Story in the West

It was a battle of nations as the top athletes from Canada West and North West gathered at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, for the 2015 West Regional. Competing on the third and final weekend of regional action, athletes were more than ready to get started. “I’m feeling like I waited long enough,” says Emily Abbott, a 2014 Games athlete out of Calgary, Canada, “and I need to get a damn workout in, so let’s just go.” And go she did, winning Events 1 and 2. Abbott was just one of two women across al