Team Canada named Lancer alumna Sarah Mitton (BSc 2018) captain of its women’s squad for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Aug. 19 to 27 in Budapest.

Mitton is the nation’s record holder in women’s shot put.

More than 2,000 athletes from 200+ countries will compete in Hungary in front of hundreds of thousands of fans and captivating a global audience of more than a billion viewers. The showcase is the world’s third-largest sporting event.