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Andrea Dziewior Andrea Dziewior
Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team

Andrea is reigning Junior National Champion in the Slalom and the Giant Slalom and has had tremendous success competing in North American Cups. Andrea recently made the jump to competing at the senior level in World Cups around the world, and placed sixth in the Slalom at her final event this year. Andrea has a great shot at representing Canada at the 2010 Paralympic Games.

September 2007

 

Steve Osaduik

Excerpted with permission
from Downtown Magazine

Steve Osaduik
Distance Runner

Distance runner Steve Osaduik competes at a national level. He recently returned from competitions in Brussels and Japan. He runs cross-country and marathon distances. As a junior, Osaduik was able to compete in Italy and Morocco. He looks forward to making the trip to Beijing in 2008, and eventually London in 2012. Osaduik has recently been accepted into the Coast Bastion program, which supports local athletes. “It very expensive to attend all the meets – it’s great to have help from local businesses like the Coast Bastion, Java Hut at Malaspina Campus, and Pacific Sport. I also get some of my training gear from Adidas.”

Osaduik finds Nanaimo the perfect place to train. He spends 15 hours per week running as well as working weights. He sees physical therapist and former Olympian Yvonne Visser for massage therapy once a week as well, and finds that really helpful in his fitness level. Currently he is training for the Victoria Marathon, and is focusing on hills and road surfaces in preparation under the leadership of Coach Al Johnston, who has been working with Osaduik for more than 10 years.

September 2006

[Steve won the Royal Victoria Marathon on October 8, 2006, with a course record time of 2:16:47. Our community is proud of Steve Osaduik's achievement. He won the Royal Victoria Marathon again in 2007.]

 

Kelsey Ross

Excerpted with permission
from Downtown Magazine

Nanaimo Skater Seeks Olympic Gold

Sixteen-year-old Kelsey Ross is a skater of gold medal calibre. She was born and raised in Nanaimo, and is currently attending the eleventh grade at Dover Bay Secondary School. She attended Pleasant Valley Elementary School from kindergarten to grade seven.

Since age three, she has been in love with figure skating, and started in our very own Nanaimo Parks and Rec. “Learn to Skate” program. Fascinated with the sport, she went on to join the Nanaimo Skating Club, and later the nationally renowned Sandy Shores Skating Club in Parksville. As an amateur skater, she is ranked as Novice, which is followed by Junior and then Senior, (the Olympic category).

Under the guidance and instruction of coaches Leslee and Larry Rushton, along with her determination to excel, she has been very successful at her sport and finished on the podium at countless competitions. Last year she was delighted to also receive some technical assistance from Olympic Gold Medalist Alexei Yagudin.

Kelsey Marshall won gold at the 2004 BC Winter games, gold at the 2005 Western Challenge in Ontario and gold at the Vancouver Island Region Championships. The B.C./YT. Section of Skate Canada has recently chosen Kelsey to be part of a hand picked group of other competitors from our province training for the 2010 Olympic Game Plan.

As a 2010 prospect for the Olympics, she must attend three or more seminars each year, which is mandatory for all skaters who have been selected for the Skate Canada 2010 Game Plan. Due to extensive travel and coaching requirements, Kelsey is turning to our community in search of sponsors to help her achieve her Olympic dream.

October 2006

 

Wendy Simms

Wendy Simms
National Mountain Bike Team

The 2006 Mountain Bike World Championships, josted in Rotorua, new Zealand, saw an impressive showing by Simms. This is just one of the many successes on her biking resume, which also includes two Canadian National Cyclo-Cross Championships and numerous appearances on the World Cup Mountain Biking circuit. She is currently following a rigorous training schedule to qualify as a Canadian representative on the bike trails of the 2008 Beijing Games.

September 2007

Please also see Events, September 20, 2007.

 

Kelsey Ross

Michelle Stilwell
National Para-Athletics Team

Michelle is the current World Champion in the 200m and silver medallist in the 100m. Having qualified for the Beijing Games in 2008, she is working towards breaking the world record in the 200m and bringing home double gold from the 2008 Games.

September 2007

Please also see press release.

 

 

 



   

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