OTTAWA, ONTARIO (October 12, 2018) – Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) is pleased to announce that Sport Canada has confirmed the 2018-2019 Canoe Kayak Canada Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) nominations for Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe teams.
The High Performance Committee of the Sprint Racing Discipline is proud to officially announce the confirmation of 33 Sprint athletes in the Olympic Program and 5 paracanoe athletes in the Paralympic Program according to the 2018-2019 AAP Selection Criteria.
For more information about the selection criteria, please download the full document here: http://canoekayak.wpengine.com/selection-criteria/
National Team Carded Athletes Olympic Program
| Men’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
| Ryan Cochrane | Windsor, NS | Lac Beauport | Frédéric Jobin |
| Dominik Crête | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Marshall Hughes | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Frédéric Jobin / Mike Kerrivan |
| Mark de Jonge | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin |
| Brian Malfesi | Maple Ridge, BC | Ridge | Frédéric Jobin / Tessa Nagai |
| Nicholas Matveev | North York, ON | Balmy Beach | Frédéric Jobin / Peter Martinek |
| Pierre-Luc Poulin | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac Beauport | Frédéric Jobin |
| Alex Scott | Bedford, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin |
| Jacob Steele | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Women’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
| Lissa Bissonnette | Sherbrooke, QC | Pointe-Claire | Chad Brooks |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Chad Brooks / Adam Oldershaw |
| Natalie Davison | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Chad Brooks |
| Andréanne Langlois | Lac Beauport, QC | Trois-Rivières | Chad Brooks / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Michelle Russell | Fall River, NS | Cheema | Chad Brooks / Mike Kerrivan |
| Madeline Schmidt | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Chad Brooks / Mike Robinson |
| Courtney Stott | Pickering, ON | Balmy Beach | Chad Brooks / Peter Martinek |
| Grace Whebby | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Chris Chaisson |
| Men’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
| Connor Fitzpatrick | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Andreas Dittmer / Rob Baert |
| Drew Hodges | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Andreas Dittmer / Wade Farquaharson |
| Mark James | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Andreas Dittmer / Rob Baert |
| Mark Oldershaw | Burlington, ON | Burloak | Andreas Dittmer / Scott Oldershaw |
| Craig Spence | Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Andreas Dittmer |
| Phil Turcanu | Ottawa, ON | Mississauga | Kyle Jeffery / Joel Hazzan |
| Lucas Turnbull | Toronto, ON | Mississauga | Andreas Dittmer / Kyle Jeffery |
| Roland Varga | Aurora, ON | Richmond Hill | Andreas Dittmer / Helen Savin |
| Women’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb | Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jan Kruk / Jerome Seremak |
| Sophia Jensen | Chelsea, QC | Cascade | Adam Mayo |
| Julia Lilley-Osende | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Chris Chaisson |
| Hannah MacIntosh | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Jan Kruk / Rob Baert |
| Kate Pennyfather | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Adam Oldershaw |
| Anna Roy-Cyr | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac Beauport | Jan Kruk / Luc Grenier |
| Katie Vincent | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Jan Kruk / Kyle Jeffery |
| Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Jan Kruk / Mathieu Pelletier |
National Team Carded Athletes Paralympic Program
| Paracanoe | Hometown | Club | Coach(es) |
| Christine Gauthier | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Marc Creamer |
| Zacharie Lauzière-Fitzgerald | Sherbrooke, QC | Sherbrooke | Marc Creamer / Nathan Desmarais |
| Erica Scarff | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Marc Creamer / Peter Martinek |
| Mathieu St. Pierre | Shawinigan, QC | Shawinigan | Marc Creamer / Hélène Gervais |
| Trinity Tratch | Calgary, AB | Calgary | Marc Creamer / Edgar Garza |
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About Canoe Kayak Canada
Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) is the national governing body for competitive paddling in Canada, one of Canada’s top performing summer sports with a total of 24 Olympic medals, and a leader in the Paralympic movement. Canoe Kayak Canada is a member-based organization that 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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For more information :
Joannie Verret
Communications Coordinator
jverret@canoekayak.ca
(418) 271-3785