OTTAWA, ON (November 23, 2016) — Canoe Kayak Canada is pleased to name its sprint teams for the 2016-2017 season.
The National Team consists of carded athletes who are part of Sport Canada’s Athlete Assistance Program. The NextGen 2024 Team is composed of targeted athletes who have demonstrated they are on track to achieve make a final at the 2024 Olympic Games. The Academy Team is composed of junior athletes who have demonstrated the potential for future international success based on performance indicators.
National Team Carded Athletes
| Men’s Kayak 1000m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Jarret Kenke | Saskatoon, SK | Saskatoon | Chad Brooks / Andrzej Gronowicz |
| Marshall Hughes | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Chad Brooks / Mike Kerrivan |
| Andrew Jessop | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Chad Brooks |
| Brian Malfesi | Maple Ridge, BC | Ridge | Chad Brooks / Piotr Majewski |
| Nick Robson | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Rob Clarke | Mississauga, ON | Burloak | Chad Brooks / Adam Oldershaw |
| Nicholas Matveev | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Men’s Kayak 200/500m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Mark de Jonge (200m) | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin |
| Pierre-Luc Poulin (500m) | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac-Beauport | Chad Brooks / Luc Grenier |
| Alex Scott (200m) | Bedford, NS | Maskwa | Frédéric Jobin / Chad Brooks |
| Marc-Alexandre Gagnon (200m) | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Frédéric Jobin / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Ryan Cochrane (200m) | Windsor, NS | Lac Beauport | Frédéric Jobin |
| Hugues Fournel (200m) | Montréal, QC | Lachine | Frédéric Jobin |
| James Lavallée (200m) | Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jerome Seremak |
| Maxence Beauchesne (500m) | Trois-Rivieres, QC | Trois-Rivieres | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Women’s Kayak 200/500m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Émilie Fournel | Montréal, QC | Lachine | Frédéric Jobin |
| Kathleen (KC) Fraser | Oakville, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Andréanne Langlois | Québec, QC | Trois-Rivières | Frédéric Jobin / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Genevieve Orton | Lake Echo, NS | Orenda | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki |
| Lissa Bissonnette | Sherbrooke, QC | Pointe-Claire | Dave Robertson |
| Hannah Vaughan | Dartmouth, NS | Banook | Jan Kruk |
| Michelle Russell | Fall River, NS | Cheema | Mike Kerrivan |
| Sam Hall | Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Dave Robertson / Mike Kerrivan |
| 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 |
| Men’s Canoe 1000m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Mark Oldershaw | Burlington, ON | Burloak | Scott Oldershaw |
| Craig Spence | Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Jan Kruk |
| Mark James | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Jan Kruk |
| Drew Hodges | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Jan Kruk/ Wade Farquaharson |
| Marc Tarling | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Jan Kruk |
| Steve Frodsham | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Jan Kruk / Wade Farquaharson |
| Sam Pennyfather | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Adam Oldershaw / Hunter George |
| Women’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Rob Stott / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Katie Vincent | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Kyle Jeffery / Rob Stott |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb | Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jerome Seremak |
| Hannah MacIntosh | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Rob Stott / Rob Baert |
| Jillian Perrone | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Adam Oldershaw |
| Anna Roy-Cyr | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac Beauport | Luc Grenier |
| Anne Sophie Lavoie-Parent | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Paracanoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Christine Gauthier | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Mark Granger / Marc Creamer |
| Erica Scarff | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Mari Ellery |
| Trinity Tratch | Calgary, AB | Calgary | Edgar Garza |
| Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald | Sherbrooke, QC | Sherbrooke | Nathan Desmarais |
NextGen 2024 Team
| Men’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| 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 |
| Nicholas Matveev | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Maxence Beauchesne | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivieres | Mathieu Pelletier |
| James Lavallee | Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jerome Seremak |
| Olivier Courchesne | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Nick Robson | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Charles-Antoine Girouard | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivieres | Mathieu Pelletier |
| Women’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Madeline Schmidt | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Dave Robertson / Mike Kerrivan / Mike Robinson |
| Madison MacKenzie | Chelsea, QC | Cascades | Dave Robertson |
| Men’s Canoe 1000m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Craig Spence | Dartmouth, NS | Cheema | Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Jan Kruk |
| Steve Frodsham | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Jan Kruk / Wade Farquaharson |
| Sam Pennyfather | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Adam Oldershaw / Hunter George |
| Lucas Turnbull | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Isaac Finklestein | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Wade Farquharson |
| Women’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Katie Vincent | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Kyle Jeffery / Rob Stott |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb | Winnipeg, MB | Toba | Jerome Seremak |
| Anna Roy-Cyr | Lac Beauport, QC | Lac Beauport | Luc Grenier |
| Jillian Perrone | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Adam Oldershaw |
| Anne Sophie Lavoie-Parent | Trois-Rivières, QC | Trois-Rivières | Rob Stott / Mathieu Pelletier |
| Tess Peterman | Cascades | Chelsea, QC | Adam Mayo |
| Juliette Brault | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Rob Stott / Eric Mihalovic |
Academy Team
| Men’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Luke Steinburg | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Rob Baert |
| Palmer Lumb | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Justin Dobson | Carleton Place, ON | Carleton Place | Pat Lester |
| Cameron Nowen | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Mike Kerrivan |
| Oskar Morawski | Richmond Hill, ON | Richmond Hill | Helen Savin |
| Thomas Paquette | Carleton Place, ON | Carleton Place | Pat Lester |
| Ryan Lefort | Dartmouth, NS | Banook | Toshko Kalpakov |
| Jack McGovern | Dartmouth, NS | Senobe | Rob Baert |
| Sawyer Capes | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Mike Kerrivan |
| Alex Canning | Dartmouth, NS | Banook | Toshko Kalpakov |
| Cameron Lang | Richmond Hill, ON | Richmond Hill | Helen Savin |
| David Stewart | Richmond Hill, ON | Richmond Hill | Helen Savin |
| Matt Chisholm | Sackville, NS | Sack-a-Wa | Chris MacPherson |
| Women’s Kayak | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Grace Whebby | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Chris Chaisson |
| Lucy Pennyfather | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Hunter George / Adam Oldershaw |
| Ashley Card | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Riley Melanson | Dartmouth, NS | Banook | Toshko Kalpakov |
| Corrina Higgins | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Eric Mihailovic |
| Courtney Piercey | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Hannah English | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Claire Carruthers | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Chris Chaisson |
| Adriana Lilley-Osende | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Chris Chaisson |
| Jane Girgulis | Calgary, AB | Calgary | Edgar Garza |
| Sophia Cuoci | Pointe-Claire, QC | Pointe-Claire | Eric Mihailovic |
| Men’s Canoe 1000m | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Lucas Turnbull | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Isaac Finklestein | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Wade Farquharson |
| Nicholas Billard | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Samuel Djurfeldt | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Kyle Jeffery |
| Thomas Côté | Lachine, QC | Lachine | Samuel Raiche |
| Kieran Moorfield-Yee | Toronto, ON | Balmy Beach | Peter Martinek |
| Philipe Turcanu | Ottawa, ON | Ottawa River | Joel Hazzan |
| Tyler Laidlaw | Sackville, NS | Sack-a-Wa | Chris MacPherson |
| Dawson Peachey | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Conor O’Neill | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Wade Farquharson |
| Adam Scott | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Rylan Conway | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Matt Sampson | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Mike Kerrivan |
| Women’s Canoe | Hometown | Club | Coach |
| Kate Hennesey | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Chris Chaisson |
| Emily Howard | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga | Kyle Jeffery |
| Audrey Veillette | Lachine, QC | Lachine | Samuel Raiche |
| Marlee MacIntosh | Halifax, NS | Maskwa | Jon Pike |
| Julia Lilley Osende | Dartmouth, NS | Mic Mac | Chris Chaisson |
| Sophia Jensen | Cascades | Chelsea, QC | Adam Mayo |
| Courtney Spratt | Ottawa, ON | Rideau | Wade Farquharson |
| Lindsay Irwin | Carleton Place, ON | Carleton Place | Pat Lester |
| Sloan Mackenzie | Waverley, NS | Cheema | Mike Kerrivan |
| Kate Pennyfather | Oakville, ON | Burloak | Hunter George / Adam Oldershaw |
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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For more information:
Ian Miller
Communications and Marketing Officer, Canoe Kayak Canada
613.314.1352
imiller@canoekayak.ca