DARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA (May 9, 2022) – Over 100 sprint paddlers from across Canada competed in the first set of National Team Trials from May 2-5 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia last week. The regatta was held on iconic Lake Banook, home of the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. Lake Banook also serves as a home base for three Atlantic Division Canoe Kayak Clubs – Banook Canoe Club, Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club and Senobe Aquatic Club.
The trials, hosted by the Atlantic Division of Canoe Kayak Canada (ADCKC), served as a selection regatta for the ICF Sprint World Cup Racice, ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup and Para World Cup Poznan events being held later this month.
“Team Trials on Lake Banook were a fantastic way to kick of our competitive Sprint Racing season with races on the course which will host the World in August,” said Chief Technical Officer, Ian Mortimer. “As we begin the push to Paris it was very promising to see strong paddling from new and veteran senior athletes within our team.”
Eight Olympic and Paralympic paddlers from Tokyo were selected to the team, including 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Katie Vincent.
“It was really nice to start off the season last week on Lake Banook,” said Vincent. “Though it was a lot colder than Tokyo, there was a lot of world-class paddling coming from our team. It was an excellent start to our road to Paris and I am looking forward to the World Championships coming to Dartmouth this August. It’s going to be incredible to have the support of our local paddling community cheering for us this summer on Canadian waters. I get chills just thinking about it.”
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup circuit begins on May 20-22 in Racice, Czech Republic followed by ICF Para Canoe and Canoe Sprint World Cup in Poznan, Poland from May 26-29.
2022 Sprint World Cup Team
Para
| Brianna Hennessy | Ottawa River Canoe Club |
| Erica Scarff | Mississauga Canoe Club |
| Mathieu St-Pierre | Club de canotage du Shawinigan |
Women’s Canoe
| Sophia Jensen | Cascades |
| Julia Lilley Osende | Mic Mac Aquatic Canoe Club |
| Sloan MacKenzie | Cheema Aquatic Club |
| Katie Vincent | Mississauga Canoe Club |
Men’s Canoe
| Andrew Billard | Maskwa Aquatic Club |
| Connor Fitzpatrick | Senobe Aquatic Club |
| Bret Himmelman | Maskwa Aquatic Club |
| Tyler Laidlaw | Sack-a-Wa Canoe Club |
| Alix Plomteux | Club de Canoe-Kayak Lac-Beauport |
| Craig Spence | Cheema Aquatic Club |
Women’s Kayak
| Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka | Rideau Canoe Club |
| Natalie Davison | Rideau Canoe Club |
| Andréanne Langlois | Club de canoe-kayak de vitesse de Trois-Rivières |
| Riley Melanson | Cheema Aquatic Club |
| Michelle Russell | Cheema Aquatic Club |
Men’s Kayak
| Laurent Lavigne | Club de canoe-kayak de vitesse de Trois-Rivières |
| Simon McTavish | Mississauga Canoe Club |
| Brian Malfesi | Ridge Canoe & Kayak Club |
| Nicholas Matveev | Balmy Beach Canoe Club |
| Pierre-Luc Poulin | Club de Canoe-Kayak Lac-Beauport |
To view the full list of results from NTT1, click here.
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Colleen Coderre
Communications Lead
ccoderre@canoekayak.ca
Emmalee Nother
Communications Coordinator
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