Shuswap athletes prep for games

Athletes from the area are gearing up to head to the 2014 BC Summer Games in Naniaimo.

Athletes from the area are gearing up to head to the 2014 BC Summer Games in Naniaimo.

The Games, held July 17 to 20, feature sports from wrestling to baseball, and athletes from all across the province will be competing.

Salmon Arm is seeing seven athletes and three coaches head to the games.

Avia LaTosky will be competing in girls rugby, and will be coached by John LaBoyne, who is also from Salmon Arm.

Tyler Webster-Locke will be hitting the water to compete in the swimming category, and Jana Montgomery will be the coach. Olin Mosher from Tappen will also compete in swimming.

Madison Porteous and Heather Wolfear will both be competing in the wrestling category. Christine Hamre, from Canoe, will also compete in wrestling.

Andrew Bannister will be competing in lacrosse and Shayla White will be serving-it-up in the volleyball category.

McKenzie Woldring will also be competing in the athletics category and Peter McLean will take on the role of the assistant coach of Rowing.

Jordan King and Jamie Trow from Salmon Arm, and Angalena Cross from Sorrento will be competing in soccer.

Two athletes from Sicamous will also be at the games. Gina Selfe and Ann-Marie Crandlemire will both be playing girls softball.

Salmon Arm Observer