August 10, 2019 – Lima, Peru and Tokyo, Japan
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The 2019 Pan American Games and the 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships came to a close over the weekend, with crews racing in A and B finals at both events.

Pan American Games racing wrapped up at Albufera Medio Mundo in Huacho, Peru with Trish Mara (Victoria, BC) finishing fourth in the Lightweight Women’s Single A final after a battle for podium spots with Mexico, Argentina and Cuba.

Matthew Finley (St. Catharines, ON) ended the regatta strong, crossing the finish line first in the Men’s Single B final (seventh overall) with a time of 7:06.84.

“The intensity the Pan American countries have around these Games was evident out on the water, so it was great to see some of the Canadian performances through the regatta,” said Adam Parfitt, RCA National Team Operations Director. “The repeat win in the LW2x for Kate Haber and Jessica Sevick’s performance in the Women’s Single were exceptional. I think across all the crews, they each had battles they won and experiences they haven’t had before, including several with the maple leaf on their oar for the first time.”

Canada finished the 2019 Pan American Games regatta with a Women’s Pair silver, a Lightweight Women’s Double gold and a Women’s Single gold.

Three Canadian crews raced on the last day of World Junior Championship competition at Tokyo’s Sea Forest Waterway, with the Women’s Quad finishing fourth overall behind New Zealand, Germany and Romania with a time of 7:00.470.

Abigail Dent (Kenora, ON) came in sixth in the Women’s Single A final, while the Men’s Quad completed the World Juniors with a fourth place B final finish (tenth overall).

Pan American Team Canada Results and Progressions

Lightweight Women’s Single – Trish Mara
3^rd in Heat > 1^st in Repechage > 4^th in 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 > 1^st in B Final

World Juniors Team Canada Results and Progressions

Women’s Single – Abigail Dent
3^rd in Heat > 1^st in Repechage > 3^rd in A/B Semi > 6^th in A Final

Women’s Double – Lily Jedlic & Hailey Mercuri
5^th in Heat > 4^th in Repechage > 1^st in C/D Semi > 4^th in C Final

Women’s Quad (roster below)
2^nd in Heat > 3^rd in A/B Semi > 4^th A Final 

Men’s Quad (roster below)
4^th in Heat > 1^st in Repechage > 5^th in A/B Semi > 4^th in B Final

Men’s Coxed Four (roster below)

3^rd in Heat > 3^rd in Repechage > 1^st in B Final

When and Where
Pan American Games
August 6-10, 2019
Lima, Peru
Schedule and results available at www.lima2019.pe/en

World Junior Championships
August 7-11, 2019
Tokyo, Japan
Schedule and results available at www.worldrowing.com

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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)

 

Junior World Championships Team

Women’s Single
Abigail Dent	Kenora Rowing Club
Women’s Double
Lily Jedlic	Regina Rowing Club
Hailey Mercuri	St. Catharines Rowing Club
Women’s Quad
Lucy Black	Ridley College
Claire Ellison	Halifax Rowing Club
Aida Lissel-DeCorby	Saskatoon Rowing Club
Maya Meschkuleit	Don Rowing Club
Men’s Quad
Stephen Harris	Guelph Rowing Club
Adam Krol	Don Rowing Club
Newton Seawright	Don Rowing Club
William Simpson	Argonaut Rowing Club
Men’s Coxed Four
Julian Black	St. George’s Rowing Club
Dane Halkiw	Upper Canada College Rowing Club
Basil Jancso-Szabo	Argonaut Rowing Club
Samuel Weinstein Zimbel	Argonaut Rowing Club
Eden Cooper-Squires (coxswain)	Argonaut Rowing Club

Junior Worlds Coaches
Scott Swinkels (University of Victoria Rowing Club)
Pat Cody (Row Nova Scotia)

Click here for NextGen National Team bios.

Canadian umpire(s) in attendance:
Pan Am Games
Timothy Henderson
Junior Worlds
Charles Hauss

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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: Cristiane Mattos / Lima 2019