2025 Cross Country World Championships Team Announced

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named 15 athletes to represent the Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team at the 2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway from Feb. 27 to March 9. The team will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals across six events: four individual races—20k skiathlon, 10k classic, 50k skate and a skate sprint—and two team events: the team sprint and 4x7.5k relay.

The World Championships will bring the world’s best skiers to the renowned tracks of Granåsen. Athletes from more than 60 countries will compete in six races per gender over 11 days. The Championships will also host nordic combined, ski jumping and the Para nordic sprint competitions, with an estimated 130,000+ spectators to be in attendance.

Women’s Team

Three-time Olympic medalist and six-time World Championship medalist Jessie Diggins leads the women’s team. Diggins made history with the first individual gold medal for the U.S. at the 2023 World Championships in the 10k skate. She is joined by veteran and two-time Olympian Rosie Brennan, making her sixth World Championships appearance, 2023 World Championship medalist and 2022 Olympian Julia Kern, 2022 Olympian Sophia Laukli, Alayna Sonnesyn, who captured a career-best World Cup result earlier this season, and Kendall Kramer and Kate Oldham, all making their World Championship debuts.

Men’s Team

The men’s team, including Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher, features young but formidable talent. Ogden, a 2022 Olympian, will make his third World Championships appearance after earning his second World Cup podium earlier this season. Schumacher, an Olympian and the 2024 Stifel Loppet Cup winner, returns for another championship. They are joined by 2022 Olympians JC Schoonmaker and Luke Jager. This is Schoonmaker's third World Championships team and Jager's first time competing. First-time World Championship athletes Zanden McMullen, Zak Ketterson and Jack Young will also join the strong roster heading to Norway.

“We are very excited to announce our nominations to the Trondheim team," said Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team Program Director Chris Grover. "The team is led by veteran women who bring decades of experience at the World Championships to the tracks of Granåsen. Beyond these women, we are witnessing a new generation of incredibly talented, hardworking and determined young Americans who have gained valuable experience on the World Cup circuit. We have athletes aiming for top performances in Trondheim and are bringing our most experienced staff to this championship to support them."

2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM

(Hometown; ski club; college; birth date; past World Championship teams)
*Denotes first World Championships team

Women:

• Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; Dartmouth College; 12/21/1988; 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
• Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 8/26/1991; 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
• Julia Kern (Waltham, MA; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; Dartmouth College; 9/12/1997; 2019, 2021, 2023)
• Kendall Kramer (Fairbanks, AK; Alaska Pacific University; University of Alaska Fairbanks; 6/26/2002)*
• Sophia Laukli (Yarmouth, ME; Aker-Dæhlie; University of Utah; 6/8/2000; 2021, 2023)
• Kate Oldham (Carbondale, CO; Montana State University; 4/27/2002)*
• Alayna Sonnesyn (Stratton, VT; Team Birkie; University of Vermont; 6/22/1996)*

Men:

• John Steel Hagenbuch (Ketchum, ID; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation/Dartmouth College; 10/1/2001)*
• Luke Jager (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; University of Utah; 1/17/2000; 2023)
• Zak Ketterson (Bloomington, MN; Team Birkie; Northern Michigan University; 4/2/1997)*
• Zanden McMullen (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; 5/31/2001)*
• Ben Ogden (Landgrove, VT; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; University of Vermont; 2/13/2000; 2021, 2023)
• JC Schoonmaker (Tahoe City, CA; Alaska Pacific University; University of Alaska Anchorage; 8/12/2000; 2021, 2023)
• Gus Schumacher (Anchorage, AK; Alaska Pacific University; University of Alaska Anchorage; 7/25/2000; 2021, 2023)
• Jack Young (Jay, VT; Craftsbury Green Racing Project; Colby College; 12/17/2002)*