A three-time Junior World Championship medalist, Hailey Swirbul grew up in Carbondale, Colo., skiing with the Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club before moving to Alaska.  

Q: What is your favorite memory as a competitor?
A: Watching my relay teammate Katharine Ogden cross the finish line at World Juniors in Soldier Hollow in 2017. (Swirbul, Ogden, Hannah Halvorsen and Julia Kern won the bronze medal in the 4x4k team relay)

Q: When you're not skiing, what are you doing for fun?
A: Biking, fishing, camping, baking treats.

Q: Who's the most famous person you've ever met?
A: Dean from The Bachelor. Technically only sat next to him at a restaurant...(let's say that counts as meeting??)