Haywood RACE Report: Alberta wins Western Canadian Championship trophy! Congrats! http://t.co/JuuCHMRs17 pic.twitter.com/MP6TCSmr1F — Cross Country Canada (@cccski) January 19, 2015 cccski.com January 19, 2015. The 2015 edition of the Haywood NorAm Western Canadian Championships was a great success, with a large number of athletes and very competitive fields. On top of that, the weather cooperated…
By: Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook January 29, 2015 The Bow Valley maintains its reputation as a small but mighty producer of national level athletes, as it will send 11 athletes to the Canada Winter Games in Prince George from Feb. 13 to March 1. The Bow Valley has athletes in five different sports, and includes…
January 28, 2015. This video is about 2015 World Junior and U23 Nordic Champ athletes arrival to Kazakhstan and their perspective so far. Rest assured, we’re all rooting for you back home! Hope you have some time to enjoy the sights of Kazakhstan. World Jr/U23 Interview with @_dahria Beatty & Annah Hanthorn from Almaty! Good Luck…
Alysson Marshall. Good luck to our AWCA athletes racing in the Rybinsk, Russia World Cups this weekend. Graeme Killick finished 43rd in the15 km skate race, January 23. In skate sprint, Jess Cockney, Patrick Stewart-Jones, and Alysson Marshall toe the line tomorrow, January 24. See Meet The Team videos here
By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook January 22, 2015 In 1952, country legend Gene Autry sang of the Blue Canadian Rockies and how the shores of Lake Louise called to him across the ocean. Sixty-four years later, Cross-Country Canada believes that lake will have the same pull on the world’s best ski racers. Testing out the…
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Donors for Their Generosity. The 3rd annual Taste of Winter netted over $10,000 in support of our Athletes. We are grateful to support these inspiring young athletes who live and train, year-round in Canmore with the Alberta World Cup Academy, a National Training Development Centre. Sponsors Rocky Mountain Ski Lodge We Cater Canmore…
Canada’s Harvey 9th at FIS WCup 30km Skiathlon in Rybinsk as Vylegzhanin Grabs Gold (Rybinsk, Russia) – Alex Harv http://t.co/zuVFjHegqG — NA Nordic Ski Mag (@skitrax) January 26, 2015 skitrax.com release by CCC January 26, 2015 (Rybinsk, Russia) – Alex Harvey (CAN) bounced back after a difficult sprint race to climb his way back into the…
Powerhouses @BrianMcKeever @xcerik crowned para-Nordic World Champs at @IPCNordic #Cable2015 http://t.co/lbdBgv60wV pic.twitter.com/PDc6negoXR — CDN Paralympic Team (@CDNParalympics) January 26, 2015 Brian McKeever And Erik Carleton Crowned Para-Nordic World Champs January 25, 2015 Source: Cross Country Canada CABLE, Wis.—Brian McKeever and his guide Erik Carleton successfully defended their IPC World Championship title in the men’s 20-kilometre…
Ran into this amazing group of future Olympians today from the Rocky Mountain Jackrabbits. @cccski pic.twitter.com/NibIkoewgR — Alberta WC Academy (@WorldCupAcademy) January 26, 2015
Thanks to all the dedicated volunteers who helped make the Haywood Noram Westerns a huge success. It’s exciting to see the athletes compete but we couldn’t accomplish this without the tireless effort of our volunteers and well seasoned technical organization. Congratulations on a job well done!
By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook January 22, 2015 For a guy who’s usually found throwing himself off the end of ski jumps, Wesley Savill looked pretty comfortable powering through the historic ski trails between Lake Louise and Banff. Even sans ski jump, Savill, one of Canada’s rare nordic combined athletes, still managed to secure the…
By: Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook January 22, 2015 Mark Arendz will lead the Canadian contingent this year at the IPC World Championships in Cable, Wisconsin. Arendz, who already has 17 world cup medals to his credit, will compete in both para-biathlon and para-cross-country ski races. “My plan is to focus on the three biathlon races and try…
By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook January 22, 2015 Brendan Green shot clean, Megan Heinicke cracked the top 12 for the first time in her career and Scott Gow posted a personal best result in what was an excellent weekend for Canada on the world cup in Ruhpolding, Germany. Green returned to form with a…
By Justin Brisbane, January 22, 2015 The last time Andrea Dupont and Heidi Widmer battled head to head in a skate sprint at the Canmore Nordic Centre, it was for a trip to Sochi. On a tense, snowy day, Widmer dominated the field to clinch a trip to her first Olympics, while Dupont was left pondering…
By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook January 22, 2015 Villages north of the Arctic Circle aren’t traditional stomping grounds for cross-country skiers, but Annah Hanthorn is about to change that. The 19-year-old from Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories (pop. 742) is in the midst of a breakout season on the NorAm circuit, and won the Canadian Western…
