2010 a Wrap

The 2009/2010 season was the inaugural season of the Can-West Provincial Freestyle Ski Team. The Can-West program is an amalgamation of the BC and Alberta mogul teams into a three coach and twenty athlete program. Despite a few bumps in the road the season was a huge success. Over the course of the year each athlete on the Can-West Team saw a minimum two point increase in their overall scoring. The team podiumed at multiple events taking home hardware at provincials, Canadian Series, Nor-Am and Nationals including a number of Canadian Series grand prix medals. We have a number of Nor-Am finals finishes including a third place finish by Mike Henitiuk. This result among others qualified Mike for the Canadian National Team. A successful program is dependent on the individuals who work so hard and make many sacrifices in the name of results. The Can-West program has assembled a staff that is second to none. I would like to thank Wade Garrod (BC High Performance Director), Gord Campbell (Alberta Executive Director), Cindy Thompson (Canadian Sport Center Pacific & BC Strength and Conditioning Coach), and Mike Souster (Alberta Strength and Conditioning Coach) for the many hours of work put into our program. I cannot say enough about the coaching staff that was assembled for this program. I would like to thanks Elisa Kurylowicz and Andrew Clough for their dedication to excellence and professional approach to this program and its development. Ultimately we are here for the success of the athletes and I would like to congratulate each one of them not only on their impressive results but also on their commitment, dedication to training, and consistent pursuit of excellence. Last but not least I would like to show my appreciation to the parents and volunteers that selflessly sacrifice so much of their valuable time to support their children, run events, build the associations, etc… without volunteers we would not be able to operate. Thank you for a great season and stay tuned for continued updates as we move into the post Olympic season beginning a new quadrennial moving toward Sochi Russia in 2014.