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Team PEI wins 2025 St. John’s Centennial Cup as most improved

September 2, 2025

St. John’s, NL – Team Prince Edward Island was named winner of the Centennial Cup at the St. John’s 2025 Canada Game, awarded to the province or territory who improves the most from Games to Games based on their flag points. Chef de Mission Nicolle Derry accepted the award on behalf of Team PEI at the closing ceremonies in St, John’s, presented by Olympic gold medalist and Chair of the Canada Games Council, Catriona Le May Doan.

Team PEI earned a total 84 flag points at the 2025 Summer Games, 14 points more than the 2022 Niagara Summer Games. Of the 15 sports included in PEI’s 2025 flag point score, eight improved on their 2022 total, while five matched their previous results and just two saw a drop. Individual sports Athletics and Swimming broke multiple provincial records while six teams had their best Canada Games finish since at least 2009*:

  • Men’s Baseball – 4th
  • Women’s Basketball – 7th
  • Women’s Soccer – 6th
  • Women’s Softball – 7th
  • Mixed Tennis – 7th
  • Women’s Wrestling – 7th

*Canada Games does not share a public record of results prior to 2009 

Artistic Swim – 2* points (Was not included in previous Summer Games)

  • In the sport’s Summer Games debut, Team PEI achieved a tenth-place team finish in the Team Mix event, while the Solo Women’s category saw Ella Storey finish 6th and Adrienne Scales come in 18th place.
    • *Artistic Swimming not included in Centennial Cup scoring

Athletics –  4 points (matched 2022)

  • At the track, PEI set 10 new provincial records and had three athletes with top-10 individual finishes – Alex Rogers (6th – M 5000m), Katie Richard (6th – W 3000m SC; 8th – W 5000m), and Grace Richard (7th – W 3000m SC, 7th – W 5000m)
  • Provincial Records:
    • W 3000m SC – Katie Richard, 10:50.69
    • W 5000m – Grace Richard, 17:29.65
    • Heptathlon – Alyssa Fortune, 3501 points
    • U14 W 100m – Addison MacAdam, 12.87s
    • U14 W 200m – Addison MacAdam, 26.44s
    • Special Olympics M 100m – Keegan Waite, 13.75s
    • Special Olympics M 200m – Keegan Waite, 28.74s
    • M 110m Hurdles – Jaycob Frank, 18.47s
    • M 4x100m Relay – Colin Blanchard, Owen Goodwin, John McGowan, Sidiki Diakite, 42.40s
    • M 4x400m Relay – Colin Blanchard, Zach Clinton, Nathan Clinton, Owen Goodwin, 3:28.37

Basketball – 5.5 points (+1.5 from 2022)

  • Women’s Basketball finished in 7th place, a great improvement from the 10th place finish in 2022. The team avenged a preliminary loss to New Brunswick in the placement game, defeating their cross-bridge rivals 75-56.
    • Alex Newson leads tournament in scoring with 21.7 points per game
  • Men’s basketball finished in 11th place with wins over Yukon and Nunavut.
    • Rayner Glenn finishes fourth in tournament rebounding, averaging 8 per game.

Baseball – 7* points (+4.5 from 2022)

  • Men’s Baseball records best-ever 4th place finish at a Canada Games. The team went 4-0 in round robin play and earned a bye to the semi-finals with a historic 3-1 win over British Columbia in the qualification round before falling in the medal rounds.
  • Women’s Baseball made its debut at Canada Games this year. Team PEI finished tenth in the standings and were unable to record a win, but saw an impressive performance on the mound by Adalyn Gallant, who scored 9 strikeouts and allowed two hits with 0 ERA through five innings against NB.
    • *women’s baseball not included in Centennial Cup scoring

Box Lacrosse – 4 points (matched 2022)

  • Both Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse teams matched their 2022 finish in 9th. 
  • Both teams recorded a pair of wins over Team Newfoundland. This was the first time a PEI women’s lacrosse team won games at a national competition and the first time a men’s team has won at Canada Games since 1973.

Canoe Kayak – 5 points (matched 2022)

  • The Canoe Kayak team put in a great effort all week and recorded several notable finishes including four top-seven finishes for Bianca Batten.

Cycling – 3.5 points (-0.5 from 2022)

  • The Cycling team had great performances in all of their races this week recording multiple top 30 finishes. Mountain cyclist Alexis McKinnon was the lead performer, finishing 15th in the cross-country race and 18th in the sprint event. 

Golf – 5 points (+1 from 2022)

  • The golf team had a great week at the Bally Haly golf course, through rain, wind, and close to freezing temperatures. They battled through and finished with great scores, led by Brett Shaw (10th) and Reid Hard (16th). In the team mix competition, PEI finished in 9th place, one spot better than in 2022.

Rugby – 3* points (-2 from 2022)

  • Women’s rugby finished in 8th place with notable wins over Yukon and Manitoba.
  • Men’s rugby made its return to the Canada Games and their debut for 7s. The team finished in 9th place recording three wins, twice against Yukon and a 33-7 win over Manitoba.
    • *men’s rugby points not included in Centennial Cup Scoring

Sailing – 6 points (matched 2022)

  • Despite several postponements, Team PEI sailing athletes performed well on the water. Nadia Carr finished 6th overall and Ellis Starkes finished 7th overall. The men’s team finished 8th overall.

Soccer – 9 points (+3 from 2022)

  • Men’s soccer finished 7th place overall thanks to a comeback win over Team NL in their placement match, a huge improvement from 10th place in 2022. 
  • The women’s soccer team had its best-ever finish, placing 6th following a dramatic 3-2 loss to British Columbia in their final match. Captain Addison Langley and winger Lilliam McVicar were recognized for their individual performances over the tournament.

Softball – 4 points (+1 from 2022)

  • Women’s Softball records best-ever 7th place finish at a Canada Games, knocking off Team Saskatchewan in their placement game in large thanks to a seven-inning shutout thrown by Lily Gallant.

Swimming – 4 points (+1 from 2022)

  • Veronica MacLellan earned two bronze medals (para women’s 400m freestyle and 100m backstroke), becoming the third-ever swimmer to win a medal at the Summer Games and second Team PEI athlete to earn two medals at a Canada Games. Veronica also finished in 4th place finish in the Para Women’s 50m freestyle, and a 5th place finish in the Para Women’s 100m.
  • Ivy Ban achieved three top-ten finishes – 6th in 50m Butterfly, 6th in 100m Butterfly, and 9th in 50m Freestyle.
  • Ryan Reid, at just 13 years old, broke three provincial records:
    • 800m freestyle – 9:11.69 (previous record – 9:13.65)
    • 1500m freestyle – 17:45.03, (previous record – 18:22.42)
    • 200m butterfly – 2:33.78, (previous record – 2:30.04) 
  • Team PEI swim team sees incredible improvement. At the last Canada Summer Games, one swimmer advanced in six events. In this edition of the Games, 11 swimmers advanced in 26 final events.

Tennis – 8 points (+4 from 2022)

  • Tennis records best-ever 7th place finish at a Canada Games in the mixed team event with a 4-2 record, led by Yolanda Pang and Sebastien Nguyen. The team won matchups over New Brunswick (5-1), Newfoundland (4-2), and Manitoba (4-3).

Volleyball – 4.5 points (matched 2022)

  • Beach
    • Both beach volleyball teams matched their 2022 results with the men defending 7th place and the women’s team remaining at tenth.
    • The event saw multiple schedule and venue changes due to wild fires in the Paradise area.
  • Indoor
    • The women’s team finished in 9th place. The team had a great preliminary round, finishing at the top of pool C, with an exciting win over NL in 5 sets. The team had a close loss in the qualifying round, but bounced back to pick up 2 wins including another 5 set match against NL to finish 9th.
    • The men’s team finished 11th. The team had a great start in the preliminary round, with a 3-1 record. They dropped a close match in the qualifying round, but were able to win their final match to finish 11th overall.

Wrestling – 4 points (+0.5 from 2022)

  • The women’s team had their best-ever finish in the team competition, placing 7th, while the men’s team ended 9th in the standings.
  • Individually, women’s wrestling earned two medals and four more top-seven finishes
    • Keely MacGrath – silver medal – 65kg
    • Alexsa Matheson – bronze medal – 59kg
    • Willow Van Iderstine – 5th place – 62 kg
    • Molly Brown – 6th place – 50 kg
    • Peyton Burke – 7th place – 47 kg
    • Madelyn Downie – 7th place – 53 kg
  • Zander O’Meara led the men’s team individually, placing 4th place in the men’s 48kg division, while Udan Pamunuwe wrestled to a 7th-place finish in the 77 kg division.