Biography

I started cross country skiing at the age of seven. I was asked at my local daycare in Pakenham, ON if I would like to try the sport by Heinz Niederhauser, who soon became my first coach. I started skiing and racing in the National Capital Division and loved it. Every weekend there was a different race somewhere and a chance to meet up with all my friends and team mates.

When I was 14, I started racing the Ontario Cup series races. I qualified for the Ontario team that year and represented the province at my first national championships, held in Canmore, AB.

I spent 2 seasons training with the National Team Development Centre in Thunder Bay, ON before I made the move to Canmore last spring to train as a member of the newly formed Alberta World Cup Academy team. I am now starting my second season on the Academy.

With 2 world junior championships, an under 23 world championship, and four world cup races under my belt I am looking forward to another great racing season that will be filled with new adventures and hopefully some new opportunities that will lead me closer to achieving my goal of representing Canada at the Olympics.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Silver Star

This is our second full day in Silver Star, BC at our on snow training camp. The snow here is limited, but actually pretty good if you climb a little higher on the mountain. There are 12km of groomed trails at Sovereign Lake Nordic and I was able to do a 1.5 hour skate ski yesterday, but today we had to stop early because the wind was so intense that it was blowing 50ft trees down on the trail. I saw 3 blow down before I made it back to the safety of the van! Hopefully that wind will bring some more snow. There have been a few flurries, but nothing major yet. Silver Star is known for its record snow falls so we have reason to believe that the skiing will improve in the next few days.

We now only have 9 days before our first race of the season! We will stay here in Silver Star for another 5 days before we set up base in Canmore, AB for the three early season races. I can’t wait to race!
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