January Time Trial

January Time Trial (Practice and Clinic), January 18th, Hosted by Pentathlon Alberta at Talisman Centre. Event starts at 1pm. Please see attached form for sign up. We apologize to members for the short notice, however we just received this notification and information package today.

Download form here.

Welcome back Ares athletes!

Happy New Year to you all and all the best for 2014. I hope it was an enjoyable break for all and you’re ready to get back at training and looking forward to the upcoming competitions. Please ensure your attendance at next Monday January 13^th practice to get your hands on some Ares gear. Club shirts and swim caps will be handed out. Lastly, one house keeping item: fees for the this semester are due by Friday January 10^th.

The qualification meet for North and South America (Pan American region) was hosted in Acapulco from Nov 28 to Dec 1. From this, two men and two women would earn spots to the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China. Kali Sayers represented Canada at her second international youth competition, accompanied by team mates Beatrice Cigagna and Hilary Elliott. Coaches Miguel Vadillo and Joshua Riker-Fox.

Kali finished in 6th place, following Hungary, Guatemala, Guatemala, Mexico, Chile. She was 2nd in the fence and had an average swim. Her combined run/shoot was especially strong in the second half.

The men competed Saturday (Ontario's Cole Williamson is the single Canadian male), and the mixed relay was Sunday.