Mississauga and Brampton ballers invited to training camp for championship in Argentina
Published May 31, 2022 at 9:52 am
TORONTO — Two basketballers from Brampton and Mississauga have been invited to attend training camp for Canada’s under-18 women’s national team.
A group of 14 players, including Mississauga’s Lemyah Hylton and Brampton’s Shantavia Dawkins, have been selected to attend training in preparation for the FIBA U18 Women’s Americas Championship 2022 in Argentina.
The camp will run from May 30 to June 8 at Humber College in Toronto.
The championship is being held June 13-19 at Obras Sanitarias Stadium in Buenos Aires, where Canada will be competing in Group A along with Mexico, Brazil and the hosts Argentina.
The top four teams from the tournament will qualify for the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2023 in Madrid, Spain.
The Canadian squad is being coached by Steve Bauer alongside assistants Tamara Tatham, Marlo Davis and apprentice coach/team manager Isabel Ormond.
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According to FIBA, Canada is ranked No. 8 in the women’s age-group world rankings.
The following is the full list of all 14 athletes who were invited to training camp:
- Shantavia Dawkins, Brampton, guard
- Lemyah Hylton, Mississauga, guard
- Mary-Anna Asare, Pickering, guard
- Alieghya Batholomew, Toronto, guard
- Jasmine Bascoe, Milton, guard
- Fatima Diakhate, Coral Springs, centre
- Marah Dykstra, Vancouver, forwards
- Skylar Forbes, Markham, forward
- Christine Geraldo, Montreal, guard
- Kali Grootenboer, Thunder Bay, centre
- Emma Koabel, Port Colborne, guard;
- Alisha Murray, Toronto, guard;
- Cheyenne Rowe, Ajax, forward;
- T’yana Todd, Toronto, guard.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 30, 2022.
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