Field Hockey Canada
Women's National Team
Kristen TAUNTON

Field Hockey Background:	"I started playing field hockey when I was 11 year old: I was playing soccer and loved it and field hockey sounded similar so I decided to try it." Started with Richmond F.H.C. Played with this Club until grade 12 U14, U16, U18, U21 and Senior National Championships with British Columbia Provincial Teams 1995 CIAU National Champion 1996 Western Canada Summer Games (Abbotsford) 1997 CIAU National Champion
International Competitions:	1997 Jr. World Cup Qualifier, Santiago (Chile) (2nd) 1997 Junior World Cup, Seongnam (Korea) (11th) 1998 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur 1999 Pan American Games, Winnipeg (3rd) 2001 Americas Cup, Jamaica (3rd) 2001 World Cup Qualifier, Amiens/Abbeville, France (10th) 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester (7th)
2002 Commonwealth Games
Points of Interest:	Interests (outside field hockey): travelling, the outdoors, spending time with family and friends, reading. "Thrill of a lifetime" (given a chance to do anything in the world): win a medal for Canada at the Olympic Games.

Favorites
Other Sports:	Soccer and eco-adventure sports
Female Athlete:	Karen Clark (Canadian rower)
Male Athlete:	Steve Nash
Drink:	Coffee
Country Visited:	New Zealand, South Africa, Australia
Movie:	Dead Poets' Society, Good Will Hunting
TV Show:	Lonely Planet, ER
Book:	Power of One
Singer / Band:	Sarah McLachlan, Dave Matthews

"Carpe Diem."

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