Local Sports

Christa Ferguson used to be a mild-mannered 15-year-old student. Polite and considerate of others, the Our Lady of the Snows student was a model citizen. But in the pool, according to her friends, she’s a beast.

After 17 laps, mud, cold and a few upchuck stops, Matt Duggan is the 2011 24 Hours of Adrenalin champion. Saddle sore and a tad bow-legged, Duggan crossed the finish line into a welcoming embrace from his wife Megan.

Liah Harvie won’t forget her first national-level race. The young rider took a header on one of the descents, knocking a tooth loose after a trip over the handlebars. Her coach, concerned for her health, queried her afterwards.

For Canmore United, it’s true all good things must come to an end. The team appears to have played their final game in the Kimberley Soccer Tournament, following an A division quarter-final loss to Spokane on Sunday (July 17).

After seven years as the best mountain biker in the country, Geoff Kabush has relinquished his title. Max Plaxton played the role of spoiler, winning the Canadian national mountain bike title Saturday (July 16) at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

Catharine Pendrel captured her third Canadian Mountain Biking championship in convincing fashion, leading from first lap to finish at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Saturday (July 16).

Kyle McLaughlin is a successful man.

Many elite Bow Valley athletes complete remarkable feats of physical fitness at their absolute peak – physical specimens forged with supreme V02 max levels, high end cardio levels and resting heart rates that could put a Stampede bronco to shame.

With the Canadian Rockies filling in admirably for the Italian Alps, Kananaskis had its first taste of GranFondo riding, Saturday (July 9) on Highway 40.

When Danelle Kabush was running cross-country races for the University of Washington, she would don spikes and sprint across the rolling golf courses littered across the state.