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/ April 21, 2016

Biathlon Canada Names 2016/2017 National Team

The Canadian men's team (l-r) Christian Gow, Nathan Smith, Scott Gow, and Brendan Green celebrate bronze in the men's 4 x 7.five k relay at 2016 Globe Championships in Oslo, Norway. (Photo: JoJo Baldus)

The Canadian guys&#8217s staff (l-r) Christian Gow, Nathan Smith, Scott Gow, and Brendan Green celebrate bronze in the guys&#8217s four x seven.5 k relay at 2016 Planet Championships in Oslo, Norway. (Photograph: JoJo Baldus)

Biathlon Canada has named their nationwide group for the approaching season. There&#8217s couple of surprises on the &#8216A&#8217 squad &#8211 or the &#8216Eh!&#8217 squad, as the staff is calling it.

&#8220That was my thought- After all we are Canadian, eh!&#8221 Substantial Functionality Director Eric de Nys wrote in an e-mail to FasterSkier. 

The &#8216A&#8217 team is filled with 6 athletes who accomplished top-twenty&#8217s at the Globe Cup or Planet Championships degree in 2016: Rosanna Crawford, Julia Ransom, Nathan Smith, Brendan Green, Scott Gow, and Macx Davies.

Also named is Christian Gow, who was an integral component in the Canadian males&#8217s four x seven.5 k relay bronze medal at Planet Championships.

And so is Megan Tandy, a two-time Olympian and group veteran who did not meet the objective criteria, in element due to the fact she broke her arm partway through the World Cup season and missed out on the finish of the race routine, such as Planet Championships.

The 27-yr-old had been apprehensive about her chances of being re-named to the staff, and guessed that if she was not her profession may come to an end.

That was not going to occur, although.

&#8220This was an easy choice for us,&#8221 de Nys wrote. &#8220We truly feel she can contribute in personal and group performances for the subsequent two years. It is unfortunate she broke her arm and missed the second half of the season.&#8221

Although that rounds out the &#8216A&#8217 crew, a three-lady &#8216B&#8217 squad was named: Emma Lunder, Audrey Vaillancourt, and Sarah Beaudry &#8211 who had represented Canada at Globe Championships.

There&#8217s also the newly-developed &#8216Zed&#8217 staff, consisting solely of Prince Edward Island&#8217s Carsen Campbell, who in his initial yr of senior racing got a start off at the Preque Isle Globe Cup, exactly where he positioned 78th in the sprint.

&#8220The ZED team is really a counter to the US Crew&#8217s &#8216X Team&#8217,&#8221 de Nys wrote. &#8220The alphabet in Canada, we say ZED not ZEE. Attempting to make things a minor much more entertaining. Carsen will join the [national group] on a couple of camps, be supplied some testing/evaluation time, have some help evaluating his ski fleet and a few other small rewards. Carsen was our 2nd ideal male shooter internationally behind Christian Gow. We want to give him some chance to close the gap on his skiing speeds so he will have time to train with the more quickly men. We feel this will be useful for him and in which he is presently at.&#8221

A big group of junior and youthful senior athletes from close to Canada had been also named to the &#82162022 squad&#8217, which is a growth group to make sure nationwide team success after the next Olympic cycle.

&#8220Theoretically, post 2018, we may have a turnover of athletes as some retire and move on to other ventures,&#8221 de Nys explained. &#8220Some of the younger athletes in this squad Might shock and surpass the older athletes inside this grouping. In 6 many years, a whole lot can take place and we truly feel that the athletes in this squad have demonstrated efficiency to be indicative of getting on track. Albeit, consistency of functionality tends to be varied for younger athletes, but the fact that they had been capable to show a outcome on demand is a key aspect in their talent set.&#8221

Even though the rewards of currently being named to the A and B teams are fairly clear, the 2022 squad is even now a function in progress.

&#8220The assistance level this group will receive has however to be established until we finalize our spending budget/s,&#8221 de Nys wrote.

Eh! Squad Guys

Nathan Smith                        (Calgary, AB)

Brendan Green          (Hay River, NT)

Scott Gow                   (Calgary, AB)

Christian Gow            (Calgary, AB)

Macx Davies               (Canmore, AB)

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Eh! Squad Women

Rosanna Crawford    (Canmore, AB)

Julia Ransom              (Kelowna, BC)

Megan Tandy               (Prince George, BC)

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B Squad

Sarah Beaudry          (Prince George, BC)

Audrey Vaillancourt  (Quebec City, QC)

Emma Lunder           (Vernon, BC)

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ZED Squad

Carsen Campbell       (Central Bedeque, PEI)

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2022 Squad

Aidan Millar               (Canmore, AB)

Leilani Tam von Burg(Ottawa, ON)

Pearce Hanna            (Edmonton, AB)

Megan Bankes           (Calgary, AB)

Nadia Moser              (Whitehorse, YT)

Emily Dickson            (Prince George, BC)

Adam Runnalls          (Calgary, AB)

Teo Sanchez               (Wakefield, QC)

Leo Grandbois           (Sherbrooke, QC)

Ben Churchill             (Calgary, AB)

Zachari Bolduc           (Ste. Sophie, QC)

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