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United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

The United States competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

United States at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
Websitewww.teamusa.org
in Innsbruck
Competitors57[2] in 15 sports
Flag bearer Jake Peterson[1]
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
8
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
 GoldBen FergusonSnowboardingBoys' halfpipeJanuary 15
 GoldSummer Britcher
Tucker West
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds		LugeMixed team relayJanuary 17
 Gold  Shoma Uno (JPN)
 Jordan Bauth (USA)
 Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Hulitski (BLR)		Figure skatingMixed NOC teamJanuary 21
 SilverArielle GoldSnowboardingGirls' halfpipeJanuary 15
 SilverBen FergusonSnowboardingBoys' slopestyleJanuary 19
 SilverArielle GoldSnowboardingGirls' slopestyleJanuary 19
 BronzeAaron BlunckFreestyle skiingBoys' halfpipeJanuary 15
 BronzeTy Andersen
Pat Edmunds		LugeBoys' doublesJanuary 16
 BronzeAnna Kubek
Heather Mooney
Sean Doherty
Patrick Caldwell		Cross-country skiing
Biathlon		Cross-country Biathlon mixed relayJanuary 21
 Bronze  Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS)		CurlingMixed doublesJanuary 22

Alpine skiing

The United States sent a maximum of two athletes to compete in the alpine skiing event, one male and one female athlete.[2][3][4]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Alex LeeverBoys' super-G1:06.331:06.3316
Boys' combined1:05.9837.361:43.3410
Boys' giant slalom59.8956.091:55.9811
Boys' slalom40.44DNF––
Julia Mueller-RistineGirls' super-GDNF
Girls' combined1:07.9340.171:48.1017
Girls' giant slalom1:01.861:01.312:03.1724
Girls' slalom46.4841.311:27.7912

Biathlon

The United States qualified two male and two female biathletes.[2][5]

Individual
AthleteEventTimePenaltiesRank
Sean DohertyBoys' sprint20:47.5312
Boys' pursuit31:44.3814
Nick ProellBoys' sprint22:21.8232
Boys' pursuit36:03.6840
Anna KubekGirls' sprint18:56.7113
Girls' pursuit30:28.5310
Aleksandra ZakrzewskaGirls' sprint21:21.8439
Girls' pursuit37:18.61041
Mixed
AthletesEventTimePenaltiesRank
Anna Kubek
Aleksandra Zakrzewska
Nick Proell
Sean Doherty		Mixed relay1:20:03.42014
Anna Kubek
Heather Mooney
Sean Doherty
Patrick Caldwell		Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay1:05:23.05

Bobsleigh

The United States sent a pair of athletes to compete in the two-man bobsled event.[2]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Cody Bascue
Jake Peterson		Two-boys54.9854.671:49.657

Cross country skiing

The United States qualified one male and one female cross-country skier.[2][3][4][6]

Individual
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Patrick CaldwellBoys' 10 km classical31:30.116
Boys' sprint1:46.54 Q (LL)1:47.33 Q (LL)1:47.05
Heather MooneyGirls' 5 km classical16:18.813
Girls' sprint2:09.65did not advance
Notes
  • LL – Lucky loser; lucky losers in the cross country skiing sprint competitions qualified for the next round by posting the best heat times among the third and fourth placed competitors in that round.
Mixed
AthletesEventFinal
TimeRank
Anna Kubek
Heather Mooney
Sean Doherty
Patrick Caldwell		Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay1:05:23.0

Curling

The United States qualified a mixed team of two junior men and two junior women. The team representing the United States was decided at the Youth Olympic Games playdown in Grafton, North Dakota.[7]

Mixed team

Team[2]

Skip: Korey Dropkin
Third: Sarah Anderson
Second: Thomas Howell
Lead: Taylor Anderson

Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers

Final Round Robin Standings

Blue GroupSkipWL
 United StatesKorey Dropkin70
 SwitzerlandMichael Brunner61
 Czech RepublicMarek Černovský43
 ChinaBai Yang34
 NorwayMarkus Skogvold34
 South KoreaKang Sue-yeon25
 New ZealandLuke Steele25
 EstoniaRobert-Kent Päll16

Round-robin results

Draw 2
Sheet A12345678Final
 New Zealand (Steele)000101XX2
 United States (Dropkin) 221050XX10
Draw 3
Sheet C12345678Final
 United States (Dropkin) 2000104X7
 South Korea (Kang)0021010X4
Draw 4
Sheet D12345678Final
 United States (Dropkin) 201002016
 Switzerland (Brunner)020100104
Draw 5
Sheet B12345678Final
 Czech Republic (Černovský)000010XX1
 United States (Dropkin) 242201XX11
Draw 6
Sheet D12345678Final
 Norway (Skogvold) 1010100X3
 United States (Dropkin)0202011X6
Draw 7
Sheet A12345678Final
 United States (Dropkin)114011XX8
 China (Bai) 000100XX1

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
Sheet B12345678Final
 Italy (Mosaner) 0014020X7
 United States (Dropkin)0000203X5

Final place: 5

Mixed doubles

Teams

Results

AthletesRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
 Sarah Anderson (USA)
 Go Ke-on (KOR)		  Brunner (SUI)
 Muskatewitz (GER)
L 6–8		did not advance
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS)		  Stern (SUI)
 Rõuk (EST)
W 13–3		  Steele (NZL)
 Heldin (SWE)
W 10–3		  Brown (CAN)
 Reichel (AUT)
W 9–3		  Brunner (SUI)
 Muskatewitz (GER)
L 3–7		Bronze medal final
 Yoo (KOR)
 Tamakuma (JPN)
W 6–5
 Yang Ying (CHN)
 Thomas Howell (USA)		  Genner (AUT)
 Gisler (SUI)
W 10–2		  Sesaker (NOR)
 Kim (KOR)
L 4–10		did not advance
 Duncan Menzies (GBR)
 Taylor Anderson (USA)		  Adviento (NZL)
 Meier (SUI)
W 8–7		  Wranå (SWE)
 Zirk (EST)
W 6–4		  Yoo (KOR)
 Tamakuma (JPN)
L 4–7		did not advance
Round of 32
Sheet A12345678Final
 Elena Stern (SUI)
 Sander Rõuk (EST) 		200010XX3
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS)		021406XX13
Sheet A12345678Final
 Mathias Genner (AUT)
 Lisa Gisler (SUI)		0001010X2
 Yang Ying (CHN)
 Thomas Howell (USA) 		3120301X10
Sheet A123456789Final
 Eleanor Adviento (NZL)
 Romano Meier (SUI) 		2010103007
 Duncan Menzies (GBR)
 Taylor Anderson (USA)		0102020218

Round of 16
Sheet D12345678Final
 Duncan Menzies (GBR)
 Taylor Anderson (USA) 		100210026
 Rasmus Wranå (SWE)
 Kerli Zirk (EST)		011001104
Sheet D12345678Final
 Yang Ying (CHN)
 Thomas Howell (USA)		0300010X4
 Martin Sesaker (NOR)
 Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 		2021203X10

Quarterfinals
Sheet D12345678Final
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS)		1220400X9
 Corryn Brown (CAN)
 Martin Reichel (AUT) 		0001011X3

Semifinals
Sheet A12345678Final
 Michael Brunner (SUI)
 Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)		1102030X7
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS) 		0010101X3
Bronze Medal Game
Sheet B123456789Final
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS) 		1010201016
 Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)
 Mako Tamakuma (JPN)		0101010205

Figure skating

The United States qualified a total of three singles skaters and three skating pairs. However, there were only one athlete in girls' singles, one pair team in pair skating, and two pairs teams in ice dancing. Originally, the United States had received a quota spot in the boys' singles competition and an additional quota spot in the girls' singles competition, but U.S. Figure Skating announced that those spots will not be filled.[2][8]

Individual/Pairs
AthleteEventSP/ODFS/FDTotalRank
PointsRankPointsRank
Jordan BauthGirls' singles42.33781.067123.397
Caitlin Belt
Michael Johnson		Pair skating38.65470.964109.614
Rachel Parsons
Michael Parsons		Ice dancing44.69469.534114.224
Mixed NOC
AthleteEventMen (M)Women (W)Ice dance (ID)Total
Points		Final
Rank
ScorePointsScorePointsScorePoints
M:  Shoma Uno (JPN)
W:  Jordan Bauth (USA)
ID:  Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Hulitski (BLR)		Mixed NOC team112.72777.84744.36216

Freestyle skiing

The United States has qualified two male and two female skiers, one each in the half-pipe and ski cross categories for each gender.[2][3][4][9]

Half-pipe
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Aaron BlunckBoys' halfpipe75.753 Q87.50
Jeanne Crane-MauzyGirls' halfpipeDNS–did not advance
Ski cross
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lesley WilsonGirls' ski cross1:02.6410Cancelled10

Ice hockey

The United States sent one boys' ice hockey team consisting of 17 athletes.

Team

The team roster is listed as follows:[2][10][11]

No.Pos.2012 Winter Youth Olympics United States U-16 boys' ice hockey team rosterHeightWeightBirthdateHometownCurrent Team
30GLogan Halladay185 cm (6 ft 1 in)79 kg (174 lb)17 August 1996Cary, North CarolinaCarolina Jr. Hurricanes (NAPAL)
1GEdwin Minney193 cm (6 ft 4 in)88 kg (194 lb)29 March 1996Wind Gap, PennsylvaniaDC Capitals (TIER-1 ELITE)
3DAdam Baughman188 cm (6 ft 2 in)79 kg (174 lb)3 January 1996Chicago, IllinoisChicago Mission (HPHL)
2DNathan Billitier180 cm (5 ft 11 in)82 kg (181 lb)20 March 1996Spencerport, New YorkRochester Stars (EJHL)
4DRyan Bliss – A185 cm (6 ft 1 in)84 kg (185 lb)22 June 1996Bedford, New HampshireSt. Paul's School
5DJack Glover188 cm (6 ft 2 in)77 kg (170 lb)17 May 1996Golden Valley, MinnesotaBenilde-St. Margaret's School
6DJoshua Jacobs – A185 cm (6 ft 1 in)78 kg (172 lb)15 February 1996Shelby Township, MichiganDetroit Honeybaked (HPHL)
8DKevin Kerr180 cm (5 ft 11 in)70 kg (150 lb)9 February 1996Bensalem, PennsylvaniaTeam Comcast (TIER-1 ELITE)
10FBlake Clarke187 cm (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)24 January 1996Wildwood, MissouriFargo Force (USHL)
12FJack Eichel185 cm (6 ft 1 in)79 kg (174 lb)28 October 1996North Chelmsford, MassachusettsBoston Jr. Bruins (EJHL)
11FJared Fiegl – C183 cm (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb)23 January 1996Parker, ColoradoColorado Rampage (TIER-1 ELITE)
9FShane Gersich180 cm (5 ft 11 in)74 kg (163 lb)10 July 1996Chaska, MinnesotaHoly Family Catholic High School
18FMarcel Godbout – C179 cm (5 ft 10 in)82 kg (181 lb)4 June 1996Center Line, MichiganShattuck St. Mary's School
15FNicholas Magyar190 cm (6 ft 3 in)79 kg (174 lb)29 May 1996Mentor, OhioCleveland Jr. Barons
14FRyan MacInnis191 cm (6 ft 3 in)77 kg (170 lb)14 February 1996St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis Amateur Blues (TIER-1 ELITE)
16FNick Schmaltz180 cm (5 ft 11 in)75 kg (165 lb)23 February 1996Verona, WisconsinChicago Mission (HPHL)
17FJoe Wegwerth188 cm (6 ft 2 in)86 kg (190 lb)16 June 1996Brewster, New YorkBrewster Bulldogs (EJHL)
Coaching staff

Head Coach: Ben Smith[12]
Athletic Trainer: Stan Wong

Results

Preliminary round

Legend
Teams to Playoffs
TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPTS
Russia43001259+169
Canada42101207+138
Finland420111311+27
United States420021418–46
Austria40004330–270
14 January
12:30		United States 7 – 2
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 AustriaTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,180
Game reference
Edwin MinneyGoaliesStefan MüllerReferee:
Andris Ansons
Linesmen:
Tilen Pahor
Daniel Persson
Gersich (Godbout, NSchmaltz) – 0:471–0
Wegwerth (Eichel, Clarke) – 1:132–0
MacInnis (Magyar, Baughman) (PP) – 9:023–0
Gersich (Eichel) (PP) – 12:034–0
4–120:40 – Huber
Gersich (Billitier) – 23:375–1
5–230:44 – Gaffal (Kraus, Huber)
MacInnis (Godbout, Jacobs) (SH) – 41:066–2
Godbout (Schmaltz) (SH) – 41:247–2
14 minPenalties10 min
42Shots16
15 January
18:00		Canada 5 – 1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 United StatesTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,575
Game reference
Kevin BouchardGoaliesLogan HalladayReferee:
Simon Aicher
Linesmen:
Andrei Haurylenka
Tilen Pahor
Cornel – 3:581–0
Gropp (Cornel) – 16:302–0
2–117:39 – Clarke (Jacobs)
Duke (Brooks, Pilon) – 28:543–1
Brooks (Martin, Gardiner) (PP) – 43:214–1
Gropp (Cornel, Gardiner) (PP) – 44:065–1
2 minPenalties10 min
27Shots16
17 January
15:45		Finland 4 – 5
(1–0, 2–3, 1–2)		 United StatesTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,824
Game reference
Jusso KannelGoaliesEdwin MinneyReferees:
Andris Ansons

Linesmen:
Tilen Pahor
Martin Smeibidlo
Kiviranta (Hopponen, Tuulola) – 12:161–0
1–116:31 – Baughman (Schmaltz)
Tuulola (Kiviranta, Pitkanen) – 19:452–1
2–223:10 – Glover (Bliss) (PP)
Kauppinen (Hopponen, Levanen) – 24:363–2
3–327:47 – Clarke (Kerr)
3–431:01 – Schmaltz (Bliss, Fiegl)
3–532:15 – MacInnis (Gersich, Magyar)
Kapanen (Haapanen) – 41:454–5
10 minPenalties26 min
29Shots32
18 January
16:15		United States 1 – 7
(0–2, 0–3, 1–2)		 RussiaTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,124
Game reference
Edwin MinneyGoaliesSergey KorobovReferee:
Simon Aicher
Linesmen:
Benjamin Hoppe
Daniel Persson
0–11:43 – E. Orlov (E. Svechnikov, A. Protapovich (PP)
0–26:47 – A. Mikulovich (I. Nikolishin, D. Sergeev) (PP)
0–316:24 – S. Kondratyev (A. Svetlakov)
0–419:32 – E. Svechnikov (M. Lazarev, A. Protapovich) (PP)
0–521:58 – M. Lazarev (E. Svechnikov)
J. Fiegl (R. MacInnis, J. Wegwerth) – 38:171–5
1–640:30 – M. Lazarev (E. Svechnikov)
1–743:32 – E. Nasybullin (E. Orlov, A. Protapovich) (PP)
16 minPenalties4 min
15Shots30

Playoffs

Semifinals
20 January
14:15		Russia 5 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 3–2)		 United StatesTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,632
Game reference
Sergey KorobovGoaliesLogan HalladayReferee:
Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:
Andrei Haurylenka
Daniel Persson
Orlov (Nasybullin, Protapovich) (PP) – 2:061–0
Nikolishin (Nekolenko) – 28:012–0
Zinovev (Mikulovich, Nikolishin) – 31:033–0
Nekolenko (Nikolishin, Sergeev) – 32:494–0
4–140:06 – Wegwerth (Eichel)
4–241:22 – Eichel (Glover) (PP)
Svechnikov – 44:375–2
14 minPenalties8 min
16Shots32
Bronze medal game
January 21, 2012
14:45		Canada 7 – 5
(3–1, 4–1, 0–3)		 United StatesTyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,592
[1]
Keven BouchardGoaliesLogan HalladayReferee:
Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Benjamin Hoppe
Martin Smeibidlo
E. Cornel (R. Gardiner, J. Hicketts) (PP) – 4:191–0
R. Pilon (R. Gardiner, E. Cornel) – 6:582–0
R. Gropp (R. Gardiner, R. Pilon) (PP) – 13:223–0
3–114:53 – N. Billitier (A. Baughman)
3–219:40 – R. MacInnis (J. Eichel)
A. Brooks (R. Duke, B. Martin) – 21:274–2
R. Gardiner (J. Hicketts) – 22:355–2
R. Gropp – 23:106–2
R. Gropp (R. Gardiner) – 25:407–2
7–331:44 – J. Eichel (N. Schmaltz)
7–438:54 – N. Magyar (J. Jacobs, J. Wegwerth)
7–540:10 – N. Schmaltz (R. MacInnis, M. Godbout) (PP)
8 minPenalties12 min
19Shots40

Final rank: 4

Luge

The United States qualified three male and two female lugers.[2][13]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ty AndersenBoys' singles40.3741740.210131:20.58415
Tucker WestBoys' singles40.2181240.117101:20.33512
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds		Doubles42.817342.94941:25.766
Summer BritcherGirls' singles40.321540.30931:20.6305
Raychel GermaineGirls' singles40.8561241.324181:22.18014
Summer Britcher
Tucker West
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds		Mixed Team Relay44.658146.686146.96612:18.310

Nordic combined

The United States qualified one athlete in Nordic combined.[2]

AthleteEventSki jumpCross-countryFinal
DistanceScoreRankTimeRankTimeRank
Colton KissellIndividual67.5m105.31329:11.61532:00.613

Short track speed skating

The United States qualified one male and one female short track speed skater.[2]

Individual
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Thomas HongBoys' 500 metres44.4851 Q43.1872 Q42.7824
Boys' 1000 metres1:30.6152 QDNF–did not advance
Sarah WarrenGirls' 500 metres48.2411 Q47.0334 qB48.2734
Girls' 1000 metres1:40.39741:45.0062 QC1:50.02611
Mixed
AthleteEventSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRank
Team D
 Elisabeth Witt (GER)
 Thomas Insuk Hong (USA)
 Sumire Kikuchi (JPN)
 Yin-Cheng Chang (TPE)		Mixed team relay4:23.1414 qB4:24.3604
Team E
 Sarah Warren (USA)
 Kei Saito (JPN)
 Lin Yu-Tzu (TPE)
 Josse Antonissen (NED)		Mixed team relay4:36.2084 qB4:30.3836
Notes

^1 Warren was relegated to the B final after the semifinal, and placed first in the B final. She finished fourth overall.[14]
^2 Warren qualified for the C final after the semifinal, and placed fourth in the C final. She finished eleventh overall.[15]

Skeleton

The United States qualified one male and two female athletes in the skeleton event.[2]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Anthony HerringshawBoys'59.0059.161:58.167
Timi EarlGirls'1:01.041:01.049
Lizzy MaxwellGirls'59.5059.507

Ski jumping

The United States qualified one male and one female athlete in the ski jumping event.[2][3][4]

Individual
AthleteEvent1st Jump2nd JumpOverall
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
William RhoadsBoys' individual59.0m86.463.0m95.0181.419
Emilee AndersonGirls' individual59.5m85.165.5m101.0186.19
Ski Jumping/Nordic combined Mixed team
AthleteEvent1st Round2nd RoundTotalRank
Emilee Anderson
Colton Kissel
William Rhoads		Mixed team205.7230.5436.211

Snowboarding

The United States qualified one male and one female snowboarder each in the men's and women's half-pipe and slopestyle competitions.[2][3][4]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinals
Run 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank
Ben FergusonBoys' halfpipe88.0033.753 Q90.2593.25
Boys' slopestyle80.5090.251 Q90.2587.50
Max RaymerBoys' halfpipe47.0048.5010did not advance
Boys' slopestyle74.2580.752 Q39.2585.005
Arielle GoldGirls' halfpipe88.5027.001 Q90.0086.50
Girls' slopestyle77.5072.504 Q71.7569.00
Indigo MonkGirls' halfpipe45.0046.758 q59.2554.505did not advance
Girls' slopestyle65.7577.25555.0050.005

Speed skating

The United States qualified one female speed skater.[2]

AthleteEventHeatsFinals
TimeRankTimeRank
Clare JeongGirls' 3000 metres4:54.048
Girls' mass start6:11.7313

See also

References

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