Canada continues to be a force on the ice in more than just hockey.
Skate Canada unveiled its team of 32 senior skaters for the 2017/18 national team – which features four Burnaby-based skaters.
The team, announced last week, includes Burnaby native Sarah Tamura, one of five senior women, Kevin Reynolds and the ice dancing team of Haley Sales and Nikolas Wamsteeker.
All four had qualified earlier with top-five results at the national championships.
They train at the 8 Rinks-based Champs International Skating Centre of B.C., under the guidance of coach Joanne McLeod and ice dancing coaches Aaron Lowe and Megan Wing.
Tamura, 16, finished in fifth place at the Canadian national championships in her debut as a senior last January. On the international stage, she’s represented Canada on the ISU Grand Prix circuit, while finishing 17th in her debut at the ISU world junior championships earlier this year. She was the Canadian junior champion in 2016.
Reynolds, 26, represented Canada at the 2014 Olympics, and has finished second four times at the nationals, while picking up four medals at international events during the past two years.
The pair of 20-year-olds Sales and Wamsteeker will join the senior side for the first time. In the past two years they have competed at four junior events, including finishing ninth at last year’s ISU Autumn Classic.
In their first senior national championships, the duo placed ninth overall.
