BC Alpine Announces Summer Training Groups
BC Alpine announced at the recent provincial annual meeting in Kelowna, B.C., a group of 20 skiers selected to participate in a BC Ski Team Training Group for the summer and fall months.
After a successful season by BC athletes at all levels of ski racing, BC Alpine is looking to broaden the talent base within a resurgent provincial club system while supporting a group of elite skiers over the summer.
The BCST Training Group will be at an on snow camp next week in Whistler, B.C., from May 17-21, and then continue a six-month prep phase with ski camps at Mt. Hood, Oregon, as well as Portillo, Chile, and Sun Peaks. The team will also conduct centralized fitness camps in Fernie and Whistler in the summer months. The BC Ski Team will be officially announced in late October at the conclusion of the preparation period.
The High Performance (HPP) program, a cooperative initiative with the BC Alpine and BC Alpine clubs, will provide opportunities for skiers tracking in the provincial high performance stream, to interact and train with each other over select opportunities over the summer and fall. The identified HPP skiers will be invited to a three-week training camp in La Parva, Chile, in September, a fall camp in Sun Peaks in November, as well as select athletes will be integrated with the BC Ski Team for on snow and fitness camp opportunities.
Some skiers from last season’s BCST will be moving on or moving up.
Long-time BC Ski Team racer Sarah Elliot, from Oyama, has decided to retire from ski racing, while Sarah Freeman, from Pincher Creek and the Fernie Alpine Ski Team, has received a scholarship opportunity from two NCAA-affiliated schools in the United States, where she would continue her racing career at the Nor-Am level. Roger Carry, from Calgary and Fernie Alpine Ski Team, also received an opportunity to ski with a top level school, University of Boulder, Colorado. Both Carry and Freeman will be supported fully by the BCST in their prep phase and at competitions next season.
Nor-Am winner Ford Swette, from North Vancouver and the Whistler Mountain Ski Club, as well as Fernie, B.C.’s Stephanie Gartner and Tyler Werry, have been invited to training opportunities with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. Alpine Canada will be announcing the national training program shortly.
Congratulations to the following BCST Training Group and HPP skiers.
Women:
Charley Field, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Stephanie Gartner, Fernie Alpine Ski Team
Emma King, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Alix Wells, Prince George Ski Team
Sarah Freeman, Fernie Alpine Ski Team (summer)
Invitee: Hallie McLachlan, Fernie Alpine Ski Team
Men:
Tyler Werry, Fernie Alpine Ski Team
Broderick Thompson, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Brodie Seger, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Martin Grasic, Windermere Valley
Dom Unterberger, Revelstoke Ski Club
Patrick Carry, Fernie Alpine Ski Team
Blake Ramsden, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Roger Carry, Fernie Alpine Ski Team (summer)
Coaches:
Head Coach: Johnny Crichton
Men’s Coach: Nick Cooper
Women’s Coach: JP Daigneault
Serviceman: Aaron Speden
High Performance (HPP) Group:
Women
Rachel Vander Veen, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Silken Rauhala, Big White Racers
Kelly Steeves, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Mikayla Martin, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Antonia Wearmouth, Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club
Courtney Hoffos, Windermere Valley Ski Club
Stefanie Fleckenstein, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Meg Cumming, Apex Ski Club
Tyra Collombin, Fernie Alpine Ski Team
Alternate: Emily Unterberger, Revelstoke Ski Club
Men
Austin Llewellyn, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Seger Nelson, Big White Racers
Kyle Yates, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Connor Callaghan, Big White Racers
Jack Crawford, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Sam Mulligan, Grouse Mountain
Riley Seger, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Matthew Kreutz, Vernon Ski Club
Cameron Alexander, Whistler Mountain Ski Club
For More Information Contact:
Gordie Bowles
BC Alpine Athletic Director
604-678-3072
gordieb@bcalpine.com