Best of luck to our Manitoba team competing at Nationals this year!

The 2023 Canadian National Championships will place March 11 – 17 in Thunder Bay, ON. 

www.skinationals2023.ca

Athletes:

• Don-Han Lau – Downtown Nordic
• Gideon Hoeppner – Boundary Trails Nordic
• Hannah Wintoniw – Downtown Nordic
• Hezekiah Hoeppner – Boundary Trails Nordic
• Imogen Nadlersmith – Downtown Nordic
• Isaiah Vanden Berg – Boundary Trails Nordic
• Jillian Thiessen – Boundary Trails Nordic
• Mia Sawatsky – Boundary Trails Nordic
• Kate Sawatsky – Boundary Trails Nordic
• Nelson Faurschou – Boundary Trails Nordic
• Naomi Wiens – Boundary Trails Nordic
• William Vanden Berg – Boundary Trails Nordic
• William Wintoniw – Downtown Nordic

Support Staff:

• Andrew Vanden Berg
• Cheryl Koop
• Jennie Hissa
• Pauline Nadlersmith
• Steven Wintoniw

Results will be posted in Zone4.

Our Manitoba team travels home today from a long week of racing in Canmore.

And what a week it was! 8 top ten finishes and 6 podium positions. Amazing!

Congratulations to the whole team and some extra special high fives to these superstars:

• Lisle Compton, Kenora Nordic/NTDC Thunder Bay – 2 SILVER medals and 1 BRONZE medal. That’s 3 medals in 3 races. Impressive.
• Conor McGovern, Red River Nordic – two 6th places and one 8th place. Solid as a rock.
• Levi Nadlersmith, Downtown Nordic/NTDC Thunder Bay – one 6th place and one 9th place. This, after fracturing his wrist during training before the first race!

We couldn’t be happier for these athletes and what they have accomplished after years of dedication and perseverance. That’s what it takes and they are truly inspiring the next generation of Manitoba’s cross country ski athletes!

Jesse Bachinsky and his Guide Simon LeMarche

Conor McGovern, far right. 6th place Medium Distance Classic

Levi Nadlersmith, far right. 6th place Long Distance Free

Lisle Compton, left. Silver, Medium Distance Classic