Four More Medals For N.B. At Canada Summer Games

Team New Brunswick continues to rack up the hardware at the Canada Summer Games in Niagara, Ont.

New Brunswick athletes took home four more medals on Thursday, bringing the total so far to 10.

Wrestlers Kara Steeves, Vivian Kutnowski, and Kai LeBlanc each garnered bronze medals.

Para swimmer Jesse Canney struck gold in the 200-metre individual medley para for his sixth medal of the game.

Men’s soccer action saw New Brunswick fall to Ontario 2-nil in the semi-finals. We will play Alberta in the bronze medal game on Friday afternoon.

Other action on Friday will see the women’s box lacrosse team play a placement match against Saskatchewan. The lacrosse players lost 7-6 in triple overtime against Quebec on Thursday.

The triathlon team participates in the mixed team relay. Thursday’s triathlon super sprint competition saw Team New Brunswick’s men finish Yannick Dupuis (18th), Kieran Everett (23rd) and Alexandre Comeau (24th) and the women’s finish Emerson Scott (27th) Lydia Bodechon (28th) and Kirsten Simpson (29th).

Tennis returns to the court on Friday for consolation placing against Nova Scotia.

The women’s basketball team plays Nova Scotia and the men will tip off against Newfoundland and Labrador.

The baseball team will face Manitoba in a consolation placing match.

The men’s beach volleyball faces Yukon for placing while the women’s team plays Quebec in a semi-final match.

The mountain bike men’s and women’s sprints occur Friday morning along with the open water swim for both men and women.

You can find all of the results and the full schedule by clicking here. Team New Brunswick’s results from Thursday and its schedule for Friday can be found below.

🚨 Medal Alert

Team NB’s 1st gold medal at the @2022canadagames and Jesse Canney’s 6th medal!

We’re proud of you Jesse! 🤩

🚨 Alerte de médaille

Première médaille d’or pour Équipe NB au @2022canadagames et la 6e médaille pour Jesse Canney!

Nous sommes fier de toi Jesse! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/3OoFvPmQGi

— Team NB / Équipe NB (@Team_EquipeNB) August 12, 2022

Results – Thursday, Aug. 11

Basketball – Male

Nova Scotia 90, New Brunswick 87

Basketball – Female

Quebec 77, New Brunswick 56

Beach Volleyball – Male

Prince Edward Island 2, New Brunswick 0 (16-21, 11-21)

Beach Volleyball – Female

New Brunswick 2, Prince Edward Island 0 (21-11, 21-11)
New Brunswick 2, Alberta 1 (23-21, 11-21, 15-12)

Box Lacrosse – Female

Quebec 7, New Brunswick 6

Soccer – Male

Semi-final: Ontario 2, New Brunswick 0

Softball – Female

7^th place overall

• New Brunswick 4, Prince Edward Island 3

Tennis

British Columbia 5, New Brunswick 1

• Rakitka Galwa 0-6, 0-6
• Jeff Bodner 2-6, 3-6
• Vanya Virmani 2-6, 2-6
• Cade Nadeau 4-6, 6-4, 4-6
• Olivia Larsen and Cali Nadeau, walkover
• Ben Hamilton and Finn Mcmorran 3-6, 1-6

Triathlon

Super Sprint Male

• Yannick Dupuis, 18^th
• Kieran Everett, 23^rd
• Alexandre Comeau, 24^th

Super Sprint Female

• Emerson Scott, 27^th
• Lydia Bodechon, 28^th
• Kirsten Simpson, 29^th

Wrestling

F 44 kg – Eleanor Caufield, 5^th
F 48 kg – Kara Steeves, Bronze (5-0 [VT] vs BC)
F 52 kg – Kennedy Allen, 6^th (0-5 [VT] vs MB)
F 56 kg – Mackenzie Morine, 11^th (5-0 [VB] vs NS)
F 64 kg – Sydney Gahan, 5^th (5-0 [VT} vs NS)
F 69 kg – Vivian Kutnowski, Bronze (5-0 [VT] vs SK)
F 74 kg – Maecha Caissie, 6^th (0-5 [VB] vs MB)
F 79 kg – Mariia Makhanets, 5^th (5-0 [VT] vs NS)
F 84 kg – Reagan Harnish, 6^th (0-5 [VT] vs NS)

M 56 kg – Thomas Lipton, 4^th (0-5 [VT] vs MB)
M 60 kg – Mackenzie Kearns, 11^th (5-0 [VB] vs NL)
M 65 kg – Braydon Allen, 7^th (4-1 [SP] vs YK)
M 70 kg – Johnathan Sherrard, 6^th (0-4 [ST] vs NS)
M 76 kg – Koen Poirier, 5^th (4-1 [SP] vs SK)
M 85 kg – Kai LeBlanc, Bronze (5-0 [VB] vs QC)
M98 kg – Patrick Landry, 5^th (3-1 [PP] vs NS)

 

Schedule – Friday, Aug. 12 (all times in Atlantic)

Baseball

2 p.m. – Manitoba vs New Brunswick

Basketball – Male

2 p.m. – New Brunswick vs Newfoundland

Basketball – Female 

11:45 a.m. – New Brunswick vs Nova Scotia

Beach Volleyball – Male

10 a.m. – New Brunswick vs Yukon

Beach Volleyball – Female

4 p.m. – New Brunswick vs Quebec – Semi-final

Box Lacrosse – Female

12 p.m. – New Brunswick vs Saskatchewan

Cycling – Mountain Bike

10 a.m. – Men’s Sprint
10 a.m. – Women’s Sprint

Soccer – Male

5 p.m. – New Brunswick vs Alberta – bronze medal game

Swimming – Open Water

10 a.m. – Men’s race
10:10 a.m. – Women’s race

Tennis

10 a.m. – New Brunswick vs Nova Scotia

Triathlon

4 p.m. Mixed Team Relay Mix