CLUB & COUNTRY EXPERIENCE:
Canada has long been one of the elite countries exercising dominance on the world stage after breaking through with the gold medal at the inaugural appearance of ultimate at The 2001 World Games.
More recently, everyone on Team Canada with the exception of Catherine Hui and Mira Donaldson competed at Worlds 2012 with Team Canada in Open, Women or Mixed. All three divisions medaled. Donaldson competed at both the 2010 and 2012 Junior Worlds in the Women’s Division. Hui played for Canada at 2008 Worlds.
Additionally, all players compete for elite Canadian touring teams that regularly qualify for the USAU Championships.
Despite all of this success, Canada in the last four years in international competition has mostly missed the finals with 2012’s Mixed team being the exception.
ROSTER:
| First Name | Last Name |
No. # |
Gen |
Height | Experience | Position | Club Teams |
| Anne | MERCIER |
5 |
F |
5’8” (172cm) | 10 yrs | Handler | Capitals |
| Morgan | HIBBERT |
8 |
M |
6’3” (191cm) | 13 yrs | Cutter | Furious George |
| Danielle | FORTIN |
11 |
F |
5’4” (163cm) | 10 yrs | Handler | Capitals |
| Nick | MENZIES |
16 |
M |
5’10” (178cm) | 10 yrs | Handler | Furious George |
| Candice | CHAN |
17 |
F |
5”1” (155cm) | 6 yrs | Cutter | Traffic |
| Mira | DONALDSON |
19 |
F |
5’10” (170cm) | 5 yrs | Cutter | Traffic |
| Jeff | LINDQUIST |
20 |
M |
6’1” (185cm) | 8 yrs | Cutter | GOAT |
| Caroline | CADOTTE |
26 |
F |
5’7” (170cm) | 9 yrs | Handler/ Cutter | Odyssée |
| Andy | COLLINS |
33 |
M |
6’1” (185cm) | 7 yrs | Handler/Cutter | Furious George |
| Adrian | YEARWOOD |
81 |
M |
6’1” (185cm) | 6 yrs | Handler | GOAT |
| Mark | LLOYD |
89 |
M |
6’2” (188cm) | 6 yrs | Cutter | GOAT |
| Catherine | HUI |
90 |
F |
5’5” (165 cm) |
9 yrs | Cutter | Traffic |
| Cameron | HARRIS |
91 |
M |
6’2” (188cm) | 6 yrs | Cutter | GOAT |
Team Colors: RED, WHITE & BLACK
RECENT INTERNATIONAL TEAM CANADA RESULTS
2012 WFDF World Championships, Sakai Japan
Open: Bronze Women: Bronze Mixed: Gold
2009 The World Games, Kaoshing City Taiwan — 4th
2008 WFDF World Championships Vancouver, Canada
Open: Gold Women: Bronze Mixed: Gold
2005 The World Games, Duisburg, Germany — Bronze
2004 WFDF World Championships, Turku, Finland
Open: Gold Women: Gold Mixed: Silver
2001 The World Games, Akita, Japan — Gold
CANADA on O and D
Look for Adrian Yearwood to be a key handler on the D line. He tends to make smart decisions and keeps the disc moving quickly. Captain Andy Collins will rip it deep to the tall male back line of Lloyd and Lindquist.
“We will try and create one-on-one situations that give us an advantage and in order to do that, spacing is the most important offensive concept,” explains coach Cruickshank. “We will try and maximize the strengths of each player and put them in situations that best help our team succeed.”
Team Canada split games against Team USA at the monster Midwestern mixed tournament Poultry Days but won when it counted in the finals, albeit narrowly, 13-12. They would go on to repeat the feat at Potlatch several weeks later, defeating a top American group in the finals, 15-13.
Much like Team USA the Canadians like to create space and use matchups to advance the disc while on defense they will mix it up with junk zones and pressure man defense and keep an awareness of where the weaknesses are on the field.
TOP DEFENDERS
- #8 Morgan Hibbert – Great at defending lane cutters and huge in the air
- #16 Nick Menzies – Quick and fast, able to cover cutters and handlers
- #17 Candice Chan – Quick and fast with great layout D ability
TOP THROWERS
- #5 Anne Mercier – Great breakmark thrower and hucker
- #11 Danielle Fortin – Fantastic breakmark thrower
- #91 Cam Harris – Great all-around thrower and hucker
- #33 Andy Collins – Big-time hucker and solid all-around thrower
TOP RECEIVERS
- #20 Jeff Lindquist – Exceptionally fast and big in the air
- #90 Catherine Hui – Exceptionally fast
- #89 Mark Lloyd – Great speed and huge in the air
TEAM COACHES and CAPTAINS:
- Coach: Jeff “Shank” Cruickshank
- Captains: Andy Collins, Anne Mercier
Cruickshank goes it alone as Coach for Team Canada as Collins and Mercier will be on the field. Shank won’t have difficulty commanding the attention of his team: he is unarguably Canada’s most successful player. His resumé includes winning Gold at The World Games in Akita in 2001, winning bronze in 2005 in Duisburg and pulling in two UPA Championships with Furious George in 2003 and 2005 (the last one with teammate Morgan Hibbert).
MORE ABOUT CANADIAN ULTIMATE
Canada is know for having the largest summer league in the world in capital city Ottawa where the Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association (OCUA) boasts of over 4500 members and famously owns their own 20+ field site. One of their main tournaments, No Borders, will be occurring on the same days as pool play in Cali. Overall Canada has more than 32,000 regular players and 3,000 competitive members of the governing body Ultimate Canada.
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Web: CanadianUltimate.com
Ultimate Canada Twitter: @Ultimate_Canada
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