My first World Cup competition in Otepää, Estonia.
Photo: Romina Eggert
I started ski jumping when I was 9 years as part of the Get Out And Play program through the Youth Sports Alliance in Park City. My dad's home in Park City has a spectacular view of the ski jumps used during the 2002 Olympic Games and everyday as a kid I could see the jumps. It only took a few weeks of being in the Nordic program for me to fall in love with the sport, and I joined the Park City Nordic Ski Club only a few weeks after first trying ski jumping.
I graduated High School from the Winter Sports School in November of 2015, and had my first experiences competing internationally in the 2015/2016 winter season. Through domestic competitions, I qualified to compete in the 2016 World Junior Championships in Rasnov, Romania. Although my results were not the best, I got to experience international competition and the fun of traveling the world with a team, which made me even more passionate about the sport.
My first international "success" was at the 2017 FIS Continental Cup in Steamboat Springs, CO, where I scored my first Continental Cup point. This single Continental Cup point qualified me for the US Ski Team and opened the door for more opportunities in the following season. I began training with the US National Team in the spring of 2018, and training at the highest level helped me improve dramatically. I have been on the US National Team for 3 years which has opened up countless opportunities for my career. In my eyes, being on the national team is just another step on the ladder to success. Now I have access to more resources and more experience than I have ever had before, which makes me even more capable of reaching the top of my abilities.
In addition to sport, I am a student at the University of Utah Honors College studying Geography and Sociology. Like most of my teammates, I take online classes so that I can dedicate more time to training and competing. I hope to graduate in either 2022 or 2023 following the Beijing Olympics in 2022. I also work part-time jobs in order to fund my career, however I am actively looking for sponsors and donors to meet my financial needs so that I may focus all of my time to my training.
I graduated High School from the Winter Sports School in November of 2015, and had my first experiences competing internationally in the 2015/2016 winter season. Through domestic competitions, I qualified to compete in the 2016 World Junior Championships in Rasnov, Romania. Although my results were not the best, I got to experience international competition and the fun of traveling the world with a team, which made me even more passionate about the sport.
My first international "success" was at the 2017 FIS Continental Cup in Steamboat Springs, CO, where I scored my first Continental Cup point. This single Continental Cup point qualified me for the US Ski Team and opened the door for more opportunities in the following season. I began training with the US National Team in the spring of 2018, and training at the highest level helped me improve dramatically. I have been on the US National Team for 3 years which has opened up countless opportunities for my career. In my eyes, being on the national team is just another step on the ladder to success. Now I have access to more resources and more experience than I have ever had before, which makes me even more capable of reaching the top of my abilities.
In addition to sport, I am a student at the University of Utah Honors College studying Geography and Sociology. Like most of my teammates, I take online classes so that I can dedicate more time to training and competing. I hope to graduate in either 2022 or 2023 following the Beijing Olympics in 2022. I also work part-time jobs in order to fund my career, however I am actively looking for sponsors and donors to meet my financial needs so that I may focus all of my time to my training.