Canadian Sport Institute Pacific – VICTORIA, BC – On March 16th, Game Plan & Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific) teamed up to host the first ever Athlete Advance Powered by Game Plan event. The event took place at The Westin Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria, BC.

Athlete Advance 2019The Athlete Advance is a one-day event, free to all Canadian Sport Institute Pacific registered athletes. The focus of this year’s Athlete Advance was leadership and communication and featured keynote speaker Jennifer Walinga, Olympic and World Rowing Gold Medalist. Attendees were invited to propel their sport careers by participating in interactive workshops and seminars presented by world-leading experts in high performance sport, Tamara Smith & Jennifer Dowdeswell.

This year’s Athlete Advance hosted 50 athletes across 15 different sports and was supported by 20 partners. It was the third year overall for the Athlete Advance, which had been hosted solely by CSI Pacific in previous years.

Attendees were also given the opportunity to engage with an athlete panel with highly accomplished CSI Pacific registered athletes. This year’s panel consisted of Nate Riech (Para-Athletics), Andrea Proske (Rowing), and Harry Jones (Rugby).

“It was great connecting with athletes from other sports. I also really enjoyed thinking deeper about how sports impact my business and work after rowing,” said Avalon Wasteneys, CSI Pacific-registered athlete and Canadian Elite rower for Rowing Canada.

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.

For more info contact:

Noah Wheelock

Manager, Communications & I.T.

Canadian Sport Institute Pacific

250.220.2534 250.813.3474 nwheelock@csipacific.ca