Athletes from Foothills Nordic Ski Club will start off 2019 representing the club nationally and internationally after impressive results during the start of season trial races.
From January 19-27th, three of our cross country athletes will represent Canada at the World Junior Championships held in Lahti, Finland. These athletes are:
World Junior Team
Anna Pryce
Tom Stephen
Xavier McKeever
Foothills athlete Xavier McKeever will be the youngest athlete on the 18 member squad.
In February, a total of nine athletes in both biathlon and cross country will join Team Alberta at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta. These athletes are:
Biathlon
Jenna Sherrington
Pascale Paradis
Naomi Walch
Thomas Hulsman
Reid Lovstrom
Haldan Borglum
Cross Country
Althea Brolsma
Anna Pryce
Logan Lumby
Rhys James
Coaches Tyson Smith and Katya Dittrich will join the Biathlon coaching staff for the games and Eric Groenveld is the head coach for the Alberta cross country team.
Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches!