Friday afternoon marks the start of the inaugual Youth Winter Olympic Games, an international competition for rising teenage sports stars. As one might imagine, Utah is well-represented.

Some of you may have caught our story about Park City snowboarder Max Raymer, but those interested in local Olympians should know there are eight total Utahns competing in the Games. Utah sent more Olympic athletes than any other state, and five from Park City alone.

They are as follows:

Ty Andersen (Alpine) • Men’s Luge

Pat Edmunds (Park City) • Men’s Luge

Timi Earl (Heber City) • Women’s Skeleton

Lizzy Maxwell (Draper) • Women’s Skeleton

Will Rhoads (Park City) • Men’s Ski Jumping

Jeanee Crane-Mauzy (Park City) • Women’s Freestyle Skiing

Colton Kissell (Park City) • Men’s Nordic Combined

Max Raymer (Park City) • Men’s Snowboarding

For more info, you can check out the Youth Olympics page. We'll be tracking results of the Games and updating them on the Overtime blog, so check back here occasionally.

— Kyle Goon

kgoon@sltrib.com

Twitter: @kylegoon