2009- 2010 Alberta Development Team Roster

Nelson Allan

Nico Bohning-Hunter
Nicola Davies
Leif Edwardson
Christian Gow
Peter Hicks
Carly Holland
Seraina Keller
Maya MacIsaac-Jones 
Chantal McGrath
Samantha Reid

Matthew Saurette

Joelle Sevigny
Suzanne Stevenson
 

 

Nelson Allan
Age: 14

Gender: Male

Birth place: Canmore, AB

Current hometown: Canmore, AB

Category: Juvenile

Club: Canmore Nordic

Years skiing: 11

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Camps, training, racing!

Favorite place to ski: Silverstar, Callaghan Valley

Ski background: Family to Jackrabbit to racing

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. 1st and 3rd at 2008 Alberta Winter Games

2. Making ADT

3. 2nd in AB Cup in Canmore 2009

Goals (ski related and other): to improve my fitness and grow to be 7 ft. tall

Other favorite activities: soccer, golf, biking, watching the Tour de France

 

 

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Nico Tobias Bohning-Hunter
Age: 14

Gender: Male

Birth place: Vancouver, B.C.

Current hometown: Canmore, AB

Category: Juvenile

Club: Rocky Mountain Racers

Years skiing: 9

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Meeting new people, going to new places

Favorite place to ski: Nipika

Ski background: Trail Sports Jackrabbits, Banff Ski Runners, CNSC, RMR

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Three out of three gold medals at AWG 2007

2. 24th at Nationals 2008 racing up

3. 1st 2008 AB Cup racing season

Goals (ski related and other): Medal in 2009-10 Nationals, participate in 2018 Olympics

Other favorite activities: Soccer, making/mixing music, drumming

 

 

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Nicola Davies
Age: 12

Gender: Female

Birth place: Calgary, AB

Current hometown: Canmore, AB

Category: Midget

Club: Canmore Nordic

Years skiing: 10

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Adrenaline, fun movement

Favorite place to ski: Canmore

Ski background: Been skiing all my life, racing as well

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Winning a Westerns race

2. making ADT

3. skiing from Fish Lake to Mt.Mac in the Yukon

Goals (ski related and other): Make Alberta Winter Games and learn guitar

Other favorite activities: swimming, soccer, biking, violin, biathlon

 

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Leif Edwardson
Age: 13

Gender: Male

Birth place: Edmonton, AB

Current hometown: Edmonton, AB

Category: Juvenile

Club: Edmonton Nordic

Years skiing: 8

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Friends and fitness

Favorite place to ski: Pembina

Ski background: Family, Jackrabbits and Edmonton Nordic

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Winter Games

2. Lake Louise camp

3. Westerns

Goals (ski related and other): Have fun and do well

Other favorite activities: Swimming, biking, soccer, volleyball and unicycling




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Christian Gow
Age: 16

Gender: Male

Birth place: Calgary, AB

Current hometown: Calgary, AB

Category: Junior

Club: Rocky Mountain Racers

Years skiing: 7

Former Jackrabbit?: No

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: It's so much fun & challenging

Favorite place to ski: Canmore, AB

Ski background: Started at COP when I was 8

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. 2nd place, 5km skate Nationals at Duntroon

2. 7th place, 7.5km classic Nationals at Duntroon

3. 2nd place, classic AB Cup

Goals (ski related and other): Top 5 at Nationals in all races

Other favorite activities: hiking, biking



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Peter Hicks
Age: 13

Gender: Male

Birth place: Ottawa, ON

Current hometown:  Canmore, AB

Category: Midget

Club: Canmore Nordic

Years skiing: 8

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: It's fun

Favorite place to ski: Lake Louise

Ski background: I've skied with Canmore since I was in Jackrabbits

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. 3rd at Westerns

2. going to Alberta Winter Games

3.

Goals (ski related and other): go to the Olympics

Other favorite activities:

 

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Carly Holland                                              
Age: 12

Gender: Female

Birth place: Canmore, AB

Current hometown: Canmore , AB

Category: Midget

Club: Canmore Nordic

Years skiing: 9

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Because it is fun

Favorite place to ski: Canmore Nordic Centre

Ski background: Jackrabbits/RSU/Trackattack/TT1/TT2

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Gold medal - sprints Alberta Winter Games 2008

2. Making the ADT for 2009-10

3. Two bronze medals Western Canadians 2009

Goals (ski related and other): Top three Midget girl Alberta Cup 2009-10

Other favorite activities: Mountain biking, running, violin, guitar, track and field

 

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Seraina Keller
Age: 14

Gender: Female

Birth place: Cranbrook, B.C.

Current hometown: Canmore, AB

Category: Juvenile

Club: Banff Ski Runners

Years skiing: 13

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Great outdoors & being with friends

Favorite place to ski: Canmore, AB

Ski background: Family

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Alberta Cups

2. Westerns

3. Nationals

Goals (ski related and other):

Other favorite activities:

 



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Maya MacIsaac-Jones 
Age: 13

Gender: Female

Birth place: Athabasca, AB

Current hometown: Athabasca, AB

Category: Juvenile

Club: Rocky Mountain Racers

Years skiing: 9

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: It is a lot of fun and a great challenge!

Favorite place to ski: Canmore Nordic Centre

Ski background: Former Jackrabbit, adn former member of Athabasca Nordic

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. 2nd place in 5km skate individual at 2009 Nationals

2. 5th place in 5km classic individual at 2009 Nationals

3. 3rd and 4th place at Sovereign Lake NorAm 2008

Goals (ski related and other): Win a gold medal at the Olympics

Other favorite activities: triathlon, x-c running, track and field, soccer

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Chantal McGrath
Age: 15

Gender: Female

Birth place: Edmonton, AB

Current hometown: Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Category: Junior Girls

Club: Fort Saskatchewan Nordic Ski Club

Years skiing: 13

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Keeping fit

Favorite place to ski: Whistler

Ski background: going to 2 Nationals, 2 Alberta Winter Games, several Westerns

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. 3rd Westerns Classic Sprints 2009

2. 1st AWG Classic 5km 2008

3. 5th Westerns Classic 5km 2009

Goals (ski related and other): To have fun in life

Other favorite activities: Volleyball, gymnastics, soccer

 

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Samantha Reid
Age: 16

Gender: Female

Birth place: Edmonton, AB

Current hometown: Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Category: Junior

Club: ENSC

Years skiing: 13

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: lots of fun

Favorite place to ski: Mountains

Ski background: Family, Jackrabbits, racing

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. 6th in classic sprints 800m at Nationals 2008-09

2. 4th in classic distance 7.5km at Nationals 2007-08

3. Top 15 in classic & skate 5km at Nationals 2008-09

Goals (ski related and other): To be fit, happy, and healthy

Other favorite activities: Piano, gymnastics, swimming, mountain biking

 

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Matthew Saurette
Age: 15

Gender: Male

Birth place: Edmonton, AB

Current hometown: Edmonton, AB

Category: Juvenile

Club: Edmonton Nordic

Years skiing: 10

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Like to train and travel

Favorite place to ski: Sovereign Lake

Ski background: Jackrabbits (my parents got me involved!)

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Aggregate for 1994 Ski Nationals

2. 2nd in AB - 2009

3.

Goals (ski related and other): Improve technique and be first in AB

Other favorite activities: Mountain biking, kayaking, running, eating!

 

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Joelle Sevigny

Age: 13

Gender: Female

Birth place: Hearst, ON

Current hometown: Canmore, AB

Category: Midget

Club: Foothills Nordic

Years skiing: 8

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: Meeting other athletes and skiing new courses

Favorite place to ski: Mount Shark, Kananaskis Country

Ski background: Skied in beautiful Hearst Trails until 2006 and moved 3500km away to ski at awesome Canmore Nordic Centre

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Meeting Olympic athletes Beckie Scott, Chandra Crawford, Sara Renner, Milaine Theriault

2. First Overall Midget AB Cup 2008-09

3. RSU most improved skier 2006-07

Goals (ski related and other): To participate at an Olympic Winter Games and to be a famous writer

Other favorite activities: Writing, reading, running, triathlon, drawing, biking

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Suzanne Stevenson

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Birth place: Calgary, AB

Current hometown: Calgary, AB

Category: Juvenile

Club: Foothills Nordic

Years skiing: 5

Former Jackrabbit?: Yes

Reasons you enjoy skiing & ski racing: It's fun

Favorite place to ski: Hinton, North Battleford

Ski background: Foothills racing rabbits & youth racing

Skiing highlights (three most meaningful ski related accomplishments):

1. Qualifying 3rd at Nationals sprint

2. Making ADT three times

3. Beating an (injured) Chris Jeffries at a five second running sprint

Goals (ski related and other): Make sure it stays fun

Other favorite activities: water aerobics

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