SCOTTSBLUFF—A former track standout at the University of Nebraska and Canadian Olympic athlete will speak to the West Nebraska All Star Volleyball and Football teams at the player recognition banquet.

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, attended the University of Nebraska and also was a member of the 2008 Canadian Olympic team. While at Nebraska, she set indoor records in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.23, the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 7.87, and the 200 meters with a time of 23.5. She also holds the outdoor record in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 12.6 set in 2006.

As a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in 2008, Lopes-Schliep won a bronze medal for Canada in the 100 meter hurdles in Beijing. It was the first medal for Canada in the Summer Olympics since the 1996 games, and the first medal for a Canadian woman in Olympic Track and Field since the 1992 Olympic Games.

After failing to make the 2012 Canadian Olympic team, Lopes-Schliep is pondering making a bid for the 2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On the world stage, Lopes-Schliep won a silver medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, and a bronze medal in the 60 meter hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in Doha in 2010.

Priscilla and her husband Bronsen, who played basketball at the University of Nebraska, were married in 2007. They are the parents of two children Nataliya and Jaslene. They are currently living in Scottsbluff where Brandon is a practicing orthodontist with a local dentist. This past track season Lopes-Schliep helped coach the track team at Scottsbluff High School.

The West Nebraska All Star Recognition Banquet will be held Friday evening, June 12 at Monument Bible Church in Scottsbluff starting at 6 p.m.