Noelle Pikus-Pace (Orem, Utah) earned her first world cup gold medal since 2004 in the women's skeleton race on Jan. 11 in Koenigssee, Germany. With a steady snow fall throughout the competition, Pikus-Pace had a combined time of 1:47.51 and beat the field by 0.41 seconds.

HOW SWEET IT IS

Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) surprised the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup field with a flawless downhill run to win her first world cup event on Jan. 12 in St. Anton, Austria. Coming out of the fourth starting position, McKennis posted a time of 1:14.62 and led three Americans into the top six.

BIATHLON

Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, N.Y.) finished 19th in the 15-kilometer world cup mass start on Jan. 13 in Ruhpolding, Germany. Burke completed the course in 37:46.6 and had two penalties in standing. Meanwhile, Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, N.Y.) cleaned both stages at the range and completed the 10K in 24:59.5 to finish 26th. In the 4x7 relay, the team of Lowell, Leif Nordgren (Marine, Minn.), Russell Currier (Stockholm, Maine) and Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, Alaska) finished 14th with a time of 1:17:06.0.

BOBSLED/SKELETON

Elana Meyers (Douglasville, Ga.) and Aja Evans (Chicago, Ill.) had a record- breaking result at the world cup in the women's two-man bobsled. The pair pushed the sled off the block in 5.22 to break the record in the first heat, and broke it again in the second run (5.20). USA-1 finished with a two-run total of 1:44.09 to place eighth on Jan. 11 in Koenigssee, Germany. On the men's side, Steven Holcomb (Park City, Utah) and Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) saw their streak of top-five finishes come to a close, as USA-1 posted a total time of 1:41.01 and finished eighth. In skeleton, John Daly (Smithtown, N.Y.) climbed seven spots in his final run to lead the U.S.Daly put together a total time of 1:44.49 and slid into 11th place, while teammate Matt Antoine (Prairie du Chien, Wis.) finished 17th.

The married couple of Brad Stewart (Hastings, Minn.) and Kimber Gabryszak (Park City, Utah) led the U.S. at the intercontinental cup on Jan. 12 in Altenberg, Germany. Stewart finished sixth in the first men's skeleton race, and climbed to fifth in his second race. Meanwhile, Gabryszak earned a fifth-place finish with a two-run total of 2:02.54.

Savannah Graybill (Denver, Pa.) had a pair of top-eight finishes in the women's skeleton races at the European Cup, which ran from Jan. 12-13 in Igls, Austria. In the first race, Graybill finished fourth with a total time of 1:52.75. The following day she placed sixth with a 1:52.24 two-run total.

BOXING

Boxers from eight states won 13 titles at the Junior World Team Open, held Jan. 11 in Reno, Nev. The winners earned the opportunity to represent the U.S. at the 2013 AIBA Junior Men's World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine.

CURLING

Heath McCormick (Hudson, N.Y.) and Allison Pottinger (St. Paul, Minn.) helped lead Team North America to a 37-23 victory over Team World at the 2013 World Financial Group Continental Cup on Jan. 13 in Penticton, British Columbia.

CYCLING

Logan Owen (Bremerton, Wash.) won his eighth consecutive national championship on Jan. 12 in Verona, Wis. Owen outlasted the junior men's field and completed the course in 43:19. Other winners at the Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championship included Yannick Eckmann (Boulder, Colo.) in the U-23 men's division and Kaitlin Antonneau (Racine, Wis.) in the division I women's field.

EQUESTRIAN

Charlie Jacobs (Boston, Mass.) outlasted the field to win the $30,000 Mar-a- Lago Club Grand Prix during the first week of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival on Jan. 13 in Wellington, Fla. Riding atop Flaming Star, Jacobs was the fastest rider of the clear jump-off rounds (37.163).