Canoe Kayak Canada – OTTAWA, ON (May 15, 2017) – Canoe Kayak Canada is proud to name its first team of sprint athletes of the new quadrennial to represent Canada at two World Cup competitions in Europe. The selections follow a weekend of Senior National Team Trials in Montréal, QC.

“We saw several impressive performances over the weekend and I’m really excited to take this team of athletes to Europe to line up against the international competition,” said Graham Barton, Chief Technical Officer of Canoe Kayak Canada. “It’s a new quad and we have much to look forward to as we begin this next chapter of working together towards Tokyo.”

The International Canoe Federation will host three Sprint World Cups and Canadian athletes will attend the second two taking place in Szeged, Hungary and Belgrade, Serbia over consecutive weekends starting May 26. Both competitions will include Paracanoe events.

ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2

May 26-28 • Szeged, Hungary

ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 3

June 2-4 • Belgrade, Serbia

Team Announcement

Men’s Kayak

Athlete	Hometown	Club	Coach(es)
Maxence Beauchesne	Trois Rivières (QC)	Trois-Rivières	Mathieu Pelletier
Ryan Cochrane	Windsor, NS	Lac-Beauport	Frédéric Jobin
Marshall Hughes	Waverley, NS	Cheema	Frédéric Jobin / Mike Kerrivan
Jarret Kenke	Saskatoon, SK	Saskatoon	Andrzej Gronowicz
Nick Matveev	Toronto, ON	Balmy Beach	Peter Martinek
Pierre-Luc Poulin	Lac-Beauport, QC	Lac-Beauport	Frédéric Jobin/Chad Brooks/ Luc Grenier
Alex Scott	Bedford, NS	Maskwa	Frédéric Jobin / Chad Brooks

Women’s Kayak

Athlete	Hometown	Club	Coach(es)
Lissa Bissonnette	Sherbrooke, QC	Pointe-Claire	Dave Robertson
Alanna Bray-Lougheed	Oakville, ON	Burloak	Adam Oldershaw
Natalie Davison	Ottawa, ON	Rideau	Diana Deek
Andréanne Langlois	Québec, QC	Trois-Rivières	Mark Granger / Mathieu Pelletier
Michelle Russell	Fall River, NS	Cheema	Mike Kerrivan
Courtney Stott	Pickering, ON	Balmy Beach	Peter Martinek

Men’s Canoe

Athlete	Hometown	Club	Coach(es)
Drew Hodges	Ottawa, ON	Rideau	Wade Farquaharson
Mark James	Dartmouth, NS	Senobe	Rob Baert
Mark Oldershaw	Burlington, ON	Burloak	Scott Oldershaw
Craig Spence	Dartmouth, NS	Cheema	Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki /Jan Kruk
Marc Tarling	Pointe-Claire, QC	Pointe-Claire	Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki / Marc Creamer
Roland Varga	Richmond Hill, ON	Richmond Hill	Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki

Women’s Canoe

Athlete	Hometown	Club	Coach(es)
Nadya Crossman-Serb	Winnipeg, MB	Toba	Jerome Seremak
Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh	Ottawa, ON	Rideau	Diana Deek
Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent	Trois-Rivières, QC	Trois-Rivières	Mathieu Pelletier
Hannah MacIntosh	Dartmouth, NS	Senobe	Rob Baert
Katie Vincent	Mississauga, ON	Mississauga	Kyle Jeffery / Jan Kruk
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe	Trois-Rivières, QC	Trois-Rivières	Mathieu Pelletier

Men’s Paracanoe

Athlete	Hometown	Club	Coach(es)
Mathieu St. Pierre (KL1)	Shawinigan, QC	Shawinigan	Hélène Gervais
Trinity Tratch (KL2)	Calgary, AB	Calgary	Edgar Garza
Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (KL3)	Sherbrooke, QC	Sherbrooke	Nathan Desmarais

Women’s Paracanoe

Athlete	Hometown	Club	Coach(es)
Erica Scarff (KL3)	Toronto, ON	Balmy Beach	Mari Ellery

Results

Selection Criteria & Ranking Lists

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