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ASDC Female Athlete of the Month: Leah Brunner

May 7, 2017 | 4:14 PM

The Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce their Female Athlete of the Month for April 2017 is Leah Brunner.

Brunner, a 16-year-old Red Deer County resident and Grade 11 student at Notre Dame High School is a competitive rugby athlete. She is a competitive rugby athlete with the Notre Dame Cougars and Red Deer Titans, and is a member of Rugby Alberta’s 18U team and trains with Rugby Canada’s U18 Development Team. 

Leah plays both Rugby 7’s and Rugby 15’s.  Most recently, Leah played with Team Alberta 7’s in Vancouver at a National 7’s events and came home with a Bronze medal, which is a great result for Leah and Rugby Alberta teammates.

A multi-sport athlete, Leah also competes in cross country running, athletics and football.  Leah has a love of horse and competes in long distance horse races when not on the rugby pitch.