2020-21 Competition Trip Team Selection and Synopsis

AMENDMENTS: The following updates were made to this document on Dec. 23, 2020:

• World Cup P3 Laura Leclair (4.6.c.ii, rank 4 distance) should read ‘rank 6 sprint’.
• World Cup P3 ‘rank sprint 5’ was added to Cendrine Browne (4.6.c.i, rank 2 distance).
• World Cup P3 [Ineligible: Katie Weaver (4.6.c.ii, rank 4 sprint) – does not meet Nordiq Canada criteria 2.3 or 4.1 FIS minimum performance eligibility standards] was amended to “…does not meet Nordiq Canada criteria 2.3 or 4.1 FIS minimum performance eligibility standards”.
• Added document links to the ranking lists.
• Appeal Manager email incorrectly listed has been corrected.

World Cup P3

The following athletes have been selected to participate in the World Cup for Period 3, as per the Competition Trip Criteria 2020-2021 document. The Team of five (5) women and six (6) men will depart Canada on January 13, 2021 to compete in races at Lahti, Falun, and Ulricehamm.

• Katherine Stewart-Jones (4.6.a and b, rank 3^rd sprint, rank 1^st distance)
• Dahria Beatty (4.6.b, rank 1^st sprint)
• Maya MacIssac-Jones (4.6.c.i, rank 2^nd sprint)
• Cendrine Browne (4.6.c.i, rank 2^nd distance)
• Laura Leclair (4.6.c.ii, rank 4^th distance)

[Ineligible: Katie Weaver (4.6.c.ii, rank 4^th sprint) – does not meet criteria 4.1 FIS eligibility requirements]

• Antoine Cyr (4.6.a)
• Phillipe Boucher (4.6.b)
• Remi Drolet (4.6.b)
• Pierre Grall-Johnson (4.6.c.i, rank 1^st sprint)
• Russell Kennedy (4.6.c.i, rank 1^st distance)
• Graham Ritchie (4.6.c.ii, rank 2^nd sprint, discretionary selection based on exceptional performance at 2020 U23 Championships)

World U23 Ski Championship

The following athletes have been selected to participate in the World U23 Ski Championships, as per the Competition Trip Criteria 2020-2021 document. The Team of five (5) women and five (5) men will depart Canada on January 29, 2021 to compete in races at Vuokatti, Finland.

• Annika Richardson (6.3.b.ii, rank 1^st sprint, 1^st rank distance)
• Elizabeth Elliott (6.3.b.iii, rank 2^nd sprint, 4^th distance)
• Hannah Mehain (6.3.b.iii, rank 2^nd distance, 4^th sprint)
• Benita Peiffer (6.3.b.iii, rank 3^rd sprint, 3^rd distance)
• Shaylynn Loewen (6.3.b.iii, rank 5^th sprint)

Alternate: Beth Granstrom (6.3.b.iii, rank 5^th distance)

• Remi Drolet (6.3.a – 4^th WJCH)
• Pierre Grall-Johnson (6.3.b.ii, rank 1^st sprint)
• Antoine Cyr (6.3.b. ii, rank 1^st distance, 3^rd sprint)
• Graham Ritchie (6.3.b.iii, rank 2^nd sprint, 3^rd distance)
• Sam Hendry (6.3.b.iii, rank 2^nd distance)

Alternate: Étienne Hebert (6.3.b.iii, rank 4^th sprint)

World Junior Championships

The following athletes have been selected to participate in the World Junior Ski Championships, as per the Competition Trip Criteria 2020-2021 document. The Team of for (5) women and five (5) men will depart Canada on January 29, 2021 to compete in races at Vuokatti, Finland.

• Jasmine Drolet (7.2.a.i, rank 1^st mass start, 2^nd rank distance)
• Molly Miller (7.2.a.ii, rank 1^st rank sprint, 1^st rank distance)
• Liliane Gagnon (7.3, 2^nd rank mass, 3^rd rank sprint)
• Anna Pryce (7.3, 2^nd rank sprint, 4^th rank mass)
• Alexandra Luxmoore (7.3, 3^rd rank mass, 3^rd rank distance, 4^th ranked sprint)

Alternate: Jasmine Lyons (7.3, 4^th ranked classic)

• Tom Stephens (7.2.a.i, rank 1^st mass start, 2^nd rank sprint, 3^rd rank distance)
• Xavier McKeever (7.2.a.ii, rank 1^st sprint, 2^nd rank mass start, 2^nd rank distance)
• Olivier Léveillé (7.2.a.iii, rank 1^st distance, 3^rd rank sprint, 4^th ranked mass)
• Joe Davies (7.3, 3^rd ranked mass start, 4^th ranked sprint, 4^th ranked distance)
• Félix-Oliver Moreau (7.3, 5^th ranked mass start)

Alternate: Grayson McKinnon (7.3, 4^th ranked sprint)

Deadline for appeal is Monday, December 21, 2020 @ 11:59 PM MST. Appeals must be submitted in writing to Nordiq Canada’s Appeal Manager, Stefano Mingarelli, at .