VT HCR215

Congratulates Ben Ogden of Landgrove, Vermont for winning two silver medals in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics—one in the sprint classic (finishing one second behind Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klaebo) and one in the team sprint freestyle with partner Gus Schumacher

Ogden became the first American to podium in Olympic cross-country skiing since Vermont's Bill Koch won silver in 1976, ending a 50-year drought

Ogden and Schumacher became the first Americans ever to medal in the Olympic cross-country ski sprint team freestyle event (February 17, 2026)

Ogden is a fourth-generation Landgrove resident, University of Vermont mechanical engineering graduate, two-time individual NCAA champion, and member of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team and Stratton-based SMS T2 team

Directs the Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to Ben Ogden, his mother Andrea Ogden, Bill Koch, and Gus Schumacher