Twenty-six Vancouver athletes from 16 different high schools and three universities are on their way to Sherbrooke, Que. to represent B.C. at the Canada Summer Games Aug. 2 to 17.
UBC Dolphin Justin Chan (Van Tech) and Vancouver Pacific Swim Clubs Micha Gay (Prince of Wales) join the team in the pool. Fencers Vivien Cao (Churchill) and Emma von Dadelszen (Magee) were recruited along with St. Georges tennis players Alexander Day and Patrick Hall.
Basketball prospects Elijah Campbell-Axson (Vancouver College) and Jessica Hanson (Little Flower) will play for B.C. as will rowers Spencer de Gelder, Connor McSweeney (Hamber), Shane Mullen (St. Georges), Angus Todd and Mark Goudie of Vancouver College and sisters Katherine and Ellen Gleadow (Crofton House). Gerissen Tang (Eric Hamber) of the False Creek Racing Canoe Club will paddle.
On the track, Stephanie Cho (whose bio lists her at Van Tech, Prince of Wales and Churchill) will race the 400m hurdles and Lord Byng graduate Devan Wiebe will run the 800m and 400m. Carsten Lapointe (Prince of Wales and Van Tech) of RTC Vancouver will run the triathlon.
Vancouver Courier 2013 Prospects Kathryn Baker and Marc Magano, named two of the top graduating athletes in the city, will both compete for B.C. Baker, a Kitsilano grad, will play soccer and Killarneys Magano will wrestle.
Around the ball diamond, Stephani Ellis (Prince of Wales) will play softball and B.C. Premier Baseball League players Keenan Williams (Britannia) and Bradley Smith (Point Grey) will play ball.
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club sailor Lloyd Lyall, (West Point Grey) will race, Marine Drive Golf Club junior Trevor Yu will tee off and White Rock Divers Carolyn MacFarlane (Crofton House) will make a splash.
The Canada Games started with the Quebec City Winter Games in 1967 with the motto Unity through Sport and is now the countrys largest multi-sport competition for young athletes. The Canada Games run every two years, alternating between summer and winter events, and are hosted by a different prvince or territory each cycle.
Sherbrook will host 4,200 athletes in 20 disciplines at 20 different venues during 16 days of competition.
For up-to-the-minute results, visit jeuxducanada2013.ca.
