Manitoba Success at 2025 National Championships
Congratulations and welcome home Team Manitoba!
The 2025 Canadian National Championships took place March 17 – 23 at Canmore Nordic Centre, AB.
Athletes:
- William Vanden Berg – NTDC Thunder Bay / Boundary Trails Nordic
- Mia Sawatsky – Lakehead University / Boundary Trails Nordic
- Hezekiah Hoeppner – Boundary Trails Nordic
- Gideon Hoeppner – Boundary Trails Nordic
- Kate Sawatsky – Boundary Trails Nordic
- Jessica Kagan – Boundary Trails Nordic
- William Wintoniw – Downtown Nordic
- Jillian Thiessen – Boundary Trails Nordic
- Anika Wiens – Boundary Trails Nordic
- Sebastian McManus – Downtown Nordic
- Paul Wiens – Boundary Trails Nordic
- Dechen Guenther – Turtle Mountain Nordic
Support Staff:
- Pauline Nadlersmith
- Cheryl Koop
- Andrew Vanden Berg
- Mike Hoeppner
Results
Massive shout out to William Vanden Berg on earning a Bronze medal on the final day of racing!
How wonderful to see a Manitoban on the podium at Nationals again.
Honourable mentions to:
- William VB and Mia Sawatsky for making it to the Semi-Finals on their Sprint race day (top 10 for William).
- Kate Sawatsky for making it to the Quarter-Finals on her Sprint day (11th place).
- Top 30 results for Hezekiah Hoeppner and Mia Sawatsky in their Interval Start Free Technique races.
- Top ½ of the field results for Jessica Kagan and Gideon Hoeppner (2 races). Top 5 result for Gideon in the Descent!
- Also…Top 10 and top 15 results for Imogen Nadlersmith who now races for Rocky Mountain Racers (Alberta)
All results are posted in Zone4.
