Canadian and Norwegian teams select Junior World Champs rosters

A group of 12 talented junior skiers will represent Canada at the 2015 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Hafjell, Norway, this March. The 34th annual championships will feature top young ski talent from around the world. Races include downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super G, an alpine combined event, and a team event.

Of the 12 Canadians selected, nine are members of the national development team. The team also features six returning members from last year’s championship event.

Women:

• Candace Crawford (1994) – Toronto, ON – Georgian Peaks Ski Club – Alpine Ontario
• Stephanie Gartner (1996) – Calgary, AB – Fernie Alpine Ski Club – BC Alpine
• Valérie Grenier (1996) – Mont-Tremblant, QC – Club de ski Mont-Tremblant – Ski Québec Alpin
• Jocelyn McCarthy (1996) – Spruce Grove, AB – Rabbit Hill – Alberta Alpine
• Roni Remme (1996) – Collingwood, ON – National Ski Academy – Alpine Ontario
• Mikaela Tommy (1995) – Wakefield, QC – Club de ski Edelweiss – Ski Québec Alpin

Men:

• James Crawford (1997) – Toronto, ON – Whistler Mountain Ski Club – BC Alpine
• Martin Grasic (1995) – Invermere, BC – Windermere Valley Ski Club – BC Alpine
• Patrick McConville (1994) – London, ON – Devil’s Glen Country Club – Alpine Ontario
• Jeffrey Read (1997) – Calgary, AB – Banff Alpine Racers – Alberta Alpine
• Brodie Seger (1995) – North Vancouver, BC – Whistler Mountain Ski Club – BC Alpine
• Broderick Thompson (1994) – Whistler, BC – Whistler Mountain Ski Club – BC Alpine

The Norwegian Ski Federation has named 16 promising athletes, headlined by World Cup winner and Olympic bronze medalist Henrik Kristoffersen, to its roster at the event for which it will serve as host nation. Kristoffersen is the defending gold medalist in both slalom and giant slalom from the 2014 championships held in Jasna, Slovakia, but he just missed out on the medals at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Vail/Beaver Creek, Colo., by placing fourth in the slalom by a scant 0.02 seconds.

Women:

• Tuva Norbye, Heming IL
• Maria Therese Tviberg, Geilo IL
• Mina Fuerst Holtmann, Bærums Skiklub
• Nora Grieg Christensen, Bærums Skiklub
• Tonje Healey Trulsrud, Lommedalens IL
• Kristine Fausa Aasberg, Bærums Skiklubb
• Kristin Lysdahl, Bærums Skiklub
• Julie Flo Mohagen, IRS

Men:

• Marcus Monsen, Aron Skiklubb
• Henrik Kristoffersen, Rælingen Skiklubb
• Henrik Roea, Heming IL
• Peder Dahlum Eide, Lommedalens IL
• Max Roeysland, Berums Skiklub
• Tomas Markegaard, Hemsedal IL
• Kjetil Hvammen, Heming IL
• Alexander Sannes Thorsen, Njård

The FIS Alpine Junior World Championships begin on March 7 with the women’s giant slalom race in Hafjell, Norway.

Release courtesy of Alpine Canada and Norges Skiforbund