BUFFALO, NY - Derby native, Tricia Mangan has been added to the U.S. Olympic skiing team and is on her way to South Korea, her family tells 2 On Your Side.
Tricia started skiing when she was just two years old at Holimont in Ellicottville. She's been a member of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team for three years now.
Tuesday evening, the U.S. Ski Team released their official announcement,
The United States Olympic Committee, in conjunction with U.S. Ski & Snowboard, today announced the addition of alpine skier Tricia Mangan (Buffalo, N.Y.) to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team.
She replaces the quota spot previously held by Jackie Wiles (Portland, Ore.), who was injured on Feb. 3 in competition at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Mangan, 20, skied for Holimont Race Team in Western New York, was recently fourth in super-G at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Switzerland, and snagged her first points and a 19th-place finish in alpine combined at the FIS Ski World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, earlier this season.
Team USA now stands at 244. Updated rosters can be found at TeamUSA.org/2018Olympics.
Tricia competed in the 2018 World Cup and placed 19th in the alpine combined.
