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The tenets of athlete development are that the Alberta World Cup Academy will:
- provide programs that are unique in Canada, are athlete centered, and that set new standards for athlete performance.
- prepare athletes to be ready for entry to national teams and for international success.
- support all athlete with the same levels of technical support, regardless of their performance profile or scholarship status
- accommodate full time year round training and competition schedules. Only athletes that have graduated from high school are eligible.
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 | The team has returned from their two-week trip out east, concluding with last weekends Eastern Canadian Championship mini-tour. Despite some warmer weather earlier in the week, the snow and trails held up quite well. From the three races, Academy athletes hit the mark in every race, and swept the podium on a number of days... » more » |
| |  | Fresh from their trip oversees to the World Under-23 Championships, Heidi Widmer and Annika Hicks have summed up their experiences on their blogs. Check them out below... » more » |
| |  | The last set of selection races for the upcoming World Championships in Val de Fiemme, Italy, took place last weekend at the Highlands Nordic ski site. Saturday's classic sprint and Sunday's skate distance event were the last stretch of trial races used, starting off with the first set in Thunder Bay at the turn of the New Year... » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy is hosting a dinner and silent auction fundraiser with proceeds going towards the program. Click to find out more and register on Zone4.ca » more » |
| |  | The Canmore World Cups highlighted some of the fastest skiiers in the world from December 13 - 16, and skiing among those were some of the Alberta World Cup Academy athletes, marking breakthrough performances as they competed at home... » more » |
| |  | The first set on Canadian World Cups are now over, with the team sprint and skate sprint taking place last Friday and Saturday in Québec City. The first time the city has hosted a world cup, the city sprint offered a relatively flat but twisty course on the 800m loop... » more » |
| |  | This past weekend was the first set of NorAm races of the season, with a skate sprint and classic distance race also being used as selection races for the upcoming Canadian World Cup... » more » |
| |  | The men from the Academy along with the Thunder Bay NDC and a couple other teams raced a 17km Skiathlon on the weekend in preperation for the first set of NorAm competitions coming up... » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy (AWCA) is pleased to announce a new partnership for this season with Stoneham Ski Apparel. Stoneham has signed-on to provide all of the team’s clothing needs, including race suit, training clothes and headwear, through the 2014 race season. Strong programs are built around strong partnerships... » more » |
| |  | Yesterday welcomed the first race of the winter season, the WinSport Frozen Thunder Classic. Coming into its second year as an annual event, the classic sprint style race takes advantage of the early snow at the Canmore Nordic Centre... » more » |
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