Home | About Lyndee | The Latest News | Recent Photos | Helping Her Cause | Special Thanks About Lyndee... Lyndee Janowiak was an active member of the Manistee Ski Club (MSC) for ten years. From ages 5 through 14, Lyndee trained and competed with the MSC. During those years, Lyndee was coached by many of the MSC coaches including her father, Dan Janowiak. Lyndee claims that the quality of the programming and the personal interest the MSC staff had for her helped her tremendously to achieve so much at a young age. From ages 4 through 8 Lyndee was ranked annually in the top ten of NASTAR'S national rankings in her respective age group. Lyndee also competed in many of the popular Tecnica Cup events. By age 9, Lyndee not only won within her age group, but was the fastest racer in any age group at the Tecnica Cup. At age 10, Lyndee began racing in the MSC CUSSA Program. For the next five years, (ages 10-15), Lyndee continued to represent the MSC. During that period, she qualified for the Rocky/Central Junior Olympics five times. She won four Junior Olympic titles, including two overall titles. Twice she qualified to represent the United States at North America's largest international children's race at the Whistler Cup in British Columbia. At age 15, Lyndee was just one of three girls to represent the United States at the Trofeo Topolino Events in Pinzolo, Italy. The Topolino event is the world's most prestigious children's race. During this period of time the MSC became recognized around the world. When Lyndee was 15, she sustained a serious knee injury toward the end of the ski season. Lyndee, however, turned what could have been a huge setback in her ski race career into something very positive. During the eight months that followed the injury, Lyndee rehabbed and conditioned hard. She returned to the mountain in the early fall healthy and with renewed focus to achieve her goals. For two seasons Lyndee was a member of the Quantum Sports Club in Breckenridge, Colorado. While with QSC, Lyndee obtained valuable competition opportunities throughout Europe. During those seasons she had 26 starts in Europe. It is important to note that Lyndee's competition is still a little bit age based, but mostly the competition is against women of all ages worldwide. In 2004, Lyndee was the reigning USSA J2 National Giant Slalom Champion. This is the title she earned at the USSA J2 National Championships in Lake Placid. Later that year, Lyndee enrolled with the Park City Ski Education Foundation (The Park City Ski Team), in Park City, Utah. By making the move to the Park City Ski Team, Lyndee felt she'd be able to maximize her potential. During her two seasons with the Park City Ski Team, Lyndee's primary forum for competition was the NorAm circuit in Canada and the United States. The NorAm circuit is North America’s most elite level of alpine racing. With roots at Michigan's Crystal Mountain, Lyndee in her early years excelled in alpine racing’s technical events, slalom and giant slalom. To this day these events may be Janowiak’s best events. Although, the speed events, downhill and super-g have perhaps become Janowiak’s favorite. This past season Janowiak established herself as one of the country’s best four event juniors and as a result, was named to the U.S. Ski Team's Development Team this past summer! Janowiak began on-snow training with the U.S. Ski Team in Mammoth Mountain, California in mid-May. This was followed by a conditioning camp and medical testing at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego, California, and then three months of conditioning in Park City. In July, Janowiak and the Team did more on-snow training at Mt. Hood, OR, before heading onto Chile in August and Austria in September. From the U.S. Ski Team’s Development Team, Lyndee will then progress to the “C Team,” the “B-Team” and eventually the “A-Team.” (The racers you see representing the United States during the Olympics typically come from either the A or B teams, depending on their performance leading up to the Olympics.) Janowiak’s first competition representing the United States as a U.S. Ski Team member was the last weekend of November in Winter Park, CO, with the NorAm Opener. Click here to see her recent results.