Ontario’s NextGen Rowers Set for Exciting August
With the eyes of the rowing world on the Paris Olympic Regatta, the next generation of elite Canadian rowers are preparing for an exciting month of August that will see them compete in two high-profile international events.
The CanAmMex Regatta is first up on the schedule and will take place in Mexico City, Mexico from Aug. 6-11 at the Olympic Basin. The following week St. Catharines will welcome the worldwide rowing community to Martindale Pond for the 2024 World Rowing Senior, U23 and U19 Championships (Mega Worlds) from Aug. 18-25.
Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) recently announced the selection of the Canadian team for the CanAmMex Regatta and added several new crews to the roster for Mega Worlds, which was previously announced in June. Ontario’s NextGen rowers will be well represented at both events with 17 of the 26 members of CanAmMex squad from Ontario and 45 of the 83 athletes competing at the World Championships from Ontario clubs and universities. Approximately 20 different schools and clubs from the Ontario rowing system will be represented by the team members, showing the depth of quality rowers being developed throughout the province.
Several current and former members of the Ontario NextGen Performance Centre were named to the World Championships team, including current members Lucas Maroney (JM1x) and Ella McKinley (BW4x). Maroney will compete in his third consecutive U19 World Rowing Championships after placing 11th in the junior men’s double in 2022 and 10th in the single last year. McKinley, who will be competing for the Syracuse Orange in the NCAA next year, will be making her national team debut. Nine alumni of the ONGPC will also be competing.
ONGPC coaches Chris Marshall and Sandra Farwell will be a part of an impressive group of coaches charged with preparing the rowers for the events. Marshall will be coaching at the Mega Worlds while Farwell will a part of the CanAmMex coaching staff. All four of the coaches on the CanAmMex team are from Ontario, as are nine of the 13 coaches on the Mega World coaching staff.
CanAmMex Team Canada Roster
Tristan Chang – Victoria City Rowing Club / BC-NGPC
Remo Cramer – Calgary Rowing Club
Calvin Pally – Saskatoon Rowing Club
Maximilian Powell – Victoria City Rowing Club / BC-NGPC
Elijah Baughen – Brentwood College School
Joshua Mills – Vancouver College
William Jacques – Vancouver College
Becca Zubricki – Winnipeg Rowing Club
Cameron Arthur – False Creek Rowing Club
Mia Bulmer – Ottawa Rowing Club
Jack Coulson – Ottawa Rowing Club
Samaya Khosla – Ottawa Rowing Club
Calla Webster – Brockville Rowing club
Makena Kubica – Peterborough Rowing Club
Aiden Djerfi – St. Catharine’s Rowing club
Gabriel Cinq-Mars – Argonaut Rowing Club
Jack Ciocca – St. Catharines Rowing Club
John Carmichael – Upper Canada College / Hanlan Boat Club
Jacqueline Cruickshank – Argonaut Rowing Club
Charlotte Langlois – Ridley College Rowing Club
Emerson Wehmeyer – Leander Boat Club
Paige Heyworth – Argonaut Rowing Club
Jaime Taylor – Branksome Hall / Argonaut Rowing Club
Charlotte Hastings – Argonaut Rowing Club
Isabella Janczewski – Havergal College / Argonaut Rowing Club
Sophie Bell – Connecticut Boat Club / Ridley College
Coaches
Cayley Firth – Leander Boat Club
Matthew Hagopian – Peterborough Rowing Club
Sandra Farwell – Ontario NextGen Performance Centre
Connor Elsdon – Argonaut Rowing Club
World Rowing Senior, Under 23, and Under 19 Championships Team Canada Roster
Senior Team
Lightweight Women’s Single (LW1x)
Karissa Riley – Calgary Rowing Club
Lightweight Men’s Single (LM1x)
Stephen Harris – Brock Rowing
Lightweight Women’s Pair (LW2-)
Ciara Stevenson – Delta Deas Rowing Club
Anna Currie – Calgary Rowing Club
PR3 Women’s Pair (PR3W2-)
Abbygayle Durliat – St. Catharines Rowing Club
Danielle Main – Vancouver Rowing Club
Under 23 Team
Men’s Lightweight Single (BLM1x)
Emerson Crick – University of British Columbia
Men’s Single (BM1x)
Keithan Woodhouse – University of Brock
Lightweight Men’s Double (BLM2x)
Giancarlo DiPompeo – Univeristy of Victoria / St. Catharines Rowing Club
Owen Kudreikis – University of Pennsylvania / St. Catharines Rowing Club
Women’s Lightweight Quad (BLW4x)
Isabella Durcak – Leander Boat Club / Brock Rowing
Zoe Durcak – Leander Boat Club / Brock Rowing
Sai Sai Faubert – University of Victoria
Julia Teixeira – Queen’s University / Argonaut Rowing Club
Men’s Lightweight Quad (BLM4x)
Connor Dodds – Brock Rowing / Regina Boat Club
Niko Schramm – University of British Columbia / St. Catharines Rowing Club
Charles-Etienne Tabet – Brock Rowing / Club d’Aviron Boucherville
Riley Watson – Brock Rowing / Peterborough Rowing Club
Women’s Four (BW4-)
Lyndsey Bryden – University of British Columbia
Stella Bittman – UCLA / South Niagara Rowing Club
Autumn Crowe – University of Michigan / Ridley Grad Boat Club
Teagan Orth – University of Virginia / St. Catharines Rowing Club
Women’s Coxed Four (BW4+)
Ella McKinley – University of Syracuse / Ontario NextGen Performance Centre
Serafina Dell – Brock University / St. Catharines Rowing Club (Coxswain)
Aurelia Elliott – Harvard University / South Niagara Rowing Club
Kristina Harris – University of Tulsa / Guelph Rowing Club
Madeson Scott – University of Michigan / ONGPC / South Niagara Rowing Club
Women’s Eight (BW8+)
Ellexi Fulton – Northeastern University / Shawnigan Lake School
Parker Illingworth – University of Texas / Montreal Rowing Club
Madeleine Lauriault – University of Michigan / Ottawa Rowing Club
Emily Munroe – North Star Rowing Club
Jana Peachey – University of Michigan / North Star Rowing Club
Alexandra Pidgeon – University of Tennessee / Montreal Rowing Club
Ellie Sousa – University of Victoria
Cait Whittard – University of Washington / St. Catharines Rowing Club
Isabella Howley – University of British Columbia / Brockville Rowing Club
Men’s Eight (BM8+) and Men’s Pair (BM2-)
The following athletes will make up an eight and a pair.
Owen Bartel – University of British Columbia / St. Catharines Rowing Club
Payton Gauthier – Syracuse University / Niagara Falls Rowing Club
Jed Grieve – Brentwood College
Aidan Hembruff – University of Western Ontario / Ottawa Rowing Club
Maijken Meindertsma – University of British Columbia / Fort Langley Community Rowing Club
Kyle Nummi – Queen’s University / Kingston Rowing Club
Oliver Page-Kuhr – Brown University / Victoria City Rowing Club
Robert Walsh – University of British Columbia / North Star Rowing Club
Adrian Breen – University of British Columbia
Bob Bryden – Queen’s University / Calgary Rowing Club
Oscar Wostenholme – University of British Columbia
Junior Team
Women’s Single (JW1x)
Mélanie Helfenstein – North Star Rowing Club
Men’s Single (JM1x)
Lucas Maroney – Notre Dame Rowing Club / Ontario NextGen Performance Centre
Women’s Double (JW2x)
Marianna Jankowski – Don Rowing Club
Elizabeth Najjar – Don Rowing Club
Men’s Double (JM2x)
Griffith Coupland – Peterborough Rowing Club
Griffen Salmon – Calgary Rowing Club
Women’s Pair (JW2-)
Ciana Della Siega – Victoria City Rowing Club
Lucy Hallett – Victoria City Rowing Club
Women’s Coxed Four (JW4+)
Willow Tzonev – Victoria City Rowing Club
Rowan Thompson – Victoria City Rowing Club
Kate Watson – Victoria City Rowing Club
Agata Minka – Maple Bay Rowing Club
Annika Maiorino – Brentwood College
Men’s Coxed Four (JM4+)
Liam Shapland – E.L. Crossley / Notre Dame Rowing Club
Lucas Riddle – E.L. Crossley / Notre Dame Rowing Club
James Cuff – E.L. Crossley / Notre Dame Rowing Club
Andrew Nawrocki – E.L. Crossley / Notre Dame Rowing Club
Dario Cirello – E.L. Crossley / Notre Dame Rowing Club
Women’s Eight (JW8+)
Charlotte Pieckenhagen – Ridley College
Chloé Fortin – Aviron Lachine Rowing
Heather Clarke – North Star Rowing Club
Jade Postma – Ridley College
Novella Rusman – Brentwood College
Rachel Dirks – Havergal College / Argonaut Rowing Club
Sabrina Seville – Branksome Hall (Coxswain)
Sydney Swick – Ridley College
Thea Lapham – Branksome Hall
Men’s Eight (JM8+)
Caillen Pieckenhagen – Ridley College
Quinn McCoy – Claremont Sports Institute – Rowing
Braden Durcak – Leander Boat Club
William Hawkins – Brentwood College
Marcus Hogan – Brentwood College
Kiefer Wensauer – Claremont Sports Institute – Rowing
Declan Blue – Victoria City Rowing Club
James Gemmill – Victoria City Rowing Club
Joel Kronis – Brentwood College (Coxswain)
Coaches
Katie Behain Steenman – Rowing Canada Aviron
Scott Anderson – Brock Rowing / St. Catharines Rowing Club
Alex Marchuk – Calgary Rowing Club / Alberta Rowing
Mary Rao – Brock Rowing
Katie Bruggeling – Brock Rowing
Pat Cody – Rowing Nova Scotia
Nicole Borges – Don Rowing Club
Terry Paul – Rowing BC
Chris Marshall – Ontario NextGen Performance Centre
Miki Chantler – Victoria City Rowing Club
Rene Gonin – Greater Victoria Youth Rowing Society
Siobhan McLaughlin – Ridley College School
Dereck Schwandt – Ridley College School
Mike Petrychanko – St. Catharines Rowing Club
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