Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team launches new Spring/Summer Program

^{(Updated April 16th, 2008)}

The Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team is proud to launch our new Spring/Summer dryland program that will operate from April to August.  Our goal is to provide outstanding off-snow training for all interested athletes and to fully prepare all participants for the 2008-09 season.  There are three registration options available to suit varying schedules.  We hope to have registration completed by the end of April.  For more information on this program click here.

Club Banquet - Celebrate a great season!

^{(Updated April 16th, 2008)}

The Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team will join the Skimeisters Alpine Racing Club for our annual club banquet and awards on Sunday, May 4th at Canada Olympic Park in the lounge.  All athletes, families and coaches are invited to attend.  There will be a BBQ dinner, awards, guest speakers and live music.  Tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for kids - payable at the door.  Come out and celebrate a great season.  Doors open at 5:00pm.

Click here to download the invitation.

Turner wins K1 Series Title - earns Rossignol Sponsorship

^{(Updated April 2nd, 2008)}

Andrea Turner was named the overall female winner of the Banff Lodging Company's Alberta K1 race series, based on her outstanding season.  Andrea finished the season with 4665 race points, with a 2000 point lead on 2nd place.  To recognize this great achievement, series sponsor and official supplier of the Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team, Rossignol, will provide Andrea with an equipment sponsorship for 2008-09.  Thank you to Rossignol for their support of the Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team and of ski racing in Alberta.  Congratulations Andrea!

Burke hits the top 10 at K2 Westerns

^{(Updated April 1st, 2008)}

Kim Burke finished 7th in the Super Combined at the K2 Westerns in Jasper on March 24th.  Kim backed up this solid result with a 14th place showing in GS and 12th in SL.  Congratulations Kim!

K1 Series Finals - Paskapoo lights it up again

^{(Updated April 1st, 2008)}

The Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team K1's capped a great season with a strong weekend at the K1 Series Finals at Sunshine Village.  Andrea Turner and Megan Henkelman finished 1-2 in Friday's Slalom, with Karolina Donnelly jumping into the top 15.  On the Boys side, Jason Scheiwiller had his best result of the season improving 40 places on his bib number.  Saturday's GS was another win for Turner, joined in the top 15 by Andrea St. Germain in 7th place and Karolina Donnelly in 12th.  Jason followed up a good SL race with a top 30 in the GS.  Drew Cornell was on fire in Sunday's Kombi, finishing 18th, just one second out of the top 15.  Our K1 girls finished the season strong in the Kombi with Turner 2nd, St. Germain 6th and Henkelman 8th.  Congratulations to all of our K1 athletes and their coaches Craig Madill and Jill Reid on a great season - thank you for all your hard work!

K2 Series Finals - Burke skis 2 top 15's, Cornell qualifies for Nationals

^{(Updated March 17th, 2008)}

The K2 series wrapped up at Nakiska on Sunday, March 16th with the Jay Cup races.  Jaydon Cornell claimed his spot in the top 15 qualifiers for the Team Alberta entry in the K2 National Championships with an amazing final run of slalom on Sunday afternoon.  Jaydon will be off to Silver Star the last week of March to compete in the K2 National Championships.

Kim Burke turned in her best weekend of the season, achieving two top 15's, one in GS and one in SL.  Kim will represent the Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team at the K2 Western Championships during the last week of March at Jasper's Marmot Basin.

Congratulations to all of our K2 athletes on another successful winter.

Andrea Turner Qualifies for Whistler Cup

^{(Updated March 12th, 2008)}

Andrea Turner has qualified for team Alberta at the Sierra Wireless Whistler Cup in April for the second season in a row.  After two intense days of qualifying time trials at Nakiska - Andrea finished in 2nd place overall based on race points and won three of 8 runs over two days. 

Five athletes from Paskapoo competed in the time trials and all skied very well.  Andrea St. Germain had an off-day in the SL trials but came roaring back in GS and just narrowly missed the team, finishing as the 2nd-alternate.  Megan Henkelman had some of her best runs of the season and was the top Paskapoo athlete in 2 of the runs.  Karolina Donnelly skied very well and proved that she belonged in the elite group of girls racing off.  Zoe Hertz should be commended for fighting through injury to post solid SL times.

The Whistler Cup is the premiere international junior race event and features top K1 and K2 athletes from 17 countries and takes place April 4 - 6, 2008.  Good luck Andrea - we know you will make Paskapoo proud!

Paskapoo Athletes Shine at Nakiska Series Races

^{(Updated March 10th, 2008)}

K1 athletes from the Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team "cleaned up" at the Provincial Series races at Nakiska on March 8th and 9th, including a 1st, 2nd, 4th performance in Sunday's SL by our K1 girls and a 3 gold-medal performance by Andrea Turner.

Saturday, March 8th - 2, 1-run GS races:

• Andrea Turner 1st, Megan Henkelman 3rd and Andrea St. Germain 10th in GS race #1
• Andrea Turner 1st, Andrea St. Germain 8th and Megan Henkelman 9th in GS race #2
• Drew Cornell improved 50 places from bib #84 in GS race #2

Sunday, March 9th - 2-run SL race:

• Andrea Turner 1st, Andrea St. Germain 2nd and Megan Henkelman 4th (just 6 tenths off the podium)

Turner and St. Germain 1 and 2 in Alberta Winter Games SL

^{(Updated February 21st, 2008)}

Andrea Turner and Andrea St. Germain hit the top of the podium at the Alberta Winter Games on Sunday, February 17th, finishing 1-2 in the SL event.  This excellent performance followed a strong showing in Saturday's GS race (on a 20-second long course at Rabbit Hill) with Andrea Turner in 4th (just 15-hundredths of a second off the podium and 79-hundredths out of first) and Andrea Turner in 15th.  The Girls outperformed the field of 40 of Alberta's best K1 athletes on Sunday and made the Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team very proud.  In addition to great individual results at the games, the Andrea's were also key members of the Zone 3 ski team (representing the Calgary region) which finished 1st overall in the team competition on Monday the 18th.  Congratulations Girls on another great weekend in Edmonton!

Great Weekend at Rabbit Hill for the Paskapoo K1's

^{(Updated February 8th, 2008)}

The Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team's K1 athletes were in action at Edmonton's Rabbit Hill last weekend, with some great results.  Andrea Turner finished 1st overall for the weekend with Megan Henkelman and Andrea St. Germain in 11th and 12th place overall.  Saturday's SL saw 3 girls in the top 10 - Andrea Turner (4th), Andrea St. Germain (6th) and Megan Henkelman (13th).  The Girls backed it up on Sunday in the Kinder Kombi with Andrea Turner on the podium in 2nd place, Megan Henkelman reaching the top 10 and a 16th place finish for Andrea St. Germain.  Congratulations to Zoe Hertz (23rd overall) and Karolina Donnelly (27th overall) for a great weekend.  Our first-year K1's all performed very well with some great skiing from Pier Brown, Kaai Nishikawa, Drew Cornell and Jason Scheiwiller.

Cornell Successful at Gold Cup in Kimberley

^{(Updated February 8th, 2008)}

K2 Athlete Jaydon Cornell represented Alberta and the Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team at the BC-Alberta Gold Cup in Kimberley from January 31st - February 3rd.  Jaydon finished with a strong 15th place showing in the overall male results and was the 7th overall male athlete from Alberta.  The highlight of the week was a great result in the GS with 9th overall and 5th best of the Alberta athletes.  Congratulations Jaydon!

Turner wins double gold in K1 Super G and Super Combined at Nakiska

^{(Updated January 30th, 2008)}

Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team K1 athlete Andrea Turner made a big statement in the first weekend of racing on the Alberta K1 series, winning back-to-back gold medals in Saturday's Super G and Sunday's Super Combined races at Nakiska.  Andrea won Saturday's Super G race on Nakiska's Mapmaker course by just 6 one-hundredths of a second over 2nd place athlete, Emily McNeill from the Lake Louise Ski Club.  Megan Henkelman made it 2 Paskapoo athletes in the top 10 with a solid 9th place finish.  Karolina Donnelly had a strong 12th place finish and Andrea St. Germain had a good 16th place showing.

Sunday's race combined times from a morning Super G run with an afternoon Slalom.  Andrea Turner finished on top again in a total time of 1:31.11, beating the second-place finisher by over 2 seconds.  Andrea St. Germain put in a great effort on Sunday for an 11th place finish overall, followed by Zoe Hertz in 12th (a personal-best finish) and Karolina Donnelly in 13th.

Congratulations to Andrea and all of our K1 athletes on a very successful weekend at Nakiska!

Be sure to check the ski phone (403) 245-4586 for training schedules and updates.

^{The Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team works in partnertship with the Skimeisters Alpine Racing Club to deliver complete training programs for athletes from ages 4 and up.  The Skimeisters Alpine Racing Club delivers entry-level, Nancy Greene Ski League programs for ages 4 to 10 and the Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team delivers development-level K1 and K2 programs for ages 11 to 14.  Visit www.skimeisters.ca to see more about our entry level programming for ages 4 to 10.}

The Paskapoo Alpine Racing Team is proud to be a home club at Nakiska Resort - site of the Alpine events of the XV Olympic Winter Games in 1988.  Visit www.skinakiska.com for more information on our home hill.