Monday, May 6, 2019 – Victoria, BC
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) announced today the Canadian squads selected to compete at 2019 World Rowing Cup events and the Gavirate Para Rowing International Regatta. Following selection trials, held at the site of RCA’s future National Training Centre on Quamichan lake, crews were selected to compete at World Rowing Cup 2 in Poland, World Rowing Cup 3 in the Netherlands and the International Para Rowing Regatta hosted in Gavirate, Italy.

Canadian Olympic, Paralympic and World Championship medallists will join forces with Canada’s top high-performance rowers in an effort to fine-tune their racing experience ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic qualifier at the 2019 World Championships at the end of August.

Many household names and world medalists are nominated amongst RCA’s Women’s Sweep squad looking to confirm crew combinations in the lead up to World Rowing Cup 2. This squad includes 2018 World Champions, Hillary Janssens (Cloverdale, BC) and Caileigh Filmer (Victoria, BC) as well as many members of the 2017 and 2018 World Championship silver medal winning Women’s Eights. Kristen Kit (St. Catharines, ON) is confirmed as coxswain of the Women’s Eight following her steering of the 2017 and 2018 World Championship Eight, as well as the 2016 Paralympic Bronze medal winning team – PR3 Mixed Coxed Four.

Silver medallists at the 2018 World Cup 3, Andrea Proske (Langley, BC) and Gabrielle Smith (Unionville, ON) will team up again in the Women’s Double while Ellen Gleadow (Vancouver, BC) and Jennifer Casson (Kingston, ON) have been named to the Lightweight Double scull. As the reserve for the women’s lightweight sculling program, Jill Moffatt (Bethany, ON) has been named to race the Lightweight Women’s Single.

Paralympic bronze medallist Andrew Todd (Thunder Bay, ON) will partner up with Kyle Fredrickson (Duncan, BC) in the PR3 Men’s Pair. The talented duo stood atop the podium in 2018 as World Champions after first capturing Gold at the 2018 Gavirate Para Rowing International Regatta.

Jeremy Hall (St. Paul, AB) will race in the PR2 Men’s Single following swift success in the 2018 season, including a silver medal at the World Championships and bronze at the Gavirate Para Rowing International Regatta.

2012 Olympic silver medallist Will Crothers (Kingston, ON) makes a return to the National team and the Men’s Coxed Eight alongside 9-time Olympic coxswain Lesley Thompson-Willie (London, ON).

Two-time Olympian Conlin McCabe (Brockville, ON) is lining up with 2016 Olympian Kai Langerfeld (Vancouver, BC) in the Men’s Pair.

Two-time U23 World Champion Trevor Jones (Peterborough, ON) will join up with 2015 Pan Am Games Gold medallist Matt Buie (Duntroon, ON) in the Men’s Double Scull.

Maxwell Lattimer (Delta, BC) and Patrick Keane (Victoria, BC) have been named in the Lightweight Men’s Double Scull. Maxwell and Patrick finished just off the podium in 2018 with 4^th place finishes at both World Rowing Cups 1 and 3. Maxwell’s brother, Aaron Lattimer has been named to race the Lightweight Men’s Single as the Men’s Lightweight program’s sculling reserve.

Rio Olympian and Pan Am Gold medallist Carling Zeeman (Cambridge, ON) will compete in the Women’s Single following a bronze medal performance at the 2018 World Cup 3 event in Lucerne, Switzerland.

“I am very excited to see the quality and depth of our Canadian Crews heading into the Olympic and Paralympic qualification year,” explains Iain Brambell, RCA’s High Performance Director. “The athletes and coaches have worked tirelessly throughout the off-season and are ready to launch into the international competitive season.”

The Women’s program will compete at both World Rowing Cup 2 and 3 with the Men’s and Para-Rowing programs returning to Canada following World Rowing Cup 2 to prepare for the first opportunity at 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games qualification at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.

RCA Women’s Program Head Coach Dave Thompson will be joined by Assistant Coach Phil Marshall to support the women’s program while Men’s Head Coach, Dick Tonks will be joined by assistant coaches Jeremy Ivey and Terry Paul to support the Men’s program and Women’s Single. The Para Rowing program will be led by Head Coach John Wetzstein.

This year’s Canadian line up at the 2019 Gavirate Para Rowing International Regatta will include RCA’s Next Generation (NextGen) rowers, James Kwinecki (St.Catharines, ON) and Stuart Chase (Vancouver, BC). Head Coach, John Wetzstein will support these crews at this event taking place from May 18-19 in Italy.

“It is amazing to think just one year ago Kyle Fredrickson and Jeremy Hall were attending the 2018 Gavirate regatta as their inaugural international rowing experience,” reflects Brambell. “Now as 2018 World Gold and Silver medallists, they will be cheering on James and Stuart as these NextGen athletes emerge onto the international scene in pursuit of their own World and Paralympic Games success.”

RCA will announce the 2019 World Rowing Championship team following World Rowing Cup 3 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This pinnacle event doubles as an Olympic and Paralympic country qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Canadian Crews & Squads – World Cup 2 & 3

PR2 Men’s Single
Jeremy Hall	Edmonton Rowing Club
PR3 Men’s Pair
Andrew Todd	North Star Rowing Club
Kyle Fredrickson	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Women’s Sweep Squad
Avalon Wasteneys	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Caileigh Filmer	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Christine Roper	Ottawa Rowing Club
Hillary Janssens	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Karen Lefsrud	Calgary Rowing Club
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski	Calgary Rowing Club
Kristin Bauder	Middlesex-Western Rowing Club
Lisa Roman	Middlesex-Western Rowing Club
Madison Mailey	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Nicole Hare	Calgary Rowing Club
Rebecca Zimmerman	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Stephanie Grauer	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Susanne Grainger	London Rowing Club
Sydney Payne	Brentwood College Rowing Club
Kristen Kit (coxswain)	University of British Columbia Rowing Club/St. Catharines Rowing Club
Spares
Colleen Nesbitt	Calgary Rowing Club
Jennifer Martins	Western University Rowing Club
Women’s Double
Andrea Proske	Victoria City Rowing Club
Gabrielle Smith	Knowlton Rowing Club
Lightweight Women’s Double
Ellen Gleadow	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Jennifer Casson	Kingston Rowing Club
Spare/LW1x
Jill Moffatt	Western University Rowing Club
Women’s Single
Carling Zeeman	Sudbury Rowing Club
Men’s Pair
Conlin McCabe	Brockville Rowing Club
Kai Langerfeld	University of Victoria Rowing Club
Men’s Eight
Benjamin de Wit	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Cody Bailey	MicMac Aquatic Club
Gavin Stone	Queen’s University Rowing Club
Jakub Buczek	Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Mackenzie Copp	Western University Rowing Club
Martin Barakso	Brentwood College Rowing Club
Taylor Perry	Leander Boat Club
Will Crothers	Kingston Rowing Club
Lesley Thompson-Willie (coxswain)	London Rowing Club
Spares
David de Groot	Brock University Rowing Club
Tim Schrijver	Brock University Rowing Club
Men’s Double
Trevor Jones *	Peterborough Rowing Club
Matthew Buie	St. Catharines Rowing Club
*Medical and Performance Clearance required
Lightweight Men’s Double
Maxwell Lattimer	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Patrick Keane	Victoria City Rowing Club
Spare
Aaron Lattimer	University of British Columbia Rowing Club
Para Rowing Team – Gavirate, Italy
PR3 Men’s Pair
James Kwinecki	Brock University Rowing Club
Stuart Chase	Unaffiliated

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Canadian Umpire Philippe Colas (Quebec) will join the FISA Jury team at World Cup 3 in Rotterdam.

 

The World Rowing and International regatta events dates:
Gavirate International Para Regatta – May 18-19, Gavirate, Italy

World Rowing Cup 2 – June 21-23, Poznan, Poland
World Rowing Cup 3 –July 12-14, Rotterdam, Netherlands
World Rowing Championships – August 25-Sept 1, Linz, Ottensheim

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