Meet the Coaches
Meet the Coaches
Roddy Ward, Head Coach
Roddy Ward has coached high-performance, development and masters athletes for 20-plus years. He has more than a decade of experience as a national team coach and as the director of high performance and athlete development with Biathlon Canada. Roddy has a master’s degree in coaching from the University of Victoria and has guided athletes to win medals at the World Cup and World Championships. Roddy’s goal with PureXC is to provide masters athletes an exceptional experience focused on the improvement of all aspects of athletic development in the sport of skiing.
Kelly Drager, Lead Performance Dietician
Kelly holds a Masters of Science in exercise physiology and biochemistry where she studied the Female Athlete Triad and compared energy availability of female athletes and non-athletes. She is also a board certified specialist in sport dietetics.
Kelly’s expertise includes nutrition management for injuries, sport supplement navigation, assessment and monitoring of athletes’ nutrient needs and energy deficiency in order to meet training demands and nutrition YTP development. She currently works with the wrestling, figure skating, alpine, cross-country, biathlon and para-nordic National teams as well as the ski cross NextGen team.
Originally from Lougheed, Alberta, Kelly grew up on a small farm. She now spends her spare time rock climbing and dog training her two Labradors.
Trail Sports Assistant Coaches
CANSI Level 3 and 4 instructors who are lifelong skiers with years of experience in ski racing and as ski instructors and coaches.