OTTAWA, ON (June 28, 2016) – Canoe Kayak Canada has named several sprint teams following the second set of National Team Trials at the Olympic Basin in Montreal, QC. The teams include athletes to represent Canada at the following competitions:
- 2016 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and Under 23 World Championships (Minsk, Belarus from July 28 – 31)
- U17 Olympic Hopes Regatta (Szeged, Hungary • September 23 – 25)
- Canada Cup U17 and Paracanoe Team (Shawinigan, QC • July 9 – 10)
“These athletes have trained hard, with the help of great coaches, and demonstrated at trials that they are ready to compete at the international level,” said Scott Logan, Canoe Kayak Canada’s High Performance Director. “They will now have the opportunity to compete head-to-head against an international field and take their next step towards racing at the Olympic level. CKC has been working hard to match the right competitions to the current developmental stage of our athletes by providing opportunities to acquire confidence and racing skills that are critical to long-term success.”
Under 23 World Championships Team
Minsk, Belarus • July 28 – 31
| Men’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Brian Malfesi | Maple Ridge, BC | Ridge | Chad Brooks / Piotr Majewski |
| Jarret Kenke | Saskatoon, SK | Saskatoon | Chad Brooks / Andrzej Gronowicz |
| Marshall Hughes | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Chad Brooks / Mike Kerrivan |
| Pierre-Luc Poulin | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac-Beauport | Chad Brooks / Luc Grenier |
| Alex Scott | Bedford, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin / Chad Brooks |
| Charles-Antoine Girouard | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Étienne Beauchesne | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Women’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Dave Robertson / Mike Kerrivan / Adam Oldershaw |
| Madeline Schmidt | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Dave Robertson / Mike Kerrivan / Mike Robinson |
| Madison MacKenzie | Chelsea, QC | Cascades | Dave Robertson |
| Samantha Hall | Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Dave Robertson / Mike Kerrivan |
| Men’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Craig Spence | Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Jan Kruk |
| Drew Hodges | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Jan Kruk/ Wade Farquaharson |
| Women’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Hannah MacIntosh | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Rob Stott / Rob Baert |
| Katie Vincent | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Kyle Jeffery / Rob Stott |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb | Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jerome Seremak |
Junior World Championships Team
Minsk, Belarus • July 28 – 31
| Men’s Kayak | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Olivier Courchesne | Trois-Rivières (QC) | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Scott Braddon | Rideau (Ottawa, ON) | Wade Farquharson |
| Mathew Koehler | Ridge (Maple Ridge, BC) | Piotr Majewski |
| Women’s Kayak | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Grace Whebby | Mic Mac (Dartmouth, NS) | Chris Chaisson |
| Anna Negulic | Maskwa (Halifax, NS) | Jon Pike |
| Men’s Canoe | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Isaac Finklestein | Rideau (Ottawa, ON) | Wade Farquharson |
| Lucas Turnbull | Balmy Beach (Toronto, ON) | Peter Martinek |
| James MacPhee | Sackawa (Sackville, NS) | Chris Macpherson |
| Connor Fitzpatrick | Senobe (Dartmouth, NS) | Rob Baert |
| Women’s Canoe | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Tess Peterman | Cascades (Ottawa, ON) | Adam Mayo |
| Anna Roy-Cyr | Lac Beauport (QC) | Luc Grenier |
| Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent | Trois-Rivières (QC) | Mathieu Pelletier |
Canada Cup U17 and Paracanoe Team
Shawinigan, QC • July 9 – 10
| Men’s Kayak | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Palmer Lumb | Balmy Beach (Toronto, ON) | Peter Martinek |
| David Stewart | Richmond Hill (ON) | Helen Savin |
| Justin Dobson | Carleton Place (ON) | Pat Lester |
| Alex Canning | Banook (Dartmouth, NS) | Toshko Kalpakov |
| Luke Steinburg | Senobe (Dartmouth, NS) | Rob Baert |
| Nikolas Tsaousidis | Richmond Hill (ON) | Helen Savin |
| Women’s Kayak | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Lucy Pennyfather | Burloak (Oakville, ON) | Adam Oldershaw |
| Ashley Card | Maskwa (Halifax, NS) | Jon Pike |
| Riley Melanson | Banook (Dartmouth, NS) | Toshko Kalpakov |
| Courtney Piercy | Maskwa (Halifax, NS) | Jon Pike |
| Jane Girgulis | Calgary (AB) | Edgar Garza |
| Sophia Cuoci | Pointe-Claire (QC) | Eric Mihalovic |
| Men’s Canoe | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Samuel Djurfeldt | Mississauga (ON) | Tamas Buday Sr. |
| Tyler Laidlaw | Sackawa (Sackville, NS) | Chris MacPherson |
| Adam Scott | Maskwa (Halifax, NS) | Jon Pike |
| Rylan Conway | Maskwa (Halifax, NS) | Jon Pike |
| Thomas Cote | Lachine (QC) | Samuel Raiche |
| Connor O’Neill | Rideau (Ottawa, ON) | Wade Farquharson |
| Women’s Canoe | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Lindsay Irwin | Carleton Place (ON) | Pat Lester |
| Courtney Spratt | Rideau (Ottawa, ON) | Wade Farquharson |
| Emily Howard | Mississauga (ON) | Tamas Buday Sr |
| Audrey Veillette | Lachine (QC) | Samuel Raiche |
| Paracanoe | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Erica Scarff | Balmy Beach (Toronto, ON) | Mari Ellery |
| Trinity Tratch | Calgary (AB) | Edgar Garza |
| Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald | Sherbrooke (QC) | Nathan Desmarais |
| Tommy Grenier | Shawinigan (QC) | Helene Gervais |
U17 Olympic Hopes Regatta*
Szeged, Hungary • September 23 – 25
*additional athletes to be added
| Men’s Kayak | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Luke Steinberg | Senobe (Dartmouth, NS) | Rob Baert |
| Palmer Lumb | Balmy Beach (Toronto, ON) | Peter Martinek |
| David Stewart | Richmond Hill (ON) | Helen Savin |
| Women’s Kayak | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Grace Whebby | Mic Mac (Dartmouth, NS) | Chris Chaisson |
| Lucy Pennyfather | Burloak (Oakville, ON) | Adam Oldershaw / Hunter George |
| Ashley Card | Maskwa (Halifax, NS) | Jon Pike |
| Riley Melanson | Banook (Dartmouth, NS) | Toshko Kalpakov |
| Men’s Canoe | Club (Location) | Coach |
| Isaac Finklestein | Rideau (Ottawa, ON) | Wade Farquharson |
| Lucas Turnbull | Balmy Beach (Toronto, ON) | Peter Martinek |
About Canoe Kayak Canada
Canoe Kayak Canada is the national governing body for competitive paddling in Canada. Canoe Kayak Canada has been one of Canada’s top performing summer sports having won an impressive count of 24 Olympic medals. Canoe Kayak Canada is a member-based organization which includes an intricate network of clubs as well as provincial, territorial and divisional paddling associations. Elite National Team athletes proudly represent Canada at various competitions around the globe – most notably the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Pan American Games, ICF World Cups as well as Junior, Under 23 and Senior World Championships. Follow Canoe Kayak Canada on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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Ian Miller
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613.314.1352
imiller@canoekayak.ca