Swimming Canada Names World University Games Roster

Victoria Kwan. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

U SPORTS and Swimming Canada announced Wednesday its Team Canada delegation for the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, the World University Games

Canada will compete in 12 sports, including athletics, basketball (men and women), diving, fencing, gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), soccer (women only), swimming, table tennis, taekwando, rugby sevens (men and women), volleyball (men and women) and water polo (women only). All teams were selected in partnership with each respective National Sports Organization (NSO) or are being managed by the U SPORTS national office.

The full delegation totals over 300 including student-athletes, coaches, staff, and medical personnel.

“The Mission Staff is looking forward to delivering a great experience for our Canadian delegation,” said Team Canada Chef de Mission Ari Grossman. “Representing Canada at any sporting event is a huge honour and responsibility and we are pleased to welcome all team members and congratulate them on this exciting accomplishment.”

More World University Games coverage here.

To celebrate the milestone 30^th edition and 60^th anniversary of the World University Summer Games, the event returns to its first home, where it was originally held in Turin, Italy in 1969.

Canada finished in 16^th at the 2017 FISU Summer Universiade in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei with 13 medals (four gold, five silver, four bronze). This year’s games will run from July 3-14, with some competitions beginning on July 2 and will feature over 9,300 athletes from 128 countries.

The Opening Ceremony will be held on July 3 at 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT (9:00 p.m. local time). The full schedule is available here.

“We are very excited to reveal the members of Team Canada for the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade. Every student-athlete on this team has shown the ability to balance academics and athletics, and we are tremendously proud to have them wear the maple leaf in Naples, Italy,” said Lisette Johnson-Stapley, Chief Sport Officer at U SPORTS. “As the Olympics of University Sport, the FISU Games are an excellent opportunity for all of our student-athletes to compete against fellow world-class talent, as they set their sights on gold.”

Here is a list of the swimmers on the roster:

Men
Ayoubi, Mehdi	Club Aquatique Montreal	Greg Arkhurst	Meknès, Morocco	Montréal, QC
Beaudin-Bolduc, Nathan	Rouge et Or/ Université de Laval	Nic Perron
Brothers, Peter	University of Calgary Swim Club	Mike Blondal	Grantsburg, Wisconsin, USA	Victoria, BC
Champagne, Montana	Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club	Dave Heinbuch	Ottawa, ON
Dans, Matthew	Toronto Swim Club	Linda Kiefer	Toronto, ON
Gagne, Collyn	Oakville Aquatic Club	Sean Baker
Gilbert, Colin	Kamloops Classic Swimming	Brad Dalke
Hill, Robert	Chena Swim Club
Isings, Connor	Pointe-Claire Swim Club	Martn Gingras	Beaconsfield, QC	Beaconsfield, QC
Kidd, Cameron	Toronto Swim Club	Byron MacDonald	Paris, ON
Klein, Anders		Derrick Schoof		Edmonton, AB
Lefranc, Jaren	KISU Swim Club
Lim, Dmitriy	UBC Thunderbird Swim Club	Steve Price	Burnaby, BC
Perreault, Alexandre	Ottawa Swim Club	Blair Tucker	Ottawa, ON	Ottawa, ON
Wall, Eli	Toronto Swim Club	Linda Kiefer	Ottawa, ON	Toronto, ON
Zeng, Tim	Chena Swim Club	Patrick Paradis	North Vancouver, BC
Women
Anderson, Marit	University of Calgary Swim Club	Mike Blondal	Calgary, AB
Angus, Sophie	Unattached Canada		Weston, CT	Weston, CT
Dalke, Megan	UBC Thunderbird Swim Club	Tom Johnson	Kamloops, B.C.
Ellard, Olivia	UBC Thunderbird Swim Club	Steve Price	Lombardy, ON
Genich, Hannah	Toronto Swim Club	Linda Kiefer	Cobourg, ON
Goss, Kennedy	Granite Gators	Mike Westphal	Toronto, ON	Bloomington, IN
Huddle, Charis	Western University Swimming	Paul Midgley	Cambridge, ON
Kidd, Georgia	Edmonton Keyano Swim Club	Byron MacDonald	St. Albert, AB
Kucheran, Nina	Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club	Dean Henze
Kwan, Victoria	Markham Aquatic Club	Robert Novak
Mainville, Ariane	Club Aquatique Montreal	Claude St-Jean	Longueuil, QC
McMurray, Ainsley	Côte St-Luc Aquatics	Michael Calcutt
Metcalfe, Hillary	Langley Olympians Swim Club	Steve Price	Langley, BC
Stever, Miranda	Northumberland Aquatic Club	Emil Tzvetanov	Toronto, ON	Peterborough, ON
Watson, Sarah	University of Manitoba Bisons	Vlastimil Cerny
Wilm, Ingrid	UBC Thunderbird Swim Club	Tom Johnson	Norwich, UK	Calgary, AB

Staff Members
Name	Position
McKinnon, Ken	Team Leader
Poirier, Michelle	Team Manager
Schoof, Derrick	Head Coach
Blondal, Mike	Coach
Midgley, Paul	Coach
Beckwith, Brian	Massage Therapist

— The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Swimming Canada. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com.

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4 years ago

Hey Swim Canada, what took so long to go public. Would’ve been great if these athletes could get the recognition a whole lot sooner.