Congratulations to BC Ski Team racers Tyler Werry of Calgary (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) and Sarah Freeman of Pincher Creek (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) on being named, along with ten others, to Canada’s team for the Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Crans Montana, Switzerland.
“Our team has been in Europe since the first week of January where they have been training and participating in various FIS and Europa Cup races to get ready for the Alpine Junior World Ski Championships,” said National Program director Jean-François Rapatel.
“Our two head coaches, Kip Harrington and Jean-Sébastien Labrie, are both leading a very experienced squad of staff coming from the National Prospect Group, the Canadian Alpine Ski Team and our Provincial Ski Teams,” added Rapatel. “Together, they are doing everything they can to prepare and support the athletes in their final preparation for the Junior World Championships.”
The head coach for the ladies’ team will be Quebec-based Jean-Sébastien Labrie, also head coach of the ladies Prospect Group. The men’s head coach is Kip Harrington from Collingwood, Ont., who is also the men’s Prospect Group head coach.
The World Junior Championships kick off on January 30 and end February 6.
CANADIAN TEAM WORLD JUNIORS ALPINE SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men
Philip Brown – Toronto, Ont. (Alberta Ski Academy)
Dominique Garand – Mont-Tremblant, Que (Mont-Tremblant Ski Club)
Cody Pedersen – Calgary, Alta (Banff Alpine Racers)
Trevor Philp – Calgary, Alta (Banff Alpine Racers)
Erik Read – Calgary, Alta (Banff Alpine Racers)
Andy Trow – Canmore, Alta (Sunshine Ski Club)
Tyler Werry – Calgary, AB. (Fernie Alpine Ski Team/BC Ski Team)
Women
Sarah Freeman – Pincher Creek, AB. (Fernie Alpine Ski Team/BC Ski Team)
Madison Irwin – Toronto, ON (Craigleith Ski Club)
Madison McLeish Canmore, Alta (Alberta Ski Academy)
Brittany Phelan – Mont-Tremblant, Que, Club de ski Mont-Tremblant
Julia Roth – Waterloo, Ont, (Devil’s Glen Ski Club)
2011 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
SHEDULE OF EVENTS
January 30 Men Giant Slalom
January 30 Ladies Downhill
January 31 Men Slalom
January 31 Ladies Downhill
February 1 Ladies and Men Downhill
February 2 Ladies Giant Slalom
February 2 Men Downhill
February 3 Ladies Slalom
February 3 Men Downhill
February 4 Men Super-G
February 5 Ladies Super-G