(Photo: Ken Walker Jr.)
TORONTO (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Tuesday the seven student-athletes who will represent Canada at the 20th FISU world university orienteering championship. The event will be held in Miskolc, Hungary, July 30-August 4.
Official website: http://www.wuoc2016.hu/
FISU website: www.fisu.net/en
Highlighting the roster is Calgary’s Damian Konotopetz (Winnipeg, Man.), a member of both the Dinos track and field and cross country teams. The squad also includes Chalmers University of Technology’s Robert Anderson (Ottawa, Ont.), Carleton’s Robert Graham (Ottawa, Ont.) and Eric Kemp (Ottawa, Ont.), UBC’s Emma Sherwood (Calgary, Alta.) and Adam Woods (Coquitlam, B.C.) and Simon Fraser’s Pia Blake (Whitehorse, Y.T.).
Kemp will be competing in his second straight world university championship, while Konotopetz returns for his third consecutive event, having represented Canada in both 2012 and 2014. All seven student-athletes are members of the Canadian national orienteering team, having donned the maple leaf at either the senior or junior world championships.
Patrick Saile, a veteran orienteer in Australia and Canada for over 20 years, will serve as team leader.
“World university championships are unique in that they offer really high level competition, with some of the world's best competing, while at the same time providing an excellent development opportunity for younger athletes,” said Saile. “Canada's team reflects that – there are several athletes who will hope to compete at world championships later this summer. The team also contains a couple of juniors who will be looking to gain valuable international experience against senior athletes.”
CANADIAN ROSTER
|
Name |
University |
Hometown |
Academics |
|
Robert Anderson |
Chalmers University of Technology |
Ottawa, Ont. |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
|
Pia Blake |
Simon Fraser |
Whitehorse, Y.T |
Applied Science |
|
Robert Graham |
Carleton |
Ottawa, Ont. |
Engineering & Design |
|
Eric Kemp |
Carleton |
Ottawa, Ont. |
Science |
|
Damian Konotopetz |
Calgary |
Winnipeg, Man. |
Geography |
|
Emma Sherwood |
UBC |
Calgary, Alta. |
Science |
|
Adam Woods |
UBC |
Coquitlam, B.C. |
Applied Science |
Team Leader: Patrick Saile
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