Equipment/Sponsors: Blizzard, Tecnica, Uvex
Trophy Room/
Outlook: A graduate
of the fabled Buck Hill Ski Team, the tech specialist won the NorAm slalom title when she was
a teenager and went on a serious roll last season
with seven consecutive victories in NorAm and
FIS races. She has managed to score points in
her limited Cup exposure and will seek to tally
more now that she’s a member of the U.S. B
Team.
Extracurricular: You might not know it to see
her in her racing garb, but she’s a fashionista at
heart and also a wakeboarding fanatic.
Keely Kelleher
Age: 25
Hometown: Big Sky,
Mont.
Equipment/Spon-
sors: Atomic, POC,
Komperdell
Trophy Room/
Outlook: In her first season in a while with-
out injury, Kelleher proved that the World Cup
is where she needs to be, landing points in the
St. Moritz super G and also both the SG and
downhill races in Bansko. With the know-how
to compete in all disciplines, the national cham-
pion giant slalom bronze medalist will get the
chance to light up the World Cup speed courses
in 2009-10. An aspiring journalist, Kelleher
writes a column for the Bozeman Daily Chroni-
cle and also loves kayaking, reading and music.
Jessica Kelley
Age: 27
Hometown: Starks-boro, Vt
Equipment/Sponsors: Völkl, Marker,
Lange, Slytech
Trophy Room/
Outlook: Part of the
Cochran ski racing
clan, Jessica Kelley’s appearance in the 2009
Soelden giant slalom was literally her first on a
racecourse since the previous year in Soelden.
Sidelined the entire 2008-09 season due to
a ruptured disc in her back, the three-time
NorAm giant slalom champion is itching to kick
up some points on the World Cup.
Extracurricular: “On the hill, I am hoping my
greatest achievements are still to come,” says
Kelley. “Off the hill, I feel the same way, so far it’s
probably getting a semester of college finished.”
Her best way to prep for a race? “Have a good focus on something that has been working well for
me in training and stick to that,” she says. “Also,
have fun and keep my mood light and happy.”
Kelley skips race tunes — she’s too afraid of losing her iPod, but counts on fruits, veggies and
a little chocolate as super foods. If she weren’t
skiing, she’d be in college (or already a graduate)
and follows the personal mantra of, “Always remember to have fun.” Her three most important
things are “my family, my boyfriend and skiing.”
Chelsea Marshall
Age: 23
Hometown: Pittsfield, Vt.
Equipment/Sponsors: Dynastar, Lange,
Look, Uvex, Swix, Killington Mountain Resort
Trophy Room/Outlook: Marshall has been
burning up the NorAm circuit for several seasons now and was only four races into her first
World Cup season in 2008 when she landed an
eighth-place downhill finish in Sestriere. Back
pain played a significant role in her results last
season, though she
fought through it
to score in the top
20 in the Tarvisio
downhill, adding a
few more points in
Bansko. With new
perspective after
a summer spent
nursing her brother Cody back to health following his accident,
Marshall is hitting the course with new fervor
this season.
Extracurricular: Marshall’s greatest achievements? “Competing in a sport I love to do,” she
says. “Trying to be a great sister and friend.” She
preps for races with her cup of coffee and by
making sure she gets a good feeling on her skis
and that she’s mentally prepared for race day.
On Marshall’s Shuffle is anything from MGMT
to Josh Ritter, and super foods are “anything
with caffeine in it to get me going.” She says
that if she weren’t skiing, she’d be traveling the
world, and that the three most important things
are friends, family and skiing. “I try to have two
key words for race day,” says Marhsall of her
personal mantra, “whether it be what I need to
work on or focus on for that given day.”
Megan McJames
Age: 22
Hometown: Park City, Utah
Equipment/Sponsors: Dynastar, Look,
Lange, POC, Swix, Aloe Up
Trophy Room/Outlook: On skis since the
age of 2, Megan McJames earned the NorAm
overall, super G and giant slalom all in one season (2006) and is
working toward
consistency on the
World Cup circuit.
She kicked off last
season with a 14th
at the opening
race in Soelden.
It looked like
the Park City native was on a roll, scoring points in Aspen, but
breaking her wrist in Lake Louise also broke her
stride. Still, she scored points in the Maribor GS
and wrapped up the season with a second place
in the national GS race.
Extracurricular: McJames says her greatest
off-hill achievement is managing to be a student
at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. “I love
to be in the mountains both in the snow and on
my mountain bike in the summer,” she says, “and
I won my division in a mountain bike race in
Deer Valley ‘09.” The best way to prep for a race?
“Being confident in your skiing so you are able
to bring out your best turns on race day,” says
McJames, who listens to a huge variety of music and counts on chocolate as food for the soul.
If she weren’t skiing, she’d be cooking, baking,
mountain biking, hiking, playing tennis, soccer
or hanging out with friends — which, along with
family, are her most important “things.”
Kaylin Richardson
Age: 25
Hometown: Edina, Minn.
Equipment/Sponsors: Völkl, Technica,
Marker, Swix
Trophy Room/Outlook: Learning to race sla-
lom in the lowlands of Minnesota, Kaylin Rich-
ardson now knows how to ski all disciplines and
proved it last season by winning her third U.S.
