Blades Chose to Address Canada at the 2024 Olympics

Blades Chose to Address Canada at the 2024 Olympics

TORONTO, Ontario – – Approaching first-year recruit Syla Swords of the College of Michigan ladies’ ball group was chosen as one of 12 individuals to address Canada at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday (July 2). At 18 years of age, she will end up being the most youthful ball player to at any point play for Canada at the Olympic Games and is the only subsequent Olympian in program history.

Syla Swords: Basketball Phenom

Swords has gone through the most recent two years addressing Canada, playing in the U17 and U19 World Cups at the lesser level and with the senior public group in different competitions.

The previous summer, she won a couple of bronze decorations in a 14-day length, gathering third spot at both the FIBA U19 World Cup and as a component of the 2023 AmeriCup group. She was the most youthful individual from the Canadian AmeriCup group, showing up in each of the eight games. She had a breakout game against Colombia in the gathering stage, turning 12 focuses on 5-for-6 shooting in only 14 minutes of activity. At the World Cup, she was named to the All-Competition second group after averaging 12.7 focuses, 3.4 bounce back, 2.1 helps and 1.3 takes in 29.9 minutes per game. She saved her best execution for last, turning in 26 focuses, six bounce back, six helps and two takes in a short time as Canada beat France in extra time for the bronze decoration. She was the main high schooler named to the Canadian Senior Ladies’ Public Group program for the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Competition, assisting Canada with fitting the bill for the 2024 Olympics this previous February.

Swords was named a McDonald’s All-American, to the Jordan Brand Exemplary Game, and played for the World group at the 2024 Nike Loop Highest point. She completed her secondary school vocation positioned No. 4 by ESPN, the most elevated season-finishing positioning by a Wolverine in program history. She was named the 2024 Gatorade New York Young Ladies Player of the Year and the New York MaxPreps Player of the Year. During her senior season, she found the middle value of 17.6 places, 7.5 bounce back, 5.1 helps and 3.0 takes per game.

She assisted Long Island Lutheran in the Nike Competition of Champions with naming in 2022, stuffing the detail sheet with eight places, eight bounces back, six helps and four takes in the last game. In her most memorable season at LuHi as a lesser, she found the middle value of 14.4 places, 6.1 bounce back, 4.8 helps and 1.5 takes per game to direct the Crusaders to the 2023 Class AA New York State Organization Competition of Champions crown. Blades scored 27 in the title game and drove her group the entire season from behind the three-point line, making 66 three-pointers at a 42.3 percent cut. She played AAU for Kia Medical Caretaker First class, which she helped bring home the 2023 EYBL title at Boo Williams.

She joins individual Canadian Krista “A veteran of the 2012 London Olympics with Team Canada, Phillips hopes to return to the Games this year, competing for a spot with the Wolverines.”

Canada is in Gathering B alongside France, Nigeria, and Australia. Canada will confront France on July 29 to start its Olympic excursion