United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

United States at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
United States at the; 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org
in Innsbruck
Competitors	57 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Jake Peterson
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 8
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
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The United States competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ben Ferguson	Snowboarding	Boys' halfpipe	January 15
Gold	Summer Britcher Tucker West Ty Andersen Pat Edmunds	Luge	Mixed team relay	January 17
Gold	Shoma Uno (JPN) Jordan Bauth (USA) Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Hulitski (BLR)	Figure skating	Mixed NOC team	January 21
Silver	Arielle Gold	Snowboarding	Girls' halfpipe	January 15
Silver	Ben Ferguson	Snowboarding	Boys' slopestyle	January 19
Silver	Arielle Gold	Snowboarding	Girls' slopestyle	January 19
Bronze	Aaron Blunck	Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	January 15
Bronze	Ty Andersen Pat Edmunds	Luge	Boys' doubles	January 16
Bronze	Anna Kubek Heather Mooney Sean Doherty Patrick Caldwell	Cross-country skiing Biathlon	Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay	January 21
Bronze	Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS)	Curling	Mixed doubles	January 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]

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Alex Leever	Boys' super-G	1:06.33		1:06.33	16
	Boys' combined	1:05.98	37.36	1:43.34	10
	Boys' giant slalom	59.89	56.09	1:55.98	11
	Boys' slalom	40.44	DNF	–	–
Julia Mueller-Ristine	Girls' super-G			DNF
	Girls' combined	1:07.93	40.17	1:48.10	17
	Girls' giant slalom	1:01.86	1:01.31	2:03.17	24
	Girls' slalom	46.48	41.31	1:27.79	12

Biathlon

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

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank
Sean Doherty	Boys' sprint	20:47.5	3	12
Sean Doherty	Boys' pursuit	31:44.3	8	14
Nick Proell	Boys' sprint	22:21.8	2	32
Nick Proell	Boys' pursuit	36:03.6	8	40
Anna Kubek	Girls' sprint	18:56.7	1	13
Anna Kubek	Girls' pursuit	30:28.5	3	10
Aleksandra Zakrzewska	Girls' sprint	21:21.8	4	39
Aleksandra Zakrzewska	Girls' pursuit	37:18.6	10	41

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank
Anna Kubek Aleksandra Zakrzewska Nick Proell Sean Doherty	Mixed relay	1:20:03.4	20	14
Anna Kubek Heather Mooney Sean Doherty Patrick Caldwell	Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay	1:05:23.0	5

Bobsleigh

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

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Cody Bascue Jake Peterson	Two-boys	54.98	54.67	1:49.65	7

Cross country skiing

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

Individual

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrick Caldwell	Boys' 10 km classical					31:30.1	16
Patrick Caldwell	Boys' sprint	1:46.5	4 Q (LL)	1:47.3	3 Q (LL)	1:47.0	5
Heather Mooney	Girls' 5 km classical					16:18.8	13
Heather Mooney	Girls' sprint	2:09.6	5	did 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

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Kubek Heather Mooney Sean Doherty Patrick Caldwell	Cross-country Biathlon mixed relay	1:05:23.0

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 Group	Skip	W	L
United States	Korey Dropkin	7	0
Switzerland	Michael Brunner	6	1
Czech Republic	Marek Černovský	4	3
China	Bai Yang	3	4
Norway	Markus Skogvold	3	4
South Korea	Kang Sue-yeon	2	5
New Zealand	Luke Steele	2	5
Estonia	Robert-Kent Päll	1	6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Päll)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
United States (Dropkin)	2	2	1	4	0	1	X	X	10

Draw 2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Steele)	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2
United States (Dropkin)	2	2	1	0	5	0	X	X	10

Draw 3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Dropkin)	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	X	7
South Korea (Kang)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Dropkin)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	6
Switzerland (Brunner)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Draw 5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Černovský)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
United States (Dropkin)	2	4	2	2	0	1	X	X	11

Draw 6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skogvold)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
United States (Dropkin)	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	X	6

Draw 7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Dropkin)	1	1	4	0	1	1	X	X	8
China (Bai)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Mosaner)	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	X	7
United States (Dropkin)	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	X	5

Final place: 5

Mixed doubles

Teams

Second: Sarah Anderson (USA)
Lead: Go Ke-on (KOR)

Second: Korey Dropkin (USA)
Lead: Marina Verenich (RUS)

Second: Yang Ying (CHN)
Lead: Thomas Howell (USA)

Second: Duncan Menzies (GBR)
Lead: Taylor Anderson (USA)

Results

Athletes	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
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 A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI) Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	8
Sarah Anderson (USA) Go Ke-on (KOR)	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Elena Stern (SUI) Sander Rõuk (EST)	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS)	0	2	1	4	0	6	X	X	13

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mathias Genner (AUT) Lisa Gisler (SUI)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2
Yang Ying (CHN) Thomas Howell (USA)	3	1	2	0	3	0	1	X	10

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Eleanor Adviento (NZL) Romano Meier (SUI)	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	7
Duncan Menzies (GBR) Taylor Anderson (USA)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	8

Round of 16

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS)	1	0	5	0	1	2	1	X	10
Luke Steele (NZL) Johanna Heldin (SWE)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Duncan Menzies (GBR) Taylor Anderson (USA)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	6
Rasmus Wranå (SWE) Kerli Zirk (EST)	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Yang Ying (CHN) Thomas Howell (USA)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Martin Sesaker (NOR) Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	2	0	2	1	2	0	3	X	10

Quarterfinals

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Duncan Menzies (GBR) Taylor Anderson (USA)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR) Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS)	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	X	9
Corryn Brown (CAN) Martin Reichel (AUT)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	3

Semifinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Michael Brunner (SUI) Nicole Muskatewitz (GER)	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	X	7
Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3

Bronze Medal Game

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR) Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

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

Athlete	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Jordan Bauth	Girls' singles	42.33	7	81.06	7	123.39	7
Caitlin Belt Michael Johnson	Pair skating	38.65	4	70.96	4	109.61	4
Rachel Parsons Michael Parsons	Ice dancing	44.69	4	69.53	4	114.22	4

Mixed NOC

Athlete	Event	Men (M)		Women (W)		Ice dance (ID)		Total Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Points	Score	Points	Score	Points	Total Points	Final Rank
M: Shoma Uno (JPN) W: Jordan Bauth (USA) ID: Eugenia Tkachenka / Yuri Hulitski (BLR)	Mixed NOC team	112.72	7	77.84	7	44.36	2	16

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aaron Blunck	Boys' halfpipe	75.75	3 Q	87.50
Jeanne Crane-Mauzy	Girls' halfpipe	DNS	–	did not advance

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lesley Wilson	Girls' ski cross	1:02.64	10	Cancelled					10

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 roster	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Hometown	Current Team
30	G	Logan Halladay	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	17 August 1996	Cary, North Carolina	Carolina Jr. Hurricanes (NAPAL)
1	G	Edwin Minney	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	29 March 1996	Wind Gap, Pennsylvania	DC Capitals (TIER-1 ELITE)
3	D	Adam Baughman	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	3 January 1996	Chicago, Illinois	Chicago Mission (HPHL)
2	D	Nathan Billitier	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	20 March 1996	Spencerport, New York	Rochester Stars (EJHL)
4	D	Ryan Bliss – A	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	22 June 1996	Bedford, New Hampshire	St. Paul's School
5	D	Jack Glover	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	17 May 1996	Golden Valley, Minnesota	Benilde-St. Margaret's School
6	D	Joshua Jacobs – A	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	15 February 1996	Shelby Township, Michigan	Detroit Honeybaked (HPHL)
8	D	Kevin Kerr	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	9 February 1996	Bensalem, Pennsylvania	Team Comcast (TIER-1 ELITE)
10	F	Blake Clarke	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	24 January 1996	Wildwood, Missouri	Fargo Force (USHL)
12	F	Jack Eichel	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	28 October 1996	North Chelmsford, Massachusetts	Boston Jr. Bruins (EJHL)
11	F	Jared Fiegl – C	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	23 January 1996	Parker, Colorado	Colorado Rampage (TIER-1 ELITE)
9	F	Shane Gersich	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	10 July 1996	Chaska, Minnesota	Holy Family Catholic High School
18	F	Marcel Godbout – C	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	4 June 1996	Center Line, Michigan	Shattuck St. Mary's School
15	F	Nicholas Magyar	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	29 May 1996	Mentor, Ohio	Cleveland Jr. Barons
14	F	Ryan MacInnis	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	14 February 1996	St. Louis, Missouri	St. Louis Amateur Blues (TIER-1 ELITE)
16	F	Nick Schmaltz	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	23 February 1996	Verona, Wisconsin	Chicago Mission (HPHL)
17	F	Joe Wegwerth	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	16 June 1996	Brewster, New York	Brewster Bulldogs (EJHL)

Coaching staff

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

Results

Preliminary round

Legend
	Teams to Playoffs

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
Russia	4	3	0	0	1	25	9	16	9
Canada	4	2	1	0	1	20	7	13	8
Finland	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	2	7
United States	4	2	0	0	2	14	18	–4	6
Austria	4	0	0	0	4	3	30	–27	0

14 January
12:30

United States

7 – 2
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Austria

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,180

Game reference

Edwin Minney

Goalies

Stefan Müller

Referee:

Andris Ansons
Linesmen:

Tilen Pahor

Daniel Persson

Gersich (Godbout, NSchmaltz) – 0:47	1–0
Wegwerth (Eichel, Clarke) – 1:13	2–0
MacInnis (Magyar, Baughman) (PP) – 9:02	3–0
Gersich (Eichel) (PP) – 12:03	4–0
	4–1	20:40 – Huber
Gersich (Billitier) – 23:37	5–1
	5–2	30:44 – Gaffal (Kraus, Huber)
MacInnis (Godbout, Jacobs) (SH) – 41:06	6–2
Godbout (Schmaltz) (SH) – 41:24	7–2

14 min

Penalties

10 min

42

Shots

16

15 January
18:00

Canada

5 – 1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,575

Game reference

Kevin Bouchard

Goalies

Logan Halladay

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Tilen Pahor

Cornel – 3:58	1–0
Gropp (Cornel) – 16:30	2–0
	2–1	17:39 – Clarke (Jacobs)
Duke (Brooks, Pilon) – 28:54	3–1
Brooks (Martin, Gardiner) (PP) – 43:21	4–1
Gropp (Cornel, Gardiner) (PP) – 44:06	5–1

2 min

Penalties

10 min

27

Shots

16

17 January
15:45

Finland

4 – 5
(1–0, 2–3, 1–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,824

Game reference

Jusso Kannel

Goalies

Edwin Minney

Referees:

Andris Ansons

Linesmen:

Tilen Pahor

Martin Smeibidlo

Kiviranta (Hopponen, Tuulola) – 12:16	1–0
	1–1	16:31 – Baughman (Schmaltz)
Tuulola (Kiviranta, Pitkanen) – 19:45	2–1
	2–2	23:10 – Glover (Bliss) (PP)
Kauppinen (Hopponen, Levanen) – 24:36	3–2
	3–3	27:47 – Clarke (Kerr)
	3–4	31:01 – Schmaltz (Bliss, Fiegl)
	3–5	32:15 – MacInnis (Gersich, Magyar)
Kapanen (Haapanen) – 41:45	4–5

10 min

Penalties

26 min

29

Shots

32

18 January
16:15

United States

1 – 7
(0–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Russia

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 2,124

Game reference

Edwin Minney

Goalies

Sergey Korobov

Referee:

Simon Aicher
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Daniel Persson

	0–1	1:43 – E. Orlov (E. Svechnikov, A. Protapovich (PP)
	0–2	6:47 – A. Mikulovich (I. Nikolishin, D. Sergeev) (PP)
	0–3	16:24 – S. Kondratyev (A. Svetlakov)
	0–4	19:32 – E. Svechnikov (M. Lazarev, A. Protapovich) (PP)
	0–5	21:58 – M. Lazarev (E. Svechnikov)
J. Fiegl (R. MacInnis, J. Wegwerth) – 38:17	1–5
	1–6	40:30 – M. Lazarev (E. Svechnikov)
	1–7	43:32 – E. Nasybullin (E. Orlov, A. Protapovich) (PP)

16 min

Penalties

4 min

15

Shots

30

Playoffs

Semifinals

20 January
14:15

Russia

5 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 3–2)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,632

Game reference

Sergey Korobov

Goalies

Logan Halladay

Referee:

Andreas Harnebring
Linesmen:

Andrei Haurylenka

Daniel Persson

Orlov (Nasybullin, Protapovich) (PP) – 2:06	1–0
Nikolishin (Nekolenko) – 28:01	2–0
Zinovev (Mikulovich, Nikolishin) – 31:03	3–0
Nekolenko (Nikolishin, Sergeev) – 32:49	4–0
	4–1	40:06 – Wegwerth (Eichel)
	4–2	41:22 – Eichel (Glover) (PP)
Svechnikov – 44:37	5–2

14 min

Penalties

8 min

16

Shots

32

Bronze medal game

January 21, 2012
14:45

Canada

7 – 5
(3–1, 4–1, 0–3)

United States

Tyrolean Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,592

[1]

Keven Bouchard

Goalies

Logan Halladay

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Benjamin Hoppe

Martin Smeibidlo

E. Cornel (R. Gardiner, J. Hicketts) (PP) – 4:19	1–0
R. Pilon (R. Gardiner, E. Cornel) – 6:58	2–0
R. Gropp (R. Gardiner, R. Pilon) (PP) – 13:22	3–0
	3–1	14:53 – N. Billitier (A. Baughman)
	3–2	19:40 – R. MacInnis (J. Eichel)
A. Brooks (R. Duke, B. Martin) – 21:27	4–2
R. Gardiner (J. Hicketts) – 22:35	5–2
R. Gropp – 23:10	6–2
R. Gropp (R. Gardiner) – 25:40	7–2
	7–3	31:44 – J. Eichel (N. Schmaltz)
	7–4	38:54 – N. Magyar (J. Jacobs, J. Wegwerth)
	7–5	40:10 – N. Schmaltz (R. MacInnis, M. Godbout) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

12 min

19

Shots

40

Final rank: 4

Luge

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

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Ty Andersen	Boys' singles	40.374	17	40.210	13			1:20.584	15
Tucker West	Boys' singles	40.218	12	40.117	10			1:20.335	12
Ty Andersen Pat Edmunds	Doubles	42.817	3	42.949	4			1:25.766
Summer Britcher	Girls' singles	40.321	5	40.309	3			1:20.630	5
Raychel Germaine	Girls' singles	40.856	12	41.324	18			1:22.180	14
Summer Britcher Tucker West Ty Andersen Pat Edmunds	Mixed Team Relay	44.658	1	46.686	1	46.966	1	2:18.310

Nordic combined

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

Athlete	Event	Ski jump			Cross-country		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Score	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Colton Kissell	Individual	67.5m	105.3	13	29:11.6	15	32:00.6	13

Short track speed skating

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

Individual

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Hong	Boys' 500 metres	44.485	1 Q	43.187	2 Q	42.782	4
Thomas Hong	Boys' 1000 metres	1:30.615	2 Q	DNF	–	did not advance
Sarah Warren	Girls' 500 metres	48.241	1 Q	47.033	4 qB	48.273	4
Sarah Warren	Girls' 1000 metres	1:40.397	4	1:45.006	2 QC	1:50.026	11

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team D Elisabeth Witt (GER) Thomas Insuk Hong (USA) Sumire Kikuchi (JPN) Yin-Cheng Chang (TPE)	Mixed team relay	4:23.141	4 qB	4:24.360	4
Team E Sarah Warren (USA) Kei Saito (JPN) Lin Yu-Tzu (TPE) Josse Antonissen (NED)	Mixed team relay	4:36.208	4 qB	4:30.383	6

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]

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Anthony Herringshaw	Boys'	59.00	59.16	1:58.16	7
Timi Earl	Girls'		1:01.04	1:01.04	9
Lizzy Maxwell	Girls'		59.50	59.50	7

Ski jumping

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

Individual

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
William Rhoads	Boys' individual	59.0m	86.4	63.0m	95.0	181.4	19
Emilee Anderson	Girls' individual	59.5m	85.1	65.5m	101.0	186.1	9

Ski Jumping/Nordic combined Mixed team

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	Total	Rank
Emilee Anderson Colton Kissel William Rhoads	Mixed team	205.7	230.5	436.2	11

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]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinals			Finals
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Ben Ferguson	Boys' halfpipe	88.00	33.75	3 Q				90.25	93.25
Ben Ferguson	Boys' slopestyle	80.50	90.25	1 Q				90.25	87.50
Max Raymer	Boys' halfpipe	47.00	48.50	10	did not advance
Max Raymer	Boys' slopestyle	74.25	80.75	2 Q				39.25	85.00	5
Arielle Gold	Girls' halfpipe	88.50	27.00	1 Q				90.00	86.50
Arielle Gold	Girls' slopestyle	77.50	72.50	4 Q				71.75	69.00
Indigo Monk	Girls' halfpipe	45.00	46.75	8 q	59.25	54.50	5	did not advance
Indigo Monk	Girls' slopestyle	65.75	77.25	5				55.00	50.00	5

Speed skating

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

Athlete	Event	Heats		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Clare Jeong	Girls' 3000 metres			4:54.04	8
Clare Jeong	Girls' mass start			6:11.73	13

References

^ "Jake Peterson chosen as Team USA flag bearer for inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "United States Youth Olympic Team" (PDF). United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "US Nominates Winter Youth Olympic Team". Ski Racing Journal.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "About.com Skiing – 2012 U.S. Winter Youth Olympic Team". About.com Skiing. 9 October 2011.
^ US Biathlon Team Nominations for the 2012 Youth Olympic Games
^ "Stratton Mountain School Seasonal Program Achievements".
^ "Dropkin rink wins Youth Olympic Games playdown". USA Curling. 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012.
^ "2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Athletes Announced". U.S. Figure Skating. 19 December 2011.
^ "Local Aaron Blunck named to U.S. youth Olympic squad". The Crested Butte News. 27 April 2011.
^ "2011 United States Under-16 Boys' Select Team Roster – Winter Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Hockey. 2 November 2011.
^ "USA Ice Hockey Team Roster" (PDF).
^ "Smith leads Youth Olympic Team". USA Hockey. 2 November 2011. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
^ "5 Juniors Nominated to Youth Olympic Games". USA Luge. 12 December 2011.
^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 500m – Event Classification" (PDF).
^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 1000m – Event Classification" (PDF).

[1] "Jake Peterson chosen as Team USA flag bearer for inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15.

[ywogteam-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "United States Youth Olympic Team" (PDF). United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2012.

[ski1-3] "US Nominates Winter Youth Olympic Team". Ski Racing Journal.

[ski2-4] "About.com Skiing – 2012 U.S. Winter Youth Olympic Team". About.com Skiing. 9 October 2011.

[5] US Biathlon Team Nominations for the 2012 Youth Olympic Games

[6] "Stratton Mountain School Seasonal Program Achievements".

[7] "Dropkin rink wins Youth Olympic Games playdown". USA Curling. 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012.

[8] "2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Athletes Announced". U.S. Figure Skating. 19 December 2011.

[9] "Local Aaron Blunck named to U.S. youth Olympic squad". The Crested Butte News. 27 April 2011.

[10] "2011 United States Under-16 Boys' Select Team Roster – Winter Youth Olympic Games" (PDF). USA Hockey. 2 November 2011.

[11] "USA Ice Hockey Team Roster" (PDF).

[12] "Smith leads Youth Olympic Team". USA Hockey. 2 November 2011. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

[13] "5 Juniors Nominated to Youth Olympic Games". USA Luge. 12 December 2011.

[14] "Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 500m – Event Classification" (PDF).

[15] "Short Track Speed Skating – Ladies' 1000m – Event Classification" (PDF).

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v t e Nations at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
Africa	Eritrea Morocco South Africa
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Mexico Peru United States
Asia	China India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Philippines South Korea Chinese Taipei Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Related	Teams of athletes from more than one NOC

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross country skiing

Curling

Mixed team

Standings

Round-robin results

Playoffs

Mixed doubles

Results

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze Medal Game

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Team

Results

Preliminary round

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

See also

References