Sport Nova Scotia – Halifax, NS — Team of the Month goes to sixteen-year-old  Gabrielle Levesque and twenty-year-old Pier-Alexandre Hudon of Bridgewater who competed for Canada at the ISU World Junior Championships in Zagreb Croatia after placing third in the national championship. At Worlds, they placed 15^th and set a short program personal best of 43.92 in a field of 100+ competitors from 20 countries.

Twenty-one-year-old Jillian Stewart of Harrietsfield wins Female Team Athlete of the Month after her team won the gold medal in the open recreational competition of the 2019 Ontario provincials/Eastern Canadian Championships in Brantford, Nova Scotia. Jillian scored five goals in the competition.

Peter Lawson is the top-ranked master 50-54 400m runner in the country. The 50-year-old from Halifax wins Male Team Athlete for running the anchor leg on the men’s 50-54 4x200m relay, earning a silver medal at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Torun Poland in March. He also qualified for the semi-finals in both the 200m and 400m and established a new NS Men’s 50-54 record in the 200m.  

The Male Individual Athlete of the Month award goes to Liam Moffatt, a twenty-one-year-old snowboarder from Londonderry. Liam took first place in the Holiday Valley North American Cup in New York in March. This result ties both a personal and NS best result at a NorAm event, earning him a World Cup spot for the entire 2020 season.

Another snowboarder, fifteen-year-old Bridget MacLean from Glen Haven, wins Female Individual Athlete of the Month. Bridget placed fourth in the senior competition and 4^th in the junior competition at the Speed Nation Canadian Nationals at Big White, BC in late March. Her finish is a personal best and a Nova Scotian record. She now has enough points to earn a World Junior Championship spot next year.

The Athlete of the Month program is administered by Sport Nova Scotia, whose members are eligible to nominate athletes for the awards. A membership committee selects the award recipients for five possible categories: Male Individual Athlete, Female Individual Athlete, Male Team Athlete, Female Team Athlete, and Team. For more information about the awards, please visit sportnovascotia.ca.  

Sport Nova Scotia is a voice for amateur sport that promotes the benefits of health, personal development and achievement of all participants. Sport Nova Scotia is a non-profit, non-government organization representing approximately 60 provincial sport organizations and more than 160,000-member Nova Scotians.

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For more information and photos, please contact:

Carolyn Townsend

Director, Communications & Strategic Relations

Sport Nova Scotia

Mobile: 902-830-7227

e-mail: ctownsend@sportnovascotia.ca