A Canadian record holder, field hockey siblings and one of the country’s top young swimmers are among the UBC Thunderbird athletes who will participate in the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games.
More than 40 current and former UBC Thunderbird athletes, alumni and recruits are taking part in the Games (the Pan Am Games run from July 10-26, and the Parapan Am Games run from August 7-15).
The roster includes alumna Liz Gleadle, Canadian record holder in the women’s javelin; Shanlee Johnston and her brother Gordon Johnston, who will compete in field hockey; and Yuri Kisil, a swimmer who has also qualified for the 2015 world championships in Russia.
A complete list of UBC athletes and their events is provided below.
Pan American Games – July 10-26
BASEBALL – Men
Jeff Francis – former Thunderbird, pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization
BASEBALL – Women
Amanda Asay – women’s hockey alumna
Claire Eccles – softball recruit
FIELD HOCKEY – Men
David Carter – alumnus
Taylor Curran
David Jameson – alumnus
Gordon Johnston
Ben Martin – alumnus
Mark Pearson – alumnus
Matthew Sarmento
Scott Tupper – alumnus
Paul Wharton
FIELD HOCKEY – Women
Kate Gillis – alumna
Hannah Haughn
Shanlee Johnston – alumna
Sara McManus – former Thunderbird
Abigail Raye – alumna
Natalie Sourisseau – alumna
ROWING – Men
Maxwell Lattimer
RUGBY SEVENS – Men
Harry Jones – alumnus
SAILING
Nikola Girke – women’s rugby alumna
SWIMMING – Men
Coleman Allen
Yuri Kisil
Alex Loginov
Stefan Milosevic
Luke Reilly
SWIMMING – Women
Martha McCabe – alumna
Emily Overholt – recruit
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson
Tera Van Beilen
TRACK AND FIELD
Luc Bruchet – alumnus
Creighton Connolly – alumnus
Evan Dunfee – alumnus
Liz Gleadle – alumna
Inaki Gomez – alumnus
Mike Mason – alumnus
VOLLEYBALL – Women
Lisa Barclay – alumna
Marisa Field – alumna
Shanice Marcelle – alumna
Kyla Richey – alumna
PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES – AUGUST 7-15
SITTING VOLLEYBALL – Men
Austin Hinchey – former Thunderbird
