The Manitoba Bisons track and field team continues to look toward the upcoming 2013-14 season by announcing 26 additional recruits for the new season.

Berube, heading into his 17th season at Manitoba stated, “We are excited to have this group of young athletes join the University of Manitoba Track & Field program. They are going to be part of the “new look” Bisons and some of them will certainly contribute to our team’s success not only in the next couple of years, but also during their entire CIS career.”

Only one student-athlete comes from outside of the Manitoba high school system and a couple of interesting notes on the recruits include Cheyenne Slonowski from River East Collegiate will also be a duo Bison athlete as she will play with the women’s soccer team and Blair Gardiner is the daughter of Bison T&F speed power coach Alex Gardiner.

The Bison track and field 26 additional recruits for 2013-14 season:

Sprints/Hurdles
Robert Anderson            Sisler High School
Kylie Bard                       Miles Mac Collegiate
Taku Chinoda                  St. Maurice School
Nory Falk                         Collège Jeanne-Sauvé
Brett Goodz                     Garden City Collegiate
Andrea Mandzuk             Fort Richmond Collegiate
Sophia Mbabaali             Collège Jeanne-Sauvé
Noelle Merkel                  Glenlawn Collegiate
Mathieu Nicolas               Springs Christian Academy
Stacey Ormel                   Oak Park High School                                    
Patrick Rozanska McCaugherty    St. Paul’s High School
Cheyenne Slonowski        River East Collegiate                                      

Middle Distance/Distance
Joel Anderson                    Lord Selkirk High School
Mathieu Desmarais            Collège Jeanne-Sauvé
Blair Gardiner                     Oak Park High School                                     
Carlynne Millns                   Sturgeon Heights Collegiate
Braeden Peters                  Garden Valley Collegiate
 
Jumps
Desiree Bedard                  Oak Park High School
Eric Laramee                      St. Paul’s, Alberta
Ryan MacDonald                Oak Park High School
Kaitlin McDiarmid                Lord Selkirk High School
Carla Schroeder                  Elm Creek School
Jaime Wong                        Collège Jeanne-Sauvé
 
Throws
Melissa Blaine                    Collège Jeanne-Sauvé
Jayden Buchanan               Pilot Mound School
 
Multi-Events
Tim Koos                             Lord Selkirk High School

Bison track and field news: Berube has been selected as head coach of the Canadian track and field team for the Francophone Games running from September 7-15, 2013 in Nice, France. He departs for the international event on Wednesday, Sept. 4.