August 9, 2019 – Lima, Peru
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kate Haber (Owen Sound, ON) has successfully defended her Pan American Games Lightweight Women’s Double gold, racing to a first place finish at Albufera Medio Mundo in Huacho, Peru with ‘Mommy Double’ partner Jaclyn Stelmaszyk (Uxbridge, ON).

While Haber and Stelmaszyk were sitting in third after the first 500m, they charged their way up to the front, finishing with a time of 7:10.35 ahead of second place Chile and third place Cuba.

“Leading into the race it was really awesome to feel so much support behind our crew and our boat and it gave us some great confidence and some fuel that we could use during the race,” said Haber, who won gold in the same event at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. “During the race, probably with 500 metres left to go, we could hear the crowd cheering at the finish line. I could actually hear some Canada in there, and it was really exciting.”

National Team newcomer Jessica Sevick (Strathmore, AB) claimed Canada’s second rowing gold medal of the day in the Women’s Single A final. Sevick trailed the United States’ Jenifer Forbes at the 500m mark, but pushed hard to move ahead, maintaining her lead for the last half of the race. She finished with a time of 7:44.51.

“It feels pretty amazing,” Sevick said about medalling in her first international competition. “I was thinking of all the support I’ve had from my UBC coaches and RCA coaches, who took me on as a development project. I’m so happy to be able to deliver.”

The Lightweight Men’s Double crew of Josh King (Ottawa, ON) and Spencer Kielar (Guelph, ON) concluded their Pan American Games experience with a sixth place A final finish.

Pan American Games racing wraps up tomorrow, Saturday August 10, with Canadians in the Lightweight Women’s Single A final and the Men’s Single B final.

Team Canada Results and Progressions

Lightweight Women’s Single – Trish Mara
3^rd in Heat > 1^st in Repechage > A Final

Women’s Pair – Jessie Loutit & Larissa Werbicki
2^nd in Prelim > 2^nd in A Final

Lightweight Women’s Double – Kate Haber & Jaclyn Stelmaszyk
1^st in Heat > 1^st in A Final

Women’s Single – Jessica Sevick
1^st in Heat > 1^st in A Final

Women’s Double – Layla Balooch & Shannon Kennedy
3^rd in Prelim > 6^th in A Final 

Lightweight Men’s Double – Spencer Kielar & Josh King
4^th in Heat > 1^st in Repechage > 6^th in A Final 

Men’s Double – Luc Brodeur & Graham Peeters
5^th in Heat > 1^st in Repechage > 6^th in A Final

Men’s Single – Matthew Finley
2^nd in Heat > 5^th in A/B Semi > B Final 

When and Where
August 6-10, 2019
Lima, Peru
Racing starts each day at 9:00am local time (10:00amET/7:00amPT)

How to Follow Racing
Select races may be livestreamed on CBC Sports
Schedule and results available at www.lima2019.pe/en

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Pan American Games Team

Lightweight Women’s Single
Trish Mara	Victoria City Rowing Club
Women’s Pair
Jessie Loutit	Calgary Rowing Club
Larissa Werbicki	Saskatoon Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Double
Kate Haber	Victoria City Rowing Club
Jaclyn Stelmaszyk	Durham Rowing Club/Victoria City Rowing Club
Women’s Single
Jessica Sevick	University of British Columbia Rowing Club/Calgary Rowing Club
Women’s Double
Layla Balooch	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club/University of Victoria Rowing Club
Shannon Kennedy	Middlesex-Western Rowing Club/Victoria City Rowing Club
Lightweight Men’s Double
Spencer Kielar	Guelph Rowing Club/Peterborough Rowing Club
Joshua King	Ottawa Rowing Club
Men’s Double
Luc Brodeur	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Graham Peeters	Peterborough Rowing Club/Victoria City Rowing Club
Men’s Single
Matthew Finley	St. Catharines Rowing Club/Brock Rowing Club

Pan Am Coaches
Carol Love (Peterborough Rowing Club)
Dane Lawson (University of Western Ontario Rowing Club)

Click here for NextGen National Team bios.

Canadian umpire(s) in attendance:
Timothy Henderson

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For more information:
Colleen Coderre
RCA Communications Lead
comm@rowingcanada.org

Liz Montroy
RCA Communications and Events Coordinator
lmontroy@rowingcanada.org

Photo: Christiane Mattos/Lima 2019