Press Release

Sunday December 29th, 2019

Corinth, N.Y. - The USA will field strong Senior Men’s

and Women’s teams in the upcoming 13th Annual

WSSF World Snowshoe Championships in Myoko Japan

February 14th-16th, 2020. The U.S. Women will be led

by 2018 WSSF Women’s World Snowshoe Champion

and two time US National Women’s Champion

Michelle Hummel of Albuquerque, NM. Additionally,

she has claimed two third place podium finishes in the

2017 (in the USA) and 2019 (in Italy) WC’s. A recent

win this past August in the 2019 Copahue Extemo

20km Snowshoe Race in Argentina indicates she is

ready to take on the World’s best snowshoe women

once again, leading a strong team of US athletes.

Team USA features several other women who should

be near the front of the pack in the women’s 12km

field; Samantha Lewis (ID), Amber Ferreira (NH), Sarah

Canney (NH), Myra Klettke (OR), Jennifer Britz (ME),

Tina-Marie Poulin (NY) and Erika Reed (CA), with Fer-

reira, Britz, Canney, Klettke and Poulin all having top

10 finishes in past WC’s.

Siggy Buerger of MI, the current 2019 US Women’s

Junior National Snowshoe Champion, will carry the US

hopes in the Junior Women’s 5km WC race.

Buerger’s 2019 US Junior National Snowshoe teammate, Andrew Tyson of WI, the current US Junior Men’s National Snow-

shoe Champion, will carry the Red, White and Blue in the Junior Men’s 5km WC event.

The US men’s team is equally strong and features 2017 WSSF Men’s World Snowshoe Champion Joseph Gray of CO AND six

time US Men’s National Snowshoe Champion Eric Hartmark of MN! Both sport lengthy resumes of accomplishments at World

Championship level competitions. Also expected to be near the front of the field are; Matt Medeiros (NY), and 2019 US National

Snowshoe teammates Jeff DeVries (MI) and Cole Crosby (NJ). DeVries is the 2019 US Snowshoe Marathon Men’s National

Champion while Crosby claimed the 2019 US Snowshoe Half Marathon Men’s National title. Several other US men will be vying

for age group awards competing against athletes from; Japan, Canada, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Australia, Sweden and In-

dia. For more information, visit www.worldsnowshoe.org.