Crosscut Announces 2024-2025 Elite Biathlon and Para Nordic Team
Crosscut Mountain Sports Center is honored to announce its Elite Biathlon and Paralympic roster for the 2024-2025 winter season. Since 2019, Crosscut has cultivated and trained elite competition-level athletes from across the nation to compete worldwide in biathlon and para Nordic sports.
Among the selected team this season, para Nordic athletes Dani Aravich, Michael Kneeland, and Nicole Zaino have been named to the 2024-2025 U.S. Paralympics Nordic Team. Nik Burkhart and Vincent Bonacci have been named to the 2024-2025 U.S. Biathlon Team. Amanda Kautzer has been named to the National Development Group this year.
Crosscut’s Elite Team is unique—both biathlon and para Nordic athletes are part of a single program. This single-team approach reflects Crosscut's growth and development in connection with its partnership with the U.S. Paralympics Nordic (USPN) program. The combined Elite Team embodies Crosscut’s philosophy of inclusivity.
This year’s Elite Team is capitalizing on a successful 2023-2024 season where two athletes competed in IBU World Cups, two athletes competed in IBU Cups, four athletes competed in IBU Junior Cups and World Youth or Junior Championships, two para athletes competed at World Championships, and five para athletes competed at World Cup Finals. Regarding national team naming, two athletes were named to the U.S. Paralympics Nordic Teams, and two were named to the U.S. Biathlon National Teams & National Team Training Groups.
Athletes will call Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in Bridger Canyon their home training facility for the 2024-2025 season and receive world-class coaching from Crosscut’s staff, including biathlon coaches Seth Hubbard and Sydney Michalak, as well as coach Nick Michaud, who has a joint appointment with U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing and Crosscut.
The full roster is listed below:
Amanda Kautzer (Plymouth, MN)
Anna Marino (Canmore, AB)
Ben Sites (Bozeman, MT)
Brenna Barton (Bozeman, MT)
Cale Woods (Bozeman, MT)
Dani Aravich (Boise, ID)
Emma Pearson (Casper, WY)
Ian Burgess (Bozeman, MT)
Michael Kneeland (Bozeman, MT)
Nate Livingwood (Maine)
Nicole Zaino (Brookfield, CT)
Nik Burkhart (Olympic Valley, CA)
Tim Cobb (Westford, VT)
Ty Wiberg (Chippewa Falls, WI)
Van Ledger (Lake Placid, NY)
Vincent Bonacci (Salt Lake City, UT)
