Canada’s eight U23 NextGen crews have battled heat, storms, and tight competition through the first three days of the 2019 World Rowing U23 Championships en route to securing semi-final and final berths.
Spencer Kielar (Guelph, ON) will race in the Lightweight Men’s Single A/B semi-finals after improving on a second place finish in the heats with a 7:07.010 first place performance in the repechages.
“One of the things I’m focusing on that I think I did really well in the reps was my pacing,” Kielar said on looking towards Saturday morning’s race. “I’m [ready] to put out what I’ve got and give it my all.”
Also competing in A/B semi-finals on Saturday morning is Tyler Adams (Victoria, BC) and Michael Bryenton (Peterborough, ON), who won the Men’s Double repechage.
The Women’s Four is progressing to the A final after coming second in their repechage behind Great Britain with a time of 6:47.030.
“We’ve had such an amazing team environment and boat environment and the summer has been really fun,” said three seat Ivy Elling Quaintance (Victoria, BC). “One of our big goals of the summer was to first make the A final, so knowing that we achieved our first goal after so much hard work is really exciting.”
“That’s what we set out to do from the beginning of the regatta,” continued stroke seat Isabel Ruby-Hill (Toronto, ON). “It’s nice to have that and now we can just go into the A final trying our hardest knowing that we’ve already met one of our big goals.”
Louise Munro (Ottawa, ON) brought Canada’s Friday to a close by earning a spot in the Women’s Single A final after a second place repechage finish.
The other Canadian team headed to an A final is the Women’s Coxed Four. With just five entries in this event, their preliminary race served as a race for A final lanes. The crew finished fourth in the preliminary race with a time of 7:08.730.
The Men’s Eight and Women’s Quad both battled hard in tight repechage races, the Men’s Eight finishing 0.17 seconds behind second place Australia and the Women’s Quad finishing 1.01 seconds behind second place Switzerland. Both crews will race in their respective B finals.
Katie Clark (Cranbrook, BC) and Yara Ensminger (Oakville, ON) will race in the Women’s Double B final after finishing third in the repechages behind Greece and China.
Racing continues on Saturday with A/B semi-final action, the Women’s Quad B final and the Women’s Coxed Four A final. The event wraps up on Sunday with the remaining A and B finals.
Team Canada Results and Progressions
Women’s Quadruple Sculls (roster below)
4th in Heat > 3rd in Repechage > B Final
Women’s Four (roster below)
4th in Heat > 2nd in Repechage > A Final
Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls – Spencer Kielar
2nd in Heat > 1st in Repechage > A/B Semi
Women’s Single Sculls – Louise Munro
4th in Heat > 2nd in Repechage > A Final
Women’s Double Sculls – Katie Clark & Yara Ensminger
3rd in Heat > 3rd in Repechage > B Final
Men’s Double Sculls – Tyler Adams & Michael Bryenton
4th in Heat > 1st in Repechage > A/B Semi
Men’s Coxed Eight (roster below)
3rd in Heat > 3rd in Repechage > B Final
Women’s Coxed Four (roster below)
4th in Prelim > A Final
Under 23 World Championship Team
Women’s Four | |
Piper Battersby | Victoria City Rowing Club/University of Victoria Rowing Club |
Isabel Ruby-Hill | Branksome Hall Rowing/Duke University |
McKenna Simpson | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
Ivy Elling Quaintance | Victoria City Rowing Club/Washington State University |
Women’s Coxed Four | |
Kailani Marchak | Victoria City Rowing Club/University of California |
Brenna Randall | Regina Rowing Club/University of Tennessee |
Charlotte Deacon | Kingston Rowing Club/Queen’s University Rowing Club |
Clarie Dirks | Havergal Rowing Club/Yale University |
Megan Stellato (coxswain) | Havergal Rowing Club/Queen’s University Rowing Club |
Women’s Quad | |
Anna Burnotte | Club d’aviron de Sherbrooke |
Marilou Duvernay Tardif | Knowlton Rowing Club |
Kieanna Stephens | Burnaby Lake Rowing Club/University of Washington |
Grace VandenBroek | Peterborough Rowing Club |
Women’s Double | |
Katie Clark | False Creek Rowing Club/Rockies Rowing Club/University of British Columbia Rowing Club |
Yara Ensminger | Don Rowing Club/University of Western Ontario Rowing Club |
Women’s Single | |
Louise Munro | Queen’s University Rowing Club |
Men’s Eight | |
Charles Alexander | Sudbury Rowing Club/Laurentian University |
Curtis Ames | Calgary Rowing Club/University of Western Ontario Rowing Club |
Nicholas Everett | Brockville Rowing Club/University of Washinton |
Luke Gadsdon | Leander Boat Club/Brock University |
Travis Gronsdahl | Victoria City Rowing Club/University of Victoria Rowing Club |
Peter Lancashire | Brentwood College/University of Washington |
Nicholas Tavares | South Niagara Rowing Club/Syracuse University |
Brett Vilk | St. Catharines Rowing Club/University of California |
Skylar Presch (coxswain) | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
Men’s Double | |
Tyler Adams | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
Michael Bryenton | Kingston Rowing Club/Queen’s University Rowing Club |
Lightweight Men’s Single | |
Spencer Kielar | Guelph Rowing Club/Trent University |
Under 23 Coaches
Women’s Sculling – Gavin McKay (Aviron Québec)
Women’s Sweep – Greg Szybka (Brock University Rowing Club)
Men’s Sculling – Dane Lawson (University of Western Ontario Rowing Club)
Men’s Sweep – Pat Newman (Victoria City Rowing Club)