X-Women alumnus Ghislaine Landry leads Team Canada into Pan-Am Games

StFX X-Women rugby alumnus Ghislaine Landry is a veteran leader on the Canadian national sevens rugby team, set to compete at the Pan-Am Games this coming week in Toronto. Landry played with the X-Women for four seasons from 2006-2009, racking up awards and honors during her time with the blue and white.

A two-time CIS player of the year and four-time CIS all-Canadian, Landry was the 2006 CIS rookie of the year in her freshman campaign, helping the X-Women win their first national title. She was a three-time CIS championship all-star, two-time CIS silver medalist and was named AUS most valuable player and StFX female athlete of the year in all four seasons she played. A native of Toronto, Landry was the 2009 AUS nominee for the prestigious BLG award for the top CIS athlete in the country. She remains the AUS all-time career scorer with 352 points.

A difference maker on Canada's Women's Sevens Team, Landry made her debut with Canada's Senior National Team in 2011 and had a breakthrough performance at the 2013 Women's Sevens World Cup, finishing second in tournament scoring as Canada earned a silver medal. She was named Athlete of the Week by the Canadian Olympic Committee for her achievements.

Landry finished the 2014-15 season first overall in scoring with 301 points, lighting up the World Rugby Sevens Series this season, by winning the scoring race in six tournaments. Her 402 points are the most ever by a player in World Rugby Women's Sevens Series history.

The 27 year old Landry leads a strong Canadian squad into the Pan-Am Games. Joining her on the Canadian squad are two more StFX X-Women alumni – Magali Harvey and Sara Kaljuvee.

A native of Quebec City, Magali Harvey received her first cap with Canada's Women's Sevens Team back in 2011, and was later on the Canadian side that won a silver medal at the 2013 Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens. She has also represented her country with the fifteens, and was a big reason why Canada finished second at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. After her strong performance, in which she finished second in tournament scoring 
with 61 points, Harvey was named the 2014 IRB Women's Player of the Year.

Harvey played with the X-Women for three seasons from 2010 to 2012, winning national titles on two occasions, including on home turf in 2012. Harvey was the most valuable player of the 2010 CIS championship where the X-Women also claimed top honors in the country. She was a three-time CIS all-Canadian and AUS all-star and was named a CIS tournament all-star two times. The 2010 AUS rookie of the year is third in AUS all-time career scoring, amassing 303 points in just three seasons with the X-Women.

Sara Kaljuvee, from Ajax, Ont., played just two seasons with the X-Women in 2011 and 2012 but made a big impression while she was here, leading her to postpone her studies at StFX to pursue opportunities with the Canadian national team. A 2012 AUS all-star, Kaljuvee received CIS tournament all-star status in each of her seasons playing with StFX and was a key member of their 2012 CIS national championship team.

Kaljuvee caught the eye of Canadian sevens coaches with her strong play in fifteens, where she was a member of the team that won the 2013 U20 Nations Cup. After moving out west to join Canada's centralized program in 2013, Sara was named to the roster for Canada's opening leg of the 2013-14 Women's Sevens World Series in Dubai. After suffering an injury, she did not join the team again until the fourth and fifth rounds in Guangzhou and 
Amsterdam. Sara was on Canada's gold medal winning team at the 2014 FISU Women's Sevens Championship.

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