<p>“Under-17 Canadian Squash Champion Headed to Princeton” (Ontario, Canada)</p>
<p>[Bayridge</a> graduate ready for international challenge - The Whig Standard - Ontario, CA](<a href=“http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2686133]Bayridge”>http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2686133)</p>
<p>Forgive Tyler Osborne if he’s wide-eyed for the next two weeks. </p>
<p>The Bayridge Secondary School graduate, 17, is in Quito, Ecuador as one of four players representing Canada at the world junior squash championship. </p>
<p>Osborne has played squash all over North America and Europe, but being an underager on an under-19 national team at a world championship in South America clearly is the highlight of his young career. </p>
<p>“It’s unbelievable,” Osborne said upon arriving in Ecuador last week. “I don’t know if words even describe how exciting it is to be here right now. I think it will be a great experience.”</p>
<p>The Canadian team went all out to prepare for the event at altitude – Quito sits at 2,850 metres above sea level. </p>
<p>Osborne, the reigning under-17 Canadian champion, and teammates Arjun Gupta of Toronto, Nick Sachvie of St. Catharines and Andrew Schnell of Calgary spent about a week in Calgary to prepare for the challenge. . . .</p>
<p>It’s been quite a year for Osborne, who graduated from Bayridge last month and was accepted to Princeton University in April. </p>
<p>But he’s delaying his arrival at the Ivy League school until September 2011 so he can take part in the elite athlete program at Queen Elizabeth this school year. </p>
<p>Pushing back university for a year also will allow him to compete in the Canada Winter Games in Halifax in February. </p>
<p>“Ivy League, in this day and age, is the best play to be for squash,” said Osborne, who has two brothers and a sister who also excel at the sport. </p>
<p>“I took a tour of Princeton last summer and it’s a great campus. Everything is so close. Princeton is kind of like its own little city.” . . . (continued)</p>
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<p>Tyler is taking a year off and will join the Class of '15. He is thus an “honorary member” of this thread for the Class of '14!</p>