2017 Winter Universiade: Cross Country Skiing Team Announced
2017 Winter Universiade: Cross country skiing team announced August 24, 2016 TORONTO (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjuction with Cross Country Canada, announced Wednesday the 12 student-athletes and four staff members who will represent Canada in cross country skiing at the 2017 Winter Universiade, set for January 29 to Feb 8 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty 2017 Website: http://almaty2017.com/ Team Canada Website: http://en.cis-sic.ca/universiade/winter/2017/index Canada will compete in cross country skiing for the first time since the 2013 Universiade. Nipissing’s Jordan Cascagnette (Penetanguishene, Ont.) returns from the 2013 squad, alongside Lakers teammate Shelby Dickey (Collingwood, Ont.) and Lakehead’s Gavin Shields – a member of the Thunderwolves’ Canadian College and University Nordic Skiing championship team last season. The team also features six Laval skiiers, including William Dumas (Gatineau, Que.), Gabrielle Lemire (Quebec City, Que.), Alexis Morin (Victoriaville, Que.) Christel Pichard- Jolicoeur (Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que.), Andree-Anne Theberge (Levis, Que.) and Conor Thompson (Montreal, Que.), as well as Carleton’s Carrington Pomeroy (Chelsea, Que.), Calgary’s Emma Camicioli (Edmonton, Alta.) and Western’s Kyla Vanderzwet (Port Elgin, Ont.). The team staff is proven with FISU and multi-sport Games experience, headed by team leader Katja Mathys, and Nipissing’s Toivo Koivukoski, who will serve as head coach. Assistant coach Mary Waddell and technician Kirk Potter, round out the staff. Mathys was the manager of Team Ontario at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, while Koivukoski, Waddell and Potter were all on staff at the 2013 Universiade. Waddell, a former nordic skiing head coach at Laurentian University, will attend her sixth consecutive FISU Games in Almaty.
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