2026 WOC Team Selected
The Review Panel has read all the petitions, looked at results, and
deliberated. Here is the team for the Sprint WOC this summer, with their
race assignments.
Men (alphabetical by last name):
. Joseph Barrett (NMO): Individual, Knock-out,
. Keegan Harkavy (petition) (NEOC): Individual, Relay
. Sergei Ryzhkov (DVOA): Knock-out, Relay
. Ricardo Schaniel (petition) (BUSSOLA): Individual, Knock-out
. 1st alternate: Victor Frolenko (DVOA)
. 2nd alternate: Anthony Riley (petition) (DVOA)
Women (alphabetical by last name):
. Evalin Brautigam (petition) (WCOC): Individual, Relay
. Greta Leonard (petition) (COC): Knock-out, Relay
. Annika Mihata (COC): Individual, Knock-out
. Ava Suhocki (DVOA): Individual, Knock-out
. 1st alternate: Oriana Riley (petition) (DVOA)
While we had more petitions than usual this year and no automatic
qualifiers, we still saw strong competition at Team Trials. The three sprint
races at Trials were the primary results we evaluated for athletes who
attended. For petitioning athletes, we reviewed Sprint Nationals results
from 2025 and 2026 as well as World Cup performances, with particular
attention to head-to-head comparisons and percent behind metrics relative to
winners and current Team members.
There were some close decisions, as the level of competition among U.S.
athletes continues to rise, but we are confident that this is a strong team
well positioned to perform at WOC.
Congratulations to the Team members and the alternates!
Peggy Dickison, on behalf of the Review Panel (Glen Tryson, Jeff Saeger,
Tyra Christopherson)
