An event aimed at identifying future Olympic talent is coming back to Brock University this weekend.<\/p>\n
The first stop for RBC Training Ground in Ontario is Brock’s Sports Performance Centre on Saturday, March 9 at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
Training Ground aims to provide up-and-coming athletes a chance to compete in Canada’s Olympic talent pool. It has been well attended by Brock University\u2019s varsity athletes and those from across the Niagara region over the past two years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat trend will continue at this combine,\u201d said\u00a0Steve Lidstone, Associate Director Performance for Brock Sports. \u201cWe have had athletes from our varsity rowing, wrestling, rugby, track and field and lacrosse teams as well as Niagara high school and club athletes, who train as part of Brock Sports Performance’s Community Program, perform well and receive an invite to the regional combines.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event measures athletes for anthropometric suitability, and then they\u2019re asked to perform speed, power, strength and endurance benchmark tests in front of officials from the Canadian Olympic Committee and 11 national sport organizations in hopes of being discovered and directed toward an Olympic sport.<\/p>\n
A total of 30 athletes identified in the Training Ground events across the country will be named RBC Future Olympians and receive funding to chase their dreams.<\/p>\n
Last year, several athletes from Niagara were discovered to have high performance potential including high school track and field athlete Trinity Tutti, of Welland, and women’s rugby player Kendra Cousineau, of Port Colborne.<\/p>\n