Team Canada Selected
This year’s selections for Team Canada for both the senior men and senior women have been announced.
Youth is on the agenda, as they use this year’s teams to start getting athletes ready for 2010 and 2012, according to the press release. So there are some new faces and some surprises along with several veterans, while I would assume some more veterans are able to take some time off.
Here are the rosters, with the women’s roster yet to be finalized as they look at some UBC players that were unable to attend tryouts. Tell me what you think about the rosters in the comments.
MEN
Setters:
- Mike Munday
- Jeremy Wilcox
- Brock Davidiuk
- Dustin Addison-Schneider
Middles:
- Adam Kaminski
- Nathan Toews
- Nathan Groenveld
- Michael Wiens
- Adam Simac
Left Sides:
- Pascal Cardinal
- Nicholas Cundy
- Mark Dodds
- Louis-Pierre Mainville
- Toon van Lankvelt
- Davin St. Pierre
Right Sides:
- Dallas Soonias
- Gavin Schmitt
- Alex Gaumont Casias
- Kris Brand
Liberos:
- Nicolas Quirion
- Benoit Raymond
WOMEN
Setters:
- Tiffany Dodds
- Samantha Loewen
- Larissa Cundy
- Daryll Roper
Middles:
- Tasha Holness
- Nadine Alphonse
- Dayna Jansen Van Doorn
Left Sides:
- Emily Cordonier
- Tammy Mahon
- Ashley Voth
- Laura Wilson
- Kerri Smit
Right Sides:
- Tonya Mokelki
Liberos:
- Annie Levesque
- Marie-Christine Pruneau
- Julie Young
- Janie Guimond
Still to try out: UBC team members Elizabeth Cordonier, Marisa Field, Jennifer Hinze and Kyla Richey
As a coach who was involved with the try-out camp, I can say that Miya (women’s head coach) was very good about asking for a variety of opinions on each players’ abilities (i.e. strengths & weaknesses) and their potential to represent Canada at future competitions. The women’s program has been cut to shreds by numerous volleyball ‘experts’ in the last few years, but what is not popularly reported is that the women’s team was within one match of qualifying for Beijing!