MINSK, BELARUS (July 29, 2016) – Another four Canadian boats have qualified for finals after the second day of competition at the ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and U23 World Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
The U23 Men’s K4 1000m crew of Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac Beauport, QC), Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS), Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK) and Brian Malfesi (Maple Ridge, BC) finished second in their semi-final to earn a spot in Sunday’s final.
Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) and Madeline Schmidt (Ottawa, ON) placed second in their semi-final of the U23 Women’s K2 500m to advance to the final.
Two Women’s Canoe crews advanced directly to the 200m finals after meeting the mark in opening heats. Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) won her heat and posted the fastest time today in the U23 Women’s C1 200m. Tess Peterman (Chelsea, QC) and Anna Roy-Cyr (Lac Beauport, QC) finished second in their heat of the Junior Women’s C2 200m to advance directly to Sunday’s final.
Canadian athletes advanced to the semi-finals in the rest of the 200m heats. They will race the 200m semi-finals tomorrow. The following four Canadian C2 crews will race A-finals tomorrow:
- Isaac Finkelstein & Lucas Turnbull – Junior Men’s C2 1000m
- Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) & Drew Hodges U23 Men’s C2 1000m
- Katie Vincent & Nadya Crossman-Serb – U23 Women’s C2 500m
- Tess Peterman & Anna Roy-Cyr – Junior Women’s C2 500m
The action stars in Minsk, Belarus at 1:55 a.m. EST. A full summary of Canadian results for the second day of competition is shown below. The competition runs through to Sunday.
Results & Streaming Video
Summary of Results
| Athlete(s) | Event | Result |
| Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac Beauport, QC)
Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS) Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK) Brian Malfesi (Maple Ridge, BC) |
U23 Men’s K4 1000m | 2nd in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON)
Madeline Schmidt (Ottawa, ON) |
U23 Women’s K2 500m | 3rd in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Anna Negulic (Bedford, NS) | Junior Women’s K1 500m | 4th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Junior Women’s C1 500m | 4th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Ashley Card (Halifax, NS)
Lucy Pennyfather (Oakville, ON) |
Junior Women’s K2 500m | 6th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) | U23 Women’s C1 500m | 6th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Samantha Hall (Dartmouth, NS) | U23 Women’s K1 500m | 7th in semi
Did not advance |
| Lucas Turnbull (Toronto, ON)
James MacPhee (Sackville, NS) Connor Fitzpatrick (Dartmouth, NS) Isaac Finkelstein (Ottawa, ON) |
Junior Men’s C4 500m | 7th in semi
Did not advance |
| 200m heats | ||
| Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) | U23 Women’s C1 200m | 1st in heat
Advanced to A-final |
| Tess Peterman (Chelsea, QC)
Anna Roy-Cyr (Lac Beauport, QC) |
Junior Women’s C2 200m | 2nd in heat
Advanced to A-final |
| Olivier Courchesne (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Junior Men’s K1 200m | 2nd in heat
Advanced to semi |
| Grace Whebby (Dartmouth, NS) | Junior Women’s K1 200m | 3rd in heat
Advanced to semi |
| James MacPhee (Sackville, NS) | Junior Men’s C1 200m | 5th in heat
Advanced to semi |
| Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Junior Women’s C1 200m | 3rd in heat
Advanced to semi |
| Alex Scott (Bedford, NS) | U23 Men’s K1 200m | 2nd in heat
Advanced to semi |
| Madison MacKenzie (Chelsea, QC) | U23 Women’s K1 200m | 4th in heat
Advanced to semi |
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