Seven athletes. Two coaches. One manager. One mission staff.
That sums up the Prince George contingent of Team B.C. who will take on the best in the West at the Western Canada Summer Games in early August.
The Games open in Fort McMurray on Aug. 7 as young athletes from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba compete against each other in 18 different sports.
Team B.C. is comprised of 427 people, including 334 athletes, 47 coaches, 24 managers and 22 mission staff.
The Prince George contingent includes volleyball player Hallie Drezet of the Prince George Youth Volleyball Club and manager Spencer Reed, a former member of Thompson Rivers University's men's squad.
Swimmers include David Dunn of the Pisces Swim Club and Hannah Esopenko of the Barracudas.
Judokas Kimiko Kamstra (Hart Judo Club) and Lisa Russell (Prince George Judo Club) will be joined on the sidelines by Team B.C. and Prince George coaches Bruce Kamstra (Hart Judo Club) and Aline Strasdin (PGJC).
Jenna Van Delft will suit up for B.C.'s basketball squad, while Alia Wilson of the Prince George Gymnastics Club will compete in artistic gymnastics.
Peter Saar is part of the provincial mission staff.
Team B.C. finished first at the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops with a record 255 medals.
The Games wrap up Aug. 15.
