Team Canada to send 59 athletes to 6th Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas

Christian Zelenco (CNW Group/Commonwealth Games Association of Canada)

Christian Zelenco, 16-year-old boxer from Ridgeway, ON will be Team's Flag Bearer

OTTAWA, July 12, 2017 /CNW/ - Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) is proud to announce the selection of 59 athletes competing in the sports of Athletics, Boxing and Men's and Women's Rugby 7s, who will soon be departing for the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.

From July 18-23, young athletes aged 14-18 from the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth will experience a Caribbean carnival of international sport as Nassau, Bahamas hosts the largest ever international sporting event in the Bahamas, the Commonwealth Youth Games. This is the first major Commonwealth Games event to be held in the Caribbean in over 50 years, the last being the 1966 Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica.

Canada's Flag Bearer for the Games will be 16 year-old boxer Christian Zelenco, from Ridgeway, ON, 2016 and 2017 Canadian Champion in the 51kg category. Zelenco was selected not only for her sporting achievements, but also for her exemplary community involvement, such as work in a local soup kitchen and coaching young athletes.

"We are excited for this group of young athletes, many of whom will be experiencing their first multi-sport Games", said Richard Powers, President of Commonwealth Games Canada. "They will follow in the steps of some of Canada's most successful athletes who started their journey at the Commonwealth Youth Games, such as Commonwealth, World and Olympic Champion Derek Drouin in high jump. I wish them all a great Games!"

Approximately 1300 athletes will be contesting a total of 94 medals at the Games, the 6th edition to be held by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Almost all events will be held in the same sporting precinct, the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre in Nassau, which includes the 15,000-seat Thomas A Robinson stadium, host to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Athletics.

Attached is the full list of members of Team Canada taking part in the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.

ABOUT COMMONWEALTH GAMES CANADA

Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) is the franchise holder for the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth movement in Canada, and an active, contributing member of the Canadian sport community. The mission of CGC is to strengthen sport within Canada and throughout the Commonwealth by participating in the Commonwealth Games and by using sport as a development tool. Visit www.commonwealthgames.ca for information.

BAHAMAS 2017 COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES
Team Canada  

Sport	Event	Role	First Name	Last Name	City	Province
Athletics	100m & Long Jump	Athlete	Tatiana	Aholou	Laval	Québec
Athletics	400m Hurdles	Athlete	Erika	Binder	Calgary	Alberta
Athletics	200m & 100m Hurdles	Athlete	Tyra	Boug	Kitchener	Ontario
Athletics	1500m	Athlete	Jocelyn	Chau	Toronto	Ontario
Athletics	3000m	Athlete	Joshua	Desouza	Brampton	Ontario
Athletics	400m Hurdles	Athlete	Paul	Fisher	Vancouver	British Columbia
Athletics	1500m	Athlete	Anne	Forsyth	Ann Arbor	Michigan
Athletics	Discus Throw & Shot Put	Athlete	Dolly	Gabri	Surrey	British Columbia
Athletics	200m & 400m	Athlete	Lauren	Gale	Belleville	Ontario
Athletics	200m & 100m	Athlete	Joakim	Généreux	St. Constant	Québec
Athletics	Long Jump	Athlete	Ashley	Germain	Laval	Québec
Athletics	100m	Athlete	Deondra	Green	Montreal	Québec
Athletics	High Jump	Athlete	Samual	Hall	Colborne	Ontario
Athletics	1500m	Athlete	Marcus	Kemp	Kitchener	Ontario
Athletics	800m	Athlete	Tiana	LoStracco	Guelph	Ontario
Athletics	400m & 200m	Athlete	Sheldon	Louza	Calgary	Alberta
Athletics	3000m	Athlete	Brogan	MacDougall	Kingston	Ontario
Athletics	High Jump	Athlete	Alexa	Porpaczy	Surrey	British Columbia
Athletics	800m	Athlete	Aurora	Rynda	Toronto	Ontario
Athletics	400m & 400m Hurdles	Athlete	Sharelle	Samuel	Nepean	Ontario
Athletics	400m	Athlete	Vaughn	Taylor	Regina	Saskatchewan
Athletics	Discus Throw & Shot Put	Athlete	Trinity	Tutti	Welland	Ontario
Athletics	100m Hurdles	Athlete	Katarina	Vlahovic	Surrey	British Columbia
Athletics	3000m	Athlete	Jordan	Weston	Ottawa	Ontario
Athletics	3000m	Athlete	Thomas	Witkowicz	Brooklin	Ontario
Athletics	Coach	Official	Leslie	Estwick	Nepean	Ontario
Athletics	Team Leader	Official	Scott	MacDonald	Ottawa	Ontario
Athletics	Head Coach	Official	Karl	Meissner	Lloydminster	Alberta
Athletics	Coach	Official	Annie	Potvin	Orford	Québec
Athletics	Coach	Official	Marc-André	Roy	Sherbrooke	Québec
Athletics	Team Manager	Official	Jessica	Scarlato	Ottawa	Ontario
Boxing	60 kg	Athlete	Thomas	Chabot	Sherbrooke	Québec
Boxing	56 kg	Athlete	Sean	Finnigan	Lincoln	New Brunswick
Boxing	64 kg	Athlete	Hamza	Khabbaz	Montreal	Québec
Boxing	69 kg	Athlete	Hunter	Lee	Windsor	Ontario
Boxing	52 kg	Athlete	Jordan	Mathieu	Montreal	Québec
Boxing	81 kg	Athlete	Lexson	Mathieu	Quebec	Québec
Boxing	75 kg	Athlete	Naomie	Pelletier	Sherbrooke	Québec
Boxing	75 kg	Athlete	Satwinder	Thind	Brampton	Ontario
Boxing	60 kg	Athlete	Katiushka	Vasquez Soto	Montreal	Québec
Boxing	51kg	Athlete	Christian	Zelenco	Ridgeway	Ontrio
Boxing	Coach	Official	Gordon	Apolloni	Cooper Cliff	Ontario
Boxing	Coach	Official	Mark	Collins	Manitoba	Manitoba
Boxing	Team Manager	Official	Sylvain	Gagnon	Montreal	Québec
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Taylor	Black	Oakville	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Khadija	Brouillette	Scarborough	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Samantha	Cyrille	Scarborough	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Hannah	Daniels	Jacksons Point	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Olivia	De Couvreur	Orleans	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Sophie	de Goede	Victoria	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Carmen	Izyk	Blackie	Alberta
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Tausani	Levale	Abbottsford	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Aliesha	Lewis	Guelph	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Denise	Roy	Squamish	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Eve	Uwayesu	Ottawa	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Athlete	Keyara	Wardley	Vulcan	Alberta
Rugby 7s	Women	Coach	Sandro	Fiorino	Markham	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Women	Team Analyst	Callum	Morris	Saanichton	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Women	Team Manager	Darcy	Patterson	North Vancouver	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Women	Therapist	Amy	Stefaniuk	Mississauga	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Jarvis	Dashkewytch	Delta	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Kaleb	Delaney	Oakville	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Marcus	Douglas	Calgary	Alberta
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Lachlan	Kratz	Victoria	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Avery	Oitomen	Mississauga	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Austin	Pinnell	Edmonton	Alberta
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Ejiroghene	Rerri	Oakville	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	David	Richard	Milton	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Henry	Stevenson	Toronto	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Reece	Tudor-Jones	Victoria	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Kevin	Vertkas	Mississauga	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Athlete	Brock	Webster	Uxbridge	Ontario
Rugby 7s	Men	Coach	Lee	Douglas	Victoria	British Columbia
Rugby 7s	Men	Team Manager	Robin	MacDowell	Regina	Saskatchewan
Rugby 7s	Men	Therapist	Jason	White	Toronto	Ontario

Our thanks to CNW Group for sponsoring this announcement.

SOURCE Commonwealth Games Association of Canada

Commonwealth Games Canada, Brian MacPherson, Chief Executive Officer, 613.244.6868 x226, [email protected]; To contact Team Canada on site at the Games: Kelly Laframboise, Team Canada - Bahamas 2017, [email protected]; To contact Flag Bearer Christian Zelenco: Emilie Garneau, c/o Boxing Canada, 514 861 9325, [email protected]