Gunning and Voigt both win Silver Internationally
Feb 2010
Grade 11 student-athlete Megan Gunning astonished the world on January 29th by winning a silver medal at the Winter X-Games in Aspen in the Women’s Freestyle Skiing Half-Pipe event. Throughout the event Megan was referred to as the “future of women’s freestyle skiing”.
The next day grade 11 classmate Brooke Voigt took silver in the Slopestyle event at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Calgary. At only 16 years old, Brooke will be a force in snowboarding for years to come.
Mikhail Choi: World Champion!
Jan 2010
The National Sport School is very proud to announce that grade 11 student-athlete Mikhail Choi is the 500 metre World Junior Short Track Speedskating Champion. Mikhail won this title at the World Junior Championship in Taipei, Taiwan on January 9th. Mikhail’s championship race can be viewed at World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.
Congratulations Mikhail!

Applications for the 2010-2011
School Year
Nov 2009
We are processing applications for
the 2010-2011 school year. As in past years, we anticipate that
our
school
will again
reach its capacity so we strongly recommend getting applications
in early. Applications will be evaluated as they are received
to see if they meet sport criteria, with individual interviews
taking place after sport criteria approval is granted. 2010-2011
Application Form. |
National Sport School Olympians
Congratulations to the following grade 12 NSS student-athletes who will be competing in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics: Eric Mitchell, Ski Jumping, Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, Ski Jumping; Trevor Morrice, Ski Jumping; Tristan Walker, Double Luge
Former student-athletes: Along with our four current-student athletes 17 former NSS student-athletes will be representing Canada at these games. Luge: Justin Snith, Sam Edney, Ian Cockerline, Meaghan Simister, Alex Gough. Alpine Skiing: Shona Rubens, Trevor White, Brad Spence. Freestyle Skiing: Kyle Nissen, Warren Shouldice. Bobsled: Kaillie Humphries. Women's Hockey: Jennifer Botterill, Carla MacLeod. Ski Jumping: Stefan Read. Nordic Combined: Jason Myslicki. Snowboard: Kimi Zakreski. Skier Cross: Dani Poleschuk
National Sport School Torchbearers
Congratulations to the following NSS student-athletes who were chosen to participate as Torchbearers in the Olympic Torch Relay: Pierce Mimura, Kyle Yoshida, Tyler MacRae, Roni Wolach,
Alex Barton,
Stuart Harden,
Matthew Rowley and
Yukon de Leeuw
Olympic Fore-Runners
These NSS student-athletes have been selected to fore-run events at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics:
Alpine Skiing: Sarah Freeman, Celine Rytz, Erik Read, Trevor Philp
Ski Jumping: Alex Barton, Matt Rowley, Yukon de Leeuw, Chanon Pretorius
Speed Skating: Alexandra Ianculescu
Luge: Dayna Clay, Kim McRae, Elena Corrigall |