Gabriel Ho-Garcia of Burnaby and New Westminster’s Brenden Bissett were both named as forwards to Canada’s national men’s team for Round 2 of World League field hockey.
Ho-Garcia and Bissett were among the 18 players, including 16 from B.C., who will take part in the eight-team competition to be held in San Diego from Feb. 28 to March 8.
Canada’s opening match will be against the United States on Feb. 28.
The top three qualifiers will move on to Round 3 in Buenos Aires, Argentina in June.
The top four teams in Round 3 will earn a berth into the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Brazil.
Record on vault
Burnaby gymnast Briannah Tsang helped Penn State University set a new school team record in the vault in a dual meet against Illinois last Saturday.
Tsang tied her career-high with 9.950 points in the vault. The Penn State team combined for a new-program-best score of 49.025.
Penn State lost the dual meet to the No. 14-ranked Illini.
Final home game
Byrne Creek Secondary School grads Stephanie Gill and Samantha Pyke played their final home game with the University of Manitoba Bisons women’s basketball team on Jan. 31.
Gill and Pyke helped combine for 21 points by the Bisons’ senior class in a 77-58 loss to the University of Winnipeg Wesmen.
Short track team
Three Burnaby Haida Speedskating Club skaters will represent B.C. at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George later this month.
Chris Poljer-So, Anton Shekhter and Cormac Chui qualified for three of the five spots on B.C. men’s short-track team. Poljer-So and Chui placed first and second, respectively, at the Canada Winter Games trials in November.
Three other Burnaby skaters, Kiersten Hagen, Shota Inoda and Teunis Takemori, were named alternates for Team B.C.
The Games will take place from Feb. 12 to 28.
