ALPINE CANADA ALPIN
News Release
THIRTEEN OLYMPIANS NAMED TO CANADIAN ALPINE SKI TEAM SUMMER TRAINING GROUP
39 Athletes Selected to Compete For Spots on 2009/2010 National and Olympic Teams
CALGARY, AB (May 11, 2009) – "Thirteen Olympians are among 39 athletes named to participate in Alpine Canada Alpin summer training programs, Chief Athletics Officer Max Gartner announced Monday as the organization intensifies efforts to achieve podium results at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
The group led by 18 senior men and 11 senior women includes seven World Cup winners and three World Championship medalists. They will be joined by 10 high-potential development ski racers when dryland training gets underway this week. The team competing on the World Cup during the 2009/2010 season will be selected in November from this training group." Read FULL RELEASE
CANADIAN ALPINE SKI TEAM – SUMMER TRAINING GROUP
SENIOR MEN
Patrick Biggs – Orleans, ON (Ottawa Ski Club) *OWG
François Bourque – New Richmond, QC (Pin Rouge) *OWG
Dustin Cook – Lac Sainte Marie, QC (Mont Ste-Marie)
Julien Cousineau – Lachute, QC (Mont-Tremblant)
Robbie Dixon – Whistler, BC (Whistler Mountain Ski Club)
Jeffrey Frisch – Mont-Tremblant, QC (Mont Tremblant)
Erik Guay – Mont-Tremblant, QC (Mont-Tremblant) *OWG
Stefan Guay – Mont-Tremblant, QC (Mont-Tremblant)
Louis-Pierre Hélie – Berthierville, QC (Mont-Ste-Anne)
Jan Hudec – Calgary, AB (Banff Alpine Racers)
Michael Janyk – Whistler, BC (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) *OWG
John Kucera – Calgary, AB (Calgary Alpine Racing Club) *OWG
Tyler Nella – Toronto, ON (Georgian Peaks)
Manuel Osborne-Paradis – Vancouver, BC (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) *OWG
Jean-Philippe Roy – Ste-Flavie, QC / Gatineau, QC (Mont-Comi) *OWG
Ryan Semple – Montreal, QC / Mont-Tremblant, QC (Mont-Tremblant) *OWG
Brad Spence – Calgary, AB (NATC – Team Panorama)
Trevor White – Calgary, AB (NATC – Fortress Alpine Ski Team)
MEN’S DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Travis Dawson – Calgary, AB (NATC – Fernie)
Mathieu Routhier – Sherbrooke, QC (Mont Orford Ski Club)
Erik Read – Calgary, AB (Banff Alpine Racers)
SENIOR LADIES
Brigitte Acton – Mont-Tremblant, QC (Mont-Tremblant) *OWG
Emily Brydon – Fernie, BC (Fernie Snow Valley Racers) *OWG
Marie-Michèle Gagnon – Lac-Etchemin, QC (Mont Orignal)
Anna Goodman – Pointe Claire, QC (Mont-Tremblant)
Britt Janyk – Whistler, BC (Whistler Mountain Ski Club)
Kelly McBroom – Canmore, AB (Banff Alpine Racers)
Eve Routhier – Sherbrooke, QC (Mont Orford)
Shona Rubens – Canmore, AB (Lake Louise / Sunshine Ski Club) *OWG
Geneviève Simard – Val-Morin, QC (Montcalm (Val-St-Côme) *OWG
Kelly VanderBeek – Kitchener, ON (Chicopee Ski Club) *OWG
Larisa Yurkiw – Owen Sound, ON (Georgian Peaks Ski Club)
LADIES DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Stephanie Irwin – Calgary, AB (Banff Alpine Racers)
Erin Mielzynski – Guelph, ON (Georgian Peaks Ski Club)
Brittany Phelan – Mont Tremblant, QC (Mont-Tremblant Ski Club)
Marie-Pierre Préfontaine – Saint-Sauveur, QC (Club Chanteclerc)
Georgia Simmerling – West Vancouver, BC (Grouse Tyee Ski Club)
Elli Terwiel – Heffley Creek, BC (SunPeaks Alpine Club)
Victoria Whitney – Whistler, BC (Whistler Mountain Ski Club)
* OWG indicates Olympic Winter Games experience