The U.S. Ski and Snowboard has nominated its cross-country ski team for the 2026/2027 season.

According to a press release from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard, the A-Team, B-Team, and Development Team for the 2026/2027 season have now been nominated. 

“U.S. Ski & Snowboard announces its teams in two phases: nomination and acceptance. The athletes are formally nominated to the Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team in May. Pending their acceptance of the nomination and adherence to the team expectations outlined in team criteria, athletes will be officially announced to the team in October 2026.

The 2026–27 roster is led by two-time Olympic silver medalist Ben Ogden, Olympic silver medalist Gus Schumacher, World Cup podium finisher JC Schoonmaker and two-time World Championships medalist Julia Kern. At the Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games, Ogden snapped a 50-year medal drought with silver in the classic sprint, becoming the first American man to medal since Bill Koch in 1976. Days later, Schumacher joined Ogden to capture another silver medal in the team sprint – marking the team’s third medal of the Games, alongside Jessie Diggins’ bronze. Diggins retired at the end of the 2025-26 season.

The Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team features several new names, including three athletes breaking through to the national team: Jack Leveque, Neve Gerard and Corbin Carpenter.”

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A-Team

Men

• Ben Ogden
• James “JC” Schoonmaker
• Gus Schumacher

B-Team

Women

• Julia Kern
• Kendall Kramer
• Sophia Laukli
• Novie McCabe
• Samantha “Sammy” Smith
• Ava Thurston

Men

• John Steel Hagenbuch
• Zak Ketterson
• Zanden McMullen
• Jack Young

Development Team

Women

• Haley Brewster
• Neve Gerard
• Sydney Palmer-Leger

Men

• Corbin Carpenter
• Tabor Greenberg
• Zach Jayne
• Murphy Kimball
• Jack Leveque

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