Henry Loher ‘26 on the podium at World Junior Qualifiers. Photo provided.
On January 19th, 2025, USA Ski Jumping officially announced the 2025 Junior Worlds Team, naming Henry Loher ‘26 as one of the five chosen. Canada has just announced their team and Mitchell Penning ’25 was one of the three chosen.
Junior Worlds is the highest level of U20 competition in Ski Jumping. Each country is allowed to have four competitors. Some choose to carry an alternate hence the 5-man team the US is bringing. This year, the competition will be in Lake Placid from the 11th – 16th of February.
Loher won all four of the Junior World qualifiers. Additionally, he set a new hill record on the HS 100M in Lake Placid with a 105-meter jump. “I am super-excited to get to compete at home,” Loher said. He also “hopes the Northwood community comes out to watch.”
Mitchell Penning ’25 (1st place on the podium). Photo provided.
Penning competed in only two of the qualifiers, both of which were held in Lake Placid. His impressive results solidified his spot on the Canadian 2025 Junior Worlds Ski Jumping Team. Mitchell also said he hopes, “the community comes out to support.”
Northwood NYSEF Ski Jumping Head Coach Colin Delaney said he “is super psyched that they are getting the opportunity to compete at the highest level of their career thus far and that it is on their home hill. They are on a team with some of the strongest US and Canadian juniors we have ever had.”
Northwood alum and USA Ski Jumping National Team member Tate Frantz. Photo by USA Ski Jumping.
The US team also sports another name that is familiar to Northwood. Tate Frantz, who attended Northwood School from 2020-2021, is competing for Team USA and is one of the favorites in the competition. He has taken two top 10 results in the World Cup so far this season and is one of—if not the—strongest jumpers attending Junior Worlds.
