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USSA nominates 48 racers for 2008-09 alpine team |
The United States Ski and Snowboard Association on Friday released a list of 48 athletes — 27 men and 21 women — nominated for inclusion on the 2008-09 alpine team. Notable from a first glance at the nominated athetes is a smaller number of A team members, a squad absent a handful of longtime U.S. veterans who didn’t make the criteria set forth for inclusion and also failed to garner a discretionary pick from the coaching staff.
Starting from the top, the number of A team nominated athletes is just 10, down from 15 a year ago. The B team list includes 10 men and six women; the C team list includes five men and five women; and the Development Team list includes seven men and five women.
U.S. Alpine Director Jesse Hunt said a year ago the organization tightened the objective criteria needed to make the team with the goal of raising overall performance on all levels. Hunt said Friday that he was pleased a number of athletes were able to “see the bar raised and step up to it.”
“It’s a lot of work over a lot of years getting the team to where it currently is, and I think we have a super strong team right now,” Hunt said.
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Q&A with the bump-bashing Snyderman siblings |
 The Snyderman siblings at Sun Valley's Bald Mountain
The Snyderman siblings — — Kayla, 19, and Reed, 17 — are hilarious. They are extremely tight, and have been chasing each other around the ski hill since they were little tykes. It wasn’t clear who was chasing whom, but last December at Sun Valley — where their family vacations — Kayla and Reed dressed up in 1980s one-piece ski suits and busted old-school tricks like daffys and back scratchers while be-bopping down moguls runs. The duo was having so much fun, and that’s the way the Snydermans like to roll.
These two mogul meisters are ones to watch. Kayla is on the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, and had such a stellar season this year with two third-place World Cup podiums that she was promoted from the C team to the A team. She’s working on a new trick and hopes to be standing on the top of a podium next season. Brother Reed dominated at the Junior Olympics, winning both singles and duals titles and is vying for a spot on the U.S. team.
When the Massachusetts kids aren’t competing, they are studying. Kayla is at Dartmouth College studying to become an environmental lawyer or writer, or both, she said. Reed is in high school in his home state but often trains in Utah.
In the Q&A below, Ski Racing caught up with the Snydermans at the U.S. Freestyle Championships in March at Deer Valley, Utah, where Kayla finished second in duals and Reed, however, had some bad luck and didn’t qualify for either contest. In their banter, you can tell these two siblings are super supportive of each other and enjoy laughing as much as possible. Don’t let that insouciance fool you. The Snydermans are hard workers: They just make playtime into their work and enjoy every minute of it.
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Special Feature
 The USSA Junior Olympic program is celebrating its 31st year of sustained competition programming. All of us should be really proud of this – the Junior Olympics are a legacy.
The USSA Junior Olympics are recognized and endorsed by the United States Olympic Committee and have been sponsored by USSA as the premier junior championship tournament since the mid 1970s. Virtually all of our Olympic and World Champions have participated in the USSA Junior Olympic program.
Ski Racing magazine and skiracing.com is your source for anything and everything related to the 2008 Junior Olympics. Log onto the main page here and find links to race announcements, previews, updated results and photos and more. Also keep an eye on the USSA Junior Olympic Web site.
The Junior Olympics provide a perfect performance marker for young athletes who are emerging. In many cases, Junior Olympic medals will provide automatic advancement to higher-level competition.
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