Kia Byers - June 17th, 2010

AthletesCAN and Investors Group are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund bursary and among the list of athletes is Kia Byers, National Team member from Regina, Saskatchewan. Kia has recently returned from a successful World Cup Tour after competing in Szeged, Hungary for World Cup #2 and Duisburg, Germany for Wolrd Cup #3. In Duisburg, Kia was a member of the 4 x 100m relay team who won a silver medal.

In keeping with their commitment to amateur sport in Canada, Investors Group established a bursary fund for Canada’s top amateur athletes. A national leader in delivering personalized financial solutions to Canadians, Investors Group annually awards twenty $5,000 bursaries to assist Canada’s elite amateur athletes with the costs of training and competition. Selection criteria includes: athletic achievement, financial need and community involvement. Since its inception in 2000, the Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund has awarded over $1,000,000 to Canadian athletes. AthletesCAN administers the bursary on behalf of Investors Group.

Congratulation Kia for this achievement!

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