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2013 - Issue 2 - Winter

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Ones TO WATCH As the winter competition circuits begin, these locals and Olympic hopefuls are also competing for a spot on the US Olympic Team—proof of a little mountain town with big talent. ALEX FERREIRA ALICE MCKENNIS Age: 19. Sport: Freestyle skiing, half-pipe. Stats: Top 10 at the Association of Freeskiing Professionals World Championships, April 2012. Off-snow: Honor student, soccer. Age: 24. Sport: Alpine skiing, downhill, and super G. Stats: Formerly coached by four-time Olympian and Aspenite Casey Puckett, made the 2010 Olympic Team in her rookie World Cup season, 10th in World Cup downhill standings, 2013. Off-snow: Former competitive equestrian, fishing, mountain biking. SIMI HAMILTON Age: 26. Sport: Cross-country skiing. Stats: 29th in men's sprint, 2010 Olympic Games. Off-snow: Biking, surfing, rock climbing. MEG OLENICK Age: 24. Sport: Cross-country skiing. Stats: Six-year US Ski Team veteran and new face of US distance ski racing; two top-15 results at 2013 Nordic World Ski Championships. Off-snow: Tennis, alpine skiing, and soccer. Age: 26. Sport: Freestyle skiing, slopestyle. Stats: Ranked 12th in slopestyle for the Association of Freeskiing Professionals World Championships, 2012. Off-snow: Road biking, and volunteers at a youth drug recovery program. JORDIE KARLINSKI KATIE RYAN Age: 24. Sport: Snowboarding, slopestyle. Stats: Top 10 at Burton US Open and runner-up at Nescafe Championships in Switzerland. Off-snow: Hiking, fly-fishing, road biking. Age: 20. Sport: Alpine skiing, downhill and super G. Stats: Silver in downhill at the 2013 US Championships. Off-snow: Mountain and road biking, beach volleyball. WILEY MAPLE MICHAEL WARD Age: 23. Sport: Alpine skiing, downhill, and super G. Stats: First in downhill at the Val d'Isere, France, Europa Cup, 2013. Off-snow: Skateboarding, hiking, biking. Age: 20. Sport: Nordic skiing, combined. Stats: Second at the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup, 2013. Off-snow: Hiking, climbing, rafting. photography by Steven Korneich (Olenick); Mitchell Gunn/Getty Images (maple);   Hannah Johnston/Getty Images (Hamilton)   NOAH HOFFMAN from top: Meg Olenick during the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Championships in Park City, Utah; Simi Hamilton in the cross-country sprint at Winter Games NZ in 2011 in Wanaka, New Zealand; Wiley Maple in the Alpine FIS Ski World Cup downhill race in February 2013 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. aspenpeak-magazine.com  171 166-171_AP_F_NEW_Olympians_WIN13_SPR_14.indd 171 10/30/13 5:06 PM

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