by Nancy Richard | Feb 22, 2017 | Academy, Academy News, Athletes, Delphine Duvernay Tardif, Luke Gerwing
The 2017 Ski Nationals in Canmore is the next big event for the AWCA’s younger athletes, and the team has been training hard at the Canmore Nordic Centre in the lead-up to the big event, March 18-25. Luke Gerwing, Thomas Manktelow and Delphine Duvernay-Tardiff...
by Nancy Richard | Jan 23, 2017 | Academy, Academy News, Antoine Hebert, Athletes, Dahria Beatty, Delphine Duvernay Tardif, Jack Carlyle, Julien Locke, Knute Johnsgaard, Maya MacIsaac-Jones, Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Patrick Stewart-Jones
The Academy men swept the sprint podium, as the team dominated the Western Canadian Championships in Whistler B.C., Jan 21-23. With Knute Johnsgaard away on the World Cup, AWCA alumnus Jesse Cockney stepped in to take the open men’s title Friday (Jan. 21) in the skate...
by Nancy Richard | Jan 18, 2017 | Academy, Academy News, Athletes, Dahria Beatty, Delphine Duvernay Tardif, Julien Locke, Knute Johnsgaard
First came the exploding van window. Then came the bed bugs. Then the rain and faulty brakes. Yet despite harsh race conditions and unexpected SNAFUs, the Alberta World Cup Academy emerged with five medals from the U.S. Nationals in Soldier’s Hollow, Utah Jan 7-12....