Strong Contingent to Represent Canada at the World Archery Youth Championships

OTTAWA, ON – Archery Canada is thrilled to announce the team representing Canada at the World Archery Youth Championships, happening from August 17 to 25 in Winnipeg, MB. With the event happening on home soil, the organization is proud to name twenty-three athletes, with five alternates. 

The athletes representing Canada are: 
Compound Women

• U18
  • Khushreet Sandhu (MB)
  • Jordyn Polowaniuk (AB)
  • Anya Pinel (ON)
  • Alternate: Acadia Flockton (MB)
• U21
  • Bailey Mathers (MB)
  • Brooklynn Novak (BC)

Compound Men

• U18:
  • Austin Marasco (BC)
  • Harkunwar Teja (ON)
  • Jordy St. Amant (SK)
  • Alternate: Gage Malenfant (SK)
• U21:
  • Keegan Crawford (PEI)
  • Trevor Hoy (ON)
  • Riley Warwa (AB)

Recurve Women

• U18:
  • Alison Langley (ON)
  • Serenity Last (ON)
  • Final nomination to be confirmed
• U21
  • Janna Hawash (ON)
  • Kylie Oliver (ON)
  • Zohy Wilson (ON)
  • Alternate: Melodie Fortin (QC)

Recurve Men

• U18:
  • Richard Mao (ON)
  • Cavic Chan (BC)
  • Keshav Kumar (ON)
  • Alternate: Jujharbir Dhaliwal (ON)
• U21
  • Kurtis Ng (ON)
  • Sahil Sahota (AB)
  • Leheng Li (ON)

Staff

• Janice Clark – Recurve Team Support
• Stephanie Barrett – Recurve Team Support
• Dawn Groszko – Compound Team Support
• Nick Fogg – Compound Team Support and Development Coach

This team has a mix of both new and experienced young archers, with Polowaniuk, Mathers, Crawford, Hoy, Hawash, Oliver, Wilson, Ng, and Sahota all attending previous international events. The new athletes will be looking to make a splash in their home country and also learn more about performing at this high performance level. 

The coaching staff is also experienced. On the recurve side, Janice Clark has worked with Team Canada before, including most recently at the 2025 South American Open and Stephanie Barrett is a former Olympian and international archer. On the compound side, Dawn Groszko has worked with international teams before and is a silver medallist herself; Nick Fogg is a development coach that will gain vital experience to support Canadian archers at such a high profile event.

Competition Schedule

• August 18 – Official Practice
• August 19 – Qualifications & Individual Eliminations
• August 20 – Individual & Mixed Team Eliminations
• August 21 – Individual & Team Eliminations
• August 22 – Team Finals
• August 23 – Individual Compound Finals
• August 24 – Individual Recurve Finals

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Media Contact

Kylah Cawley
High Performance Manager
Archery Canada
kcawley@archerycanada.ca