Meet the Team
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Sam Hendry
Sam Hendry, 23, is a five-time All-American skier for the University of Utah, including four runner-up finishes. Originally from Canmore, Alberta, he is the 2019 Canadian 50km classic champion. In 2022, Sam had a stellar first year trail running finishing 12th in the Golden Trail World Series overall ranking. He placed third at Flagstaff Sky Peaks, and 10th at Stranda Fjord. Sam will represent Canada in the World Mountain and Trail Championships this June in Innsbruck, Austria.
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Lauren Gregory
Lauren, 23, is a seven-time All-American for the University of Arkansas. In 2017, she placed third at the U20 World Mountain Running Championships. Last year, she placed 11th in the 1500m at the US National Championships. Two weeks later, Lauren earned her first national title winning the US Vertical Mountain Running Championship. She went on to represent Team USA twice, placing 8th at Challenge Stellina, and 12th in the vertical race at World Mountain Running Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Christian Allen
Christian Allen, 25, lives and trains in Orem, Utah. He is a two-time All-American in Cross Country. Christian attended both Weber State and Brigham Young University. Christian holds track personal bests of 28:26 in the 10,000m and 13:34 in the 5,000m. Christian AKA Slim, is looking forward to hitting the trail circuit this summer, specifically, “the suffer fest of hammering grueling climbs”.
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Anna Gibson
Anna, 23, was born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming. Currently, she runs for the University of Washington, where she anchored her team's Distance Medley Relay to the NCAA record. On the track she specializes in the 800m, 1500m and mile. She placed 5th at her first US Mountain Championships in 2021. Last year, she placed 4th at her first World Cup event in Saint Gervais, France. She aspires to compete professionally on the track and in the mountains.
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Meikael Beaudoin Rousseau
Meika, 22, grew up in Sunnyvale, California. He runs for Stanford University, which he represented in four NCAA Cross Country Championships. In 2019, he raced internationally for the US at the U20 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. His first trail race was the 2021 USATF Mountain Running Championship in which he placed 7th. In his free time, he enjoys climbing and mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, where he holds a number of speed records (FKTs).
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Alex Lawson
Alex, 24, is a professional cross country ski racer based out of Craftsbury, VT. On snow, she has represented the U.S. at two U23-World Championships as well as several World Cup’s. At Middlebury College she earned All-American in cross country skiing. On the trail, she finished 3rd in the 2022 U.S. Vertical Mountain Running Championships.