Nearly 100 athletes, coaches and officials from Burnaby will be part of the more than 3,100 participating in the 2024 BC Summer Games later this month.
The 33rd version of the biannual games will be held in Maple Ridge from July 17 to 21 and will feature 22 different sports (see list below).
During the past 46 years, more than 380,000 participants and volunteers have taken part in the BC winter and summer games.
“We are excited that participants from every corner of the province will have a chance to come together and experience the BC Summer Games,” BC Games Society President and CEO Alison Noble said in a news release.
“Volunteers have been hard at work with planning for more than a year as Maple Ridge gets set to put on a unique celebration of sport during their 150th anniversary.”
The 22 sports athletes will compete in are:
- 3x3 Basketball
- Artistic Swimming
- Athletics
- Athletics - Special Olympics
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Box Lacrosse
- Canoe/Kayak
- Equestrian
- Equestrian - Para
- Field Lacrosse
- Golf
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Swimming - Para
- Swimming - Special Olympics
- Towed Water Sport
- Triathlon
- Ultimate
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
The 89 athletes and coaches, as of today, July 8, that will be representing Burnaby are as follows:
3x3 Basketball
- Matthew Obdola Nunez
- Gian Piano
- Joaquin Samson
- Parker Tillman
- Katherine Akoung
- Malaya Hachlaf
- Ashlyn Rai
- Alisha Roberts (adult supervisor)
- Ava Zarin
- Erika Zhou
Artistic Swimming
- Yingyi Chen
- Yolande Fan
- Sylvie Horychun
- Rachel Lefranc (official)
- Melinda Markser (assistant coach)
- Talia Ng
- Anne-Marie North (official)
- Natalie Ooi
- Jing (Juliana) Wan (official)
Athletics
- Esha Basi
- Sebastian Gutierrez Duarte
- Ayden Leung
- Brora MacDonald
- Marcus Primeau
- Ellie Walton
- Jaylin Jones - Special Olympics
- Sarah Phillips - Special Olympics (adult supervisor)
- Caleb Phillips - Special Olympics
Basketball
- Mike Bopp
- Nolan Ellis
- Nathanael Osei-Boadu
- Miguel Samson
- Daniel Bondi (official)
- Gino Bondi (official)
- Lauren Lau
Beach Volleyball
- Gabija Volodkaite
Box Lacrosse
- Joshua Beauregard (official)
- Matthew Cabeca
- Marcellus Dente
- Lisa Hibbeln
- Jarod Lego (official)
- Andrew Macaraeg
- Kerry Neratini (official)
- Rocco Sandini
Canoe/Kayak
- Edward Colhoun (head coach)
- Sherry Ernst (official)
- Matthew Lancashire
- Ella Lancashire
- Shany Lavie (assistant coach)
- Jesse Liu
- Dennis Strashenko
- John Thom (official)
- Luke Yang
Field Lacrosse
- Spencer White
Rowing
- Ying Kit Leung (official)
Sailing
- Khafri Mau
Soccer
- Milad Joulaee (official)
- Alaa Masood
- Shamim Oboudiyat (assistant coach)
- Jayden Parr-Pearson
- Filip Rakic (assistant coach)
- Jason Shellard
- Leonardo Stehling
- Adam Tobia (head coach)
- Giordano Tropeano
- Demetrio Vadala
- Maya Brunner Oberbichler
- Talia Yorish
Swimming
- Tera Cheung
- Crystal Cheung (official)
- Hanna Chrzanowska
- Jerry Ling
- Ashley Sandquist (official)
- Jane Blaine - Swimming-Para (adult supervisor)
- Jillian Slaone - Swimming-Para
- Kelly Wang - Swimming-Special Olympics (assistant coach)
Triathalon
- Advaith S. Iyer
Ultimate
- Jayden McCready
- Caleb Tang
Volleyball
- Nathan Herfst
- Cory Kwan (assistant coach)
- Olivia Cheng (official)
- Joshua Dang (assistant coach)
- Amber Lau
- Steve Woo (assistant coach)
Wrestling
- David Higashi
- Nevaeh Mann
- Houshang Moshkelgosha
