah Blide Julia Burnham Tara Gallant	Hannah Halvorsen Amanda Kirkeby Tara Gallant Savannah Blide Jenna Rohlf	Lizzie Larkins Amanda Kirkeby Savannah Blide	Lizzie Larkins Savannah Blide Amanda Kirkeby Jenna Rohlf	Lizzie Larkins Tara Gallant Jenna Rohlf Kyla Burrill	Lizzie Larkins Tara Gallant Kyla Burrill Jenna Rohlf
U20	Bria Riggs Laurel Fiddler	Laurel Fiddler Bria Riggs

photos by Olof Carmel