Team Marshall National Development Centre Fund

Hey! We’re the Marshall sisters, Sophia and Mya. We are high-performance cross-country skiers racing at the provincial and national levels in Canada as well as the international level.

We have been cross-country skiing for as long as we can remember. Growing up in Huntsville, Ontario both of us took part in the Jackrabbits program at Arrowhead Nordic and fell in love with the sport. As we grew and started competing, our passion only became stronger and we quickly realized that someday we both wanted to compete for Canada on the international level and at the Olympics.

Throughout the years we have been consistently top 3 on the provincial circuit and have had multiple top-10 performances on the national level.

Cross-country skiing is a long journey, most athletes don't peak until their late 20s or early 30s and we quickly realized that it was going to be a lot of work if we wanted to make this dream a reality! But the more training and racing we did, the stronger our drive has become to achieve this dream!

As a high-performance cross-country skier, we train 11 months of the year. Training hours range from 10hrs for a recovery week to 25hrs for a volume week. These high-volume training hours make it difficult to work full-time. Although we also work as much as we can while training it is very difficult to make enough money to fully support the costs which come along with the sport.

Recently we were granted a spot on the National Team Development Centre in Thunder Bay Ontario for the upcoming training and racing season. We are extremely excited for this opportunity as it will bring us one step closer to achieving this dream. However, joining a national development centre is going to come with some costs. The total training centre cost is going to amount to around $15,000 for just one of us! This cost includes trips across Canada for races and training camps, coaching fees, and waxing fees for our skis and the integrated support team and that is why we are seeking financial support.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and we hope you will consider supporting us to help make our Olympic dreams become a reality!