November 28, 2023

John Wetzstein comes home to Sask Rowing Association 

It’s a homecoming for John Wetzstein as the distinguished national team coach with Rowing Canada Aviron has made the choice to move back to his home province and join the Saskatchewan Rowing Association in the role of Sport Technical Director and High-Performance Coach. 

Wetzstein coached the Canadian paralympic rowing team to claim Canada’s first medal at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio and was also a coach with the 2020 Tokyo Games.   

Two medals come back to Saskatchewan from the Parapan American Games  

After ten days in Santiago for the 2023 Parapan American Games, six Saskatchewan athletes come home, three of which are holding medals. 

Nik Goncin and Garrett Ostepchuk claimed bronze after defeating Argentina 70-62 with the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team. 

Keely Shaw claimed silver in the women’s C4-5 Road Race final, with 1:47.18 for a time. 

For full results on Saskatchewan based athletes and weekend coverage, check out csc-sask.ca 

Orosz, Canada claim bronze and spot at World Championship 

Saskatoon’s Olivia Orosz joined the Canadian women’s volleyball team at the NORCECA Girls’ U17 Continental Championship from November 19 to 27 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where they finished in third place, earning them a berth at the 2024 FIVB World Championship. 

Canada was undefeated in round robin play, winning 3-2 over Cuba, and 3-1 over both the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica to finish atop the Group B standings and advance directly to Saturday’s semifinals 

It was in that match that Canada suffered their first loss of the event, falling to Mexico 1-3 (20-25, 23-25, 25-22 and 16-25) and landing them in Sunday’s bronze-medal final which they won 3-1 (28-30, 28-26, 25-23 and 28-26) against the Dominican Republic. 

Full results are available at U17 Girls Continental Championship (norceca.net).