Kamloops athlete raises funds for Team Canada U20 world championships

Gage Androlick is trying to turn a spot on Team Canada’s U20 roster into a trip to Logroño, Spain, and the price tag is the part elite ultimate keeps hiding. The 19-year-old Thompson Rivers University student from Kamloops estimates he needs about $10,000 to cover flights, accommodations, team fees, gear and the extra travel that comes with being the only player from British Columbia’s Interior on the roster.

Androlick found out in November 2025 that he had made the national team, and he is scheduled to compete at the World Flying Disc Federation World Junior Ultimate Championships from July 11 to July 18, 2026. He said he was “super pumped” to earn the selection, but the path to Spain has included a steady grind: trips to Vancouver every couple of weeks for regional training, plus team camps in Eastern Canada, including stops in Toronto and Montreal.

That travel load is exactly why the pay-to-represent problem matters in a niche sport like ultimate. Public fundraising materials tied to Androlick’s campaign say Team Canada ultimate is 100% self-funded, which means making a world championship roster is only the first step. Getting to the line in Spain is another bill entirely, and for an athlete from Kamloops, the costs pile up fast.

Androlick’s rise has been local from the start. He got into ultimate in Grade 10 through friends at South Kam Secondary School, then helped the South Kam Titans win bronze at a provincial championship in Grade 12. In that bronze-medal game, he made a decisive high-point catch on universe point, the kind of play that turns a school gym memory into a résumé line. He has also credited the Kamloops Ultimate League community and coach Duncan Schulz, who coached him at South Kam and with the Helios club program, for helping shape his game.

Stacy Lowrenoff, Androlick’s mother, said the family wants community support so he can represent Kamloops and the B.C. Interior on the world stage. That support fills the gap a national-team selection does not: airfare, hotels, federation fees, gear and the Eastern Canada travel that elite juniors in a global sport still have to cover themselves. WFDF, which governs flying-disc sports worldwide and says it has member associations in more than 126 countries, runs the championships where Androlick will try to turn a Kamloops breakthrough into an international one.