TRU WolfPack volleyballer Muzyka plans fundraiser run for home country Ukraine

KAMLOOPS — The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Women’s Volleyball team has strong ties to Ukraine. Several athletes have come from that country to suit up with the ‘Pack, including graduating setter Anastasiia Muzyka.

“That was my main reason to go to TRU – they already had two girls on the team from Ukraine,” Muzyka explains. “I was so scared coming to Canada, having zero English. That was my connection — the two girls — and it helped me get comfortable.”

Next week, Muzyka plans to run 44 kilometres — symbolic of Ukraine’s 44 million citizens — in partnership with the Red Cross, as a fundraiser for her home country. Her volleyball teammates plan to join her on the run. She’s hoping members of the community choose to do so, as well.