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2009- 2010 Alberta Development Team Roster |
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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
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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
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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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Copyright Cross Country Alberta 2008
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