The National Sport School is located in the North West corner of Ernest Manning High School.
NSS This Summer:
National Sport School student-athletes will remain busy over the summer - here are some examples of “what I will be doing on my summer vacation”:
- Thomas Jobin will represent Canada at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this August, competing in the 50, 100, and 200 Fly.
- Rae Lekness was just named to the Canadian Junior Women’s Water Polo Team and will compete in the Pan American Championships this August.
- Freestyle skiers Megan Gunning, Aaron MacKay and Noah Bowman will compete for Canada this summer in New Zealand at the World Junior Freestyle Championships.
- Synchronized Swimmer Jordan McKenzie was selected to the Canadian 13-15 Synchronized Swimming Team and competes in Greece this summer at the Comen Cup for Canada.
Best wishes to all our athletes in their competitions this summer!
Alberta's Athletes of the Year
The Government of Alberta has released the names of their Amateur Athletes of the Year for 2009, and the National Sport School is very well represented. Grade 12 student-athlete Hailey Casper is the Junior Female Athlete of the Year. Hailey, a diver, was Alberta’s flag bearer at the opening of the Canada Summer Games this year, won a gold medal and set a new Games record at that competition, and has just won two gold and one bronze medal at the Amsterdam Dutch Open in the Netherlands. Kurtis Wenzel, and NSS grad is the Junior Male Athlete of the Year. Kurtis won three medals at the 2009 Biathlon Youth and Junior World Championships. Grade 10 student-athlete and waterpolo player Rae Lekness is a member of the Team of the Year, the Renegades Cadet U16 Gold, who won the National Championship this year, as well as going undefeated through every National tournament and International touring series this year Kaitlyn Gibson to go to Space School Grade 11 student- Gunning and Voigt both win Silver Internationally
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National Sport School Olympians Former student-athletes: Along with our four current-student athletes 17 former NSS student-athletes represented 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 Olympic Fore-Runners |
athlete Kaitlyn Gibson has been selected to represent Western Canada at the United Space School in Houston this summer. This program, offered in collaboration with NASA, is operated by the Foundation for International Space Education and hosts students from around the world. Kaitlyn received the news of her selection the same week she was informed that she was selected as an invitee by Alberta Alpine to the 2010-2011 Raymond James Alberta Ski Team. 
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. 
Congratulations to the following grade 12 NSS student-athletes who competed in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics: Eric Mitchell, Ski Jumping, Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, Ski Jumping; Trevor Morrice, Ski Jumping; Tristan Walker, Double Luge
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 Closure of the Ernest Manning High School building: For information on the closure of this building and the relocation of the schools housed there, please visit West Calgary High School. |
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