Kaitlyn Lawes Could Play in Olympics
May 28, 2009
- Article by Brad Norman
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With her junior career behind her, Winnipeg's Kaitlyn Lawes in ready for the big leagues. She'll be starting off her first non-junior season with one of the biggest events a curler could ask for: The Olympic Pre-Trials.
With two Canadian Junior titles under her belt, nobody would've been surprised to see the 20-year old play for a chance to go to the Olympics someday. But for that chance to come so soon, is turning some heads.
Lawes was asked to team up with Alberta's Cathy King for the Pre-Trials event, dubbed the "Road to the Roar". Though that "road" is a long one, it's possible that it ends with Lawes wearing the maple leaf during the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver.
King's third from last season, Lori Olson, has left the team for an opportunity to play with Crystal Webster. This left an opening, which King wanted to fill with Lawes.
The team is already familiar with Lawes, as she played with them at the Canada Cup Qualifier and Canada Cup last season while Olson was pregant.
If Cathy King's team finishes in the top 4 out of the 12 team field at the pre-trials, they will advance to the Olympic Trials in Edmonton. The winner of the trials will then move on to the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Lawes told reporters that the entire Pre-Trials and Trials experience "Would be amazing and definitely something worth working for."
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