(TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Storm senior women's provincial rugby program coaching staff announced the 2016 Senior Storm Long List earlier this week. The list includes four Queen's women's rugby alumni.
Former Gaels
Loren Baldwin, Gill Pegg,
Lauren McEwen and Karlye Wong were all named as they look to bring Ontario the Senior Women's Canadian Rugby Championship title this summer.
2016 Ontario Storm Long List
Loren Baldwin (Aurora Barbarians)
Emily Barber (Aurora Barbarians)
Asya Bartley (Barrhaven Scottish)
Caitlin Beaton (Guelph Redcoats)
Tyson Beukeboom (Aurora Barbarians)
Stephanie Black (Aurora Barbarians)
Chelsea Brathwaite (Brampton Beavers)
Louise Chen (Aurora Barbarians)
Emma Chown (Aurora Barbarians)
Lauren Congdon (Mississauga Blues)
Brittany Douglas (Peterborough Pagans)
MacKenzie Fane (Aurora Barbarians)
Britni French (Aurora Barbarians)
Susan Garwood (Barrhaven Scottish)
Maria Godfrey (Cobourg Saxons)
Alexis Groulx (Barrhaven Scottish)
Jacey Grusnick (Barrhaven Scottish)
Kelsey Gsell (Guelph Redcoats)
Mackenzie Higgs (Aurora Barbarians)
Colleen Irowa (Brampton Beavers)
Lori Josephson (Aurora Barbarians)
Brittany Kassil (Guelph Redcoats)
Daria Keane (Guelph Redcoats)
Jane Kirby (Fergus Highland)
Cheyenne Legerton (Brampton Beavers)
Misha Maric (Markham Irish)
Lauren McEwen (Kingston Panthers)
Olivia Merritt
Brooke Newsome (Brantford Harlequins)
Fedelia Omoghan (Toronto Saracens)
Kelsey Owen (Oshawa Vikings)
Tobi Owotomo (Toronto Saracens)
Irene Patrinos (Ottawa Irish)
Gillian Pegg (Aurora Barbarians)
Emily Ricketts (Oakville Crusaders)
Olivia Roberge (Toronto Scottish)
Laura Russell (Toronto Nomads)
Simone Savary (Barrhaven Scottish)
Natasha Smith (Barrhaven Scottish)
Ashley Snider (Waterloo County)
Katie Svoboda (Belleville Bulldogs)
Sara Svoboda (Belleville Bulldogs)
Natalie Tam (Toronto Saracens)
Rachel Van Fraassen (Oakville Crusaders)
Lauren Walkden (Oakville Crusaders)
Karlye Wong (Toronto Saracens)
Petra Woods (Toronto Saracens)
The Storm coaching staff is excited to start working with this excellent group of athletes this summer, and look forward to engaging the athletes in a process-oriented approach to the program's attack and defensive strategies.
Looking ahead, the Ontario Storm senior women's provincial rugby team will participate in the Senior Women's Canadian Rugby Championship this summer, with Rugby Ontario hosting the tournament at Fletcher's Fields (Markham, Ont.). The competition will run Aug. 15-21, 2016.
The Storm coaching staff will announce a 24-player tournament squad prior to the 2016 Senior Women's Canadian Rugby Championship.
