Mac Athletes Get Inside Track
One of Sarah Kiernan’s first steps toward a dream of representing Canada on home turf in 2015 was in unique circumstances — underwater and on a treadmill.
The McMaster University volleyball player is an example of an athlete who has the latest conditioning and rehabilitation facilities and expertise provided through Ontario’s Quest for Gold program.
And she’ll be joined by others at Mac’s David Braley Athletic Centre after yesterday’s announcement of $150,000 for high performance athletes.
Kiernan, 21, has her eye on a spot with the Canadian volleyball team which would compete at Copps Coliseum if the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games bid is successful.
“That would be great, playing in front of a big crowd in my home town.”
She says the high-performance help in training, sports medicine and rehabilitation will make the Braley Centre a hotbed for elite athletes.
The Sir Allan MacNab grad nursed a bad ankle back to health much faster than in the past using that underwater treadmill in Canada’s only saltwater hydrotherapy pool.
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