BC Alpine congratulates athletes qualified to represent BC at Whistler Cup

Article #2839
2015-03-18
Published By: Kathy Stahr

Photo from BC Alpine website: www.bcalpine.com

Vancouver, BC (March 18, 2015) - Now in its 23rd year, Whistler Cup has become the largest and most important ski race in North America and internationally for the world’s best 12 to 15-year-old ski racers. Whistler Blackcomb is proud to welcome 420 athletes from 25 countries to this year’s event, April 3 to 5, 2015.
 
Whistler Cup has a history of showcasing future stars, including Americans Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Mikaela Shiffrin, as well as Slovenia’s Tina Maze, Italy’s Christof Innerhofer and Austria’s Nicole Hosp, Anna Fenninger and Mathias Meier.

Many of Canada’s biggest stars have also competed at the event over the years, including Marielle Thompson, Kelsey Serwa, Jan Hudec, Erik Guay, Robbie Dixon, Britt and Michael Janyk and Manuel Osborne-Paradis.

BC Alpine is proud to announce the following U16 athletes who will represent our province at the 2015 Whistler Cup!

(Click HERE for selection data)
 

LADIES

Team Canada Kristina Natalenko Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club New Westminster
  Katie Fleckenstein Whistler Mountain Ski Club West Vancouver
         
Team BC Ella Renzoni Whistler Mountain Ski Club West Vancouver
  Brooke Lukinuk Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club Kelowna
  Frances MacDonald Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club North Vancouver
  Mollie Jepsen Whistler Mountain Ski Club West Vancouver
  Katrina van Soest Vernon Ski Club Coldstream
  Nicole Mah Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club Vancouver
         
BC Quota Nicole Foster Fernie Alpine Ski Team Calgary
  Jane Andison Red Mountain Racers Rossland
  Erin Dawson Whistler Mountain Ski Club North Vancouver
  Sierra King Whistler Mountain Ski Club West Vancouver
  Cassie Zumwalt Fernie Alpine Ski Team Calgary
  Ester Stambolian Whistler Mountain Ski Club North Vancouver
  Myka Jardine-Arnold Sun Peaks Alpine Club Kamloops
  Katrina Voss Hemlock Ski Club Port Moody
  Lexie Bratton Fernie Alpine Ski Team Calgary
  Lucia Plunkett Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club North Vancouver
         
Alternates Martina Gershon Whistler Mountain Ski Club Whistler
  Gillian Callaghan Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club Kelowna
  Meg Swaffield Whistler Mountain Ski Club Vancouver


MEN

Team Canada Asher Jordan Whistler Mountain Ski Club North Vancouver
  Gavin Donald Vernon Ski Club Vernon
         
Team BC Kasper Woolley Whistler Mountain Ski Club Squamish
  Kyle Alexander Whistler Mountain Ski Club North Vancouver
  Myles Kowalczyk Whistler Mountain Ski Club Whistler
  Peter Konigsmann Cypress Ski Club West Vancouver
  Alexander Valentin Whistler Mountain Ski Club Whistler
  Marcus Athans Apex Ski Club Kelowna
         
BC Quota Devin Mittertreiner Fernie Alpine Ski Team Calgary
  Zane Torres Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club Kelowna
  Jack Forsyth Whistler Mountain Ski Club Whistler
  Olin Wakkary Cypress Ski Club Vancouver
  Gavin Rowell Prince George Ski Club Prince George
  Anton Youngberg Vernon Ski Club Kelowna
  Christian Callaghan Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club North Vancouver
  Ryan Finley Fernie Alpine Ski Team Calgary
  Luke Macdonald Fernie Alpine Ski Team Calgary
  Evan Monroe Sun Peaks Alpine Club Kamloops
         
Alternates Konstantin Petkovic Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club New Westminster
  Lucas Gairns Prince George Ski Club Prince George
  Jude Tear Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club North Vancouver

Photo from BC Alpine website: www.bcalpine.comCanada looks forward to welcoming competitors from the following nations:
Argentina
Australia
Bosnia Herzegovnia
Canada
Chile
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Great Britain
Haiti
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Korea
Latvia
Malta
New Zealand
Norway
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
South Africa
Switzerland
Thailand
Ukraine