Richmond, BC
BC Athletics has released its preliminary list of athletes for the 2013 Canada Summer Games Team. These athletes will represent TeamBC at the 2013 Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, QC from August 11 – 18, 2013.
BC Athletics and TeamBC are limited to 50 athletes with 2 athletes per event. After the selection process, athletes are then selected based on the BC Athletics selection criteria released earlier this year. This 2013 Canada Summer Games Team Selection Criteria and Standards can be found on the BC Athletics website at: http://www.bcathletics.org/main/pdf/selcrit13_csg.pdf
The 2013 TeamBC athletes are as follows:
| First Name | Last Name | Event | City/Club/Coach |
| Sebastian | Adugalski | M 400mH | Vancouver/OATF/M.Chewning |
| Jamie | Ashcroft | W 100 | Shawnigan Lake/UVIC/D.Bowen |
| Casey | Atkin | W 400/LJ | Sidney/PATH/R.Parker |
| Benjamin | Ayesu-Attah | M 400 | Coquitlam/COQC/T.Self |
| Esinam | Ayesu-Attah | W 200m | Coquitlam/COQC/T.Self |
| Fiona | Benson | W 2000SC/5K | Dawson Creek /LANG/M.Bomba |
| Lucas | Bruchet | M 1500 | Surrey/PTGR/R.Lee |
| Lindsey | Butterworth | W 1500 | North Vancouver/UNBC/B.Townsend |
| Payne | Chad | M 200 | Burnaby/COCQ/T.Self |
| Aleisha | Cobb | W LJ | Victoria/PATH/R.Parker |
| Danielle | Delage | W HEP | Victoria/PATH/R.Parker |
| Agnes | Esser | W SP/DT | Dunacn/PATH/S.Gmitroski |
| Robert | Gallaugher | M LJ | Surrey/LANG/K.Chapdelaine |
| Serena | Graf | W SP | Surrey/KJAK/R.Collier |
| Julia | Hawkins | W TJ | Vancouver/UNBC/J.Hawkins |
| Harding | Hodson | M Relay | Maple Ridge/COQC/T.Self |
| Keefer | Joyce | M 100/200 | Kelowna/OACS/B.Fralick |
| Adam | Keenan | M HT/DT | Victoria/KAML/A.Bondarchuk |
| Samantha | Kennedy | W HT | Surrey/KJAK/R.Collier |
| Justin | Kent | M 3000SC | Surrey/CTC1/S.Kent |
| Mason | Kereszti | M JT | Victoria/KAML/A.Bondarchuk |
| Emma | Kimoto | W HJ | Richmond/UNBC/J.Huntoon |
| Aisha | Klippenstein | W 100H/TJ | Abbotsford/VRTC/Z.Szelagowicz |
| Tyler | Kostiuk | M JT | Comox/CXVC/G.Morfitt |
| James | Linde | M 100 | Coquitlam/COQC/T.Self |
| Django | Lovett | M HJ | Surrey/VRTC/Z.Szelagowicz |
| Tiffany | Matteazzi | W JT | Abbotsford/LANG/T.Neilsen |
| Zarria | McKearney | W HEP | Victoria/UVIC/V.Croley |
| Palesch | Meghan | W400H | Surrey/OATF/M.Chewning |
| Olivia | Merritt | W JT | Victoria/PATH/S.Gmitroski |
| Vladislav | Moldavanov | M TJ | Pitt Meadows/NORW/E.Voloshin |
| Ahmad | Nizamani | M LJ | Burnaby/TBIR/J.Buhlman |
| Adam | Paul-Morris | M 800 | Surrey/CTC1/S.Kent |
| Kendra | Pomfret | W 1500/800 | Roberts Creek/UVIC/B.Fougner |
| Patrick | Psotka | M 3000SC | Victoria/UVIC/B.Fougner |
| Brendon | Restall | M 400 | Victoria/UVIC/D.Bowen |
| Thomas | Riva | M 800/1500 | Victoria/UVIC/B.Fougner |
| Whitney | Rowe | W 100/200 | Burnaby/UNBC/K.Thomas |
| Sarah | Sawatzky | W 400H | Burnaby/UNBC/B.Townsend |
| Lauren | Stuart | W HT | Smithers/UNBC/O.Duncan |
| Carolyn | Sutherland | W LJ | Langley/LANG/K.Chadelaine |
| Raquel | Tjernagel | W 400m | New Westminster/COQC/T.Self |
| James | Turner | M DEC | Kelowna/OACS/P.Sima-Ledding |
| Rostam | Turner | M DEC | Kelowna/OACS/P. Sima-Ledding |
| Kathryn | Van Ryswyk | W PV/100H | Surrey/OATF/L. VanRywsyk (PV) M.Chewning (100H) |
| Riley | Van Ryswyk | M PV | Surrey/OATF/ L.Van Ryswyk |
| Christian | Voth | M 5K | Abbotsford/LANG/M.Bomba |
| Ben | Weir | M 5K | Victoria/UVIC/L.Keziere |
| Devan | Wiebe | W 800 | Vancouver/PTGR/M.Jedrzejek |
| Regan | Yee | W 2000SC | Hazelton/BVAS/N.Currie |
In Addition to these 50 athletes, BC Athletics has also identified Alternate Athletes who will be contacted by BC Athletics. These athletes will be added to the list should there be a change in the 50 athletes listed above.This is the preliminary list of athletes. For any comments, concerns, challenges or questions, please email the Technical Manager for Track & Field Garrett Collier at garrett.collier@bcathletics.org no later than Friday, June 14, 2013.
Earlier last year, BC Athletics announced the 2013 Canada Summer Games Staff. They are as follows:
Ron Bunting – Head/Throws Coach
Pat Sima-Ledding – Sprints & Hurdles Coach
James Hustvedt – Wheelchair Racing Coach
Holly Tawse – Apprentice Coach to James Hustvedt
Jenn Schutz – Distance/Walks Coach
Nikki Reiter – Apprentice Coach to Jenn Schutz
Larry Blaschuk – Jumps Coach
James Buhlman – Combined Events Coach
Gillian Wright – Team Manager
Mark Graf – Team Manager
Tyla Flexman – Mission Staff
Congratulations to those athletes and their coaches, and Good Luck in Sherbrooke!
– BC Athletics
