British Columbia adds 25% of Canada’s National team to FISU with 2 Olympians named. Ruky Abdulai and Mike Mason who represented Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be joined by SFU and UBC athletes. From UBC will be Liz Gleadle, Inaki Gomez and Nathan Vadeboncoeur and from SFU will be Rebecca Johnstone, Julia Howard and Meridith McGregor.

Ruky (Long Jump 6.72m), Mike ( High Jump 2.25m), Liz ( 55.85m) and Rebecca (800m 2:03.34) are holding the number one spots in Canada in their event at this time.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2009

Athletics Canada names 2009 Summer Universiade Team

OTTAWA – Athletics Canada announced today the team that will compete at the 25^th Summer Universiade (FISU) taking place July 6-12 in Belgrade, Serbia. The games are scheduled at ‘Red Star’ Stadium which seats 55,000 spectators.

The team features five athletes who were on the 2008 Olympic Games team last summer. Ruky Abdulai of Coquitlam, BC, Richard Adu-Bobie of Ottawa, ON, Mike Mason of Nanoose Bay, BC, Carline Muir of Edmonton, AB and James Steacy of Lethbridge, AB were all 2008 Olympians and will be looked at to provide strong leadership on the FISU team.

“The World Universiade Games are an integral part of Athletics Canada’s quadrennial plan leading to the London Olympics”, comments FISU Head Coach Les Gramantik. “We have selected 29 athletes who will be facing a very competitive international field. This is a great opportunity for the selected athletes, all of whom have Olympic aspirations, to gain big game experience and learn to perform on demand.”

2009 Summer Universiade (FISU) Team

Name	Event	Hometown	Personal Coach
Ruky Abdulai*	Long Jump	Coquitlam, BC	Jerrold Jones
Jamie Adjetey-Nelson	Decathlon	Windsor, ON	Brett Lumley
Richard Adu-Bobie*	100m, 4×100m	Ottawa, ON	Glenroy Gilbert
Esther Akinsulie	400m, 4×400m	Ottawa, ON	Hugh Conlin
Alex Becker	10,000m	Guelph, ON	Steve Gulley / Albert Tschirhart
Lindsey Bergevin	High Jump	Leduc, AB	Rob Pike
Kyle Boorsma	1500m	Guelph, ON	Dave Scott-Thomas
Mark Dillon	High Jump	Bowmanville, ON	David Hay
Gabriella Duclos-Lasnier	Pole Vault	Quebec, QC	Sheldon Blockbuger
Sam Effah	200m, 4×100m	Calgary, AB	Brenda Van Tighem
Alex Genest	3000m SC	Sherbrooke, QC	Dave Scott-Thomas
Elizabeth Gleadle	Javelin Throw	Vancouver, BC	Laurier Primeau
Inaki Gomez	20km Racewalk	Vancouver, BC	Gerry Dragomir
Heather Hamilton	Pole Vault	Mississauga, ON	Arye Rosenoer
Daniel Harper	400m	Brampton, ON	Frank Bucca
Julia Howard	1500m	St. Johns, NL	Brit Townsend
Kimberly Hyacinthe	200m, 4×400m	Lachenaie, QC	Daniel St-Hilaire
Rebecca Johnstone	800m	Bowen Island, BC	Brit Townsend
Tim Konoval	1500m	Parry Sound, ON	Dave Scott-Thomas
Rachel Lavallée	20km Racewalk	Peterborough, ON	Tim Seaman
Mike Mason*	High Jump	Nanoose Bay, BC	Larry Blaschuk
Meredith McGregor	3000m SC	Surrey, BC	Brit Townsend
Carline Muir*	400m, 4×400m	Edmonton, AB	Derek Evely
Amonn Nelson	4×400m	Calgary, AB	Brenda Van Tighem
Gavin Smellie	200m, 4×100m	Etobicoke, ON	Erik Jenkins
Oluseyi Smith	100m, 4×100m	Ottawa, ON	Glenroy Gilbert
James Steacy*	Hammer Throw	Lethbridge, AB	Larry Steinke
Nathan Vadeboncoeur	400m	Winnipeg, MB	Independent
Jason Wurster	Pole Vault	Stevensville, ON	Arye Rosenoer

Team Staff

Name			Position		Hometown
Les Gramantik			Head Coach		Calgary, AB
Ingrid Ruys			Team Manager		Sherwood, AB
Richard Crevier			Event Coach		Sherbrooke, QC
Brett Lumley			Event Coach		Windsor, ON
Carla Nicholls			Event Coach		Regina, SK
David Scott-Thomas			Event Coach		Guelph, ON
Jim Wardle			Event Coach		Guelph, ON
Ghislaine Robert			Team Physician		Montreal, ON
Scott Simpson			Physiotherapist		Victoria, BC

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