Pan Am Games go next month in Santiago, Chile
That is the formula to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics for Victoria field hockey players James Kirkpatrick, Kathleen Leahy, Anna Mollenhauer and Sara Goodman of Duncan named Tuesday to the Canadian men’s and women’s teams for the 2023 Pan Am Games next month in Santiago, Chile. Also named were University of Victoria Vikes products Keegan Pereira, Matthew Sarmento and Brenden Bissett. Alexis de Armond and Harbir Sidhu, both of Victoria, were named as travelling alternates.
The silver and bronze medallists will earn spots in world last-chance qualifying tournaments to be played next year. “We have a good blend of youth and experience with 10 returning players from the Tokyo Olympics. We are going to have to tap into our identity as a tough defensive team that is hard to score against, and then take our chances [on offence]. A lot of the games will be decided by one goal and it will be a matter of gaining that extra inch at the goal line.”
The Canadian women have not been to the Olympics since the heavily Island-tinged team at Barcelona in 1992. But there is great optimism for Paris 2024 with the likes of SMUS-grad Mollenhauer, who led the UVic Vikes to four national titles in her U Sports career, moving up to the senior team from the junior national team.
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