Gait to helm women’s field lacrosse program

Gary Gait has been named general manager of the Canadian women’s field lacrosse national program. He will be responsible for overseeing teams at the upcoming 2019 under-19 world championship and 2021 lacrosse World Cup. The Victoria native, 51, is one of the sport’s greatest players, helping his teams to three NCAA titles, three National Lacrosse League titles and three Major League Lacrosse titles. Gait won the Minto Cup (1988), the Mann Cup (1990, 1997, 1999) and represented Canada at five world championships, bringing home gold in 2006. He has been coach of the women’s team at Syracuse, his alma mater, since 2007.