Athlete

Tran Mervin

October 15, 2025 by

Mervin Tran reached an important milestone in 2007, competing at the Canadian championships as a singles skater, before focusing on pairs and compiling impressive results nationally and internationally.
Alongside Japanese skater Narumi Takahashi, Tran became a fixture on the international circuit, regularly placing on the podium.
Most notably, Tran and Takahashi won the bronze medal at the 2012 world championships. They were third in the short and long programs at the latter event. Two years earlier, they were silver medalists at the world junior level.
Tran and Natasha Purich placed fourth at the 2014 Canadian championships.
More success followed in tandem with American skaters Marissa Castelli and Olivia Serafini.
Tran has also given back to the sport as a certified Skate Canada coach. He has also volunteered his time working with Special Olympics athletes and serving on committees that are part of national and international events.

October 15, 2025 by

Janine Pottage, whose surname was Polischuk during her accomplished career in athletics, starred in track and field at the high school, university, national and international levels.
Competing for Sheldon-Williams Collegiate, she set eight Regina High Schools Athletic Association records in three age categories.
Polischuk excelled collegiately at San Diego State University (2004-05) and the University of Regina (2007-09), earning numerous medals on both sides of the border.
With the U of R, she dominated at the CIS (now U Sports) level in 2008 (three gold medals; national championships’ MVP) and 2009 (gold, silver, bronze). In 2009, she was the CIS field athlete of the year and a repeat winner as the U of R Cougars’ top female athlete.
Polischuk has been enshrined in the U of R Sports Hall of Fame (2017) and Canada West Hall of Fame (2020-21).
She won medals in heptathlon at the 2001 Canadian junior championships (gold) and 2003 Pan American Junior Games (bronze).

October 15, 2025 by

Rob Bresciani excelled in an assortment of community and high school sports before playing football for the Regina Rams, University of Saskatchewan Huskies, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Rough Riders.
He was named MVP of the 1986 Canadian Bowl after scoring on a 109-yard reception for the victorious Rams. With the Huskies, he was a first-team All-Canadian in 1984.
Bresciani was a member of Saskatchewan’s Grey Cup-winning team in 1989 — a season in which he had a six-catch, 194-yard game.
He was the Roughrider Alumni Association’s president from 2017 to 2023. As well, he has been a CFL Alumni vice-president since 2022.
Bresciani was named the CFL Alumni’s man of the year in 2023 to honour his contributions to the Alumni and the community.
He has played a key role in the development and promotion of team handball and flag football. As well, he has coached football and basketball.

October 15, 2025 by

Steve Mazurak’s remarkable career in sports includes a string of memorable accomplishments with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Over eight seasons as a CFL player, he caught 237 passes for 3,714 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also caught a TD pass in the 1976 Grey Cup Game.
Mazurak, the CFL Players’ Association’s first full-time executive director, served in that role from 1980 to 1985 after being hired by CFLPA president George Reed.
The Roughriders’ former No. 70 entered the SaskTel Plaza of Honour in 2004.
The following year, he was hired by the Roughriders as a vice-president. In that capacity, he led the sales, sponsorship and marketing teams during a prosperous era that included Grey Cup championships in 2007 and 2013.
Mazurak helped the Regina Rams win the Canadian junior football championship in 1971. As well, he excelled for a Regina Maroons team that competed in the Canadian junior baseball championship tournament in 1970 and 1972.

August 22, 2024 by

Specializing in the 400 metres, Watkins represented Canada at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games. She also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, helping Canada win a bronze medal in the women’s 4x400m relay in 1998.
As well, she represented Canada internationally at three world outdoor and world indoor track and field championships. At her second Summer Universiade, in 1997, she was part of a bronze-medal-winning Canadian 4x100m relay team. Two years later, she was part of the Canadian contingent at the Pan American Games.
Watkins was a three-time national champion in the 200m and 400m. A three-time All-American, she entered Utah State University’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.

August 22, 2024 by

Frotten was a member of the 2020 Canadian Paralympics team, competing in the 400 metres, 800m, 1,500m and 4x100m relay. Representing Canada internationally, she won two bronze medals at the 2015 Parapan American Games and competed at the world championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Frotten has set Canadian records in the 400m and 800m as well as winning 17 medals, six of which were gold, in national competitions. At the 2019 Canadian championships, she won three gold medals and added a silver. She won all four of her events at nationals in 2022.
In addition, Frotten has competed in two international marathons, placing second in Honolulu in 2017. She received Sask Sport’s “Inspire Through Sport Award” in 2023.