OTTAWA, ONTARIO (November 1st, 2017) – Sport Canada has confirmed the 2017-2018 Canoe Kayak Canada Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) nominations for Sprint and Paracanoe that were published on October 11th.
The High Performance Committee of the Sprint Racing Discipline is proud to officially announce the confirmation of 32 Sprint athletes in the Olympic Program and 5 Sprint athletes in the Paralympic Program according to the 2017-2018 AAP Selection Criteria.
National Team Carded Athletes Olympic Program
| Men’s Kayak 1000m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Jarret Kenke | Saskatoon, SK | Saskatoon | Frédéric Jobin |
| Marshall Hughes | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Frédéric Jobin / Mike Kerrivan |
| Andrew Jessop | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin |
| Brian Malfesi | Maple Ridge, BC | Ridge | Frédéric Jobin / Piotr Majewski |
| Oskar Morawski | Richmond Hill, ON | Richmond Hill | Mark Granger / Helen Savin |
| Men’s Kayak 200/500m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Mark de Jonge | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin / Chad Brooks |
| Pierre Luc Poulin | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac Beauport | Frédéric Jobin |
| Ryan Cochrane | Windsor, NS | Lac Beauport | Frédéric Jobin |
| Maxence Beauchesne | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Frédéric Jobin / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Alex Scott | Bedford, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin / Chad Brooks |
| Women’s Kayak 200/500m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Michelle Russell | Fall River, NS | Cheema | Chad Brooks / Mike Kerrivan |
| Andréanne Langlois | Québec, QC | Trois-Rivières | Chad Brooks / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Lissa Bissonnette | Sherbrooke, QC | Pointe-Claire | Chad Brooks |
| Courtney Stott | Pickering, ON | Balmy Beach | Chad Brooks / Peter Martinek |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Chad Brooks / Adam Oldershaw |
| Natalie Davison | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Chad Brooks / Diana Deek |
| Émilie Fournel | Montréal, QC | Lachine | Mark Ganger / Chad Brooks |
| Madeline Schmidt | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Chad Brooks / Mike Robinson |
| Alexa Irvin | Fall River, NS | Maskwa | Chad Brooks / Jon Pike |
| Grace Whebby | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Mark Granger / Chris Chiasson |
| Men’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Mark Oldershaw | Burlington, ON | Burloak | Scott Oldershaw |
| Craig Spence | Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Jan Kruk |
| Mark James | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Rob Baert |
| Drew Hodges | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Wade Farquaharson |
| Marc Tarling | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Eric Mihalovic |
| Roland Varga | Richmond Hill, ON | Richmond Hill | Helen Savin / Scott Oldershaw |
| Isaac Finkelstein | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Mark Granger / Diana Deek |
| Women’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Jan Kruk / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Katie Vincent | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Jan Kruk / Kyle Jeffery |
| Sophia Jensen | Chelsea, QC | Cascade | Jan Kruk / Adam Mayo |
| Anna Roy-Cyr | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac Beauport | Jan Kruk / Luc Grenier |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb | Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jan Kruk / Jerome Seremak |
National Team Carded Athletes Paralympic Program
| Paracanoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Erica Scarff | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Marc Creamer / Mari Ellery |
| Christine Gauthier | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Marc Creamer |
| Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald | Sherbrooke, QC | Sherbrooke | Marc Creamer / Nathan Desmarais |
| Trinity Tratch | Calgary, AB | Calgary | Marc Creamer / Edgar Garza |
| Mathieu St. Pierre | Shawinigan, QC | Shawinigan | Marc Creamer / Hélène Gervais |
For more information :
Joannie Verret
Communications Coordinator
jverret@canoekayak.ca
(418) 271-3785