March 17, 2006 – Whitehorse, Yukon will be alive with cross-country ski action this weekend, March 18-21, with National Team members and recent Olympians in attendance as the finale to the Haywood Canada Cup is decided. For all the information about the event please click on the following link:

http://www.xcskiwhitehorse.ca/westerns/index.html

Top Three Women – Haywood NorAm Canada Cup Series

Dasha Gaiazova 159 points
Shayla Swanson 155 points
Tara Whitten 122 points

Top Three Men – Haywood NorAm Canada Cup Series

Graham Nishikawa 130 points
Dave Nighbor 128 points
Eric Carleton 116 points

FIS Regional Series Totals (includes all races in the Haywood NorAm – Canada Cup Series plus all races at the Cdn National Championships – best 6 distance and 3 sprint races to count). The top man and women in the Series may be entitled to a spot on the World Cup circuit next fall pending final development of the 2006-07 NST budget.

Top Three Men after National Championships

Graham Nishikawa 176
Dave Nighbor 160
Chris Jeffries 157

Top Three Women after National Championships

Dasha Gaiazova 249
Tara Whitten 185
Shayla Swanson 172

World Cup

Another great week on the World Cup circuit for the Canadian team and two more medals for Beckie Scott. This year’s World Cup season is going to be ending on a high for the National Team regardless of the results to come.

The two remaining races to come will be staged in Sapporo, Japan with the Team Sprint on Saturday March 18 and the Continuous Pursuit on Sunday March 19. Keep in mind that with the time change, Sapporo is 14 hours ahead of MST time.

For more information on the races this weekend click on the following link:

http://www.sapporo2007.com/english/index.html

Information on this weekend can be found in the “Pre WC” menu on the homepage.

Results can also be found on the FIS website:

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?event_id=17009&cal_suchsector=CC

Good luck to all those competing this weekend!