Meet the Special Olympics Team BC 2020 Training Squad! These dedicated and deserving individuals qualified for their spots based on their performances in the 2019 Special Olympics BC Winter Games in Greater Vernon. Read more
Please click the linked names below to read team member profiles!
| NAME | TEAM | LOCAL | HOMETOWN | |
| 5-PIN BOWLING | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Joanne Griffioen | Team BC Aces | Kimberley/Cranbrook | CRANBROOK BC | |
| Wayne Gowanlock | Team BC Aces | Elk Valley | FERNIE BC | |
| Melissa McIntosh | Team BC Aces | Elk Valley | FERNIE BC | |
| Shyanne Moe | Team BC Aces | Kimberley/Cranbrook | CRANBROOK BC | |
| Donna Schwartz | Team BC Aces | Kimberley/Cranbrook | CRANBROOK BC | |
| Corey Bennett | Team BC Valley Cats | Chilliwack | CHILLIWACK BC | |
| Justin Blenkin | Team BC Valley Cats | Chilliwack | ROSEDALE BC | |
| Aliza Eagletree | Team BC Valley Cats | Chilliwack | ROSEDALE BC | |
| Julie Prachnau | Team BC Valley Cats | Chilliwack | CHILLIWACK BC | |
| Derek Trainor | Team BC Valley Cats | Chilliwack | CHILLIWACK BC | |
| Maurice Bernier | Team BC Alley Cats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Richard Morgan | Team BC Alley Cats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Dan Noble | Team BC Alley Cats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Crystal Rousseau | Team BC Alley Cats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Sebastien Thomas | Team BC Alley Cats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Ariel Gust | Team BC Alley Brats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Cheyenne Jokinen | Team BC Alley Brats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Dakota Tate | Team BC Alley Brats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Tyler VanKooten | Team BC Alley Brats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Jade Vilandre | Team BC Alley Brats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Ronald Collington | Team BC Strike Force | Dawson Creek | DAWSON CREEK BC | |
| David Johnston | Team BC Strike Force | Dawson Creek | DAWSON CREEK BC | |
| Lisa Perry | Team BC Strike Force | Dawson Creek | DAWSON CREEK BC | |
| Dawn Stromquist | Team BC Strike Force | Dawson Creek | DAWSON CREEK BC | |
| Ralph Woidack | Team BC Strike Force | Dawson Creek | DAWSON CREEK BC | |
| Shawn Blatz | Team BC Bull Dogs | Penticton | PENTICTON BC | |
| Darryl Hagel | Team BC Bull Dogs | Penticton | PENTICTON BC | |
| Lynden Hicks | Team BC Bull Dogs | Penticton | PENTICTON BC | |
| Jeri Lee Hodgins | Team BC Bull Dogs | Penticton | PENTICTON BC | |
| Gregory Ovenden | Team BC Bull Dogs | Penticton | PENTICTON BC | |
| Debbie Bileck | Team BC Great Balls of Fire | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | |
| Matthew Brewer | Team BC Great Balls of Fire | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | |
| Danielle Cavenaile | Team BC Great Balls of Fire | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | |
| Audrey Nelson | Team BC Great Balls of Fire | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | |
| Adam Spokes | Team BC Great Balls of Fire | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | |
| Coaches | ||||
| Leslie Bowling | Valley Cats | Abbotsford | ABBOTSFORD BC | |
| Fae Hodgins | Bull Dogs | Penticton | PENTICTON BC | |
| Jennifer Knoll | Alley Brats | Port Alberni | PORT ALBERNI BC | |
| Ellen Martz | Great Balls of Fire | Quesnel | QUESNEL BC | |
| Debbie McCooey Alley Cats | Comox Valley | COURTENAY BC | ||
| Georgina McIntosh | Aces | Elk Valley | FERNIE BC | |
| Jack Walsh | Strike Force | Dawson Creek | DAWSON CREEK BC | |
| ALPINE SKIING | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Colby Bell | Vernon | VERNON BC | ||
| Cory Duhaime | Delta | DELTA BC | ||
| Jordan Ewert | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Marlow Feldmann | Invermere | INVERMERE BC | ||
| Roxana Golbeck | Kimberley/Cranbrook | CRANBROOK BC | ||
| Fiona Hall | Coquitlam | PORT MOODY BC | ||
| Stuart Hawton | Trail | TRAIL BC | ||
| Taylor Mitchell | Whistler Valley | WHISTLER BC | ||
| Kailyn Potomak | Langley | LANGLEY BC | ||
| Tamika Shaw | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER | ||
| Erin Thom | Kimberley/Cranbrook | CRANBROOK BC | ||
| Malcolm Tietjen | Vancouver | VANCOUVER BC | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Randy Scott | Head Coach | North Shore | SQUAMISH BC | |
| Misty Pagliaro | Coach | Kimberley/Cranbrook | CRANBROOK BC | |
| Mark Schnurr | Coach | Coquitlam | NEW WESTMINSTER BC | |
| Devyn Scott | Coach | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | |
| CROSS COUNTRY SKIING | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Sean Beddows | Surrey | SURREY BC | ||
| Matthew Bisschop | Vernon | VERNON BC | ||
| Chantal Chan | Vancouver | VANCOUVER BC | ||
| Barbie Conway | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | ||
| Sebastian Gylander | Golden | GOLDEN BC | ||
| Jesse Jensen | Cranbrook | CRANBROOK BC | ||
| Dimitri Konstant | Kelowna | WEST KELOWNA BC | ||
| Danny Lafreniere | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | ||
| Jordan Lige | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Glen McIntyre | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Tracey Melesko | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Josh Pudney | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | ||
| Natascha Sanford | Burnaby | BURNABY BC | ||
| Maria Schmitke | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Justin Sigal | Vernon | VERNON BC | ||
| Francis Stanley | Kelowna | WEST KELOWNA BC | ||
| Roy Stephens | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Kelsey Wyse | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Garth Vickers | Head Coach | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | |
| Ron Aarstad | Coach | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | |
| Ray Huson | Coach | Penticton | PENTICTON BC | |
| Sue Rowe | Coach | Golden | GOLDEN BC | |
| Les Sigal | Coach | Vernon | VERNON BC | |
| Annabel Stanley | Coach | Kelowna | WEST KELOWNA BC | |
| CURLING | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Drew Denny | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| Kevin Nunn | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| Danny Pace | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| Patrick Reid | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| Drew Sabourin | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | SAANICH BC | |
| Logan Eastman | Team BC Kingfishers | Kitimat | KITIMAT BC | |
| Theo Jack | Team BC Kingfishers | Kitimat | KITIMAT BC | |
| Nathan Readman | Team BC Kingfishers | Kitimat | KITIMAT BC | |
| Zack Robinson | Team BC Kingfishers | Kitimat | KITIMAT BC | |
| Sam Russell | Team BC Kingfishers | Prince George | PRINCE GEORGE BC | |
| Kristofer (Kris) Cohen | Team BC Leprechauns | Richmond | RICHMOND BC | |
| Alexandrea Edwards | Team BC Leprechauns | Burnaby | BURNABY BC | |
| Jennifer Fleet | Team BC Leprechauns | Burnaby | BURNABY BC | |
| Warren Harris | Team BC Leprechauns | Burnaby | BURNABY BC | |
| Darcy Stebanuk | Team BC Leprechauns | Burnaby | BURNABY BC | |
| Coaches | ||||
| James Amarelo | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| David Bodie | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| Mark Heartt | Team BC Kingfishers | Dawson Creek | DAWSON CREEK BC | |
| Glen Robinson | Team BC Kingfishers | Kitimat | KITIMAT BC | |
| Mike Rose | Team BC Leprechauns | Burnaby | ||
| Ty Wilkinson | Team BC Leprechauns | Kelowna | KELOWNA | |
| FIGURE SKATING | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Stephanie Divin | Surrey | SURREY | ||
| Jordyn Flamma | Surrey | MAPLE RIDGE BC | ||
| Tin-Yee Ho | Vancouver | VANCOUVER BC | ||
| Edmund Lau Sing | Vancouver | VANCOUVER BC | ||
| Alexandra Magee | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Alexander Pang | Vancouver | VANCOUVER BC | ||
| Arianna Phillips | Nanaimo | NANAIMO BC | ||
| Marc Theriault | Surrey | DELTA BC | ||
| Jennifer Utendale | Surrey | WHITE ROCK BC | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Jessica Chapelski | Head Coach | Vancouver | ||
| Tannis Marshall | Coach | Surrey | SURREY BC | |
| Maegan Montemayor | Coach | Vancouver | VANCOUVER BC | |
| FLOOR HOCKEY | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Keven Breland | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | COURTENAY BC | |
| Matthew Cadwell | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | COURTENAY BC | |
| Joe Grubweiser | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | COURTENAY BC | |
| Brad Hogan | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | COURTENAY BC | |
| Jake Hooper | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | LAZO BC | |
| Timothy Johnson | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | COMOX BC | |
| Robert Lang | Team BC Vipers | Powell River | POWELL RIVER BC | |
| Chris Malboeuf | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | COURTENAY BC | |
| Jason Mills | Team BC Vipers | Nanaimo | NANAIMO BC | |
| Tanya Norman | Team BC Vipers | Powell River | POWELL RIVER BC | |
| Max Porcher | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | VICTORIA BC | |
| Matthew Schultz | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | SAANICH BC | |
| Andrew Swindlehurst | Team BC Vipers | Powell River | POWELL RIVER BC | |
| Aaron Taylor | Team BC Vipers | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| Doug Birdsall | Team BC Cougars | Burnaby | SURREY BC | |
| Pierce Burns | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Kevin Geant | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Rafael Greenaway | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Erol Gunenc | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Alym Haji | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Austin Johnston | Team BC Cougars | Abbotsford | ABBOTSFORD BC | |
| Gary Jones | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Nick Kellof | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Danny Maclean | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Brayden Pawer | Team BC Cougars | Richmond | RICHMOND BC | |
| Dick Richards | Team BC Cougars | Richmond | RICHMOND BC | |
| Matthew Stokes | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Rick Thompson | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | |
| Coaches | ||||
| Ryan Wise | Team BC Cougars | North Shore | Head Coach | |
| Kyle Eriksen | Team BC Cougars | Victoria | Coach | |
| Bruce Watkins | Team BC Cougars | Abbotsford | Coach | |
| Randy James | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | Head Coach | |
| Ed Houlihan | Team BC Vipers | Comox Valley | Coach | |
| Tarra Tipton | Team BC Vipers | Powell River | Coach | |
| SNOWSHOEING | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Lindsey Aarstad | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Mary Adamson | Vernon | VERNON BC | ||
| Ashley Adie | Campbell River | CAMPBELL RIVER BC | ||
| Paul Aubuchon | Campbell River | CAMPBELL RIVER BC | ||
| Justin Chippendale | Vernon | VERNON BC | ||
| Kathryn (Katie) Little | Burnaby | COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Kyle McLaughlin | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Hazen Meade | Campbell River | CAMPBELL RIVER BC | ||
| Jay Prentice | Coquitlam | PORT MOODY BC | ||
| Torben Schuffert | Smithers | SMITHERS BC | ||
| Ariel Taylor | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Austin Weber | Williams Lake | WILLIAMS LAKE BC | ||
| Tony Wilkinson | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Maureen Hunter | Head Coach | Campbell River | CAMPBELL RIVER BC | |
| Janny Jung | Coach | Vernon | VERNON BC | |
| Liz Little | Coach | Burnaby | COQUITLAM BC | |
| Sandra Schuffert | Coach | Smithers | SMITHERS BC | |
| David Wilkinson | Coach | Kelowna | KELOWNA BC | |
| SPEED SKATING | ||||
| Athletes | ||||
| Elizabeth (Liz) Ashton | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | ||
| Eric Bruneau | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Nicky Chow | Richmond | RICHMOND BC | ||
| Reid Demelo | Coquitlam | PORT MOODY BC | ||
| Frankie Fu | Coquitlam | PORT COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Rene Girard | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Chris Hamilton | Abbotsford | ABBOTSFORD BC | ||
| Nicholas Libera | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | ||
| Paige Norton | Abbotsford | ABBOTSFORD BC | ||
| Jesse Thibeault | Surrey | SURREY BC | ||
| Zack Thibeault | Surrey | SURREY BC | ||
| Ian Walgren | Nelson | NELSON BC | ||
| Matthew Williams | Langley | LANGLEY BC | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Donna Bilous | Head Coach | Abbotsford | ABBOTSFORD BC | |
| Kaehlen Allison | Coach | Victoria | VICTORIA BC | |
| Rosella Infanti | Coach | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | |
| Walde Libera | Coach | Coquitlam | COQUITLAM BC | |
| Bruce Walgren | Coach | Nelson | NELSON BC | |
| MISSION STAFF | ||||
| Michelle Cruickshank | Chef de Mission | NANAIMO BC | ||
| Helen Cheung | Team Manager | BURNABY BC | ||
| Jean Tetarenko | Team Manager | VICTORIA BC | ||
| Ann Jorgensen | 5-pin bowling | CAMPBELL RIVER BC | ||
| Chelsea Rogers | Alpine skiing | PITT MEADOWS BC | ||
| Melainie Hatt | Cross country skiing | JAFFRAY BC | ||
| Tracy Hunter-Heartt | Curling | DAWSON CREEK BC | ||
| Charlotte Taylor | Figure skating | NORTH VANCOUVER BC | ||
| Jason Yan | Floor hockey | VICTORIA BC | ||
| Tina Giesbrecht | Snowshoeing | BURNS LAKE BC | ||
| Wayne Williams | Speed skating | CHILLIWACK BC | ||
| Steve Oliver | Supporters | DAWSON CREEK BC | ||
| Carla Zilkowsky | Medical | SMITHERS BC | ||