The Academy men swept the sprint podium, as the team dominated the Western Canadian Championships in Whistler B.C., Jan 21-23. With Knute Johnsgaard away on the World Cup, AWCA alumnus Jesse Cockney stepped in to take the open men’s title Friday (Jan. 21) in the skate...
Knute earns World Cup bronze, Olympic spot Alberta World Cup Academy stand out Knute Johnsgaard punched his ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics with a bronze medal performance in 4×7.5 men’s world cup relay Sunday (Jan. 22) in Ulricehamn, Sweden. After watching...
First came the exploding van window. Then came the bed bugs. Then the rain and faulty brakes. Yet despite harsh race conditions and unexpected SNAFUs, the Alberta World Cup Academy emerged with five medals from the U.S. Nationals in Soldier’s Hollow, Utah Jan 7-12....
For the second week in a row, Dahria Beatty has achieved a new personal best on the World Cup circuit, proving she can compete with the best skiers in the world. Fresh off of a 26th place in the Davos, Switzerland skate sprint, Beatty crushed the 10 km skate race in...
After getting their butts kicked last weekend in Silver Star, the AWCA senior skiers stepped up in a big way in Rossland, BC. Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Julian Locke and Jack Carlyle brought great performances, much to the delight of coach Scott Perras. “For...
A bad fall sabotaged an otherwise quality race for Jack Carlyle, who finished up is Scandanavian Cup tour in Lillehammer, Norway. Carlyle was running in the top 40 for most of Saturday’s 10 km skate race, but with half a kilometre to go, the Sault skier crashed...
