Canada Announces Under 23 Team for World Championships

The following athletes have been selected to represent Canada at the 2011 World Rowing Under 23 Championships - July 20 to July 24, 2011, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

BM 2- (men's pair)
Benjamin de Wit, University of BC Rowing Club
Adam Rabalski, UWO BC

BM 4- (men's four)
David Lariviere, Leander Boat Club / UWO
David Wakulich, Ridley Graduate Boat Club / Harvard
Blake Parsons, Hanlan Boat Club / Princeton
Spencer Crowley, Brentwood College RC / University of California, Berkeley

BLM 4- (lightweight four)
Ian Connell, Leander Boat Club
Eric Woelfl, Brock University Rowing Club
Stuart Taylor, Brockville Rowing Club/ Harvard
Sylas Coletto, St. Catharines, RC/Brock University

BW 8+ (women's eight)
Kate Goodfellow, Ottawa Rowing Club/ University of Ottawa
Jennifer Martins, Don Rowing Club / University of Western Ontario
Christine Roper, Western Rowing Club / University of Virginia
Lauren Wilkinson, Burnaby Lake RC / Princeton
Sarah Black, Ottawa RC/University Of Western Ontario
Laura Cowal, St. Catharines RC / Michigan State University
Susanne Grainger, London Rowing Club / University of Virginia
Lisa Roman, University of the Fraser Valley/ Washington State University
Ellen Fawcett (Coxswain), St. Catharines RC / University of Louisville

BLW 2x (lightweight double)
Elizabeth Fenje, St Michael's University School RC / Stanford
Sydney Boyes, St Catharines RC / University of Texas

BLW 1x (lightweight single)
Patricia Obee, Victoria City RC

Non-travelling alternates:
Elise Mackie (Don Rowing Club) and Julia Thompson (Victoria City RC / and Stanford)

Coaches
Paul Hawksworth - BM4- and BM2-
Pat Newman BLM4-
Michelle Darvill BW8+ and BLW1x
Siobhan McLaughlin BLW2x

Media contact: Jackie Skender 519 200 1835