Saturday, May 12, 2001

2002 U.S. ALPINE SKI TEAM ANNOUNCED

PARK CITY, Utah (May 12) - World champion Daron Rahlves (Sugar Bowl,
CA), first-time World Cup winner Kirsten Clark (Raymond, ME) and 13
other Olympians, including defending super G gold medalist Picabo Street
(Park City, UT), headline an extremely deep 29-member U.S. Alpine Ski
Team named Saturday for the coming Olympic season.

The Olympic Ski Team will be announced Monday, January 28.

The '02 Ski Team, which includes 13 men and 16 women, is perhaps the
deepest squad in history. Last season, an unprecendented 20 U.S. skiers
scored points on the World Cup tour and U.S. skiers collected seven
podium finishes.

Rahlves, who won back-to-back World Cup downhills a year earlier,
electrified the racing world last season when he captured the super G
gold medal at the World Alpine Ski Championships in St. Anton, Austria.
He heads a 13-member team for next season that includes Erik Schlopy
(Park City, UT), who had the finest U.S. men's giant slalom results
since 1983; the group includes seven skiers with Olympic experience.

On the women's side, Clark, who had the fastest downhill time in the
combined event at the World Championships and then won a downhill in
Lenzerheide, Switzerland, and Street are among a group that includes
eight Olympians.

The 2002 U.S. Alpine Ski Team:

A Team - Men: Daron Rahlves (27; Sugar Bowl, CA; '98 Olympian); Erik
Schlopy (28; Park City, UT; '94 Olympian); Chad Fleischer (29; Vail, CO;
'94, '98 Olympian) and Bode Miller (23; Franconia, NH; '98 Olympian)

A Team - Women: Kirsten Clark (24; Raymond, ME; '98 Olympian), Picabo
Street (30; Park City, UT; '94, '98 Olympian), Megan Gerety (29;
Anchorage, AK; '92, '94 Olympian), Caroline Lalive (22; Steamboat
Springs, CO; '98 Olympian). Jonna Mendes (22; Heavenly, CA; '98
Olympian), Sarah Schleper (23; Vail, CO; '98 Olympian) and Katie Monahan
(28; Aspen, CO; '98 Olympian)

B Team - Men: Jake Fiala (26 on May 24; Frisco, CO), Sacha Gros (26;
Vail, CO; '98 Olympian), Chip Knight (26; New Canaan, CT; '98 Olympian);
Casey Puckett (30; Aspen, CO; '92, '94, '98 Olympian), Scott Macartney
(23; Redmond, WA), Tom Rothrock (23 on May 29; Cashmere, WA), Dane
Spencer (23; Boise, ID), Marco Sullivan (21; Tahoe City, CA) and Thomas
Vonn (25; Newburgh, NY)

B Team - Women: Alison Powers (21; Winter Park, CO), Julia Mancuso (17;
Squaw Valley, CA), Lindsey C. Kildow (17; Vail, CO) and Alex Shaffer
(25; Park City, UT; '98 Olympian).

C Team - Women: Tatum Skoglund (22; Bellevue, WA), Courtney Calise (21;
Littleton, NH), Hilary McCloy (18; Waitsfield, VT), Libby Ludlow (19;
Bellevue, WA), Kristen Mielke (18; Dillon, CO) and Lauren Ross (19,
Stowe, VT).

- Best in the World! -