Canada continues to advance towards Tokyo 2020 qualification

Canada continues to advance towards Tokyo 2020 qualification


August 27, 2019 – Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Team Canada continued to progress well in Linz-Ottensheim on Day 3 of the World Rowing Championships. Canada advanced to three semifinals in the women’s four, lightweight women’s single and the PR2 mixed double today. 

The women’s four repechage saw top-three advancing to the A/B semifinals with the Canadian crew of Madison Mailey (Burnaby, BC), Sydney Payne (Toronto, ON), Jennifer Martins (Toronto, ON), and Stephanie Grauer (Vancouver, BC) finishing third behind New Zealand and Great Britain.

“We raced calm and composed today,” said bow seat, Madison Mailey. “There is a strong level of trust and a strong sense of team culture in our boat. It continues to grow each day.”

This repechage was an important progression for the women’s four crews to ensure they remain in contention for a top eight performance and confirm their goal of Olympic qualification.

“It’s impossible not to think about Olympic qualification but it is not front of mind at the moment as we are focusing on our race plan,” said Sydney Payne. “We are pleased to get the job done today and focus on our semi-final on Thursday.”

Ellen Gleadow (Vancouver, BC) rowed a commanding repechage today in the lightweight women’s single, leading from start to finish and winning the race ahead of Denmark and Norway. Gleadow locked up her spot in the A/B semifinals taking place on Thursday.

Jeremy Hall (St. Paul, AB) and Jessye Brockway (Mill Bay, BC) raced the PR2 mixed double repechage today needing a top three placement to advance to the A/B semifinals. Hall and Brockway finished second behind the Germans, and still remain in the hunt for a top eight performance to confirm Paralympic qualification this week. Today’s performance has advanced the PR2 mixed double to Thursday’s semifinals.

“We made some positive changes from the heats that helped us meet our goal,” said Jeremy Hall. “We are one step closer and will use today’s experience to help us improve leading into our next race.”

The men’s and women’s eights raced their heats today with only one boat advancing through to the A final on the women’s side and two advancing straight to the A final for the men.

The Canadian women’s eight lined up in a stacked heat against New Zealand, Great Britain, China and Germany, with the Kiwis snagging the win and the only A final spot.

“We had a lot of excitement going into this race but also a lot of unknowns as it’s our first time racing as a crew,” said Rio Olympian, Christine Roper. “The field is very fast and even more competitive as it is an Olympic qualifying year. We are nine very powerful people and we’ve been in this situation before and we are confident we can get the job done later this week.”

The men’s eight faced off against the 2018 World Champions from Germany, Australia and Italy. Germany took an early lead that would not be relinquished, while Canada held a narrow lead over the Australians through the 1000m mark. With a significant push in the last half of the race, Australia pushed ahead of Canada resulting a third place finish for the maple leaf.

Both the men’s and women’s eights will contest the repechage on Thursday.

Tomorrow, Canada will race in multiple quarterfinal events in the women’s and men’s pair, lightweight men’s and women’s double, women’s single, lightweight men’s single and a repechage in the women’s double and PR men’s single.

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

Photos of Team Canada (copyright Rowing Canada Aviron) can be viewed here.

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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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For more information:
Colleen Coderre
RCA Communications
comm@rowingcanada.org

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