Canadian Sport Institute Pacific – Thirty student-athletes from the Greater Victoria area set to begin new school year
VICTORIA, B.C. – The Canadian Sport School Victoria is set to begin the 2018-19 school year with thirty student-athletes from throughout the Capital Regional District (CRD). 

This year’s class is composed of 16 returning students and 14 first-time attendees, who compete in 16 different sports.  They include students in grades 9-12 from 13 different high schools.

Returning students include cyclist Riley Pickrell (Claremont, Grade 12), who had three stage wins at Junior World Cup Tour of Abitibi last season and came in 4th in the 2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships Scratch Race; and weightlifter Georgia Cameron (SIDES, Grade 12) who won silver at the 2018 Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championships.

New students for this year of CSS Victoria include rower Marissa Murray (Claremont, Grade 12), who made the Canadian Junior National Rowing Team and won silver in the Women’s eight at the CanAmMex Regatta in Mexico this past July; and her classmate and teammate rower Spencer Thomas (Claremont, Grade 12), who also brought home silver in the eights at the CanAmMex Regatta.

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. 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 Canadian Sport School Victoria is in its eighth year of operation.

Student-athletes in Canadian Sport School Victoria for 2018-19 (new student-athletes in italics):
 

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
Janet Enge	Claremont	Basketball	10
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

For more information, please contact:

Jennifer Joyce
Coach, Canadian Sport School
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific
250.220.2574
778.231.5592
jjoyce@csipacific.ca

Noah Wheelock
Manager, Communications
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific
250.220.2534
nwheelock@csipacific.ca