"2010 Acceleration Team" Adds 12 High Potential Athletes to Women’s National Team
CALGARY, AB (May 3rd, 2007) – Alpine Canada Alpin named a record 55 ski racers to the 2007/08 Canadian Team today, adding 19 dynamic young ski racers to the list of athletes who last season amassed the country’s best ever performance on the World Cup circuit.
With the 2010 Olympic Winter Games less than three years away, Alpine Canada Alpin said adding athletes is critical to creating the intense internal competition that will deliver Olympic medallists.
Among this season’s additions are 12 women — the 2010 Acceleration Team – who are considered high potential athletes that will focus on gaining experience against tough international competition. Funding from the federal government’s “Own the Podium” program and from increased resources generated by ACA enabled the increase, making the Canadian team comparable in size to other world-leading ski racing nations.
WOMEN’S 2010 ACCELERATION TEAM – RESIDENCE (SKI CLUBS)
Andrea Bliss – Edmonton, AB (Edmonton Alpine Sports Academy)
Marie-Michèle Gagnon – Lac-Etchemin, QC (Mont Orignal)
Anya Holinski – Edmonton, AB (Edmonton Alpine Sports Academy)
Marie-Élaine Lépine – St-Colomban,QC (Mont Tremblant)
Kelly McBroom – Canmore, AB (Banff Alpine Racers)
Alexandra Parker – Calgary, AB (Sunshine Ski Club)
Krystyn Peterson – Mississaugua, ON (Craigleith Ski Club)
Eve Routhier – Sherbrooke, QC (Mont Orford)
Kate Ryley – Toronto, ON (Craigleith Ski Club)
Kelsey Serwa – Kelowna, BC (Big White Racers)
Georgia Simmerling – West Vancouver, BC (Grouse Tyee Ski Club)
Elli Terwiel – Heffley Creek, BC (Sun Peaks Alpine Club)
Final selection to the Canadian Men’s Development Training Group and the Women’s 2010 Acceleration Team for the 2007/08 season will be made in October upon completion of the training period.
Athletes selected to participate in summer training, chosen on a basis of performances within the domestic race series and international rankings, will go through a rigorous summer regiment in Calgary, AB and Mont Tremblant, QC, on-snow training camps Chile and Argentina as well as on snow training at Camp Green at Farnham Glacier in southeastern British Columbia.