SATURDAY, MARCH 10

Beckie Scott will be visiting the BV Nordic Centre and skiing with our athletes!

8:30 Sign up for Time Trials, Prep Skis, Warm up, etc. 9:00 Ski Warm up with Beckie Scott 9:30 Get Ready for Skiathlon… 9:40 Skiathlon – Mass Start for age categories Extendos to Masters --One Lap Classic, race to switch gear, One Lap Skate – (This is a time trial set up—casual no pressure on timers! J) 10:45 Beckie Scott Question and Answers with the Track Attack, Extendos and JRDs. 11:15 Snacks and Social. Welcome to all club members. 12:00 Beckie leaves for Terrace

Category Distances: Start Classic. Masters and JRDs -- 3.5 km each technique (Note…masters can ski one technique but have to do a dance for 1.5 minutes to make the change over time fair J) Track Attack – 2.5 km each technique Extendos – 1.5 km each technique It will be mass starts with 1 min between groups. Skiathlon at your own risk J

Beckie Scott is a three-time Olympian, participating at the 1998 Winter in , Japan, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in , Utah, and the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in , Italy. Her best placed finish in Nagano was 45th, but Scott won a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Salt Lake City games. She originally finished third in the five-kilometre pursuit, but she was upgraded to the gold medal when winner and runner-up Larissa Lazutina were eventually disqualified for using darbepoetin, a performance- enhancing drug. Scott was awarded a silver medal before receiving her gold medal in June 2004, almost 2 and a half years after the Olympics ended. She became the first Canadian and first North American woman to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.