Two Winnipeg sisters gave Team Manitoba six individual medals in the pool this week at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. Mia West, 16, who is heading to the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Hawaii later this month, won gold in the 200-metre butterfly and added silvers in the 200m individual medley and the…
The Aldrar family came to Canada in 2016 as Syrian refugees, but they have been fast creating a Canadian wrestling tradition. Ebraheim Aldrar, 17, won a bronze medal for Team Manitoba on Thursday in the 56-kilogram weight class at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. His older brother, Khaled, won silver in the 52-kilogram weight…
From competitor to coach, only 24 years old, and already a veteran of six Canada Games, Mary Prendergast is a true Games junkie – a competitor turned coach. Mary began competitive athletics as a speed skater, and later became a cyclist, which happens to be the same competitive path as Manitoban Olympian Clara Hughes. Her…
Teagen Purvis has always been a swimmer. It’s part of being a Purvis. Her mom was a swimmer, her dad was a swimmer, and her grandmother was even a swim coach. Teagen found out she made Team Manitoba in May, but she began training as far back as 2019 in anticipation of the 2022 Canada…
Eric Dupre’s bronze medal win in swimming’s 400m freestyle event made him the first male able-bodied swimmer to win a medal for Team Manitoba since 1997. He was shocked, to say the least. “That’s crazy to think about. I didn’t know that coming into the Games. That’s actually crazy.” Eric’s been swimming competitively since he…
Team Manitoba soccer has not one but two incredibly talented goalkeepers. It’s to the point that their coaches can’t decide on which one to make their go-to starter. Instead, both keepers are getting time on the pitch at the 2022 Canada Summer Games. Jacob Tsai, 18, and Tryce Vergara, 17, both discovered their love of…
Basketball sisters Kyulin and Izzy Fust are excited to be competing together at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara. The sisters are not taking the experience at Games for granted, as they know that not many siblings get the opportunity to compete alongside each other. Playing in a team sport also means the girls…
Team Manitoba baseball players Cody Gunderson and Ethan Giesbrecht are on the verge of wrapping up their 2022 season at the Canada Summer Games. As the two eligible overaged players on Team Manitoba’s roster, the rest of the team is 17 years old or younger, they are also closing a chapter of their playing days…
Lefty hurler Alexa Guilford says her softball team is ready to put it all on the line as they enter the playoffs at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara. The squad is 15 strong and self-described as a big family that enjoys playing together. The team has been in a round-robin pool with PEI,…
Tennis has featured in every Canada Summer Games since 1969. Here in Niagara, the competition is taking place at both the Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club and the Welland Tennis Club. Team Manitoba athletes Stef Barre (19) and Yelena Travica (17) are both hoping to gain the experience they need, at Canada’s largest multi-sport competition, to progress…