Canada Winter Games 2007

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GEMS

Participant


Name	Melissa Anne Lacroix
Contingent	Team Ontario
Hometown	Penetanguishene
Type	Athlete
Sport	Hockey

Results

Female Team: Ontario No: 8 Final position: Gold
NL-ON	Monday, March 05, 2007	11:00	Canada Games Centre
ON-PE	Wednesday, March 07, 2007	11:00	Takhini Arena
QF1 (Seeds 1-8)	Thursday, March 08, 2007	12:30	Takhini Arena
SF1 (Winners QF4-QF1)	Friday, March 09, 2007	11:00	Takhini Arena
Gold Match (Winners SF2-SF1)	Saturday, March 10, 2007	09:00	Takhini Arena

Biography

Age

Height (ft, inches)

5"9'

Weight (lb)

145

Language(s) spoken

English and French

Years I have participated in my sport

13yrs.

Club or School Team

Toronto Jr.Aeros

Coach

Darryl Giancola

Position/Event/Sport

Defence/ women's ice hockey

Other recent athletic or artistic accomplishments

Received a full athletic scholarship(hockey) for the fall of 2007 at Mercyhurst college
Athlete of the year award-2006
Provincial champions for hockey-05-06 and 04-05
League champions for hockey- 04-05, 05-06
MVP at the national championships in BC nov.2005
4th place at Ofsaa for volleyball-2005-2006
MVP-volleyball team 2005
attended national championships for ball hockey 2005

Games or championships that I have participated in

Year	Full name of competition/sport/event	Placing
2005	U-18 national championships/ women's ice hockey	5th
2006	Provincial championships/ women's hockey	1st
2005	National championships/ women's ball hockey	5th

My goals for the 2007 Canada Winter Games

My personal goals for the winter games are to play my best and to bring home a gold medal.

My personal role model

my personal role model is Cherryl Pounder

Other information that could be of interest to the media

I come from a small community and I was the first girl in my town to play rep hockey with the boys. I now travel 2hrs. to practices and games to be able to play on an elite girls hockey team. I am also bilingual (French and English)