01.25.10 - CANADIAN OLYMPIC SKI CROSS TEAM ANNOUNCED IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC

Montreal, QB (January 25, 2010) – After an exciting weekend at the World Cup race in Lake Placid, NY, the Canadian Ski Cross team, in conjunction with Freestyle Canada, unveiled the team that will represent Canada in it’s inaugural Olympic Games in Vancouver.

In just under a months time Ashleigh McIvor (Whistler, BC), Julia Murray (Whistler, BC), Kelsey Serwa (Kelowna, BC), Danielle Poleschuk (Winnipeg, MN), Chris Del Bosco, Stanley Hayer (Kimberley, BC) and Dave Duncan (London, ONT living in Golden) will take their place in the history books as they be come the first athletes to ever participate in the Olympic Winter Games in the discipline of Ski Cross.
 
In a nail biting selection process that resulted in a lot of talent, from all the freestyle disciplines, being left on the table, the Canadian Ski Cross team was able to secure 7 out of the possible 18 potential spots. “In an ideal situation,” said Dave Ellis, High Performance Director for Canadian Ski Cross, “we would have wanted to qualify 4 men and 4 women, but this is a Freestyle team with an incredible amount of depth, we feel lucky to have secured the spots we did. In the future, we hope the IOC increase quota spots so that Canadian Freestyle can actually bring their strongest team to the games.”
 
The Athletes History in Brief:
 
WOMEN

Ashleigh McIvor – Whistler, BC

• Current World Cup Point Ranking: 2nd
  
  
• 2009/2010 season
  
  2nd – World Cup, San CandidO, ITA
  1st – World Cup, Les Contamines, FRA
  3rd – World Cup, Alpe d’Huez, FRA
  2nd – World Cup, Blue Mountain, CAN
  4th – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA
  
  
• 2009 World Champion

Kelsey Serwa – Kelowna, BC, now living in Whister, BC

• Current World Cup Point Ranking: 3rd
  
  
• 2009/2010 season
  
  1st – World Cup, Alpe d’Huez, FRA
  9th  – World Cup, Blue Mountain, CAN
  1st  – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA
  
  
• 2009 FIS Rookie of the Year

Julia Murray – Whistler, BC

• Current World Cup Point Ranking: 4th
  
  
• 2009/2010 season
  
  4th – World Cup, San Candido, ITA
  3rd – World Cup, St Johann, AUT
  4th – World Cup, Alpe d’Huez, FRA
  10th – World Cup, Blue Mountain, CAN 

Danielle Poleschuk – Winnipeg, MN, now living in Calgary, AB

•  Current World Cup Point Ranking: 8th
  
  
• 2009/2010 season
  
  12th – World Cup, San Candido, ITA
  11th – World Cup, St Johann, AUT
  12th  – World Cup, Alpe d’Huez, FRA
  6th – World Cup, Blue Mountain, CAN
  8th – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA

MEN

Chris Del Bosco – Vail, USA

• Current World Cup Point Ranking: 3rd 
  
  
• 2009/2010 season
  
  10th – World Cup, St. Johann, AUT
  6th – World Cup, Les Contamines, FRA
  1st – World Cup, Alpe d’Huez, FRA
  11th – World Cup, Blue Mountain, CAN
  1st – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA
  
  
• 2009 World #2 Overall

Dave Duncan – London, ON, now living in Golden, BC 

• Current World Cup Point Ranking: 7th
  
  
• 2009/2010 season
  
  14th – World Cup, San Candido, ITA
  3rd – World Cup, St. Johann, AUT
  11th – World Cup, Les Contamines, FRA
  10th  – World Cup, Alpe d’Huez, FRA
  9th – World Cup, Blue Mountain, CAN
  3rd – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA
  

Stanley Hayer – Kimberly, BC, now living in Calgary, AB

• Current World Cup Point Ranking: 8th
  
  
• 2009/2010 season
  
  11th – World Cup, San Candido, ITA
  2nd – World Cup, Les Contamines, FRA
  10th  – World Cup, Alpe d’Huez, FRA
  7th – World Cup, Blue Mountain, CAN
  14th – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA
  
  
• 2009 X-Games Champion
   

The team now heads to the X-Games in Aspen, CO to show their support for the event that kept the sport alive and was instrumental in the inclusion of the sport in the Winter Games as Stanley Hayer defends his title and the Canadian Team continues to hone their skills for the games.
 
Keep your eyes on the site to get results from the X-Games on January 31st and follow all the updates in the days leading up to the games at www. ski-cross.ca <http://www.ski-cross.ca>

For More Information Please Contact:
 
Andrew Squires

Canada Ski Cross Team
Director of Marketing and Supplier Services
Ph- (403) 397 9943
Email – asquires@ski-cross.ca <asquires@ski-cross.ca>
Web – www.ski-cross.ca