Three Pandas, one Golden Bear, and one UofA coach were among the 60 selected to represent Canada in Athletics at the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games in Germany.

Pandas Rachel Grenke, April Kippers, and Tise Okuboyejo and Golden Bear Wesley Eze will don the red and white this summer for Team Canada, as will assistant coach Ciera Heshka-Wolf. 

Both Grenke and Eze are coming off excellent seasons in the Evergreen and Gold, with both being finalists for the University of Alberta's Male and Female Athlete of the Year Awards. 

Eze won a pair of Canada West medals in Regina, including gold in men's shot put, and was named the 2025 Canada West Field Athlete of the Year. He also added a silver in weight throw at the U SPORTS Championship in Windsor. 

Grenke captured gold in women's pole vault at the Canada West Championship, setting a new conference record with a final jump of 4.22m, which tied her own Pandas program record from earlier in January. She earned a U SPORTS silver in March with a final jump of 4.10m in Windsor. 

Kippers and Okuboyejo both completed their rookie seasons with the Pandas in 2024/25. Okuboyejo was on the Pandas bronze-medal winning 4x200m relay team at the Canada West Championship, with the Calgary product also earning silver at the Golden Bears Open in the 4x400m. 

Kippers placed first in women's pole vault at the Pandas Open (3.61m), second at the Golden Bears Open, and fourth at the Sanderson Classic this season. 

Heshka-Wolf, who was named the Canada West Female Assistant Coach of the Year this spring, will lead the throwers in Germany. 

Team Canada is making its return to the FISU Summer World University Games, after missing the 2023 event. The 2025 edition will be staged in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of Germany, with athletics taking place July 21-27 in Bochum, Germany.

Team Canada has won 83 medals all-time (10 gold, 40 silver, 33 bronze) in athletics at the at the FISU Summer World University Games dating back to the 1965 Universiade in Budapest. 
 

TEAM CANADA WOMEN'S ATHLETICS SQUAD

NAME	HOMETOWN	UNIVERSITY	EVENT
April Kippers	St. Albert, Alta.	Alberta	Pole Vault
Tise Okuboyejo	Calgary, Alta.	Alberta	400m Hurdles+
Rachel Grenke	Edmonton, Alta.	Alberta	Pole Vault
Georgia Oland	Calgary, Alta.	Calgary	100m, 200m*
Chelsea MacIsaac	Greenfield, N.S.	Dalhousie	Hammer Throw
Nike Abiodun	Waterloo, Ont.	Guelph	100m Hurdles*+
Camille Boudreau	Quebec City, Que.	Laval	1500m
Lara Denbow	Neepawa, Man.	Manitoba	High Jump
Jessica Gyamfi	London, Ont.	Ottawa	Shot Put, Discus
Doyin Ogunremi	Ottawa, Ont.	Ottawa	200m*+
Hannah Hagerty	Regina, Sask.	Saskatchewan	Long Jump*
Paige Willems	Warman, Sask.	Saskatchewan	400m+
Julia Agostinelli	London, Ont.	Toronto	800m
Georgia Bernhard	Guelph, Ont.	UNB	3000m Steeplechase
Shelby MacIsaac	Riverview, N.B.	UNB	400m Hurdles+
Elise Coates	Nanaimo, B.C.	Victoria	5000m
Marisha Thompson	Victoria, B.C.	Victoria	3000m Steeplechase
Celia Markovinovic	Puslinch, Ont.	Waterloo	High Jump, Long jump
Tyra Boug	Kitchener, Ont.	Western	100m Hurdles*+
Chloe Coutts	Toronto, Ont.	Western	1500m
Sophie Coutts	Toronto, Ont.	Western	800m
Ashley Maguire	LaSalle, Ont.	Western	5000m
Vivian Ogor	Waterloo, Ont.	Western	100m*
Favour Okpali	Toronto, Ont.	Western	400m†
Liv Sands	London, Ont.	Western	Shot Put
Robin Selkirk	Whitby, Ont.	Western	Heptathlon

* - in the 4x100 relay pool, + - in the 4x400 relay pool

TEAM CANADA MEN'S ATHLETICS SQUAD

NAME	HOMETOWN	UNIVERSITY	EVENT
Wesley Eze	Calgary, Alta.	Alberta	Shot Put, Discus
Keshawn Igbinsun	Toronto, Ont.	Brock	400m+
Travis Campbell	Milton, Ont.	Guelph	100m*
Niko Dowhos	Thunder Bay, Ont.	Lakehead	100m*
Lauchlan Irish	Victoria, B.C.	Lethbridge	Triple Jump
Dawson Mann	Sanford, Man.	Manitoba	800m
Jordan Soufi	Winnipeg, Man.	Manitoba	200m*
Daxx Turner	Neepawa, Man.	Manitoba	Triple Jump
Alec Purnell	Dundas, Ont.	McMaster	800m, 1500m
Thomas Laviolette	Mascouche, Que.	Montréal	5000m
David Moulongou	Ottawa, Ont.	Ottawa	400m Hurdles+
Miles Brackenbury	Kingston, Ont.	Queen's	Half-marathon
Jonathan Podbielski	Regina, Sask.	Regina	1500m
Jake Neufeld	Saskatoon, Sask.	Saskatchewan	Decathlon
Aiden Grout	Pitt Meadows, B.C.	Toronto	High Jump
Daniel Earles	Conception Bay South, N.L.	Trinity Western	400m+
Rui Ramsay	Calgary, Alta.	Trinity Western	4x100m
William Boyle	Winnipeg, Man.	UNB	5000m
Emanuel Desilets	Laval. Que.	Western	Decathlon
Joshua Duckman	Toronto, Ont.	Western	200m+
Arman Shahzadeh	Richmond Hill, Ont.	Western	Long Jump
Kenneth West	Brampton, Ont.	Western	Long Jump
Ben Tilson	Windsor, Ont.	Windsor	400m Hurdles+
A.J. Stanat	St. Thomas, Ont.	Windsor	Shot Put

* - in the 4x100 relay pool, + - in the 4x400 relay pool

TEAM CANADA COACHING STAFF

NAME	ROLE	UNIVERSITY
Vickie Croley	Head Coach	Western
Ciera Heshka-Wolf	Throws	Alberta
Kelsey Arseneault	Medical	Bishop's
Jessica Zelinka	Sprints/Hurdles	Calgary
Matt Deans	Manager	Calgary
Joseph McDonough	Endurance	Lakehead
Lindsey Parent	Medical	Laurier
Gee-ef Nkwonta	Jumps/Combined	Manitoba
Sabrina Nettey	Jumps/Combined	Regina
Jason Reindl	Sprints/Hurdles	Saskatchewan