Results from the second running test for 2019

Good work everyone on the running test today, many athletes have improved their results from the first test in late May. 

Heckle Hill running test

June 17, 2019

13 degree, overcast

Derek 13:25

Sasha 14:26

Victor 14:44

Jamie 15:06

Simon 15:22

Noah 16:17

Romeo 17:11

Constance 17:23

Moira 17:25

Isidore 17:55

Amanda T 18:02

Kate 18:17

Sophia 18:40

Curtis 18:41

JF 18:49

Maude 18:51

Dahlia 19:14

Hannah J 19:35

Bella 19:45

Abby 20:08

Sonjaa 20:50

Results from the first Heckle Hill Test for 2019

Good work everyone on the first running test of the season. It was great to see so many athletes taking part in the first test this year. This was the most people we have ever had doing the test in more than 20 years of running the same course.

Remember that this test is a great opportunity to establish a personal standard that you can improve during the season with regular training.

Running Test Results

Derek 13:42
Sasha 14:45
Victor 15:32
Simon 15:39
Scott 16:18
Louis 17:14
Romeo 17:23
Felix 18:09
Misa 18:13
Constance 18:15
Finn G 18:28
Curtis 18:43
Sonjaa 18:48
Dahlia 18:50
Jean F 18:57
Sophia 20:18
Jan 20:29
Kyan 20:51
Nico C 20:52
Jonah 20:54
Julie 21:30
Robyn 21:41
Abby 22:11
Sophie 22:13
Issac 22:25
Aniela 22:30
Stella 22:39
Kalia 22:52
Lucy 23:54
Lois 24:56
Colin 26:40
Callah 30:35

Tuesday April 2 Volunteer Recognition Plans

I hope everyone has had a great weekend.

Please see the schedule for Tuesday April 2:

Tuesday April 2nd we will celebrate the end of the CCY ski season.

4:50 drop off in Mt Mac parking lot for Tim Horton's Games Challenge

5:00 Games in parking lot and surrounding area .  Bring running shoes and wear clothes to be active in.  (capture the flag, kick ball, potentially tennis, dodge ball, etc...) 

** new**  5:00- 5:50 parent meeting in wax room.   CCY is looking at the possibility of new program pathways for squad.   The rationale and programme ideas for next year will be presented for your feedback.

6:00 family bbq in the Grey Mt Room.   Brought to you by the Grey Mt Lions Club and Tim Horton's.  

Volunteer coach and sponsor recognition, slideshow and podium awards.  

Resuming Squad

I hope everyone enjoyed a good spring break and the warmer temperatures that came with the spring.

As you all know, the snow has melted quickly this past week and the trails are now closed for skiing, running or biking in order to protect them until they are all dry.

We will not meet on Monday and Tuesday at the Ski Chalet but we will have a team meeting on Thursday to review the ski season and do some planning.

Enjoy your return to school tomorrow.

Our next event will be the volunteer BBQ on Tuesday April 2. More details later this week.

Final aggregate ranking from the Ski National:

Derek 2nd in junior boys (2002)
Amanda 2nd in the junior women (2000)
Natalie 3rd in the U23 women
Sasha 8th in the junior boys (2002)
Sonjaa 8th in the junior girls (2002)
Hannah 10th in the junior women (2000)
Dahlia 17th in the junior girl (2002)
Bella 17th in the junior girls (2004)
Maude 19th in the junior girls (2004)
Curtis 20th in the juv. boys (2003)

Last update from the Ski Nationals

The Yukon Ski Team had a great last day at the 2019 Ski Nationals with lot's of great results in the mass start classic races held earlier today at the Nakkertok Ski Club.

The snow conditions were great despite the spring weather of the last few days.

Today's results from the last day of competition, mass start classic for junior and juvenile skiers.

Derek Deuling 5th in the junior boys
Sonjaa Schmidt 5th in the junior girls
Sasha Masson 10th in the junior boys
Bella Mouchet 18th in the juvenile girls
Dahlia Lapointe 33rd in the junior girls
Curtis Cash 44th in the juvenile boys

It was a remarkable Ski Nationals as every skier on the team achieved at least one top 20 result during the championships.

In total, there were a total of 23 top 10 placing in individual races in the 2019 Ski Nationals.

The Whitehorse Ski Club finished in 5th place in the club aggregate award category.

Update from the Ski Nationals

I hope everyone in Whitehorse is enjoying the warm temperatures of the last few days :-)

Here at the Nationals, we have had cold nights and warm days for the last few days.

It has been very busy since the pursuit with the individual sprints, the team sprints and the long distances races today.

The Yukon skiers have had a lot of great results in the last few days. Here is a summary of the results since the pursuit races:

Individual sprint races held on March 17

Dahria Beatty 2nd in open women
Amanda Thomson 9th in junior women
Derek Deuling  12th in junior boys
Hannah Jirousek 16th in junior women
Dahlia Lapointe 18th in junior girl
Curtis Cash 19th in juvenile boys
Natalie Hynes 22nd in open women
Sasha Masson 23rd in junior boys
Sonjaa Schmidt 34th in junior girls
Bella Mouchet 58th in juvenile girl

Maude Molgat 65th in juvenile girls

Team sprints races held on March 18

Amanda Thomson and Hannah Jirousek 8th in open women

Derek Deuling Sasha Masson 3rd in challenge boys

Sonjaa Schmidt and Dahlia Lapointe 16th in challenge girls

Maude Molgat and Bella Mouchet 39th in challenge

Long distance mass start races on March 19

Amanda Thomson 1st Canadian in junior women

Natalie Hynes 6th in open women

Hannah Jirousek 19th in junior women

The final races will complete the Championships tomorrow with the juvenile and junior skiers taking part in the mass start classic races.

Second update for the 2019 Ski Nationals

Hello everyone, it was another solid day of racing for the Yukon skiers today in the pursuit style races using the freestyle technique.

It was a warm day as the temperatures climbed quickly above freezing this morning making the skiing challenging with the fresh snow from the night before. There were many good results from Yukon skiers again today.

Apologies for not including Sonjaa's 12th place result from the classic race yesterday.

Here is the summary of results for the Yukon skiers taking part in the Championships:

Pursuit race and skate race only

Dahria Beatty 1st in the pursuit (1st fastest skate time)
Derek Deuling 1st in the pursuit (3rd fastest skate time)
Emily Nishikawa 2nd in the pursuit (3rd fastest skate time)
Amanda Thomson 4th in the pursuit (5th fastest skate time)
Sonjaa Schmidt 9th in the pursuit (8th fastest skate time)
Sasha Masson 9th in the pursuit (18th fastest skate time)
Natalie Hynes 11th in the pursuit (15th fastest skate time)

Hannah Jirousek 14th in the pursuit (13th fastest skate time)

Curtis Cash 20th in the pursuit (19th fastest skate time)
Dahlia Lapointe 27th in the pursuit (31st fastest skate time)
Maude Molgat 35th in the pursuit (53rd fastest skate time)

Bella Mouchet 45th in the pursuit (45th fastest skate time)

First update from the 2019 Ski Nationals

I hope everyone in Whitehorse is enjoying the great spring weather the Yukon has enjoyed recently.

The skiers from the Whitehorse Ski Club started the Championships well today with the first race of the Championships. The race took place in classic with the interval start format.

All of the Whitehorse skiers did well and we hope it is a sign of more good results to come for the rest of the Championships.

Tomorrow the skiers will compete in the pursuit styles format using today's results as their starting position. It is always a really exciting race format as this year will be no exception with huge number of skiers in each of the race start.

Results summary from today:

Emily Nishikawa 1st in open women
Derek Deuling  1st in junior boys
Dahria Beatty 2nd in open women
Amanda Thomson 2nd in junior women
Natalie Hynes 7th in open women
Sasha Masson 10th in junior boys
Maude Molgat 16th in juvenile girls
Hannah Jirousek 17th in junior women
Curtis Cash 18th in juvenile boys
Dahlia Lapointe 25th in junior girl
Bella Mouchet 45th in juvenile girl

Training until the end of March

I hope everyone has enjoyed the amazing weather and the return of the sun lately :-)

The Yukon Ski Marathon looked like great fun.

Here is the plan for this week:

Monday at 4 pm: ski in classic, work with no poles and do some speed work.

Tuesday at 4 pm: ski in skating and work on downhills and speed.

Thursday at 4 pm: last workout before the spring break. Ski in skating.

Upcoming events: 

March 26th or March 28th: Tim Horton event based on weather.
March 30th: CCY coaching planning
April 2nd: CCY volunteer and coaches recognition, last Tim Horton race and podium awards from the Ski Nationals


Natalie in action last Thursday when she won a bronze medal in the 10 km classic race.

First Medal from a Yukon athlete at the Canada Games

Hello everyone, it was an exciting day for the skiers today with the first medal of these Games for a Yukon athletes. Natalie had a solid race and finished 3rd in the women 10 km classic. Amanda also had a solid performance finishing 10th in the race.

In the 15 km mass start classic, Derek had a great race finishing in 9th place.

Overall, today's race was the best team performance for the skiers so far in these games.

The last event will take place Saturday with the mixed gender relay, a new event at the CWG.

Today's results

Complete results from the Mass start Classic races today at CWG: 

Womens 10km:
Natalie Hynes 3rd (BRONZE MEDAL!)
Amanda Thomson 10th
Hannah Deuling 21st 
Sonjaa Schmidt 23rd
Hannah Jirousek 24th

Mens 15km:
Derek Deuling 9th
Marcus Deuling 25th
Sasha Masson 26th
Jamie Phillips-Freedman 32nd
Ben Puskas 33rd

UPDATE FOR THE CANADA WINTER GAMES

I hope everyone in Whitehorse is enjoying what looks like a amazing week of sun and great weather overall this week :-)

We had our first race of the week today at the Games, an interval start skate race. It was really cold overnight so the races were delayed from the morning to the afternoon.

Natalie and Derek had the best placings for the day finishing 4th and 9th respectively. Tomorrow the action will resume with the skate sprints.

If you want to follow the team, you can follow the following links this week:

CCY Facebook Page

Sport Yukon Facebook Page

Team Yukon Facebook page

2019 CWG Results on Zone4

Training this week

Hello everyone, I hope you all enjoyed some time outside today as we are getting more daylight each day :-)

Goor racing everyone in Mt-Lorne yesterday. It was a great way to improve our double polling.

Please find the results from Saturday's race at the following link:

Mt-Lorne race results

For training this week, we will do the following:

Monday at 4: ski in skating, we will do some speed work

Tuesday at 4: ski in skating, we will do some intensity to take advantage of the warm temperatures in the forecast

Thursday at 4: ski in classic, we will ski without poles for a while as well as work on the herringbone technique.

Saturday at 11: ski in classic and do a long slow workout. The team going to the Canada Winter Games will leave in the morning for Red Deer.

Training this week

Hello everyone, I hope you all enjoyed the race in Marsh Lake Saturday and the beautiful Sun we had today! Spring is on it's way and the sun feels wonderful :-)

For training this week, we will be doing the following:

Monday at 4: ski in skating and work on double polling, including speed work.

Tuesday at 4: ski in skating and work on downhill techniques as well as herringbone on skate skis without gliding (prep for Mt-Lorne).

Wednesday by 12:00: let me know if you won't be able to do the race at Mt-Lorne as otherwise I will enter everyone for the race on Saturday.

Thursday: THR Valentine's Relay (more details in a few days).

Saturday at 12:00: Mt-Lorne Classic (double pole fest!) It will be a great opportunity to work on your double polling technique.

Last update from the Eastern

Hello everyone, getting official results has been a bit of a challenge at these Championships :-)

It was a very different type of day today with light rain happening in the morning before the races got underway. The temperature rose to plus 5 during the morning.

The races were ran in skating with the pursuit style format based on yesterday's results.

It was a good day for the Yukon skiers today. Here is the result summary from today:

15 km pursuit race (skate portion)

Derek 3rd in the junior men 

Sasha 9th in the junior men

Nichollis 20th in the junior men

Romeo 22nd in the junior men

Ben 23rd in the junior men

15 km pursuit race (skate portion)

Sonjaa 7th in the junior women

Dahlia13th in the junior women

7.5 km Pursuit race (skate portion)

Curtis 15th in the juvenile boys

Noah 37th in the juvenile boys

7.5 km Pursuit race (skate portion)

Bella 6th in the juvenile girls

Maude was 12th in the juvenile girls

Isla was 41st in the juvenile girls

A few more pictures from the races:

Update form the Eastern Canadian Championships

Hello everyone, a quick update from the Eastern Canadian Championships held this weekend near Collingwood, Ontario.

We have completed the first two races of the Championships and so far things have gone well for the team taking part in the races. The wind has been very strong since we arrived at the race venue making it challenging for the race organizers and the athletes. The temperatures were cold yesterday but have moderated a lot today.

Yesterday the junior female and junior male skiers took part in a sprint competition while the juvenile skiers competed in a prologue style race. Tomorrow the skiers will take part in a pursuit style race.

Here is a summary of results from Friday and Saturday:

Friday Sprints

Derek 5th in jr m’en

Sonjaa 9th in jr women

Dahlia 10th in jr women

Sasha 22nd in jr men

Nichollis 24th in jr men

Sonjaa 9th in jr women

Dahlia 10th in jr women

Friday prologue

Juvenile girls

Maude Molgat 46th (missed start)

Bella Mouchet 24th

Isla Hupe 27th

Juvenile boys

Curtis Cash 7th

Noah Connell 16th

Results from Saturday's 

Interval start classic races

10 km for Junior men and women

5 km for juvenile boys and girls

Juvenile girls

Maude Molgat 19th

Bella Mouchet 23rd

Isla Hupe 42nd

Juvenile boys

Curtis Cash 13th

Noah Connell 41st

Junior men

Derek Deuling 4th

Sasha Masson 17th

Roméo Champagne 25th

Ben Puskas 27th

Nichollis Schmidt 32nd

Junior women

Sonjaa Schmidt 7th

Dahlia Lapointe 11th

A few pictures from the weekend

Training this week

Hello everyone, I hope most of you were able to enjoy the new snow today on the trails :-)

Here is the training schedule for the week:

Monday at 4: we will ski in classic. Ski without poles for a while to work on weigh shift and balance then we will be doing some speed as a group. The skiers leaving for the Eastern on Wednesday, we will clean and travel wax any classic race skis at the end of practice as well as classic poles.

Tuesday at 4: we will ski in skating and work on 2 skate and 1 skate technique transitions. We will do some speed as a group as well afterward. For the skiers going to the Eastern, we will travel wax race skate skis at the end of practice as well as skate poles.

Wednesday: Skiers and coaches traveling to the Eastern are leaving.

Thursday at 4: ski in skating and do some intensity as a group.

Saturday at 11: ski in classic and do a long slow session (looks like it might get cold again!).

Coming events: Marsh Lake classic on Feb 9 - Tim Horton race on Feb 14 - Mt Lorne classic on Feb 16

Training this week

Good morning everyone, good work in the race yesterday on a challenging race course and in challenging snow conditions for skating!

The CCY HP Committee will meet Monday to review the results from the selections races done so far this year and review the selection process for the Eastern Canadian Championships. We will meet at practice tomorrow afternoon to look at the selection/announcement for that trip. In the meantime, if any of you know that you will be unable to attend the trip (Jan 30-Feb 4), could you let me know if you have not done so already. Thanks.

Team training this week

Monday at 4: Ski in classic, do some speed work using the herringbone technique. Meet to review selection for the Eastern Canadian Championships trip selection.

Tuesday at 4: Note that the Tim Horton race that was going to take place this Tuesday has been moved to Thursday Feb 14. We are hoping to have a fun relay race to celebrate Valentine Day with more day light available and perhaps warmer temperatures :-) We will ski in classic and work on downhill techniques on Tuesday.

Thursday at 4: ski in skating and do some intensity training

Saturday at 11: ski in skating and do a long slow workout combined with the Hut to Hut event organized by the WCCSC.

Training this week

Hello everyone, I hope your studying is going well and you are all looking forward to the end of this school semester. Good luck with your final exams this week.

Here is the schedule for this week:

- Monday at 4.00: ski in classic, look at a video and talk about herringbone technique and go do speed on the wall using the herringbone technique.

Tracey should be available for Sport Psychology from 4-6 on Monday, I will confirm tomorrow and I will have the schedule posted on the white board in the wax room.

- Tuesday at 4.00: ski in skating, talk about good technique transitions and go do speed on the Yukon Championships race course loop (3.75 km). Prepare skate race skis at the end of practice (5:30-6:00) for the time trial on Wednesday.

-Wednesday at 4.00: warm up and do a time trial in skating on the 3.75 km Yukon Championships race course. This is a backup race in case of another race postponement on January 19th.

- Thursday at 4.00: ski in skating and work on relay exchange/team spring exchanges in the ski stadium.

- Saturday at 11.00: Yukon Championships race or regular team practice based on temperatures.

Coming events: Tim Horton race on January 22nd.

Training this week - message from the Squad Rep Committee

Sorry this post is late as I could not access Blogger in the last 12 hours!

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well and enjoyed a good break from School.

It looks like we have a cold week! Make sure you have all your cold weather gear, buffs, mitts, boot covers, hot shot and multiple layers of clothing so we can go outside for the full practice. We will ski in classic until the weather is more favourable to skate skiing.

Based on temperatures, we will decide on the workout before each practice.

I will enter everyone for the Yukon Championship scheduled for Saturday Jan 12 (backup Jan 19).

Please read the following note from our Squad Rep:

Message from the Squad Rep Committee

Happy New Year all!

The ‘volunteer’ season has begun in full force, in fact we are over halfway through the volunteer season. Many many volunteers were involved for the Don Sumaniks races, in the Christmas party, in coaching, the pre snow Halloween fun, food for camps etc etc.

And next, the Yukon Championships.

- Please remember it is your responsibility to check the sign up lists – either on the CCY Volunteer board - posted on the coach’s locker to the left of the sink and just before you go down the hallway to the change rooms OR through this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4fa9ac2da1fc1-donsumaniks2  

- If you are unable to complete your task, please try to find a replacement AND communicate with your squad rep. Then please go back into the link above and sign up for something else.

- And very very important – when you complete your task, please inform your squad rep by email (below). Your credits will not be counted otherwise and your volunteer ‘bond’ cheque will be cashed in April. (And we do not want to do that!)

If you have not informed your squad rep of tasks you completed in the fall, PLEASE send them an email.

            (If you have a child in more than one squad, indicate in your email that you have a child in -  eg Orange and Green squad.) 

Thank you so much for your time and efforts – volunteers are crucial and we appreciate all that you do!

                                    Orange squad rep: Julie Houle  julieh.houle@gmail.com

                                    Purple squad rep:  Kim Diamond  kdiamond@yukoncollege.yk.ca

                                    Green squad rep:   Diane Billingsley  dah.billingsley@gmail.com

                                    Blue squad (for volunteer items only):  Jan McFadzen   tedjan@klondiker.com

Happy New Year Everyone

I hope you are all enjoying the great skiing and a chance to catch up with friends and family during the holidays!

Team practices will resume on Jan. 7 at 4 pm. In the meantime, make sure you get out and ski during the daylight hours as much as you can.

We are leaving with the following skiers and coaches tomorrow to take part in the US Ski Nationals in Vermont. It should be a great experience and a very competitive field.

Skiers attending:

Sonjaa, Dahlia, Derek, Caelan, Victor, Jamie, Nichollis, Romeo and Sasha.

Coaches: Amanda and Alain

We will be racing in 3 races while in Vermont, an interval classic distance race, a classic sprint and a mass start distance skate race.

Happy New Year everyone. Alain