On Tuesday, U Sports activities introduced a roster of 50 collegiate monitor and subject athletes who will characterize Crew Canada on the 2025 FISU World College Video games. From 22 universities throughout the nation, 26 ladies and 24 males will make their solution to Bochum, Germany, to compete in opposition to the world’s greatest from July 21-27.
This marks the primary Canadian FISU athletics workforce for the reason that 2019 championships in Naples, Italy; the 2021 Video games had been cancelled because of the pandemic, and in 2023, Athletics Canada didn’t ship a workforce as a result of excessive prices and ongoing struggles with COVID-19.
The athletes, a lot of whom shall be making their debut on the world stage, shall be led by Western College’s head coach Vickie Croley, who concluded her ultimate season with a double-banner U Sports activities efficiency. Notably, Western Mustangs athletes make up almost 1 / 4 of the roster.
Girls’s team
Nike Abiodun (Waterloo, Ont./College of Guelph) – 100m hurdles*!
Julia Agostinelli (London, Ont./College of Toronto) – 800m
Georgia Bernhard (Guelph, Ont./College of New Brunswick) – 3,000m steeplechase
Camille Boudreau (Quebec Metropolis/Université Laval) – 1,500m
Tyra Boug (Kitchener, Ont./Western College) – 100m hurdles*!
Elise Coates (Nanaimo, B.C./College of Victoria) – 5,000m
Chloe Coutts (Toronto/Western College) – 1,500m
Sophie Coutts (Toronto/Western College) – 800m
Lara Denbow (Neepawa, Man./College of Manitoba) – high jump
Rachel Grenke (Edmonton/College of Alberta) – pole vault
Jessica Gyamfi (London, Ont./College of Ottawa) – sscorching put, discus
Hannah Hagerty (Regina/College of Saskatchewan) – long jump*
April Kippers (St. Albert, Alta./College of Alberta) – pole vault
Chelsea MacIsaac (Greenfield, N.S./Dalhousie College) – hammer throw
Shelby MacIsaac (Riverview, N.B./College of New Brunswick) – 400m hurdles!
Ashley Maguire (LaSalle, Ont./Western College) – 5,000m
Celia Markovinovic (Puslinch, Ont./College of Waterloo) – high jump, long jump
Vivian Ogor (Waterloo, Ont./Western College) – 100m*
Doyin Ogunremi (Ottawa/College of Ottawa) – 200m*!
Favour Okpali (Toronto/Western College) – 400m!
Tise Okuboyejo (Calgary/College of Alberta) – 400m hurdles!
Georgia Oland (Calgary/College of Calgary) – 100m, 200m*
Liv Sands (London, Ont./Western College) – sscorching put
Robin Selkirk (Whitby, Ont./Western College) – heptathlon
Marisha Thompson (Victoria, B.C./College of Victoria) – 3,000m steeplechase
Paige Willems (Warman, Sask./College of Saskatchewan) – 400m!
* Included within the 4x100m relay pool
! Included within the 4x400m relay pool
Males’s team
William Boyle (Winnipeg/College of New Brunswick) – 5,000m
Miles Brackenbury (Kingston, Ont./Queen’s College) – half-marathon
Travis Campbell (Milton, Ont./College of Guelph) – 100m*
Emanuel Desilets (Laval, Que./Western College) – decathlon
Niko Dowhos (Thunder Bay, Ont./Lakehead College) – 100m*
Joshua Duckman (Toronto/Western College) – 200m!
Daniel Earles (Conception Bay South, N.L./Trinity Western College) – 400m!
Wesley Eze (Calgary/College of Alberta) – sscorching put, discus
Aiden Grout (Pitt Meadows, B.C./College of Toronto) – hellogh jump
Keshawn Igbinosun (Toronto/Brock College) – 400m!
Lauchlan Irish (Victoria, B.C./College of Lethbridge) – triple jump
Thomas Laviolette (Mascouche, Que./Université de Montréal) – 5,000m
Dawson Mann (Sanford, Man./College of Manitoba) – 800m
David Moulongou (Ottawa/College of Ottawa) – 400m hurdles!
Jake Neufeld (Saskatoon/College of Saskatchewan) – decathlon
Jonathan Podbielski (Regina/College of Regina) – 1,500m
Alec Purnell (Dundas, Ont./McMaster College) – 800m, 1,500m
Rui Ramsay (Calgary/Trinity Western College) – 4x100m
Arman Shahzadeh (Richmond Hill, Ont./Western College) – long jump
Jordan Soufi (Winnipeg/College of Manitoba) – 200m*
Daxx Turner (Neepawa, Man./College of Manitoba) – triple jump
Ben Tilson (Windsor, Ont./College of Windsor) – 400m hurdles!
A.J. Stanat, (St. Thomas, Ont./College of Windsor) – sscorching put
Kenneth West (Brampton, Ont./Western College) – long jump
* Included within the 4x100m relay pool
! Included within the 4x400m relay pool
Athletics Canada is not going to ship a workforce to 2023 FISU College Video games in China
Canada’s first medal was captured by George Puce at FISU 1965 in Budapest, Hungary. Since then, Crew Canada has earned 82 further medals, together with silver and bronze medals gained by Nicole Hutchinson (5,000m) and Courtney Hufsmith (1,500m), respectively, in 2019.Â
