Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) has announced the Junior Team heading to the Junior Pan American Games Asuncion, August 9-23.

For the second edition of the Junior Pan Am Games, U23 rowers will be able to continue developing towards the U23 team and future Senior teams. The event acts as an excellent opportunity for these rowers to gain international exposure and gain race experience.

Maylie Valiquette and Annika Goodwyn will be joining the Women’s crew, fresh off their bronze medal win at the U23 World Rowing Championships.  

The Women’s Sweep group has been training out of Quamichan Lake alongside the U23 Worlds team. They have been joined by the Junior Women’s 2- and supported by Olympian, Dave Calder, who is taking the Junior team to the World Championships.

To further strengthen the pipeline of talent for the National Team, RCA has launched new sculling programs this year in Welland, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec. These initiatives are designed to provide U23 athletes with increased racing opportunities, accelerating their development and ensuring a strong future for Canadian rowing at the highest levels.

The men are currently hosted in Ontario, and the women are in Quebec. These partnerships are important to develop athletes and help them build towards diverse racing opportunities.  

With the multi-year plan to continue advancing their talents and strengthening their sculling, RCA looks forward to seeing the athletes on the Junior Pan Am team and competing at the U23 Worlds in the near future.

For the Junior Pan American Games team, prior to being named to Team Canada, all nominations are subject to approval by the Canadian Olympic Committee following its receipt of nominations by all National Sport Organizations.

Junior Pan Am Games Roster:

First Name	Last Name	Boat	Current Club	Province
Oliver	Baker	Mens Sculling	University of Western Ontario / North Star Rowing Club	NS
Kyland	Mels-Williams	Mens Sculling	University of Western Rowing	ON
Riley	Richardson	W2- / W4- / W8+	Virginia / Ottawa Rowing Club	ON
Ella	McKinley	W2- / W4- / W8+	Syracuse / Ottawa Rowing Club / Ontario Nextgen Performance Centre	ON
Tess	Friar	W2x  / W8+	Trent / Peterborough Rowing Club	ON
Jalyn	Mowry	W2x  / W8+	Brock / Peterborough Rowing Club	ON
Firinne	Rolfe	W4- / W8+	Northeastern University / SMUS	BC
Alessandra	Tuttle	W4- / W8+	Brown / Shawnigan Lake Rowing Club	BC
Teija	Patry	W8+	University of Western Ontario	ON
Maylie	Valiquette	W8+	Tennessee / Montreal Rowing Club	QC
Annika	Goodwyn	W8+	University of San Diego / Burnaby Lake Rowing Club	BC
Bathany	Nordstrom	Non Travelling Spare.	University of Rhode Island / Victoria City Rowing Club / University of Victoria Summer Club	BC
Roksolana	Nazar	Non Travelling Spare.	U of T / Montreal Rowing Club / Argonaut Rowing Club	ON
Kate	Kulig	Non Travelling Spare.	Montreal Rowing Club / North Star Rowing Club	NS

Junior Pan Am Games Staff:

Christopher	Marshall	Coach	Row Ontario	ON
Joe	Rochon	Coach	Montreal Rowing Club	QC
Rebecca	Watson	Physio / Support	N/A	ON
Chuck	McDiarmid	Team Lead / Coach	Rowing Canada Aviron	BC

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2025 Junior Pan Am Games – August 9-23