Canadian Sport Institute Pacific – With its eighth year of operation nearly completed, Canadian Sport School Victoria (CSS Victoria) is hosting its annual Media Day on Thursday, May 23^rd between 11:30am and 12:30pm.

CSS Victoria Media Day is an opportunity for the 29 students from the 2018-19 cohort to discuss their successes over this season and, for the 15 graduating students, to talk about the next steps in their athletic and academic careers.

Highlights for this year include Riley Pickrell (Cycling) Casey Garrison (Cycling) and Georgia Cameron (Weightlifting) all medaling at their respective Junior National Championships this year. Then, earlier this month, Spencer Thomas and Tai Kilpatrick helped their Victoria City Rowing Club Under 19 Men’s eight Rowing crew win gold at the prestigious Windermere Cup in Washington State. The last time VCRC won the U19 Men’s eight was in 2004.

The complete list of graduating student-athletes, along with their post-secondary plans, is listed below:

First Name	Last Name	Sport	School	Club/Affiliation	Post-Secondary Plans
Georgia	Cameron	Weightlifting	SIDES	Siemens Weightlifting/ Team BC	University of Victoria
Luke	De Greeff	Volleyball	Lambrick Park	Seaside Volleyball	York University (Ontario)
Jake	Dziwenka	Soccer	Claremont	Vancouver Island Wave	University of Northern BC
Casey	Garrison	Cycling	Reynolds	Tripleshot Cycling Club/ Team BC	Gap Year to Train Full Time
Ali	Henderson	Softball	Belmont	Victoria Devils Fastball Association	Grayson College (Texas)
Maki	Jenner	Field Lacrosse	Claremont	Team BC	University of Denver
Riley	Pickrell	Cycling	Claremont	Trek Red Truck Cycling Team/Team Canada	TBD
Joshua	Elbourne	Rugby	Esquimalt	James Bay Rugby Club	Crandall University (New Brunswick)
Amelia	Gordon	Rugby	Oak Bay	Castaway Wanderers/Team BC	University of British Columbia
Isaac	Swan	Lacrosse	Belmont	Victoria Shamrocks/Team BC	Lewis University (Illinois)
Tai	Kilpatrick	Rowing	Reynolds	Vic City Rowing Club	University of Victoria
Emma	Letkeman	Volleyball	Pacific Christian School	Victoria Volleyball Association	Red Deer College (Alberta)
Marissa	Murray	Rowing	Claremont	Gorge Narrows Rowing Club	University of Texas at Austin
Spencer	Thomas	Rowing	Claremont	Vic City Rowing Club	Gap Year to Train Full Time
Cordel	Tromp	Field Hockey	SMUS	Lynx Field Hockey Club/ Team BC	University of Victoria

 

 

The Canadian Sport School is an important initiative of the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, delivered in partnership with PacificSport and Engage Sport North or viaSport Regional Alliance[JJ1] . With campuses located in Victoria, Kelowna, and Prince George, the program provides assistance for secondary school aged student-athletes who are balancing their educational and training demands.

 

The complete list of student-athletes in Canadian Sport School Victoria for 2018-19 is below:

 

Name	School	Sport(s)	Grade
Cormick Brown	Lambrick Park	Basketball	10
Megan Barnes	Maria Montessori	Cycling	11
Mira Calder	Claremont	Judo and Rowing	9
Georgia Cameron	SIDES	Weightlifting	12
Jayden Cull	Belmont	Baseball	11
Luke De Greeff	Lambrick Park	Volleyball	12
Jake Dziwenka	Claremont	Soccer	12
Joshua Elbourne	Esquimalt	Rugby	12
Casey Garrison	Reynolds	Cycling	12
Amelia Gordon	Oak Bay	Rugby	12
Keegan Hall	Belmont	Weightlifting and Rugby	11
Ali Henderson	Belmont	Softball	12
Payton Henderson	Claremont	Softball	10
Libby Hogg	Oak Bay	Field Hockey and Rugby	11
Maki Jenner	Claremont	Lacrosse	12
Tori Kalyniuk	SIDES	Speed Skating and Cycling	11
Emma Letkeman	Pacific Christian School	Volleyball	12
Tai Kilpatrick	Reynolds	Rowing	12
Conor Loughnane	SIDES	Athletics	11
Eric Luchies	St. Andrews	Baseball	11
Marissa Murray	Claremont	Rowing	12
Eva Person	Stelly’s	Basketball and Volleyball	10
Riley Pickrell	Claremont	Cycling	12
Peyton Stonehouse-Smith	Spectrum	Speed Skating	11
Nora Struchtrup	Oak Bay	Field Hockey	11
Isaac Swan	Belmont	Lacrosse	12
Spencer Thomas	Claremont	Rowing	12
Cordel Tromp	SMUS	Field Hockey	12
Amelia Wells	Reynolds	Cross Country Ski	11

 

Find out more about Canadian Sport School at: http://www.canadiansportschool.com

Find out more about Canadian Sport Institute Pacific at: http://csipacific.ca

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For More Information, contact:
 

Jennifer Joyce

Lead, Canadian Sport School

Canadian Sport Institute Pacific

250.220.2574

778.231.5592

jjoyce@csipacific.ca

Noah Wheelock

Manager, Communications & I.T.

Canadian Sport Institute Pacific

250.220.2534

250.813.3474

nwheelock@csipacific.ca

 

 

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About Canadian Sport Institute Pacific: Powering Performance. Inspiring Excellence.

Offering world-class Olympic and Paralympic training environments in Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (www.csipacific.ca) is committed to Powering Performance. Inspiring Excellence. Working with national sport organizations and fuelled by our national and provincial partners such as Sport Canada, viaSport, Own the Podium, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Coaches Association of Canada, we are driven by our mantra to Collaborate. Serve. Innovate. Our team of sport science, sport medicine, coaching & life services experts provide leading-edge programs and services to athletes and coaches to ensure they have every advantage to win medals for Canada.