VICTORIA, BC – The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) is into final preparations for the 2016 International Coaching School, hosted by CSI Pacific in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) and ViaSport. The event will take place in Victoria, B.C. from May 28 to June 4. Only 10 days away, CSI…
CALGARY – The 2016-17 season marks a World Championship year for Alpine Canada Alpin’s (ACA) teams, all of which are gunning for and have potential to be podium contenders. ACA announces 35 richly talented alpine, para-alpine and ski cross athletes, who will form the respective national teams that will storm the World Cup circuits, throwing…
VANCOUVER – Canada Snowboard is pleased to announce that 61 athletes have been named to the 2016/2017 National teams, including 26 athletes to the Development Groups and NextGen Program. 18 males and 17 females have been named to our Snowboardcross, Alpine, Para, Halfpipe and Slopestyle National teams. Additionally, 17 males and 9 females will represent our…
Young and looking for results. That description could be used for Canada’s Olympic swimming team – or its newly-announced head coach. Swimming Canada announced Wednesday that Ben Titley will be Canada’s head coach at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, reprising his from the successful Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. This will be Titley’s fourth Olympics,…
Two CSI Pacific staff members – Drew Todd & Bianca DeSilva – have been named to the Mission Staff for Team BC at the 2017 Canada Summer Games Preparations for the 2017 Canada Summer Games are underway and Team BC has selected the Mission Staff who will support British Columbia’s athletes, coaches, and managers as…
CAIRNS, AUS – The opening round of the Cross-country World Cup in Cairns, Australia, saw two Canadians on the podium, with Catherine Fleury (Canadian National) finishing second in the Under-23 Women, and Catharine Pendrel (Luna) taking fourth in the Elite women. Two Canadian men finished in the top-20 in the Elite Men’s race. In Mountain…
Canada’s women’s sevens team made amends for a Cup Quarterfinal loss by capturing the Plate title at the Canada Sevens with a 21-5 win over Spain. The fifth place finish is certainly not what the Canadians had hoped for on home soil, but the resolve shown after a disappointing Cup Quarterfinal left the team feeling…
It’s official. Canada will be sending a team of 27 swimmers to Rio 2016. The team was announced at the conclusion of the Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre on Sunday (more on Day 6 results below). Leading the way is two-time Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane, who is headed to…
VICTORIA, BC – With a flurry of spectacular results and record-breaking performances, the Cycling NextGen program at Canadian Sport Institute Pacific is hitting previously unchartered territory. At the 2016 Canadian Track Championships for in Milton, Ontario, April 1-3, Cycling NextGen riders hit a number of impressive marks: Victoria rider, Erin Attwell, 17, set the U19…
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Has Open Call For Canada’s Next Generation Of Sporting Elite VICTORIA, BC – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific invites athletes to test their capacity for sport performance at PODIUM SEARCH on Saturday, April 9 at 11:30am at UVic’s new Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA). The age restrictions for these…