Ryan Dwyer will be one of the busiest athletes at the Canada Games, competing in gymnastics and men's hockey in the same week.
The two sports were supposed to be on different weeks while the 2023 Winter Canada Games take place in P.E.I., but the 15-year-old decided he still wanted to move ahead when those schedules changed. "Everything kind of worked out, so that's good," Dwyer said. "Unfortunately, I have to miss one hockey game.
But it's cool that I get to do both still. "It's been a lot of juggling schedules, but my coaches have been supportive, and if I have to miss something, they're totally on board.
So, it's busy." Dwyer's mother, Louise, said busy is definitely the best way to describe it. "I think it wasn't so much of a decision, it was just a continuous journey for him," she said. "He started both sports at the age of four, and it just rolled from there." Ryan's love of both sports comes from his parents. "I was a gymnast when I was younger, and so he started here in the pre-K program and loved it and he just continued," Louise Dwyer said.