OTTAWA (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Swimming Canada, announced Thursday the 38 student-athletes who will represent Canada in swimming at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia (July 6-17).
 
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Highlighting the red and white roster are no less than eight members of the 2012 Canadian Olympic team, including Stephanie Horner of Beaconsfield, Que., Savannah King of Vernon, B.C., Brittany MacLean of Etobicoke, Ont., Katerine Savard of Cap-Rouge, Que., Tera Van Beilen of Oakville, Ont., Tommy Gossland of Nanaimo, B.C., Alec Page of Cortes Island, B.C., and David Sharpe of Halifax.
 
MacLean, a University of Georgia student, reached the 400-metre freestyle final in London, finishing in seventh place.
 
Horner, who stars at the University of Victoria, and King, the reigning two-time CIS female swimmer of the year from UBC, also wore the Maple Leaf at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
 
Van Beilen, also of UBC, and Sharpe, who swims for Dalhousie, are among 14 returning athletes who competed at the last Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, in 2011. Six of them – including Sharpe - will make their third straight FISU Games appearance, a streak that started in 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia.
 
No sport has brought more Universiade glory to Canada over the years. Since the inaugural biennial competition was held in 1959, Canadian swimmers have won 98 medals, 21 of them gold – both record tallies for the country.   
 
Canada returned from Shenzhen with three podium finishes, all of them silver medals, including Van Beilen in the 50 and 100 breaststroke events, as well as Hilary Caldwell, a University of Calgary standout from London, Ont., in the 200 backstroke.
 
"We have a really strong team, with 14 members of the FISU contingent going on to the FINA world championships in Barcelona immediately afterwards. There's a mix of experience and first-time senior team members on the team and we're looking forward to representing Canada," said John Atkinson, high performance director for Swimming Canada. "The event has grown over the years and is now an exceptionally high standard event. It's certainly played its part in the development of many Olympians. It is a great opportunity for these swimmers to experience a world-class competition in a multi-sport village environment, which will set them up well for the quad as we move towards the 2016 Olympics in Rio."
 
The Canadian squad heading to Kazan is comprised of 19 women and 19 men, including 30 student-athletes from CIS universities, five from NCAA schools and three from the Quebec Cegep system.
 
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues lead the way with six selections. UBC, UVic and Calgary follow with five representatives apiece.
 
The Universiade swimming competition runs from July 10-17. The FINA world championships in Barcelona follow from July 28 to August 4.
 
NOTES: Kelly Aspinall of Nanoose Bay, B.C., wrapped up his exceptional university career at UBC this season with CIS male-swimmer-of-the-year honours... Gossland, his former teammate at UBC, had claimed the award in 2011-12... Canada had its best Universiade performance in swimming at the 1993 games in Buffalo, USA, where the team captured 15 medals, six of them gold... The Canucks' second best tallies came in Sheffield, England, in 1991 and in Edmonton in 1983 as they claimed three victories and 14 medals on both occasions.

TEAM CANADA ROSTER
WOMEN
 
Name                                       School                                     Hometown                  Selected Events
 
Katie Caldwell                         McGill                                     White Rock, B.C.         200 IM
Geneviève Cantin                    Laval                                       Jonquière, Que.           200 Back
Lindsay Delmar                       Calgary                                    Calgary, Alta.               200 Free
Jade Dusablon                         Ste-Foy (Cegep)                       Quebec City, Que.       Open Water
Alisha Harricharan                   Guelph                                     Brampton, Ont.            100 Fly
Stephanie Horner                     Victoria                                    Beaconsfield, Que.      200 Fly
Savannah King                        UBC                                        Vernon, B.C.               400-800 Free
Caroline Lapierre-Lemire         UQTR                                      Rouyn-Noranda, Que. 50-100 Free
Brittany MacLean                    Georgia                                    Etobicoke, Ont.            200-400 Free
Sandrine Mainville                   Edouard-Montpetit (Cegep)     Boucherville, Que.       50-100 Free
Heather Maitland                     Toronto                                    Toronto, Ont.               800 Free / Open Water
Ashley McGregor                    Texas A&M                             Pointe-Claire, Que.      200 Breast
Marni Oldershaw                     Michigan                                  Oakville, Ont.              400 IM
Tianna Rissling                        Calgary                                    Redcliff, Alta.              100 Breast / 400 IM
Katerine Savard                       Ste-Foy (Cegep)                       Cap-Rouge, Que.         100-200 Fly
Paige Schultz                           Toronto                                    Toronto, Ont.               200 IM
Brooklyn Snodgrass                 Indiana                                    Calgary, Alta.               100 Back
Gabrielle Soucisse                   Montreal                                  Montreal, Que.             100-200 Back
Tera Van Beilen                       UBC                                        Oakville, Ont.              100-200 Breast
 
Previous Universiade Experience
2011: Delmar, Mainville, Maitland, Schultz, Van Beilen
2009: Maitland
 
MEN
                       
Coleman Allen                         UBC                                        Barrie, Ont.                  200 Free / 100 Fly
Kelly Aspinall                          UBC                                        Nanoose Bay, B.C.      50 Free / 100 Back
Steven Bielby                          McGill                                     Pointe-Claire, Que.      200-400 IM
Jason Block                             Calgary                                    Calgary, Alta.               100-200 Breast
Will Brothers                           Victoria                                    Victoria, B.C.               1500 Free
Zack Chetrat                            Toronto                                    Oakville, Ont.              200 Fly
Xavier Desharnais                   Montreal                                  Sherbrooke, Que.         Open Water
Frank Despond                        Toronto                                    Milgrove, Ont.             400 Free
Richard Funk                           Michigan                                  Edmonton, Alta.          100-200 Breast
Tommy Gossland                    UBC                                        Nanaimo, B.C.             100 Free
Eric Hedlin                              Victoria                                    Victoria, B.C.               400-1500 Free
Aimeson King                          Victoria                                    Toronto, Ont.               Open Water
Edward Liu                              Toronto                                    Toronto, Ont.               100 Fly
Chris Manning                         Toronto                                    Brantford, Ont.            50 Free
Dominique Massie-Martel        Laval                                       Ottawa, Ont.                100 Free
Alec Page                                 Victoria                                    Cortes Island, B.C.       200 Free / 200-400 IM
David Sharpe                           Dalhousie                                Halifax, N.S.                200 Fly
Gleb Suvorov                          Calgary                                    Toronto, Ont.               200 Back
Russell Wood                          Calgary                                    Calgary, Alta.               100-200 Back
 
Previous Universiade Experience
2011: Bielby, Block, Chetrat, Desharnais, Funk, King, Massie-Martel, Sharpe
2009: Aspinall, Bielby, Chetrat, Desharnais, Sharpe
 
STAFF                       
 
Position                                   Name                           Club/School                 Hometown
 
High Performance Director      John Atkinson             National Team             Ottawa, Ont.
Team Leader                            Lance Cansdale           -                                   Halifax, N.S.
Manager                                   Bette El-Hawary          -                                   Halifax, N.S.
Coach                                      Jan Bidrman                National Swim Centre  Calgary, Alta.
Coach                                      Ryan Mallette              Victoria Academy        Victoria, B.C.
Coach                                      Jozsef Nagy                 National Swim Centre  Vancouver, B.C.
Coach                                      Marc-André Pelletier    CSQ                             Quebec City, Que.
Coach                                      Steve Price                   UBC                            Vancouver, B.C.
Coach (open water)                 Mohamed Marouf        CALAC                       Montreal, Que.
Massage Therapist                   Brian Beckwith            -                                   Halifax, N.S.
Massage Therapist                   Rick Pelletier               -                                   Calgary, Alta.
Biomechanist                           Ryan Atkison               -                                   Toronto, Ont.
Biomechanist                           Allan Wrigley              -                                   Victoria, B.C.
Video Analyst                          Graham Olson             -                                   Vancouver, B.C.
 
CANADA'S SWIMMING GOLD MEDALS AT THE SUMMER UNIVERSIADE (21):
 
2009 (Belgrade, Serbia): Kevyn Peterson, women's 400m freestyle
2007 (Bangkok, Thailand): MacKenzie Downing, women's 100m butterfly
2007 (Bangkok, Thailand): Audrey Lacroix, women's 200m butterfly
2007 (Bangkok, Thailand): Darryl Rudolf, men's 100m butterfly
2007 (Bangkok, Thailand): Brian Johns, men's 200m individual medley
1993 (Buffalo, USA): Guylaine Cloutier, women's 100m breaststroke
1993 (Buffalo, USA): Marianne Limpert, women's 200m individual medley
1993 (Buffalo, USA): Nancy Sweetnam, women's 400m individual medley
1993 (Buffalo, USA): Women's 4x200m freestyle relay
1993 (Buffalo, USA): Turlough O'Hare, men's 400m freestyle
1993 (Buffalo, USA): Turlough O'Hare, men's 800m freestyle
1991 (Sheffield, Great Britain): Guylaine Cloutier, women's 100m breaststroke
1991 (Sheffield, Great Britain): Patricia Noall, women's 400m freestyle
1991 (Sheffield, Great Britain): Deke Botsford, men's 100m backstroke
1983 (Edmonton, Canada): Mike West, men's 100m backstroke
1983 (Edmonton, Canada): Alex Baumann, men's 200m individual medley
1983 (Edmonton, Canada): Alex Baumann, men's 400m individual medley
1977 (Sofia, Bulgaria): Marion Stuart, women's 100m breaststroke
1977 (Sofia, Bulgaria): Graham Smith, men's 100m breaststroke
1977 (Sofia, Bulgaria): Anne Gagnon, women's 200m breaststroke
1977 (Sofia, Bulgaria): Graham Smith, men's 200m breaststroke
 
About the Summer Universiade
The Summer Universiade is an international multi-sport event that takes place every two years and is second only to the Olympic Games in the number of participating athletes and countries. The Universiade is open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.
 
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