SASKATOON – In his third World Junior Speed Skating Championship, Luca Veeman claimed gold and silver medals in team events to be named SaskSport February Athlete of the Month.
Saskatoon’s Veeman helped Canada to a gold medal in the long-track Team Pursuit and followed that performance with a silver medal in the Team Sprint event. The World Junior Championship was held in Hachinohe, Japan in mid-February. Individually, Veeman competed in the 1,000-metre (16th), 5,000-m (17th) and mass start (seventh) events.
Earlier in the month at an ISU Junior World Cup, Veeman won a silver medal in the Team Sprint and finished eighth in the 1,500-m.
Veeman currently trains in Calgary at the Olympic Oval in the National Training Centre program. He was nominated by Saskatchewan Amateur Speed Skating Association.
Other nominees:
- Gage Grassick, Basketball, nominated by University of Saskatchewan Huskies Basketball Team and supported by Huskie Athletics
- Jonathan Podbielski, Athletics, nominated by Saskatchewan Athletics
- Paige Willems, Athletics, nominated by University of Saskatchewan Huskies Track & Field Team and supported by Huskie Athletics
