Below are the athletes who have been selected to represent the United States in the Minneapolis World Cup, in descending order by sprint rank based on results from the 2019-2020 ski season. If you are curious as to how this team was chosen, check out this article on MN World Cup Qualification standards.
American Women
Sophie Caldwell
- Age: 29
- Hometown: Peru, Vermont
- Team and club: U.S. Ski Team A Team / Stratton Mountain School (SMST2)
- Career highlights: 3rd, Sprint Cup, 2017/2018 World Cup season; 9 individual and 4 team World Cup podiums
- Married to fellow World Cup teammate Simi Hamilton
Sadie Maubet Bjornsen
- Age: 30
- Hometown: Winthrop, Washington
- Team and club: U.S. Ski Team A Team / Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: Bronze medal, team sprint, 2017 World Championships; 7 individual and 5 team World Cup podiums; only American woman to ever wear the yellow overall World Cup leader’s bib; multiple national titles
Jessie Diggins
- Age: 28
- Hometown: Afton, Minnesota
- Team and club: U.S. Ski Team A Team / Stratton Mountain School (SMST2)
- Career highlights: Gold medal, team sprint, 2018 Olympics; gold medal, team sprint, 2013 World Championships; three additional World Championships medals; 2nd overall and 3rd in distance standings, 2017/2018 World Cup; 26 individual and 7 team World Cup podiums; multiple national titles
Julia Kern
- Age: 22
- Hometown: Waltham, Massachusetts
- Team and Club: U.S. Ski Team B Team / Stratton Mountain School (SMST2)
- Career highlights: bronze medal, skate sprint, 2020 U23 World Championships; 3rd, Planīca skate sprint, 2019/2020 World Cup season; multiple other World Cup top-30 finishes; bronze medal, relay, 2017 World Juniors
Hailey Swirbul
- Age: 21
- Hometown: El Jebel, Colorado
- Team and Club: U.S. Ski Team B Team / Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: silver medal, 5km classic, 2018 World Juniors; bronze medal, 10km skiathlon, 2018 World Juniors; 21st, Davos skate sprint, 2019/2020 World Cup season; three other World Cup top-30 finishes this season; bronze medal, relay, 2017 World Juniors
Alayna Sonnesyn
- Age: 23
- Hometown: Plymouth, Minnesota
- Club: Stratton Mountain School (SMST2)
- Career highlights: winner, 2019 American Birkebeiner; three podiums at 2020 national championships; three SuperTour podiums; finisher, Ski Tour 2020
Erika Flowers
- Age: 30
- Hometown: Bozeman, Montana
- Team and Club: Bridger Ski Foundation / Salomon / Nordic Team Solutions
- Career highlights: 3rd, 2020 American Birkebeiner; dozens of SuperTour podiums; three top-five finishes at U.S. Nationals over the past ten years
- Married to fellow World Cup teammate Andy Newell
Kaitlynn Miller
- Age: 28
- Hometown: Elmore, Vermont
- Club: Craftsbury Green Racing Project
- Career highlights: Five national championship podiums, including 2016 classic sprint national championship; 17 SuperTour podiums; 34th in World Cup 10km skate race in 2018/2019 season
Becca Rorabaugh
- Age: 30
- Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska
- Club: Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: Five national championship podiums, including 2014 10km classic national championship; 14 SuperTour podiums; 24th in sprint in 2012/2013 World Cup season, 39th in World Cup 10km classic last month
Elizabeth Guiney
- Age: 29
- Hometown: Park City, Utah
- Club: Craftsbury Green Racing Project
- Career highlights: 8th, 2020 American Birkebeiner; six top-10 results, 2019/2020 SuperTour; 3rd, 2015 Nationals
Hannah Cole (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 24
- Hometown: Honeoye Falls, New York
- Club: Crosscut Mountain Sports Center
- Career highlights: 9th, 2020 American Birkebeiner; 4th and 8th, SuperTour sprints in 2019/2020 season
Katie Feldman (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 24
- Hometown: Ketchum, Idaho
- Club: SVSEF Gold Team
- Career highlights: 3rd, 2019 American Birkebeiner; 5th and 6th in SuperTour races in 2019/2020 season; 7th in SuperTour sprint in 2018/2019 season
Callie Young (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 19
- Hometown: Jay, Vermont
- Team: Dartmouth College
- Career highlights: Fourth, FIS Junior Invitational “Rising Stars” Race, Québec City, March 2019; first, 2020 Bates Carnival; 54th, sprint qualification, 2020 World Juniors
Caitlin Gregg
- Age: 39
- Home: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Team and club: TeamGregg / prgFinancial / Madshus / Loppet Nordic Racing
- Career highlights: Bronze medal, 10 km skate, 2015 World Championships; five-time champion, American Birkebeiner; multiple national championships
- Married to 2014 Olympian Brian Gregg, Became a mother in 2019
Felicia Gesior (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 26
- Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Club: Crosscut Mountain Sports Center
- Career highlights: 10th, 2020 American Birkebeiner; 5th and 10th, 2019/2020 SuperTour races; four top-10 finishes, 2018/2019 SuperTour
American Men
Simi Hamilton
- Age: 32
- Hometown: Aspen, Colorado
- Team and club: U.S. Ski Team A Team / Stratton Mountain School (SMST2)
- Selected career highlights: Three-time Olympian; four individual World Cup podiums, including one win; 6th, team sprint, both 2014 and 2018 Olympics; 9th, individual skate sprint, 2019 World Championships
- Married to fellow World Cup teammate Sophie Caldwell
Logan Hanneman
- Age: 26
- Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska
- Club: Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: 2018 Olympian; 26th, 2019 World Championships; six individual top-30 World Cup results; two national championship podiums
Kevin Bolger
- Age: 26
- Hometown: Minocqua, Wisconsin
- Team and club: U.S. Ski Team B Team / SVSEF Gold Team
- Career highlights: 11th in his first-ever World Cup sprint, March 2018; 18th, skate sprint, 2019 World Championships; 1st, 2017 U.S. nationals classic sprint; 2nd, 2018 U.S. nationals skate sprint
Gus Schumacher
- Age: 19
- Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
- Team and club: Alaska Winter Stars / U.S. Ski Team D Team
- Career highlights: Gold medal, relay, 2019 and 2020 World Juniors; silver medal, relay, 2018 World Juniors (anchor leg for all three races); gold medal, 10km classic, 2020 World Juniors; two podiums at 2020 U.S. Nationals, including one national championship; 41st time of day, 15km pursuit, 2019 Québec City World Cup
Ben Saxton
- Age: 26
- Hometown: Lakeville, Minnesota
- Club: Stratton Mountain School (SMST2)
- Career highlights: six national championship podiums, including two national championships; dozens of SuperTour podiums; 54th, classic sprint, 2015 World Championships; 44th, Otepää classic sprint, 2018/2019 World Cup season
Tyler Kornfield
- Age: 29
- Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
- Club: Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: 2018 Olympian; seven national championship podiums, including three national championships; 19th, skate sprint, 2014 U23 World Championships
Peter Holmes
- Age: 24
- Hometown: Tahoe City, California
- Club: SVSEF Gold Team
- Career highlights: 27th, classic sprint, 2019 U23 World Championships; multiple top-10 finishes, national championship and SuperTour sprints
Luke Jager (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 20
- Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
- Team and club: U.S. Ski Team D Team / Alaska Pacific University (APU) / University of Utah
- Career highlights: Gold medal, relay, 2019 and 2020 World Juniors; silver medal, relay, 2018 World Juniors; 10th, 10km classic, 2020 World Juniors; 2nd American, classic sprint, 2020 U.S. Nationals; three podiums in RMISA races this season
Hunter Wonders (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 21
- Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
- Club: Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: National champion, classic sprint, 2020 U.S. Nationals; 8th place, 15km classic, 2020 U23 World Championships; fifth place, mixed relay, 2020 U23 World Championships; six top-10 SuperTour or NorAm finishes, including two podiums
Thomas O’Harra (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 23
- Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
- Club: Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: 6th, skate sprint, 2020 U.S. Nationals; 5th, 2019 American Birkebeiner; first, 2017 Tour of Anchorage; ten top-10 SuperTour finishes since 2016/2017 season
Andy Newell
- Age: 36
- Hometown: Shaftsbury, Vermont
- Team and Club: Bridger Ski Foundation / Salomon / Nordic Team Solutions
- Career highlights: Four-time Olympian; three individual World Cup podiums; 5th, classic sprint, 2007 World Championships; 7th, team sprint, 2015 World Championships; top-10 in Sprint Cup standings six times from 2006–2013; made the heats in every World Cup sprint he started for nearly a decade straight
- Married to fellow World Cup teammate Erika Flowers
Noel Keeffe
- Age: 20
- Hometown: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Team and club: U.S. Ski Team D Team / University of Utah / Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
- Career highlights: 12th, classic sprint, 2019 World Juniors; 3rd, skate sprint, 2019 U.S. Nationals; three top-10 finishes in RMISA races; made World Cup debut in Oberstdorf earlier this season
Forrest Mahlen (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 26
- Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
- Club: Alaska Pacific University (APU)
- Career highlights: 10th, classic sprint, 2019 U.S. Nationals; dozens of SuperTour top-10 finishes, including one victory; 3rd, 2018 Tour of Anchorage
Logan Diekmann (First Time World Cup Skier)
- Age: 22
- Hometown: Bozeman, Montana
- Team: University of Utah
- Career highlights: 38th, 15km classic, 2020 U23 World Championships; 10th, classic sprint, 2020 U.S. nationals; 11 top-five finishes in RMISA races, member of 2017 and 2019 NCAA championship teams
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