Photo Credit: Alberta Winter Games Airdrie 2020

By Shane Clausing

Alberta Winter Games

Over 100 Peace Region Athletes attending Alberta Winter Games in Airdrie

Feb 14, 2020 | 5:30 AM

Over 100 athletes from Grande Prairie and dozens more from around the Peace Region will be participating at the Alberta Winter Games in Airdrie from February 14-17.

2,700 athletes, coaches and officials are expected to descend on Airdrie for the games. Athletes ranging in age from 11-17 will be representing their zones in 23 different sports.

Athletes from the Peace Region will be representing Zone 8, with hockey being the exception. There are eight different zones created throughout the province.

The opening ceremonies take place on Friday and will be held at Airdrie City Hall. They begin at 7:00 p.m.

At the opening ceremonies, Zone 8 athletes will be walked into the plaza by two athletes from Grande Prairie, those being Fencer Cayden Kohlsmith and Gymnast Mikaela Lewis, who will carry the banner for the zone.

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Once the torch is lit on Friday, the three days of competitions will begin early Saturday morning and conclude in the evening on Family Day Monday.

Below is a full list of athletes that are representing Zone 8 and the Peace Region at the games:

Archery

Dylan Ayre (Grande Prairie)

Austin Dougherty (Sexsmith)

Danica Lefebvre (Grande Prairie)

Ethan Utz (Grande Prairie)

Jorgie Visser (Valleyview)

Mattea Visser (Valleyview)

Artistic Gymnastics

Aidan Bouck (Grande Prairie)

Alex Buchta (Grande Prairie)

Paisley Burwash (Grande Prairie)

Melanie Curtis (Grande Prairie)

Chloe Hedges (Grande Prairie)

Samantha Ladwig (Grande Prairie)

Mikaela Lewis (Grande Prairie)

Mackenzie Rigler (Grande Prairie)

Chaney Tidd (Grande Prairie)

Kaishun Wang (Grande Prairie)

Sara Zack (Grande Prairie)

Artistic Swimming

Sera Allen (Grande Prairie)

Jordyn Cote (Grande Prairie)

Makena Fedorick (Grande Prairie)

Kate Martin (County of Grande Prairie)

Leandra Montes (Grande Prairie)

Badminton

Kara Binette (Sexsmith)

Jordan Coen (Grimshaw)

Tenille Guerette (Girouxville)

Mattaya Lauck (Grande Prairie)

Nate Lojczyc (Wembley)

Quinn Throness (Sexsmith)

Kai li Zhang (Grande Prairie)

Kevin Zhang (Grande Prairie)

Biathlon

Nelson Jameson (Clairmont)

Scott Maloney (Grande Prairie)

Connor Mclaughlin (Sexsmith)

Colton Mehr (County of Grande Prairie)

Cross Country Skiing

Aiden Armstong (Grande Prairie)

William Armstrong (Grande Prairie)

Corwin Briere (Grande Prairie)

Kaitlynn Briere (Grande Prairie)

Signey Fehr (Grande Prairie)

Aaron Hutchinson (Beaverlodge)

Adam Hutchinson (Beaverlodge)

Sara Martin (Grande Prairie)

Ella Pruden (Grande Prairie)

Amy Redmond (Grande Prairie)

Johanna Redmond (Grande Prairie)

Mika Richter (Grande Prairie)

Liam Tinworth (Grande Prairie)

Curling (Female)

Brooke Bozarth (Sexsmith)

Jennifer Bozarth (Sexsmith)

Brylee Girard (Grande Prairie)

Lola Rasi (Sexsmith)

Hayden Young (Sexsmith)

Curling (Male)

Carter Furgeson (County of Grande Prairie)

Jaxon Hiebert (Sexsmith)

Dereck Mok (Grande Prairie)

Noah Mok (Grande Prairie)

Riley Mullin (Grande Prairie)

Robert Nelson (Sexsmith)

Hayden Phillips (Grande Prairie)

Logan Skarberg (Sexsmith)

Kayne Young (Sexsmith)

Otis Young (Sexsmith)

Fencing

Cayden Kohlsmith (Grande Prairie)

Becky Mckay (Grande Prairie)

Hailey McKay (Grande Prairie)

Evan Senger (Grande Prairie)

Stefan Zelko (Grande Prairie)

Figure Skating

Rochelle Beekman (Grande Prairie)

Abigail Benjamin (Grande Prairie)

Sadie Finnbraaten (Wembley)

Julianne Howse (Grande Prairie)

Kyra Sauve (Grande Prairie)

Averie Villiger (Beaverlodge)

Kayla Welygan (Grande Prairie)

Fustal (Female)

Livvy Blundell (Grande Prairie)

Addison Cheveldave (Grande Prairie)

Autumn Hitchcock (Grande Prairie)

Cathrine Hollingworth (Grande Prairie)

Reece Hollingworth (Grande Prairie)

Amery Lalonde (Grande Prairie)

Saimaa Rawlyk (Grande Prairie)

Kali Scheck (Grande Prairie)

Fustal (Male)

Daen Andersen (Grande Prairie)

Ivan Danielewicz (Sexsmith)

Thomas Phibbs (Grande Prairie)

Alex Pravitz (Grande Prairie)

Nikolas Ramirez (Grande Prairie)

Finnley Sewall (Grande Prairie)

Jake Shewfelt (Grande Prairie)

Kingston Stover (Grande Prairie)

Seth Welsh (Grande Prairie)

Charlie White (Grande Prairie)

Hockey (Female)

Kamryn Aebly (Grande Prairie, Zone 7)

Molly Hamilton (Bay Tree, Zone 6)

Tarryn Hemmingway (Grande Prairie, Zone 6)

Sarah Kjemhus (Hythe, Zone 6)

Rylee McLeod (Grande Prairie, Zone 6)

Sayj Peters (La Crete, Zone 6)

Victoria Willsey (Grande Prairie, Zone 6)

Hockey (Male)

Michelle Barron (Grande Prairie, Zone 8)

Kim Buchan (Bay Tree, Zone 5)

Shea Fitzgerald (Grande Prairie, Zone 7)

Max Fogle (Grande Prairie, Zone 7)

Jaxen Gauchier (High Prairie, Zone 8)

Hudson Perry (Sexsmith, Zone 7)

Benjamin Radke (Grande Prairie, Zone 5)

Mason Stirrett (Grande Prairie, Zone 7)

Kyle Weegar (Grande Prairie, Zone 7)

Judo

Sydney Kinderwater (Grande Prairie)

Mackenzie Querin (Wembley)

Mattea Seitz (Grande Prairie)

Nikita Tsyruk (Grande Prairie)

Speed Skating

Berkley Ferguson (Peace River)

Hayden Gjerlaug (Grande Prairie)

Natalie Guindon (Peace River)

Dominik Hansen (Peace River)

Nicholas Kadyk (Grande Prairie)

Camden Mcnaughton (Peace River)

Brielle Schoorlemmer (Rycroft)

Aaron Smith (Grimshaw)

Volleyball (Female)

Miranda Cowger (Grande Prairie)

Lily Hamilton (Grande Prairie)

Daci Jones (Beaverlodge)

Samantha Langdon (Grande Prairie)

Katelyn Mazurkewich (County of Grande Prairie)

Emma Noskey (Grande Prairie)

Erin Noskey (Grande Prairie)

Megan Patterson (Grande Prairie)

Nathan Piepgrass (Grande Prairie)

Kayla Polaick (Grande Prairie)

Arika Pullishy (Spirit River)

Bianca Swartz (Peace River)

Jessica Wiebe (Sexsmith)

Evangeline Zeyha (Grande Prairie)

Volleyball (Male)

Dylan Dion (Donnelly)

Lucas Duncan (Grande Prairie)

Keynen Fedorowicz (Grande Prairie)

Cole Larsen (Grande Prairie)

Cadence Macaraeg (Grande Prairie)

Owen Macaulay (Hythe)

Dylan Martineau (Grande Prairie)

Patrick Pabalan (Falher)

Kurt Tristan Saluna (Peace River)

Austin Sauder (Grande Prairie)

Billy Thiemann (Grande Prairie)

Cole Thiemann (Grande Prairie)

David Villiger (Beaverlodge)

René Villiger (Beaverlodge)