WHISTLER, B.C. - Former OUA all-star student athlete
Heather Moyse along with teammate Kaillie
Humphries won a gold medal in women's bobsleigh on Wednesday
evening.
It is the first Olympic gold medal for Canada in women's bobsleigh.
Moyse's Canada 1 sled won in a combined time of 3:32.28, 0.85 of a
second ahead of the Canada 2 sled driven by Helen Upperton and
Shelley-Ann Brown.
Moyse is a gifted athlete who competed in multiple OUA sports for
both the Waterloo Warriors and Toronto Varsity Blues. As a member
of the Warriors she was a member of the women's soccer team for one
year, the rugby team for two seasons and track and field team for
four years. She was a two-time all-Canadian and multiple OUA
all-star in rugby with the Warriors, and led her team to a national
bronze medal and provincial silver. As a member of the track team
she won 10 OUA medals and two CIS bronze medals. She was also named
an OUA track MVP. She is a member of the Waterloo Athletics Hall of
Fame.
At the University of Toronto she was also named an all-Canadian in
rugby leading her team to a silver medal at the nationals. She is
currently part of the national rugby program.
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