RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - Friday morning (May 16), U SPORTS, the Canadian representative of the International University Sports Federation, announced the roster of athletes who will represent Team Canada in athletics at the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area of Germany. Three University of Saskatchewan (USask) Huskie student-athletes in
Hannah Hagerty,
Paige Willems, and
Jake Neufeld, and one coach in Huskie head coach
Jason Reindl, were among those set to don the maple leaf later this summer.
Huskies on Team Canada
For fourth-year student-athletes
Hannah Hagerty and
Paige Willems, they join Team Canada coming off an impressive 2024-25 season. The pair helped the Huskies to a record 7th consecutive Canada West Championship before capturing team bronze at the 2025 U SPORTS Track & Field Championships in Windsor. Despite competing in different events individually, Hagerty and Willems were both members of the Huskie 4x200m relay team which earned Canada West gold and U SPORTS silver.
Individually, both Hagerty and Willems have seen plenty of success during their careers in green & white. For Hagerty, a former member of the Regina Cougars, she has earned conference First Team All-Star status twice while with the Huskies in addition to a Second Team All-Canadian nod. Meanwhile, Willems is one of the more decorated student-athletes currently in the program with an impressive eight First Team All-Star selections and two Second Team selections. On the national stage she has captured one First Team All-Canadian nod and earned Second Team status five times.
In addition to competing in their assigned individual events, both Hagerty and Willems are also members of two relay pools for the canucks. Hagerty is a member of the 4x100m relay pool while Willems appears in the 4x400m relay pool.
Jake Neufeld also heads to Germany with Team Canada as the lone member of the Huskie Men's Track & Field team. Neufeld, who just completed his final season of eligibility in green & white, is a two-time Canada West First-Team All-Star and recently took home Huskie Athletic's Rusty MacDonald Cup as the 2024-25 upper year student-athlete who during his career as a Huskie exhibited the highest qualities of sportsmanship and citizenship. In addition to his athletic accolades, Neufeld is a two-time conference Community Service Award Winner and has once been recognized nationally for his work away from the track. The local Saskatoon product will compete in the decathlon at the FISU Summer Games.
Joining the trio of student-athletes is Huskie Track & Field and Cross Country head coach
Jason Reindl, who will serve as an assistant coach specializing in sprints and hurdles. Reindl will add the 2025 FISU Summer Games to a long list of international coaching roles which includes positions with Team Canada at the 2017 World University Games, the 2019 U20 Pan American Games, the 2021 & 2022 U20 World Championships, and the 2024 Paris Olympics among others.
The 2025 FISU Summer World University Games are set to kickoff on July 16 with athletics beginning midway through the games on July 21 and running through the final day on July 27, 2025.
Complete Team Canada Roster
Name / Hometown / School
WOMEN
Nike Abiodun / Waterloo, ON / Guelph Gryphons
Julia Agostinelli / London, ON / UofT Varsity Blues
Georgina Bernhard / Guelph, ON / UNB Reds
Camille Boudreau / Quebec City, QC / Laval Rouge et Or
Tyra Boug / Kitchener, ON / Western Mustangs
Elise Coates / Nanaimo, BC / uVic Vikes
Chloe Coutts / Toronto, ON / Western Mustangs
Sophie Coutts / Toronto, ON / Western Mustangs
Lara Denbow / Neepawa, MB / Manitoba Bisons
Rachel Grenke / Edmonton, AB / Alberta Pandas
Jessica Gyamfi / London, ON / Ottawa Gee-Gees
Hannah Hagerty / Regina, SK / Saskatchewan Huskies
April Kippers / St. Albert, AB / Alberta Pandas
Chelsea MacIsaac / Greenfield, NS / Dalhousie Tigers
Shelby MasIsaac / Riverview, NB / UNB Reds
Ashley Maguire / LaSalle, ON / Western Mustangs
Celia Markovinovic / Puslinch, ON / Waterloo Warriors
Vivian Ogor / Waterloo, ON / Western Mustangs
Doyin Ogunremi / Ottawa, ON / Ottawa Gee-Gees
Favour Okpali / Toronto, ON / Western Mustangs
Tise Okuboyejo / Calgary, AB / Alberta Pandas
Georgia Oland / Calgary, AB / Calgary Dinos
Liv Sands / London, ON / Western Mustangs
Robin Selkirk / Whitby, ON / Western Mustangs
Marisha Thompson / Victoria, BC / uVic Vikes
Paige Willems / Warman, SK / Saskatchewan Huskies
MEN
William Boyle / Winnipeg, MB / UNB Reds
Miles Brackenbury / Kingston, ON / Queen's Gaels
Travis Campbell / Milton, ON / Guelph Gryphons
Emanuel Desilets / Laval, QC / Western Mustangs
Niko Dowhos / THunder Bay, ON / Lakehead Thunderwolves
Joshua Duckman / Toronto, ON / Western Mustangs
Daniel Earles / Conception Bay South, NL / TWU Spartans
Wesley Eze / Calgary, AB / Alberta Golden Bears
Aiden Grout / Pitt Meadows / UofT Varsity Blues
Keshawn Igbinsun / Toronto, ON / Brock Badgers
Lauchlan Irish / Victoria, BC / Lethbridge Pronghorns
Thomas Laviolette / Mascouche, QC / Montréal Carabins
Dawson Mann / Sanford, MB / Manitoba Bisons
David Moulongou / Ottawa, ON / Ottawa Gee-Gees
Jake Neufeld / Saskatoon, SK / Saskatchewan Huskies
Jonathan Podbielski / Regina, SK / Regina Cougars
Alec Purnell / Dundas, ON / McMaster Marauders
Rui Pamsay / Calgary, AB / TWU Spartans
Arman Shahzadeh / Richmond Hill, ON / Western Mustangs
Jordan Soufi / Winnipeg, MB / Manitoba Bisons
Daxx Turner / Neepawa, MB / Manitoba Bisons
Ben Tilson / Windsor, ON / Windsor Lancers
A.J. Stanat / St. Thomas, ON / Windsor Lancers
Kenneth West / Brampton, ON / Western Mustangs
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach - Vickie Croley, Western Mustangs
Throws - Ciera Heshka-Wolf, Alberta Golden Bears & Pandas
Endurance - Joseph McDonough, Lakehead Thunderwolves
Jumps/Combined - Sabrina Nettey, Regina Cougars
Jumps/Combined - Gee-ef Nkwonta, Manitoba Bisons
Sprints/Hurdles - Jason Reindl, Saskatchewan Huskies
Sprints/Hurdles - Jessica Zelinka, Calgary Dinos
Manager - Matt Deans, Calgary Dinos
Medical - Kelsey Arseneault, Bishop's Gaiters
Medical - Lindsay Parent, Laurier Golden Hawks
