August 25, 2019 – Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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 1^st 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 3^rd 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 3^rd 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 4^th 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 4^th 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 4^th 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.

-30-

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