Former MI Cup skier Sarah Goble qualifies for U23 Worlds
Thu, Jan 16, 2020 - By Mike Muha
Former Michigan Cup racer Sarah Goble has made the U23 (under 23) World Championship Team and will represent the United States at the U23 Cross-Country World Ski Championships on February 28 - March 8 in Oberwiesenthal, Germany. Goble currently skis for Michigan Tech University.
Goble graduated from Petoskey High School. She was 2017 Junior Nationals All-American in the 5k Skate and 10k Skate, and two-time Michigan State champion (2014 & 2015).
More recently, she...
- Finished 19th in the 15K Classic and 20th in the 5K Skate at the 2019 NCAA National Skiing Championships
- Finished third in the 15K Classic and the 5K Skate at the NCAA Central Regional Championships
- Finished third in the 5K Skate at the CCSA Conference Championships
- Finished first in the Skate and in the 10K Classic at the NMU Open
- Finished first in the 10K Skate and second in the 5K Classic at the MTU CXC Cup
- Named Co-Most Outstanding Women’s Skier
- Named USCSCA All-Academic.
Goble qualified along with teammate Amanda Kautzer. "It's hard to even put it into words," said Goble. "It's an incredible opportunity and I think it shows how far our program has come to send two skiers to this event."
To qualify for the U23 Championships, Goble had to rank in the top five in points earned after all races at the 2020 L.L. Bean U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships.
U23 World Championship Team
Women:
- Julia Kern (SMS T2/Waltham, Mass.)
- Hailey Swirbul (APU Nordic Ski Center/El Jebel, Colo.)
- Amanda Kautzer (Michigan Tech University/Houghton, Mich.)
- Alex Lawson (Middlebury College/West Burke, Vt.)
- Sarah Goble (Michigan Tech University/Marquette, Mich.)
Men:
- Zak Ketterson (Northern Michigan University/Bloomington, Minn.)
- Finn O’Connell (University of Vermont/Steamboat Springs, Colo.)
- Hunter Wonders (APU Nordic Ski Center/Anchorage, Alaska)
- Zane Fields (Lyme Elite Team/White River Junction, Vt.)
- Logan Diekmann (University of Utah/Bozeman, Mont.)
Junior World Championship Team
Women:
- Sydney Palmer-Leger (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation/Park City, Utah)
- Sophia Laukli (Middlebury College/Yarmouth, Maine)
- Kendall Kramer (Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks/Fairbanks, Alaska)
- Novie McCabe (Methow Valley Nordic/Winthrop, Wash.)
- Callie Young (Dartmouth College/Jay, Vt.)
- Mara McCollor (Dartmouth College/Plymouth, Minn.)
Men:
- Gus Schumacher (Alaska Winter Stars/Anchorage, Alaska)
- Johnny Hagenbuch (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation/Ketchum, Idaho)
- Luke Jager (University of Utah/Anchorage, Alaska)
- JC Schoonmaker (University of Alaska Anchorage/Tahoe City, Calif.)
- Zanden McMullen (Montana State University/Anchorage, Alaska)
- Benjamin Ogden (Stratton Mountain School/Landgrove, Vt.)
U18 Nordic Nation’s Championships Team
Women:
- Sydney Palmer-Leger (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation/Park City, Utah)
- Kendall Kramer (Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks/Fairbanks, Alaska)
- Ava Thurston (Mansfield Nordic/Waterbury, Vt.)
- Nina Seemann (Stratton Mountain School/Bondville, Vt.)
- Haley Brewster (Ski and Snowboard Club Vail/Avon, Colo.)
- Garvee Tobin (APU Nordic Ski Center/Anchorage, Alaska)
Men:
- Peter Hinds (APU Nordic Ski Center/Anchorage, Alaska)
- Brian Bushey (Green Mountain Valley School/Montpelier, Vt.)
- Alexander Maurer (Alaska Winter Stars/Anchorage, Alaska)
- Will Koch (Stratton Mountain School/Peru, Vt.)
- Wally Magill (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club/Steamboat Springs, Colo.)
- Michael Earnhart (Alaska Nordic Racing/Eagle River, Alaska)