{"id":5634,"date":"2024-05-22T21:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/?p=5634"},"modified":"2024-05-22T21:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:51:22","slug":"keep-an-eye-on-up-and-comer-sammy-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/keep-an-eye-on-up-and-comer-sammy-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep an Eye on Up-and-Comer Sammy Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sammy-Smith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sammy-Smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sammy-Smith.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sammy-Smith-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sammy-Smith-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crosscountryskier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sammy-Smith-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sammy Smith in the classic sprint at the 2023 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Whistler. [Photo] Courtesy USSA\/Steve Fuller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, U.S. Ski Teamer Samantha \u201cSammy\u201d Smith competed in two World Cups. But not two cross country World Cups. The 17-year-old Idahoan competed at the World Cup level in two entirely different sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, Smith competed in soccer for the U.S. at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/fifaplus\/en\/tournaments\/womens\/u17womensworldcup\/india2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a> in India last October\u2014scoring two goals in group play against Morocco. Then, in March 2023, she skied in nine FIS Cross Country World Cups in Scandinavia, finishing in the top 30 in two individual freestyle sprints. \u201cJust to be able to be there and represent my country on a world stage is such an incredible feeling,\u201d she says of both experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And to think cross country skiing isn\u2019t even her favorite sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith comes from an athletic family in Boise. Her mom swam and rowed at Stanford University, her dad played soccer at Duke. The Smiths raised their three kids\u2014Logan, Sammy and Tucker\u2014to be active. When older sister Logan started cross country skiing, says Smith, \u201cI was like, I want to do exactly what she\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But her favorite winter sport turned out to be freestyle skiing. She finished sixth in moguls at the 2021 U.S. nationals. That fall, however, Smith suffered a tibial fracture after being hit in a soccer game. Unable to handle the impact of moguls, she focused on Nordic skiing instead. It went so well she stuck with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running has also gone well for Smith. In the fall, in addition to playing soccer, she runs cross country for Boise High School (she\u2019s a senior this year). Smith won the state 5A cross-country title her freshman year and was runner-up in 2021 (with that leg fracture). In 2022, after a 42-hour trip home from India she finished seventh. It was enough to help her team win their fifth consecutive state championship. \u201cI wasn\u2019t happy with my result,\u201d Smith admits, \u201cbut considering I hadn\u2019t run in over five weeks and was incredibly jetlagged, it could have gone a lot worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then came the 2022\u20132023 cross country ski season (Smith lives in Sun Valley in the winter and attends Sun Valley Community School). Her goal was to ski well at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjc2023.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships<\/a> in January and perhaps even earn her first World Cup starts. Those close to her questioned how realistic the latter goal was. \u201cBut I still was like, you gotta go for it,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sick before junior worlds, Smith recovered in time to finish sixth in the 10km freestyle, eighth in the classic sprint and ninth in the 20km classic mass start; those results, combined with solid finishes at U.S. nationals and some Super Tour races did, indeed, earn her a World Cup berth. Six weeks later, she was in Scandinavia and scored World Cup points in every race (awarded to the top 50 finishers).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This coming winter, she declined World Cup sprint starts in Period 1. Smith and her coaches decided it was not worth five weeks in Europe for just three guaranteed races, each about three minutes long. Instead, she is focused on making the podium at junior worlds and U.S. nationals, where she can earn additional World Cup starts\u2014including, she hopes, at the Minneapolis World Cup in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next year, Smith plans to attend Stanford, where she wants to play soccer with Logan and remain on the national team\u2019s radar. Her dream is to compete in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/fifaplus\/en\/tournaments\/womens\/womensworldcup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a> one day\u2014and hopefully lead the U.S. national team to another title. Her soccer idols are historic figures like Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach and Michelle Akers, \u201cbecause they were so lethal,\u201d she says, and Brazil\u2019s Marta, for her out-of-the-box, creative play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith intends to keep a foot in the Nordic world as well. The agility, explosiveness and ability to maneuver in traffic\u2014all part of soccer training\u2014benefit her skiing, she says, while skiing\u2019s endurance clearly helps in soccer. But so far, the Stanford coaches are not aware of the level at which Smith skis. She hopes to sell it as, \u201cI get all my fitness stuff from Nordic. I promise I\u2019m not getting out of shape.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After college, she hopes to pursue both sports at the highest levels. She realizes at that point, \u201cI won\u2019t be at the level I want to be at. I\u2019m hoping after college, I can pick up on lost ground and get back to where I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Smith says, you gotta go for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update: After a successful 2023\u201324 ski season, including eight top-30 World Cup finishes and a silver medal at the World Junior Championships, Smith was named the winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usskiandsnowboard.org\/news\/smith-awarded-us-nordic-olympic-women-gold-rush-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Nordic Olympic Women Gold Rush award<\/a>, which celebrates exceptional achievement, versatility and the embodiment of grit and grace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This story first appeared in the Autumn 2023 issue of  <\/em>Cross Country Skier<em> (43.1)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, U.S. Ski Teamer Samantha \u201cSammy\u201d Smith competed in two World Cups. 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