Park City, UT—Nita Englund of the U.S. Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team placed a career-best seventh place in Oberstdorf, Germany in the Sixth World Cup competition of the season on Saturday, January 24, 2015. With a second place finish and 98.5 meter jump in the qualifying round, Englund went on to soar 95.0 and 88.5 meters in her competition jumps, scoring 211.4 points.
Read MorePark City, Utah—The National Teams for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined have determined which athletes will compete in the World Junior Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan early next month.
Read MorePark City, UT – The U.S. Women’s Ski Jumping Team faced challenging conditions, with numerous delays and cancellations, during the both the World Cup competition in Zao, Japan and the Continental Cup competition in Falun, Sweden this weekend.
Read MoreSapporo, Japan—Sarah Hendrickson placed 5th and 8th respectively at the second and third World Cup ski jumping competitions of the 2015 season in Sapporo, Japan this past weekend. Hendrickson landed jumps of 95.0 and 88.5 meters on Saturday, January 10, 2015 and 90.0 and 93.5 meters on Sunday, January 11, 2015.
Read MoreLake Placid, N.Y.—U.S. Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team member Tara Geraghty-Moats of West Fairlee, VT took the top spot on the 90K New Years Master Ski Jump competition in Lake placid on December 29, 2014 with jumps of 97.0 and 92.5 meters under clear skies. She also took first place in the NYSEF New Years Ski Jump on December 30, 2014 with jumps of 100.0 and 87.5 meters.
Read MoreNotodden, NOR – Sarah Hendrickson placed 4th and 5th in the first Continental Cup competition of the 2014/15 season. Under cloudy Norwegian skies, Hendrickson, 20, achieved jumps of 92.5 and 88.5 meters in her two jumps on Friday, December 12. She maintained this consistency and high performance on Saturday, December 13, with two jumps of 91.5 and 90 meters.
Read MoreLillehammer, NOR -- The U.S. Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team had a very respectable showing today in Lillehammer, Norway at the first World Cup competition of the 2014/15 season. Sarah Hendrickson of Park City, UT, the current World Champion, finished 9th by improving her first 89-meter jump with a strong second jump of 96.5 meters. Jessica Jerome, also of Park City, finished 11th, improving upon her first jump of 87 meters with a second jump of 92.5 meters.
Read MorePARK CITY, Utah — Nine top U.S. women ski jumpers have been named to the 2014-15 U.S. Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team ahead of an exciting World Championships, World Cup, and Continental Cup schedule.
Read MorePARK CITY—Women’s Ski Jumping USA is delighted to welcome four new members to the organization’s Board of the Directors: Kristian Anderson, Paul Benson, Deborah Edwards, and Mary Leader. As Women’s Ski Jumping enters a post-Sochi Olympics era of competition, we look forward to benefiting from the leadership of these individuals to remain a world leader in women’s Nordic ski jumping while empowering young women across the United States to soar towards their dreams.
Read MoreLAKE PLACID, New York – Sarah Hendrickson showed why she is the world champion in women’s ski jumping by soaring to a first place finish in the US Ski Jumping Championships on Sunday, October 12, 2014. Hendrickson executed jumps of 92.0 and 97.5 meters, followed closely by U.S. Visa Women’s Ski Jumping team members Jessica Jerome, who jumped 92.5 and 96.0 meters, and Tara Geraghty-Moats, who jumped 89.5 and 96.5 meters. Nina Lussi placed fourth, while Nita Englund, who executed only the first jump, placed fifth.
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