Many moons ago a young prospective star aligned with his guiding light. Almost a decade later Kyle Boorsma’s star just might be the brightest of any varsity athlete to ever compete for the University of Guelph.

Like many Canadian boys growing up, Boorsma dreamed of representing his country on frozen ice.

“I really wanted to represent Canada as a hockey player. I’d be really excited watching the world juniors and that was always a dream for me,” said Boorsma. “I didn’t really know about anything like world juniors or world youth competitions like that for [running], so that never even crossed my mind.”