One of our athletes, Shannon Woeller, who plays NCAA Soccer for Rutgers also plays on the Womens’s National Team.
She emailed me this photo and said: ‘Thought you guys might find this picture kind of cool. I was at a tournament with the national team in Brazil last month and I got to start my first ever game with the full team. We tied Brazil 0-0 and they are number 3 in the world. The Brazilian in the picture is Marta, she is the top striker in the world and has been FIFA player of the year the last few years.’
Congrats to Vancouver CanuckJeff Tambellini who scored the shootout winner on Wednesday vs the Anaheim Ducks. Below are two video’s-the shootout and a taste of what he does with us in the off season to achieve his success.
GWA’s Jon Bula has signed up for the 2011 Trans Portugal Race starting April 29th. The 9 day stage race covers 1150km of riding through beautiful Portugal. Having just purchased a new bike for the race you will be able to find him in the trails of the North Shore and Squamish over the next six months.
Congratulations to Jackie Lang who made Team BC on the weekend and will be attending the Canada Winter Games in Halifax this February! Jackie has been training hard with us for 3 years in her quest for a US College Hockey Scholarship and never cuts corners in her preprations. Well deserved.
Congratulations to Tyler Morley who was named captain of the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL last week. The third year forward has commited to Merrimack (NCAA) for the 2012/13 season. Tyler has been training with us for the past two off seasons.
Well what a day!! Here we go (lots pictures and video at the end of the post):
3:30 am The alarm is set for 4:30am but I am awake…..4:45am Get out of bed, eat, drink, shoot the before video….5:15am Drive to the start, get marked, drop off special needs bags, pump bike tires, relax ….6:15am Put on HR monitor, wetsuit….6:30am Warm up swim, then stay warm….6:45am Watch the pro’s start, fight the nerves…..7:00am START the race with 3000 other swimmers
Congratulations to Shaone Morrisonn who signed a two year contract with the Buffalo Sabres last week. Mo is a seven year NHL vetran who spent the last five seasons with the Washington Capitals. We have been working with him for the past 2 off seasons in our Farm Hockey Training program. CBC story here
Jeff Tambellini who has been training here for two off seasons signed with the Canucks last week! He was working out at GWA when he got the offer and did not have to consider what it meant to be a Vancouver Canuck for long before deciding to accept. Congratulations Jeff! Here is a link to the Canucks video interview with Jeff, Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province articles.
On Sunday Jon and I competed in the Subaru Half Ironman in preparation for the Ironman. It was an overcast day and a 6:30am start into the ocean at Jehrico Sailing Club for two loops of 1000m…let me tell you it wasn’t warm. After that is was 90km on our bikes in the form of 4 loops with a climb up UBC hill in each one followed by a half marathon (21km) down Spanish Banks. Jon had an amazing race at 4:42, knocking almost 30 min off his time from 2 years ago. Troy did 5:01 and would have broken 5 hours if he didn’t have trouble putting on his shirt. Try it: purchase a skin tight Under Armour shirt, step in the shower, step out and try and pull it on hahaha.
