CanoeKayak Canada named its team for the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and under-23 world championships in Szeged, Hungary from July 17 to 20.
The team, including Burnaby Lake club’s Eric Fast in men’s kayak, was selected based on the results of national team trials held on Lake Banook, Nova Scotia two weeks ago and assessments at training camps that followed.
Selections for some of the u-23 events, including men’s C1 200, women’s C1 200 and women’s C2 500 will be held at a third set of trials in Montreal at the end of June.
“It’s been a rigorous and challenging selection process and I want to commend all of the athletes and coaches on a job well done,” said Scott Logan, CanoeKayak Canada’s high performance director. “These athletes haven proven their abilities at trials and in crew boat assessment camps and I’m confident we can look forward to some strong performances ahead in Szeged.”
CanoeKayak Canada also named junior teams for the 2014 Pan American Championships and a competition tour of Ottawa and Lake Placid, New York.
The Pan American championships will be taking place in Mexico City from Sept. 4 to 7. The tour covers the Canada Day Regatta in Ottawa on June 28 and 29, and the Lake Placid international regatta on July 6 and 7.
Senior teams for world championships and Pan American championships will be named following the Montreal trials from June 28 to 29.
