PARK CITY, UT (May 15) – The women's U.S. Alpine Ski Team has added a multi discipline program in order to continue to support and improve the high performance of Olympic medalists Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) across all Audi FIS Alpine World Cup disciplines. Coaches Jeff Fergus will work directly with Vonn, while Chris Knight will continue to focus on Mancuso. Chip White, who was recently named U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Coach of the Year and International Alpine Coach of the Year, will continue to lead the top performing women's speed team including Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA), Leanne Smith (North Conway, NH), Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, CO) and Laurenne Ross (Bend, OR). Roland Pfeifer returns for another year at the head of a technical program that saw World Cup podiums from Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) and Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, WY).

PARK CITY, UT (May 15) – The men's U.S. Alpine Ski Team has added Andreas Evers, Bernd Brunner and former Audi FIS Alpine World Cup athlete TJ Lanning to its coaching staff for the upcoming World Cup and World Championship season. Evers, who will lead the men's speed program, brings 17 years of World Cup experience and was previously at the helm of the highly successful Austrian men's downhill team. Brunner also joins the U.S. Ski Team from Austria where he had coached for 15 seasons. He will serve as the head coach for a newly formed World Cup B training group. Lanning, who was one of the most heralded juniors of the past decade, saw multiple World Cup top 10 finishes before injuries forced him to step aside from racing. He will now bring his unique eye to the men's speed program with Evers. All three new coaches were on snow with the team during their first camp of the preparation period which wrapped May 13 at Mammoth Mountain, CA.

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MAMMOTH LAKES, CA (May 10) – Olympians including Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Will Brandenburg (Spokane, WA) and Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT) are up early this week to utilize private alpine training at Mammoth Mountain. The resort has been spinning the lifts for the U.S. Ski Team beginning at 6 a.m. PT allowing for incredibly productive training on hard smooth snow until the resort opens to the public at 8:30 a.m. PT. Ideal California weather has produced cold nights where the snow can freeze followed by consecutive blue sky days.

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