CSS Victoria is up and running with twenty-seven student-athletes from the Greater Victoria area
Canadian Sport School Victoria (CSS Victoria) is pleased to announce that it will be returning for the 2020-21 school year with 27 student-athletes attending.
The Canadian Sport School, which is a program of Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, will be entering its tenth year of operation and was delayed by one month for this year in order to ensure new safety measures have been implemented with regards to COVID.
The class for 2020-21 includes 13 new students and 14 returnees, two of whom are in their third year at CSS Victoria. Students range from grades 10-12 from 10 different schools across the Capital Regional District (CRD).
This year’s cohort of student-athletes represents 13 different sports, from Artistic Gymnastics to Weightlifting, with eight students as dual-sport athletes.
Just one of this year’s standouts, returning student Olivia Boulding, a grade 11 student from Claremont who is in her second year at CSS Victoria, is partaking in the first ever National Excellence Program for Volleyball at the Richmond Oval.
Some of the safety precautions being implement for this year due to COVID-19 include: Daily temperature checks and screening for the student-athletes; Smaller training groups (maximum eight athletes); All coaches wearing masks; and, Cleaning stations at each training station.
Other operational changes for 2020-21 include: All academics being taught virtually; Strength days will take place at Transform Sports in Saanich instead of at PISE, as in previous years; Gymnastics is weekly instead of bi-weekly, and will take place at Inspire Sports; and, Sprint training is weekly instead of bi-weekly, at will take place at Canadian Sport Institute Pacific’s Victoria campus at PISE.
Student-athletes in Canadian Sport School Victoria for 2020-21 (new student-athletes highlighted in green):
| Name | Sport | School | Grade |
| Olivia Andulajevic | Volleyball/ Soccer | Stelly’s | 11 |
| Alex Barlee | Soccer/ Track & Field | Spectrum | 10 |
| Katie Bentley | Field Hockey/ Soccer | Oak Bay | 11 |
| Olivia Boulding | Volleyball | Claremont | 11 |
| Cormick Brown | Basketball | Lambrick Park | 12 |
| Reece Carter | Tennis | SIDES/NIDES | 11 |
| Taine Clague | Rugby | Lambrick Park | 12 |
| Piers de Greeff | Volleyball | Pacific Christian | 10 |
| Remy Garrison | Cycling | Reynolds | 11 |
| Tomas Godoy | Volleyball/ Soccer | Pacific Christian | 10 |
| Eli Grant | Judo | Reynolds | 11 |
| Kai Higuchi | Volleyball | Oak Bay | 12 |
| Finley Hildebrand | Soccer | Lambrick Park | 11 |
| Sean Kennedy | Volleyball | Belmont | 11 |
| Kathryn Lee | Weightlifting | Claremont | 12 |
| Spencer Lockwood | Rugby | Spectrum | 12 |
| Marcus Lott | Rugby | Oak Bay | 12 |
| Lily Mannall-Fretwell | Soccer | St. Margarets | 12 |
| Carter Munro | Volleyball/ Soccer | Claremont | 11 |
| Eva Person | Volleyball/ Basketball | Stelly’s | 12 |
| Gage Reilly | Artistic Gymnastics | Reynolds | 10 |
| Kieran Roberston | Soccer | Reynolds | 11 |
| Arden Ross | Field Hockey/ Rowing | Lambrick Park | 11 |
| Marina Skakun | Rugby | Stelly’s | 12 |
| Bronte Thurbide | Field Hockey/ Soccer | Oak Bay | 10 |
| Macy Wiebe | Rugby | Belmont | 12 |
| Adele Winker | Mountain Biking | Claremont | 11 |
Find out more about Canadian Sport School at: http://canadiansportschool.csipacific.ca
Find out more about Canadian Sport Institute Pacific at: http://csipacific.ca
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For More Information, contact:
Laura-Ellen De Vries
Coach, Canadian Sport School
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific
250.220.2574
ldevries@csipacific.ca
Noah Wheelock
General Manager, Operations & Communications
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific
250.220.2534
250.813.3474
nwheelock@csipacific.ca
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About Canadian Sport School
The Canadian Sport School is an important initiative of the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, delivered in partnership with PacificSport and Engage Sport North or viaSport Regional Alliance. With campuses located in Victoria, Kelowna, and Prince George, the program provides assistance for secondary school aged student-athletes who are balancing their educational and training demands.
https://canadiansportschool.csipacific.ca/
About Canadian Sport Institute Pacific: Powering Performance. Inspiring Excellence.
Offering world-class Olympic and Paralympic training environments in Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (www.csipacific.ca) is committed to Powering Performance. Inspiring Excellence. Working with national sport organizations and fuelled by our national and provincial partners such as Sport Canada, viaSport, Own the Podium, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Coaches Association of Canada, we are driven by our mantra to Collaborate. Serve. Innovate. Perform.
Our team of sport science, sport medicine, coaching & life services experts provide leading-edge programs and services to athletes and coaches to ensure they have every advantage to win medals for Canada.
