Canada to Send 12 to FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships

Photo Courtesy: Phil White and Arik Thormahlen

Canada will be sending 12 of its fastest young distance swimmers to the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in September.

Six women and six men make up the team for the championships, which are being hosted in Eilat, Israel, from Sept. 6-8. Swimming Canada Distance/Open Water Coach Mark Perry will head up the team as Team Leader and Head Coach. The championships, which were first held in Hoorn, Netherlands, in 2016, take place every two years. Canada sent seven swimmers to that event.

“We are delighted with the team selections, which is the largest ever team to represent Canada at this event,” said Swimming Canada High Performance Director John Atkinson. “I look forward to seeing the athletes continue to progress at the championships.”

Most of the swimmers will also be taking part in the BestFest Open Water Competition from May 26-June 2 in Mallorca, Spain. This event will play a key part in the team’s preparation for world juniors.

“I’m extremely excited at the prospect of working with this very talented young team of swimmers,” Perry said. “Our strategy for the World Junior Open Water Championships has been to select the fastest young distance swimmers Canada has to offer and adding specific open water skills to that speed where it’s needed. The BestFest in Mallorca in May will form part of that preparation where there will be a focus on skills, tactics and individual race strategies. Some of those selected have already been very successful representing Canada in open water events at junior and senior levels.”

— The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Swimming Canada.

Swimmmers/Nageurs

Name – Nom	Club -Club	Personal Coach – Entraineur personnel
DAVIDSON, Rosalie	NN	Gendron, Alex
FREE, Ava	CASC	Johnson, Dave
Lau, Octavia	HYACK	Bottrill, Mark
O’CROININ, Emma	EKSC	Nelson, Chris
SANDERSON, Kate	UNCAN	Doane, Mike
SMALLEGANGE, Kenna	BAD	Soloukhin, Sergei
AXON, Alexander	MAC	Novak, Rob
BEAUDIN-BOLDUC, Nathan	UL	Perron, Nic
DOMMANN, Raben	CHENA	Paradis, Patrick
FRIESEN, Ian	CW	Franklin, Russ
KATELNIKOFF, Alexander	CASC	Johnson, Dave
McGILLVRAY, Michael	ROD	Abderrahmane, Tissira

Team Staff/Personnel

TEAM LEADER – CHEF D’ÉQUIPE	Mark Perry
TEAM MANAGER – GÉRANT D’ÉQUIPE	Vicky Austen-Perry
HEAD COACH – ENTRAINEUR-CHEF	Mark Perry
COACH 1 – ENTRAINEUR 1	Patrick Paradis
ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER – GÉRANT D’ÉQUIPE ASSISTANT	Kristy McGregor-Bales
PHYSICIAN	TBC
MASSAGE THERAPIST – MASSOTHÉRAPEUTE	Nathan Skirrow
RACE ANALYSIS – ANALYSE DE COURSE	Dr Allan Wrigley

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