by BCAadmin | Jan 10, 2005 | Member News
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KANANASKIS, Alta.- Shona Rubens of Calgary earned her sixth gold medal this season but this time shared the top spot on the podium with Allison Empey of Calgary as they tied for first place in the women's giant slalom race at the Pontiac GMC Cup.
Rubens and Empey each clocked a two-run time of 2:09.48 at Nakiska Mountain. For the second straight day Carmel McElroy of Calgary was third in 2:10.84. It was the second consecutive afternoon that Albertans swept the podium in women's competition.
In the men's GS, it was a B.C., sweep as Scott Hume of Whistler hung on to first place at 2:05.20 with Robbie Dixon of Whistler second at 2:05.25 and Dustin Fraser of Quadra Island third at 2:06.05.
For Hume it was his second victory in three days to go along with a silver on Sunday. He is the younger brother of Jeff Hume who placed sixth at a World Cup downhill on Saturday.
''I'm pretty happy about it and I'm looking forward to testing myself against the Europeans,'' said Hume, 22, who'll head overseas after this competition to compete on the Europa Cup circuit. ''I'm certainly very confident right now. I'm trying to be as consistent and as clean which is something I've struggled with of late. These kind of races for a more experienced guy like me is the perfect preparation.''
The Pontiac GMC Cup series features 32 races in four provinces before the national championships in March. The series culminates with the 2005 Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships at Mont Ste-Anne and Le Massif, in Quebec, from March 17-22, 2005. The best young athletes from Canada compete head-to-head against athletes from the Canadian Alpine Ski Team in speed and technical events. The Nakiska stop ends Tuesday.
Monday's leading giant slalom results at the Pontiac GMC Cup alpine skiing competition
Men: 1. Scott Hume, Whistler, B.C., 2:05.20; 2. Robbie Dixon, Whistler, 2:05.25; 3. Dustin Fraser, Quadra Island, 2:06.05; 4. Jeff Crompton, Calgary, 2:06.27; 5. James Arnott, New Zealand, 2:06.63; 6. Brady Leman, Calgary, 2:06.95; 7. Graham Kraft, Vernon, B.C., 2:07.14; 8. Ben Chaddock, Richmond, B.C., 2:07.60; 9. Taylor Wronko, Calgary, 2:08.02; 10. Dustin McLeay, Calgary, 2:08.20.
Women: 1. (tie) Shona Rubens, Calgary and Allison Empey, Calgary, 2`:09.48; 3. Carmel McElroy, Calgary, 2:10.84; 4. Kelly McBroom, Canmore, Alta., 2:12.12; 5. Kayla Leman, Calgary, 2:13.34; 6. Julia Peters, Campbell River, B.C., 2:13.63; 7. Lindsay Kraft, Vernon, B.C., 2:13.71; 8. Georgia Simmerling, West Vancouver, 2:13.96; 9. Sandra MacDonald, Summerland, B.C., 2:14.16; 10. Jennifer Sudermann, Calgary, 2:14.45.
by BCAadmin | Jan 10, 2005 | Member News
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HUME 'JUMPS' INTO 6TH PLACE AT WORLD CUP DOWNHILL IN CHAMONIX
Hume, the ninth skier out of the start hut, appeared amazed when he crossed the finish line and looked up at the jumbo screen, which showed he had taken the lead. Hume stood smiling broadly in the leader's TV box for 20 minutes, surrounded by his teammates and other well-wishers, as his time of 1:1:57.42 held for another five racers. The Canadian was eventually ousted from top position by Austrian Mario Scheiber but that did little to diminish his enthusiasm for his first World Cup points.
“I'm so happy,” Hume said. “I got to stand in the leader box at World Championships two years ago for about a minute and a half. I got to stand there for 15-20 minutes today, it was great.”
Hume knew he had no excuses after having secured start No. 9 in training the previous day. “I was really nervous. I knew I had a perfect start number and I had all the advantages. I had the right equipment, I knew everything was working for me,” Hume said.
“I knew I was having a good run, and usually when I know I'm doing well I hold back a little bit, and I think I just did a turn really well and have a lot of speed, and I'll just hold it for the bottom.
That's what I did.”
The team's head coach, Burkhard Schaffer, was proud of Jeff's run. “It's a great day for Jeff, if you have a look at how many crashed and how many were injured, it's not an easy downhill.”
Alpine Canada Alpin is thrilled to highlight Patrick Biggs and Jeff Hume, two exceptional Canadian athletes amongst a team of so many others. Genevi
by BCAadmin | Sep 2, 2004 | Member News
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This fall Alpine Canada Alpin, the Provincial Sport Organizations and the Canadian Ski Coaches Federation are launching a series of Development Level Conditioning seminars across the country. This seminar is a hands-on 2 day session that provides the coach with examples of safe and effective physical training for athletes in the “train to train” development phase. It focuses on developing priority physical capacities for K1/K2 athletes.
Presenters will be Dr. Steve Norris from the National Training Center in Calgary and Dave Ellis, Alpine Canada Director of Sport Science. Athlete physical conditioning plays a key role in optimizing the opportunities for skill development on snow. Give your athletes a head start.
Schedule of Events
Location Date Contact for Cost and Registration Details
Calgary, AB September 16-17 Alberta Alpine – Jim Davis – jim@albertaalpine.ca
Collingwood, ON October 1-2 Alpine Ontario – Doug Findlay – dfindlay@alpineontario.ca
Kamloops, BC October 21-22 BC Alpine – Gordie Bowles – programs@bcalpine.com
Winnipeg, MB October 29-31 Manitoba Ski – Bob Lawrie – info@skimanitoba.com
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by BCAadmin | Aug 24, 2004 | Member News
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The BC Ski Teams (Men and Women) and the B2B Group wrapped up successful camps on the Mt. Hood Oregon glacier recently.
The provincial groups gained mileage on terrain well suited to training at this time of the year. The Men's and Women's teams are now preparring for a block of training in South America (Chile) in late September. The B2B group now heads into a fall fitness training block before resuming on-snow training in November.
MEN'S GIANT SLALOM RESULTS – MONDAY
