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Four Vikes golfers to represent Canada at FISU Games in China ...

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The group includes three Vikes women – Anne Balser of Digby, N.S., Alyssa Herkel of Port Alberni, B.C., and Megan Woodland of Victoria – and UVic men’s golfer Darren Hupfer of Edmonton.

This will mark the second appearance for golf at the world university games. The sport made its Universiade debut in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, but was not part of the program in 2009 in Serbia.

The Canadian men finished 12th in the team competition in Bangkok, while the women’s squad placed 13th. Thailand (men) and Mexico (women) are defending Universiade champions heading into the tournament set for Aug. 17-20 at the Mission Hills Golf Club.

UBC’s Kylie Barros and Humber College’s Mark Hoffman will also represent Canada. Respectively, they captured the women’s and men’s individual titles at the 2011 Canadian University/College Championships conducted by Golf Canada earlier this month in Ashburn, Ont.

Barros, a 19-year-old native of Edmonton who is also the reigning NAIA national champion, scored a nine-shot victory at the tournament held at The Royal Ashburn Golf Club to lead the UBC women to their third straight team banner.

Hoffman shot a 3-under par 69 in the final round and was 1-under par for the tourney as he guided Humber to the men’s team title. The 22-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., won the Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Championship in 2010 and finished third at the Scottish University Championship in 2009.

Rounding out the five-member women’s squad for the Universiade is Devon Rizzo, a University of Waterloo student from Brantford, Ont.

UVic’s Balser finished second at the University/College Championship, Herkel and Woodland tied for third, and Rizzo placed fifth.

Joining Hupfer on the men’s side, the six-member team is completed by two of Hoffman’s Humber teammates, Gregory Belsito of Thornhill and Adrian Cord of Etobicoke, Ont., as well as UBC teammates David Sheman of Newmarket, Ont., and Jack Wesche of Calgary.

Belsito was fourth at the University/College Championship, Sheman and Wesche tied for fifth, while Cord and Hupfer tied for ninth.

Balser, who won the University/College title a year ago, is the only returnee from the 2007 Universiade in Bangkok where she finished 46th. She also has FISU world university championships experience, having placed 12th in 2010 in Spain and 31st in 2008 in South Africa.

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