National Ski Team Background: Xavier is one of Canada’s best young prospects who is participating in his third year on the National Ski Team. He first competed for Canada at the 2019 World Junior Ski Championships as a 15-year-old. Xavier then was part of Canada’s first-ever medal-winning relay team at the 2020 World Junior Championships that won the silver medal in Oberwiesenthal, Germany. Introduction to Cross-Country Skiing: Xavier was born into an...
National Ski Team Background: Training out of the Nakkertok Ski Club, Katherine has worked her way through the athlete development system and has represented Canada at the 2017 World Ski Championships where she was part of the Canadian women’s historic 10th-place finish in the 4×5 kilometre relay in Lahti, Finland. In 2019, she made her second trip to the World Championships where she chalked up a top-30 finish in the women’s 30-kilometre skate-ski mass start...
National Ski Team Background: Olivier is competing in his second season on the Olympic Senior Team after a standout career as a junior. Olivier was part of a historic silver-medal relay team along with Xavier McKeever, Tom Stephen and Remi Drolet, who rocked a 4×5 kilometre relay at the 2020 Junior World Championships. It was the first time in the history of the sport that a Canadian team won a relay medal at a World Championship event. Olivier fed off this...
National Ski Team Background: Jasmine is entering her first year on the Junior National Team having progressed through the development pathway. In 2019-20 she was part of Nordiq Canada’s prospects program and took advantage of training alongside National Ski Team members at a number of camps throughout the year. She is anxious to build off her experience representing Canada at the 2019 and 2020 World Junior Championships while competing in her first full season...
