Eight Olympic athletes and support staff affiliated with Trinity Western have wrapped up their respective competitions at the Tokyo Olympics. With these performances at the highest level possible, Trinity Western Spartan alums leave the Tokyo Olympics with their heads held high.
TWU's men's volleyball trio of Ryan Sclater ('17, Port Coquitlam, B.C.), Lucas Van Berkel ('14, Edmonton, Alta.) and Steven Marshall ('13, Abbotsford, B.C.) helped in securing a fifth-place finish for Canada's men's volleyball team. As the Canadians bowed out in quarter-final loss to the Russian Olympic Committee, strong Olympic debuts from Sclater and Van Berkel were emphasized by impressive performances in their last game against the ROC, which saw both put together their best statistical performances of the tournament. Marshall – who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio – played three sets, one of which saw him at one point join Sclater and Van Berkel to make up Canada's front row.
Alison Jackson ('14, Vermillion, Alta.) finished 32nd in the women's cycling road race amidst extraordinary circumstances. Only finding out she would be competing in the biggest competition of her life 11 days before the women's road race, Jackson capped off her Olympic debut by clocking a time of 3:59:47 over the 137.
Regan Yee ('18, South Hazelton, B.C.) made her Olympic debut, running in the 3000m steeplechase. Racing in the excessive heat of Tokyo's summer season, Yee finished eighth in her heat with a time of 9:41.14, but came up shy of earning a spot in the final.
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