Liz Polyak
Polyak joined Brantford’s Track and Field Club at age thirteen. In high school she went undefeated and set the Canadian national record for both shot put and discus. She won Brantford’s Sportsman of the Year in 1984, as the youngest female winner in its history. She went on to earn a scholarship from the University of Kentucky and was selected as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division All-American.