Kirsten Sweetland was an energetic child who tried many sports before discovering triathlon at age six, finishing second in her first race. After moving to Victoria in 1999, she joined a new “Kids of Steel” club alongside the National Triathlon Centre, training with world-class coaches and athletes. While excelling nationally in triathlon, she also starred in high school cross country and track for Stelly’s School, winning provincial titles and setting the Vancouver Island 3000m record.

Kirsten rose quickly, winning the Junior National and World Junior Championships and a Silver at the World Duathlon Championships. At 18, she became the youngest winner of a World Cup race in Richard’s Bay, South Africa. Despite years of injuries and Lyme disease, she earned U23 World Championship Silver, a 2014 Commonwealth Games Silver, and achieved a top-five world ranking before realizing her Olympic dream at Rio 2016. Now retired, Kirsten enjoys mountain biking, family time, and outdoor adventures in British Columbia and Australia.

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George Morfitt has achieved remarkable success as a competitor and administrator across tennis, squash, and racquetball for decades. As a junior, he ranked in the B.C. and Pacific Northwest Top 10 in singles and doubles tennis and competed with Modesto Junior College, winning two California State Championships, later playing for UBC. In his 30s, he captured BC 30+ tennis singles titles before turning to squash, where over 35 years he claimed numerous provincial, national, and international Masters championships, including Canadian, U.S., and Mexican titles, and contributed to Pacific Coast’s US National Team Championship. He also won multiple racquetball titles, becoming the only player to have BC and Canadian National Masters titles in all three racquet sports.

Beyond competition, George has shaped Canadian sport as president of national and provincial associations, chair of Canadian Sport Centre Pacific, and Canadian delegate to the International Squash Federation. His leadership earned him Sport Canada Executive of the Year and induction into the BC Sports and Canadian Squash Halls of Fame.

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