Cross-Country Ski Athlete

Club: Edmonton Nordic Ski Club
Years on Academy: 2nd year
Your favourite place to ski? Sovereign Lake, British Columbia
Career Highlights:

• 13th: World Juniors 2023 Women’s 20km Classic
• 15th: World Juniors 2023 Women’s 10km Skate
• 23rd: World Juniors 2023 Women’s Classic Sprint

What is your best recovery meal?    Pasta
Interesting Fact about yourself?  I have played the violin for over 10 years
Equipment  Salomon, Swix
Instagram: @_alisonmackie

Cross-Country Ski Athlete

Club: Williams Lake Cross Country Ski Club
Years on Academy: First Year!
Education: 

Career Highlights: 

• 2024 National Champion 7.5km Skate
• 2024 Nationals Silver Overall U18 Girls

Favourite Place to Ski: Whistler Olympic Park
Favourite Recovery Meal: Lasagna 
Interesting Fact about Me: I love to mountain bike
Equipment: Fischer, Swix
Instagram: anika.wallin

Cross-Country Ski Athlete
Club: Nakkertok
Years on Academy: 4th year
Education: Undergrad in Psychology
Career Highlights:

• 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics:
  # 23 Skiathlon
  #30 30km Mass Start
  #36 10km Classic
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Favorite Place to Ski:
Favorite Recovery Meal:  
Interesting Fact about Me: Twin sister Emilie and older brother Patrick were both cross-country skiers competing internationally.
Equipment:  Fischer, Swix
Instagram: @kstewartjones

Cross-Country Ski Athlete 

Club: Fernie Nordic
Years on Academy: First Year
Education:
Career Highlights:  

• Joining the Academy!
• 2024 B-Tour 
• 4th, Nationals 2024 5km and 7.5km Skate

Favourite Place to Ski: Villard de Lans, France and Kimberley, BC
Favourite Recovery Meal: Crepes 
Interesting Fact about Me: I will be a dual citizen by fall 2024, French and Canadian!
Equipment: Madshus, KV+
Instagram: louisondubief

Cross-Country Ski Athlete 

Club: Fondeur Laurentide
Years on Academy: 4th year
Education:
Career Highlights:  

• 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics:
  # 44 Cross-Country Skiing Women’s 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon
  # 40 Cross-Country Skiing Women’s Sprint Free

Favourite Place to Ski:
Favourite Recovery Meal: 
Interesting Fact about Me: 
Equipment: Madshus
Instagram:: @bouffy

Cross-Country Ski Athlete

Club: Big Thunder Nordic
Years on Academy: 3rd year
Education: BSc in Exercise and Health Physiology at University of Calgary
Career Highlights:

•  1st, Classic 5k at the 2022 Canadian National Ski Championship’s, Whistler because
•  2nd, Classic 10k at the 2022 Canadian World Junior Trials, Canmore AB
•  Representing Canada at the 2022 World Junior ski championships, Lygna NOR

Favourite Place to Ski: Sjusjøen, Norway
Favourite Recovery Meal: Smoothie
Interesting Fact about Me: I can juggle
Equipment: Fischer, KV+
Instagram: sarah.cullinan

Cross-Country Ski Athlete 

Club: Foothills Nordic
Years on Academy: 4th year
Education: Software Engineering at University of Calgary
Career Highlights:  

•  2nd at world juniors Team relay
•  5th at world juniors in 30km classic mass start (Voukatti)
•  7th at world juniors in 30km skate mass start (Lygna)

Favourite Place to Ski: Silver Star
Favourite Recovery Meal: Pizza
Interesting Fact about Me:  I grew up in Calgary and moved to Canmore to ski
Equipment: Fischer, Swix, Dissent
Instagram: @xctom

Biathlete

Club:  Chelsea Nordiq
Years on Academy: 1st year
Education: High School
Career Highlights:  

• 7th World Junior Championships
• 43rd IBU World Cup

Favourite Place to Ski: Gatineau Park
Favourite Recovery Meal: Shawarma
Interesting Fact about Me: Part-time Biathlete
Equipment: Rundle, Rossignole

Cross-Country Ski Athlete

Club: Strathcona Nordic Ski Club
Years on Academy: 5th Year
Education: Bachelor of Health Sciences – Honours Health and Society program, University of Calgary

Career Highlights: 

• 2023 U23 FIS World Ski Championships
• 1^st Open Women 10km skate 2023 National Championships
• 2^nd Open Women 30km classic 2023 National Championships
•  1^st U23 and CCUNC Aggregate 2023 National Championships
• 2022 Nordiq Canada B Tour

Favourite Place to Ski: Mt Washington or Sovereign Lake
Favourite Recovery Meal: Homemade granloa
Interesting Fact about Me: I like Vegemite
Equipment: Fischer,  Swix
Instagram: wells_amelia

Cross-Country Ski Athlete 

Club: Canmore Nordic Ski Club
Years on Academy: First Year

Career Highlights: 

• 4th place, 2024 Nationals, Skate Sprint
• 7th place, 2023 Nationals, 15K Classic Mass Start

Favourite Place to Ski: The Haig Glacier
Favourite Recovery Meal: Anything from Spice Hut
Interesting Fact about Me: I play Piano and Guitar
Equipment: Salomon
Instagram: @benf_xc

Cross-Country Ski Athlete

Club: Ski de Fond Montréal
Years on Academy: 3rd year
Education: U of C, Biology

Career Highlights: 

• 6th Senior free Sprint Nationals 2024
• 12th Senior 15km free at Nationals 2024

Favourite Place to Ski: Canmore
Favourite Recovery Meal: Spaghetti Bolognese
Interesting Fact about Me: I played soccer for 9 years
Equipment: Madshus 
Instagram: @clarabc03

Cross-Country Ski Athlete

Club: Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club
Years on Academy: 3rd year
Education: Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology
Career Highlights:

• 36th 2023 World Championships, Classic Sprint
• 31st 024 World Cup, Canmore

Favorite Place to Ski: Cypress Hill Nordic Ski Area
Favorite Recovery Meal: Lasagna
Interesting Fact about Me: I used to compete in Heptathlon

Cross-Country Ski Athlete

Club: Big Thunder
Years on Academy: 3rd year
Career Highlights: 

•  17th world juniors
•  3rd skate 10k 2022 nationals
•  3rd classic 15k 2022 nationals

Favourite Place to Ski: Sjusjøen, Norway
Favourite Recovery Meal:  Finnish pancakes
Interesting Fact about Me: I can’t ski downhill
Equipment: Fischer, Swix
Instagramm: maximillian.hollmann

Cross-Country Ski Athlete 

Club: Nakkertok
Years on Academy: 3rd Year
Education: University of Calgary combined degree Arts, Economics and Commerce Accounting
Career Highlights:  

• Nationals 2022 second place YOB aggregate
• Easterns 2022 Classic sprint and distance 10km
• Trials 2022 Sprint Free
• 30km South Storage locker at Olympic oval (RS treadmill)

Favourite Place to Ski: JK Elk Pass, Kananaskis Country
Favourite Recovery Meal:  Fried Rice
Interesting Fact about Me:  I’ve started to do some mountain bike racing in the summer
Equipment: Fischer, Rundle, Alpina

Cross-Country Ski Athlete 

Club: Chelsea Nordiq
Years on Academy: 3rd year
Education:BSc Biological Science, University of Calgary
Career Highlights:  

• 2018 Nationals 1st Overall Aggregate
• 3rd Open Women Easterns 2022 

Favourite Place to Ski: The many trails of Gatineau Park
Favourite Recovery Meal: Pasta all the way!
Interesting Fact about Me: I live on a farm
Equipment: Rossignol
Instagram: sienna.brennan

Cross-Country Ski Athlete 

Club: Foothills Nordic
Years on Academy: 4th year
Education: Attending University of Athabasca online
Career Highlights:  

•  19th Classic Sprint, Canmore World Cup 2024
•  5th place, 2023 World Championships Relay

Favourite Place to Ski: Goms Valley, Switzerland
Favourite Recovery Meal: Any kind of pasta
Interesting Fact about Me: My favourite hobby is disc golf
Equipment: Fischer, One Way, Dissent
Instagram: @mckeever.xav