(With files from Swimming Canada)
Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Swimming Canada, announced Monday the 42 student-athletes who will represent Canada in swimming at the 25th Summer Universiade from July 1-12, 2009, in Belgrade, Serbia.
Leading the team will be Head Coach Mike Blondal from the University of Calgary. Blondal was named the 2009 CIS Coach of the Year - Female Team after his team won the Women's team banner for the first time in school history this past February. Blondal will be joined by University of Calgary Assistant Coach Kevin Anderson, University of Alberta Head Coach Bill Humby, Sherbrooke Head Coach Mohamed Marouf and Laval University Head Coach Nicolas Perron.
Congratulation to all swimmers, coaches and staff selected for the 2009 Summer Universiade
2009 Summer Universiade website: www.universiade-belgrade2009.org
Team Canada website: www.universitysport.ca/belgrade
STAFF
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Manager: Johanne Girardin, Quebec City (Laval University)
Manager: James Hood, Edmonton
Head coach: Mike Blondal, Calgary (University of Calgary)
Assistant coach: Kevin Anderson, Calgary (University of Calgary)
Assistant coach: Bill Humby, Edmonton (University of Alberta)
Assistant coach: Mohamed Marouf, Sherbrooke
Assistant coach: Nicholas Perron, Quebec City (Laval University)
Massage therapist: Ronald Castro, Toronto
Massage therapist: Shawn Trimble, Vancouver
Massage therapist: Aurel Hamran, Edmonton
Physiologist: Jane Labreche, Vancouver
Video technician: Graham Olson, Calgary
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
Women;
| Name |
University |
Eligibility * |
Hometown |
| Jennifer Carroll |
UQTR |
5 |
Montreal, Que. |
| Vanessa Charron |
St. Lawrence College |
- |
Quebec City, Que. |
| Jessika Craig |
Calgary |
2 |
Picton, Ont. |
| Melanie Dodds |
Texas A&M |
2 |
Maple Ridge, B.C. |
| Paméla Filiatrault-Veilleux |
Laval |
3 |
Lévis, Que. |
| Breanna Hendriks |
Calgary |
2 |
Cochrane, Alta. |
| Tara Ivanitz |
UBC |
3 |
Vernon, B.C. |
| Marie-Soleil Jean-Lachapelle |
Collège Ahuntsic |
- |
Montreal, Que. |
| Haylee Johnson |
UBC |
5 |
Vancouver, B.C. |
| Jessica Johnson |
Calgary |
2 |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Hanna Kubas |
Calgary |
5 |
Edmonton, Alta. |
| Allison Long |
Calgary |
A |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Heather Maitland |
Toronto |
2 |
Toronto, Ont |
| Seanna Mitchell |
Calgary |
2 |
Manotick, Ont. |
| Katy Murdoch |
Calgary |
4 |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Hayley Nell |
Western |
2 |
London, Ont. |
| Kevyn Peterson |
Calgary |
3 |
Salmon Arm, B.C. |
| Hanna Pierse |
UBC |
3 |
Edmonton, Alta. |
| Marie-Pier Ratelle |
Laval |
3 |
Trois-Rivières, Que. |
| Kayla Voytechek |
Alberta |
1 |
Lethbridge, Alta. |
Men
| Name |
University |
Eligibility * |
Hometown |
| Kelly Aspinall |
Calgary |
2 |
Nanoose Bay, B.C. |
| Warren Barnes |
Pittsburgh |
B |
Pickering, Ont. |
| Keith Beavers |
Waterloo |
1 |
Waterloo, Ont. |
| Ray Betuzzi |
Minnesota |
3 |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Steven Bielby |
McGill |
1 |
Pointe-Claire, Que. |
| Rory Biskupski |
UBC |
2 |
West Vancouver, B.C. |
| Jonathan Blouin |
Cégep F-X-Garneau |
- |
Quebec City, Que. |
| Zack Chetrat |
Toronto |
1 |
Oakville, Ont. |
| Xavier Desharnais |
Cégep de Sherbrooke |
- |
Sherbrooke, Que. |
| David Dimitrov |
Calgary |
A |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Philippe Dubreuil |
Sherbrooke |
C |
Sherbrooke, Que. |
| Richard Hortness |
UNLV |
D |
Medicine Hat, Alta. |
| Brian Johns |
UBC |
C |
Richmond, B.C. |
| Bryn Jones |
Western |
2 |
London, Ont. |
| Marco Monaco |
Toronto |
3 |
Oakville, Ont. |
| Nicolas Murray |
Laval |
5 |
Matane, Que. |
| Callum Ng |
UBC |
5 |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Matt Rose |
Alberta |
E |
Lindsay, Ont. |
| David Sharpe |
Dalhousie |
F |
Halifax, N.S. |
| Matthew Swanston |
Stanford |
G |
Newmarket, Ont |
| Chris Tobin |
Calgary |
5 |
Oxford Mills, Ont. |
| Brian Yakiwchuk |
Alberta |
2 |
Prince George, B.C. |
* Indicates year of eligibility used in 2008-09 CIS or NCAA season.
A - Long and Dimitrov will be freshmen at the University of Calgary in 2009-10.
B - Barnes last participated in NCAA competition in 2006-07.
C - Dubreuil and Johns last participated in CIS competition in 2006-07.
D - Hortness last participated in NCAA competition in 2007-08.
E - Rose last participated in NCAA competition in 2003-04. He now studies at the University of Alberta but used all his university eligibility at Texas A&M.
F - Sharpe will be a freshman at Dalhousie University in 2009-10.
G - Swanston will be a freshman at Stanford University in 2009-10