Strong opening day for Canada at Rowing World Championships

Strong opening day for Canada at Rowing World Championships


August 25, 2019 – Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
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Team Canada had a strong start at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria with seven crews advancing directly to quarterfinals and four crews headed to repechages over the next few days.

The Canadian lightweight crews are showcasing the strength of their program in Linz, with three of four boats advancing to quarterfinals today including Aaron Lattimer (Delta, BC) with a race win in the lightweight single.

Maxwell Lattimer (Delta, BC) and Patrick Keane (Victoria, BC) flew through their heat with less than a second separating them from the 1st place finishers from Belarus.

Jill Moffatt (Bethany, ON) and Jennifer Casson (Kingston, ON) raced a strong heat against Italy, finishing 2nd and successfully progressing to quarterfinals on Wednesday along with the men’s lightweight double.

Ellen Gleadow (Vancouver, BC) put together another strong heat for the lightweights crossing the line in 3rd with less than a second separating her and Madeleine Arlett of Great Britain. With only 2 advancing to the semi-finals from each heat, Gleadow will progress to the repechage on Tuesday.

Hillary Janssens (Cloverdale, BC) and Caileigh Filmer (Victoria, BC) were the first race of five heats in the women’s pair even. Janssens and Filmer held the lead from the start to finish ahead of Italy, Norway, Poland and Czech Republic. The 2018 World Champions posted the fastest time across all heats (7:09.45) advancing to the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Conlin McCabe (Brockville, ON) and Kai Langerfeld (Vancouver, BC) made their World Championship debut as a new Pair combination this year finishing 0.79 of a second behind the heat winner’s Spain (6:31.26) with a time of 6:31.75, advancing to the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Matt Buie (Duntroon, ON) and Trevor Jones (Lakefield, ON) crossed the line in 3rd in the Men’s Double heat to qualify for quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Rio Olympian Carling Zeeman (Cambridge, ON) won her heat today beating France across the line in 7:47.03 to take on the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

The Women’s Four kicked off their World Championship journey with a 4th place finish in a competitive field of crews looking to qualify their boats for Tokyo.  Madison Mailey (Burnaby, BC), Sydney Payne (Toronto, ON), Jennifer Martins (Toronto, ON), and Stephanie Grauer (Vancouver, BC) will head to repechage on Tuesday.

Two Canadian Para boats made their international debuts in Linz including the new combination of Jeremy Hall (St. Paul, AB) and Jessye Brockway (Mill Bay, BC) in the PR2 Mixed Double. Despite the strong push in the final 1000m, Jeremy and Jessye finished 4th to Russia and will progress to the repechage on Tuesday.

Loren Pearson (Kamloops, BC) made his World Championship debut in the PR1 Men’s Single, finishing 4th in his heat. With only one boat progressing through to the semi-finals, Loren will race the repechage tomorrow.

More Canadian crews will kick off racing in Linz tomorrow including 2018 World Silver medalist Jeremy Hall in the PR2 Men’s Single, the 2018 World Champion PR3 Men’s Pair, and the World Cup3 Silver medalist winning Women’s double. The Men’s and Women’s eights will race their heats on starting on Tuesday.

Racing continues until September 1, 2019 with live streaming available every day at CBC Sports and World Rowing.

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Photos of Team Canada (copyright Rowing Canada Aviron) can be found here
The 2019 World Rowing Championships Qualification System for Tokyo 2020 can be found here.

When and Where
August 25-September 1, 2019
Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
Schedule to be released here

How to Follow Racing 
Live tracking and blogging every day at www.worldrowing.com.
Live streaming available in Canada at CBC Sports.

Media Guide

View World Rowing’s World Rowing Championships media guide here. Bio information for Canadian team found here.

Join the conversation @rowingcanada: #WRChamps #rowtotokyo #rowingcanada #truenorthstrong

Canadian Crews – World Rowing Championships

PR2 Men’s Single

 

Jeremy Hall

Edmonton Rowing Club

 

 

PR2 Mixed Double

 

Jeremy Hall

Edmonton Rowing Club

Jessye Brockway

Gorge Rowing Club

 

 

PR3 Men’s Pair

 

Andrew Todd

North Star Rowing Club

Kyle Fredrickson

University of Victoria Rowing Club

 

 

PR1 Men’s Single

 

Loren Pearson

Victoria City Rowing Club

 

 

Women’s Eight

 

Lisa Roman

Middlesex-Western Rowing Club

Susanne Grainger

London Rowing Club

Nicole Hare

Calgary Rowing Club

Avalon Wasteneys

University of Victoria Rowing Club

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski

Calgary Rowing Club

Hillary Janssens

University of British Columbia Rowing Club

Christine Roper

Ottawa Rowing Club

Caileigh Filmer

University of Victoria Rowing Club

Kristen Kit (coxswain)

University of British Columbia Rowing Club/St. Catharines Rowing Club

Women’s Pair

 

Hillary Janssens

University of British Columbia Rowing Club

Caileigh Filmer

University of Victoria Rowing Club

 

 

Women’s Four

 

Madison Mailey

Burnaby Lake Rowing Club

Jennifer Martins

Western University Rowing Club

Stephanie Grauer

Burnaby Lake Rowing Club

Sydney Payne

Brentwood College Rowing Club 

 

 

Women’s Double

 

Andrea Proske

Victoria City Rowing Club

Gabrielle Smith

Knowlton Rowing Club

   

 

 

Lightweight Women’s Double

 

Jill Moffatt

Western University Rowing Club

Jennifer Casson

Kingston Rowing Club

Lightweight Women’s Single

 

Ellen Gleadow

Burnaby Lake Rowing Club

 

 

Spares

 

Kristin Bauder

Middlesex-Western Rowing Club

Morgan Rosts

Ridley Graduate Boat Club

Rebecca Zimmerman

University of Victoria Rowing Club

Laura Court

St. Catharines 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 Center

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

 

 

Men’s Double

 

Matthew Buie

St. Catharines Rowing Club

Trevor Jones

Peterborough Rowing Club

 

 

Lightweight Men’s Double

 

Maxwell Lattimer

University of British Columbia Rowing Club

Patrick Keane

Victoria City Rowing Club

 

 

Lightweight Men’s Single

 

Aaron Lattimer

University of British Columbia Rowing Club

 

 

Spares

 

David De Groot

Brock University Rowing Club

Tim Schrijver

Brock University Rowing Club

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