Kathy Stahr | BC Alpine Ski Association

’68 Olympic champ skied so fast she broke the clocks… or so the legend goes

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 14, 2017 | Member News

A double skiing medallist at the 1968 Olympics, where she won giant slalom gold, Nancy Greene was named her country's female athlete of the 20th century by The Canadian Press. (Chuck Stoody/Canadian Press)

"Time may stop for no one, but Nancy Greene Raine once skied so quickly she momentarily left the folks from Omega scratching their heads. Canada's female athlete of the 20th century needs no real introduction for anyone who lived there — or who consumed a Mars bar while doing it. The daughter of B.C.'s mountains skied three Olympics, beginning in 1960 at Squaw Valley in the U.S. (at just 16), then Innsbruck, Austria for 1964. She hit a super stride in time for 1968 at Grenoble, France, resulting in a silver in the slalom and a gold in the giant slalom."

By Malcolm Kelly, for CBC Sports Posted: Feb 14, 2017 11:03 AM ET
Read full story here: Nancy Greene: Ahead by a century

Athletes born 2001/02 have until Feb 14 to apply for final Mike & Manny Camp

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 7, 2017 | Member News

Message from Mike and Manny…

The final year of the Mike and Manny Cowboys camp is now. This marks the tenth year of the cowboys ski camp hosted by Mike Janyk and Manuel Osborne-Paradis.

In 2006, while in Chile at a training camp, Manny turned to Mike and said “It’s time to give back.” And from there the Mike and Manny camp was born, hosting passionate young ski racers who wouldn’t otherwise have the financial means to attend an off-season camp. The first year saw ten kids come from across BC join Mike, Manny, Robbie Dixon and Nick Cooper for a week-long ski camp combining the love of skiing, the spirit of giving, and the knowing of possibility with the purpose of fun. A decade later we’ve come to realize this is a recipe to inspire kids to believe.

Over the years our camp has expanded from a provincial to a national program. We’ve accepted 115 young ski racers in total, worked with amazing volunteer cooks and coaches in a donated Whistler home, and been donated over $150,000 from our amazing supporters to make it all happen.

A special thank you to Richard and Jacquie Prokopanko, Jane Osborne, Bruce Goldsmid and Kathy Stahr at BC Alpine, Nick Cooper, our volunteer coaches, photographer Sean Frith, Leslie Clarke, Andree Janyk, Jon Paul Holt, the Petersens, Whistler Blackcomb, the BrewHouse Whistler, Alpine Canada Alpin, the Whistler Mountain Ski club, the Danny Clarke Foundation, the NZ Foundation, Lululemon, the Mike and Manny Foundation board of directors, all of our amazing private donors over the years and the athletes who apply and make the camp so special. Thank you!!!

If you are, or know of, a deserving athlete who meets our financial and character criteria, born in 2001 or 2002, please have them apply at www.mikeandmanny.com

The 2017 Cowboys Camp application is up and active!!! You can find it, and lots more information, at this link http://www.mikeandmanny.com/ski-camp/ The application period is open until February 14.

Red Mountain Racers host round 2 in Teck U16 Open Race Series; SL & GS

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 6, 2017 | Member News

TECK OPEN Round 2 Race Series (above photos by Graham Ross – Maja Woolley and Nathan Romanin, gold medal winners on day 1)
GS & SL at Red Mountain Resort, Rossland BC
Hosted by the Red Mountain Racers
February 2-5, 2017

(Photo Credit: Caillum Smith http://www.preservedlight.com)

Thursday – Men's GS

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	11	ROMANIN, Nathan	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	58.26	1:02.94	2:01.20
2	1	HARLEY, Kieran	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	59.02	1:03.27	2:02.29
3	14	ATHANS, Isaac	Apex Ski Club	2002	58.52	1:04.10	2:02.62
4	12	VAN SOEST, Gerrit	Vernon Ski Club	2001	59.18	1:03.53	2:02.71
5	45	MOODER, Phillip	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	1:00.85	1:04.48	2:05.33
6	3	KASSA, Caele	Vernon Ski Club	2001	1:00.26	1:05.71	2:05.97
7	6	JACOBY, Joshua	Sun Peaks Alpine Club	2001	1:01.10	1:05.24	2:06.34
8	18	ALLMAN, Evan	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:00.98	1:06.05	2:07.03
9	19	BLASER, Devin	Apex Ski Club	2002	1:01.62	1:05.49	2:07.11
10	23	BORG, Noa	Apex Ski Club	2001	1:01.38	1:06.53	2:07.91

Thursday – Women's SL

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	8	WOOLLEY, Maja	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	50.59	52.38	1:42.97
2	4	STREET, Charlize	Fernie Alpine Ski Team	2001	50.82	52.61	1:43.43
3	9	GOUGEON COMEAU, Charlie	NATAC	2001	51.14	52.67	1:43.81
4	6	ANDISON, Jane	Red Mountain Racers	1999	52.07	52.80	1:44.87
5	13	JENKINS, Hallie	Big White Ski Club	2002	53.56	54.47	1:48.03
6	14	KOCZIJ, Agatka	Apex Ski Club	2001	54.57	54.50	1:49.07
7	10	KRANJC, Gigi	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	55.29	54.15	1:49.44
8	5	ROSS, Julia	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	53.89	56.03	1:49.92
9	11	CHARTRAND, Alexandra	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2002	54.72	55.63	1:50.35
10	20	MARTIN, Cory	Fernie Alpine Ski Team	2002	54.39	56.10	1:50.49

Friday – Men's GS

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	1	VAN SOEST, Gerrit	Vernon Ski Club	2001	1:03.36	59.43	2:02.79
2	3	PANKE, Kristof	Red Mountain Racers	2002	1:02.44	1:01.20	2:03.64
3	10	ATHANS, Isaac	Apex Ski Club	2002	1:03.41	1:00.69	2:04.10
4	7	HARLEY, Kieran	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:03.01	1:01.56	2:04.57
5	2	HOOTON, Beckett	Sun Peaks Alpine Club	2001	1:05.38	59.56	2:04.94
6	13	TAFEL, Samuel	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	1:04.56	1:00.93	2:05.49
6	20	WESTBY, Tamatea	Apex Ski Club	2001	1:04.16	1:01.33	2:05.49
8	4	JACOBY, Joshua	Sun Peaks Alpine Club	2001	1:04.41	1:01.38	2:05.79
9	8	JORDAN, Tait	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2002	1:05.51	1:00.70	2:06.21
10	32	GREENE, Oliver	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2002	1:05.33	1:01.08	2:06.41

Friday – Women's SL

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	8	STREET, Charlize	Fernie Alpine Ski Team	2001	51.43	56.87	1:48.30
2	14	GOUGEON COMEAU, Charlie	NATAC	2001	51.19	57.14	1:48.33
3	5	ANDISON, Jane	Red Mountain Racers	1999	52.14	58.14	1:50.28
4	17	JUMONVILLE, Freya	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2002	53.66	59.92	1:53.58
5	2	KRANJC, Gigi	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	55.05	59.37	1:54.42
6	7	KOPER, Lauren	Black Dogs Ski Club	2002	54.84	1:00.46	1:55.30
7	18	TILLER, Adelaide	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	54.76	1:00.72	1:55.48
8	10	ROSS, Julia	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	56.07	59.64	1:55.71
9	11	KALUDJERCIC, Ksenija	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	55.58	1:00.18	1:55.76
10	9	KOCZIJ, Agatka	Apex Ski Club	2001	55.73	1:00.08	1:55.81

Saturday – Women's GS

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	1	KRANJC, Gigi	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:02.13	1:01.50	2:03.63
2	6	ROSS, Julia	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:03.04	1:02.05	2:05.09
3	10	STREET, Charlize	Fernie Alpine Ski Team	2001	1:03.82	1:01.69	2:05.51
4	3	BRUDAR, Una	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2002	1:04.12	1:03.49	2:07.61
5	7	CHARTRAND, Alexandra	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2002	1:04.13	1:03.49	2:07.62
6	15	WOOLLEY, Maja	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:03.87	1:03.98	2:07.85
7	19	BEXTON, Gemma	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:03.85	1:04.32	2:08.17
8	20	ANDERSON, Kristen	Apex Ski Club	2001	1:04.65	1:03.99	2:08.64
9	4	KOPER, Lauren	Black Dogs Ski Club	2002	1:05.25	1:03.74	2:08.99
10	24	TILLER, Adelaide	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:04.85	1:04.73	2:09.58

Saturday – Men's SL

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	7	VAN SOEST, Gerrit	Vernon Ski Club	2001	47.83	47.26	1:35.09
2	8	ROMANIN, Nathan	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	47.08	48.16	1:35.24
3	10	KASSA, Caele	Vernon Ski Club	2001	47.94	49.80	1:37.74
4	14	IHNS, Heiko	Red Mountain Racers	2002	49.13	49.17	1:38.30
5	3	WESTBY, Tamatea	Apex Ski Club	2001	49.47	49.38	1:38.85
6	1	TAFEL, Samuel	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	49.39	50.18	1:39.57
7	2	BLASER, Devin	Apex Ski Club	2002	51.08	50.84	1:41.92
8	44	FRETENBURG, Nelson	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2002	50.90	51.45	1:42.35
9	15	MOODER, Phillip	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	50.56	51.80	1:42.36
10	26	TIMM, Dylan	Fernie Alpine Ski Team	2002	51.09	52.05	1:43.14

Sunday – Women's GS

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	13	GOUGEON COMEAU, Charlie	NATAC	2001	59.94	59.76	1:59.70
2	4	KRANJC, Gigi	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:00.43	59.80	2:00.23
3	7	ROSS, Julia	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:02.33	1:00.25	2:02.58
4	10	CHARTRAND, Alexandra	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2002	1:01.93	1:01.47	2:03.40
5	1	STREET, Charlize	Fernie Alpine Ski Team	2001	1:01.83	1:01.59	2:03.42
6	12	ANDISON, Jane	Red Mountain Racers	1999	1:02.30	1:01.97	2:04.27
7	8	KOPER, Lauren	Black Dogs Ski Club	2002	1:02.57	1:02.37	2:04.94
8	19	BEXTON, Gemma	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	1:03.04	1:02.63	2:05.67
9	18	KALUDJERCIC, Ksenija	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	1:04.63	1:02.10	2:06.73
10	2	JENKINS, Hallie	Big White Ski Club	2002	1:03.61	1:03.21	2:06.82

Sunday – Men's SL

Rank	Bib	Competitor	Club	YOB	Run1	Run2	Total
1	10	ROMANIN, Nathan	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	50.32	49.13	1:39.45
2	12	IHNS, Heiko	Red Mountain Racers	2002	51.86	50.89	1:42.75
3	8	TAFEL, Samuel	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	52.58	51.54	1:44.12
4	1	BLASER, Devin	Apex Ski Club	2002	51.84	52.58	1:44.42
5	4	HARLEY, Kieran	Whistler Mountain Ski Club	2001	52.76	51.75	1:44.51
6	13	MOODER, Phillip	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	52.75	51.80	1:44.55
7	21	CHIU, Keaton	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	52.94	51.97	1:44.91
8	3	JACOBY, Joshua	Sun Peaks Alpine Club	2001	53.00	52.88	1:45.88
8	15	KURKJIAN, Anthony	Big White Ski Club	2001	53.00	52.88	1:45.88
10	18	FLYNN, Brendan	Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club	2001	53.82	52.43	1:46.25

Canadian Ski Racing Awards; Athletes, Coaches, Volunteers, Clubs and more…

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 2, 2017 | Member News

Alpine Canada Alpin is proud to announce the launch of the 2nd annual Canadian Ski Racing Awards, with new categories this year to further honor those involved in our wonderful sport. The 2017 awards recognize, athletes, coaches, volunteers, clubs, resorts and sport builders.

Last year over 25,000 people voted for their favorite athletes. This year they hope to ramp up those numbers and see even more votes!

The award recipients will be announced at the ACA Gala held in conjunction with the National Championships in Quebec in March.

CHECK OUT THE AWARDS SITE AT: http://alpinecanada.org/awards

BC Team Alum Charley Field (U of Alaska) 3rd in GS at Seawolf Invitational

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 1, 2017 | Member News

8th after her first run, University of Alaska, Anchorage’s Charley Field (Pemberton/WMSC) finished third with this strong second run at the Seawolf Invitational on Alyeska’s Race Trail. (Photo by Bob Eastaugh)

Charley has been successfully balancing studying and ski racing since her years with the WMSC and the BC Ski Team. She is joined on the UAA Ski Team (Alaska Anchorage Seawolves) by ex-BC Team'ers Alix Wells (Prince George) and Dominic Unterberger (Revelstoke). Congrats to all three on some great results! The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves are in Vail, Colorado this week for the Nor-Am Cup races, and are already confirmed for the NCAA Championships, March 8 to 11, 2017 at Franconia, NH.

http://www.goseawolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13400&ATCLID=211434591

http://www.goseawolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13400&ATCLID=211431802

http://www.goseawolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13400&ATCLID=211438468

https://www.adn.com/sports/uaa-athletics/2017/01/25/field-day-at-the-slopes-for-uaas-field/