The road to London starts for Canadian paddlers at this week’s Pan Am Canoe and Kayak Championships - October 5th, 2010

OTTAWA – Three-time Olympic medallist Adam Van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., and world championship medallist Richard Dalton of Halifax headline the Canadian team for the Pan Amerian canoe and kayak championships this Thursday to Sunday (October 7-10) in Mexico City.

The competition is a qualifying event for next year’s Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.  Those Games will be an Olympic qualifying event for Canada to earn spots for the 2012 Olympics.

“This is a tough event both physically and mentally,” said CanoeKayak Canada’s Graham Barton. “It is late in the season and after the world championships which is usually downtime for us.  Plus the Pan Am field is always getting stronger and there is the altitude challenge.  It’s a big test for next year with the Pan Am Games also set for October.”

Van Koeverden earned three World Cup medals this season and added a bronze in the K-1 (kayak singles) 500 at the world championships.  Other Canadian kayakers are Angus Mortimer of Ottawa, Hughes Fournel of Dorval, Que., Richard Dober Jr., of Trois-Rivieres, Que., Ryan Cochrane of Windsor, N.S., and Steve Jorens of Candiac, Que.

In canoeing, Dalton took the bronze in the C-1 200 at the worlds.  The other Canadian canoers are Andrew Russell of Dartmouth, N.S., Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny of Trois-Rivieres, Que., and Mark Oldershaw of Oakville, Ont., a four-time medallist this summer on the World Cup circuit.

In women’s kayak, the Canadian entries are Emilie Fournel of Montreal, Kia Byers of Regina, Genevieve Orton of Lake Echo, N.S., and Mylanie Barré of Lac-Beauport, Que.

All the Canadian seniors competed at the world championships.

Canada is also fielding a 15-member under-23 team and a 23-member junior squad.

Canadian team for the Pan Am canoe and kayak championships October 7-10 in Mexico City

SENIOR TEAM

MEN

Kayak

Adam Van Koeverden, Oakville, Ont.

Angus Mortimer, Ottawa

Hugues Fournel, Dorval, Que.

Richard Dober Jr., Trois-Rivieres, Que.

Ryan Cochrane, Windsor, N.S.

Steven Jorens, Candiac, Que.

Canoe

Andrew Russell, Dartmouth, N.S.

Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny, Trois-Rivieres, Que.

Mark Oldershaw, Burlington, Ont.

Richard Dalton, Halifax

WOMEN

Kayak

Emilie Fournel, Montreal

Genevieve Orton, Lake Echo, N.S.

Kia Byers, Regina

Mylanie Barré, Lac-Beauport, Que.

UNDER 23

MEN

Kayak

Christopher Mehak, Toronto

Connor Taras, Waverley, N.S.

John Turpin, Pointe-Claire, Que.

Philippe Duchesneau, Pointe-Claire, Que.

Canoe

Benjamin Russell, Dartmouth, N.S.

Cory Rublee, Kamloops, B.C.

Dustin Shaw, Mississauga, Ont.

Roland Varga, Richmond Hill, Ont.

WOMEN

Kayak

Emily Raymond, Ottawa

Lissa Bissonnette, Austin, Que.

Marie-Pier Langlois, Beauport, Que.

Una Lounder, Dartmouth, N.S.

Canoe

Jenna Marks, Dartmouth, N.S.

Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Trois-Rivieres, Que.

Mallorie Nicholson, Oakville, Ont.

JUNIOR

MEN

Kayak

Adam Tenwolde, Dartmouth, N.S.

Alex Tessier, Trois-Rivieres, Que.

Brian Malfesi, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Etienne Beauchesne, Trois-Rivieres, Que.

Jarret Kenke, Saskatoon

Keir Johnston, Mississauga, Ont.

Simon Fense, Regina.

Canoe

Brendan Fowler, Calgary

Christopher Vincent,

Jason McCoombs, Dartmouth, N.S.

Jeremy Stott, Oakville, Ont.

Joel Castonguay, Mississauga, Ont.

Maxim Poulin, Lac-Beauport, Que.

WOMEN

Kayak

Alexa Irvin, Kentville, N.S.

Alexandra Joy, Ottawa

Andreanne Langlois, Lac-Beauport, Que.

Emilie Veronneau, Coteau-du-Lac, Que.

Madeline Schmidt, Ottawa

Michelle Russell, Fall River, N.S.

Sammy Hall, Waverley, N.S.

Canoe

Hannah MacIntosh, Dartmouth, N.S.

Mariah Godin, Dartmouth, N.S.

Taylor Potts, Mississauga, Ont.

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