Lloydminster women’s softball player, Katherine Thiessen is one of the banner bearers for Team Alberta at the upcoming Canada Summer Games.
Overall, several Lloydminster athletes and coaches are on both Team Alberta and Team Saskatchewan for the Canada Summer Games.
The Alberta athletes list includes Lloydminster’s Jake McEachern – Athletics, Marissa Lindquist – Coach Women’s Basketball, Sean Reimer – Athletics, and Karter Dougan – Women’s Softball. From Bonnyville, Roger Rivard will represent on the Men’s Baseball team.
On Team Saskatchewan, there are about 10 people having Lloydminster lineage. The list includes:
- Rebecca Atkinson – Coach Women’s Athletics
- Liam Oster – 110m Men’s Hurdles
- Heidi Bedwell – Women’s Rugby Seven’s
- Ginger Newstead – Women’s Rugby Seven’s
- Daryl Levitsky – Women’s Rugby Seven’s
- Jaru Steyl – Men’s Rugby Seven’s
- Aubree Sunderland (Kitscoty) – Women’s Volleyball
- William Reiniger (Vermilion) – Men’s Volleyball
- Luke Enstrom – Men’s Beach Volleyball
The games will take place from Aug. 8-25 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
