December 12, 2019
POKLJUKA, Slo.—Canada’s Dahria Beatty sprinted to the bronze medal at the Opa Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia on Saturday. Completing her final tune-up before hitting the start line on the World Cup next weekend in Davos, Switzerland, the 25-year-old put her summer training to the test where she crossed the line in third spot in the skate-sprint race. “I felt strong in the heats and am happy with my podium finish,” said the Whitehorse-based Olympian. “It was a good...
December 12, 2019
The following are the top seven (7) female and male athletes on the ranking list for the 2020 YOG selections as outlined in the Competition Trip Selection Criteria 2019-20. Appeals of the ranking list must be submitted in writing to Shane Pearsall before Monday, December 9, 10:00 AM MST. The athletes listed below will be subject to criteria eligibility before being selected to the YOG team. Women Sprint Classic Total Jasmine Drolet 80 100 180 Liliane Gagnon 100 29...
December 8, 2019
CANMORE, Alta.—The Canadian flag was raised above the silver and bronze-medal steps of the senior podium at the Haywood NorAm on Sunday in Canmore, Alta. Jack Carlyle, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., cranked out a silver medal performance in the men’s 15 kilometre race, while Katherine Stewart-Jones (Chelsea, Que.) snagged the bronze in women’s 10-kilometre skate-ski individual start. Carlyle battled through the chilly mountain air and up and down the punishing hills...
November 14, 2019
CANMORE, Alta.—Olympians Dahria Beatty and Jesse Cockney topped the field in the Nordiq Thunder skate-ski distance races under ideal conditions at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Thursday. Dahria Beatty, who hails out of the Whitehorse Ski Club, dusted the women’s field in her four trips around the four-kilometre loop. The 25-year-old Beatty clocked a winning time of 18:43.3 in her final pre-season tune-up. “I’m really happy with my fitness overall. I felt that...
November 13, 2019
CANMORE, Alta.—Antoine Briand and Maya MacIsaac-Jones were crowned the king and queen of the annual Nordiq Thunder King’s Court Sprints on Wednesday in Canmore, Alta. Born just two days apart, the 24-year-olds hammered the pace up and down hills on the challenging 1.4-kilometre track throughout the qualifying round, and in each of the three head-to-head heats, under a blue-sky morning at the Canmore Nordic Centre. The unique King’s Court race is a no knockout...
