SWIMMING
CANADA ANNOUNCES TEAM FOR PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
VICTORIA
(Canadian Sport News) - Commonwealth Games silver medallists
Morgan Knabe of Calgary and Mike Mintenko and Brian Johns,
both of Vancouver, headline Canada's 36-member (20 women- 16
men) swimming squad for the Pan Pacific Championships August
24-29 at Yokohama, Japan.
The
Pan Pacs are one of the big international competitions for Canadian
swimmers and are held every two years. Australia and the U.S,
are the dominant nations and usually send their top swimmers.
For both the Canadians and Australians, it's a second major
meet within a month with the Commonwealth Games just completed
two weeks ago.
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Rick Say of Calgary will be making
an appearance at the Pan Pacific Championships in a couple
of weeks.
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Other
Commonwealth team members headed to Japan, are breaststrokers
Mike Brown of Perth, Ont., and John Stamhuis of Victoria,
backstrokers Riley Janes of Etobicoke, Ont., Keith Beavers
of Waterloo, Ont., and Gord Veldman of Kingston, Ont.,
freestylers Brent Hayden of Vancouver, Mark Johnston of
Vancouver and Rick Say of Calgary, and individual
medley racer Chuck Sayao of Mississauga, Ont.
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Those
that earned a berth through their performances at the Summer
Nationals, which ended Saturday, are IM specialist Chad Murray
of Calgary, freestylers Kurtis MacGillivary of Waterloo
and Yannick Lupien of Quebec City, and breaststroker Chad Thomsen
of Edmonton.
The
women's team includes Jennifer Fratesi of Waterloo, Canada's
top individual performer last year at the world championships
with a fourth place finish in the 200 backstroke and Commonwealth
Games 100-metre butterfly bronze medallists Jennifer Button
of Toronto.
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Also
from the Games team are IM swimmers Kristy Cameron
and Dena Durand of Calgary, Elizabeth Warden of Toronto
, backstrokers Erin Gammel of
Calgary, Kelly Stefanyshyn and Michelle Lischinsky
of Winnipeg, freestylers Jessica Deglau of Vancouver and
Laura Nicholls of Waterloo, butterfly specialists Audrey
Lacroix of Montreal and breaststrokers Rhiannon Leier
of Winnipeg and Christin Petelski of Victoria.
Those
that gained a berth at summer nationals are breaststrokers
Lisa Blackburn of Waterloo and Tamara Wagner of Waterloo,
backstrokers Melanie Bouchard of Boucherville, Que., and
Amanda Gillespie of Nepean, Ont., freestylers Elizabeth
Collins of Regina and Taryn Lencoe of Vancouver and IM'er
Kelly Doody of Vancouver
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Kristy
Cameron Also qualified to make the trip to Japan for
Canada.
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At
the Summer Nationals, eight swimmers won two individual gold
medals each. Janes won the 50 backstroke in Canadian record
time as well as the 100 backstroke. He received the male high
point award and the male high performance award for the meet.
Janes said he's fully recovered from the injury he suffered
at the Commonwealth Games when he injured his back on the BBC's
underwater camera equipment during heats.
Other
double champions in men's competition were Johnston (200 and
400 freestyle), Brown (100 and 200 breaststroke) and 17-year-old
Tobias Oriwol of Etobicoke (200 backstroke and 200 IM).
On
the women's side, Lencoe received the female high point award
for her
victories in the 800 and 1,500 freestyle while other double
victors were
Lauren Van Oosten of Calgary in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes,
Jennifer Porenta of Toronto in the 50 butterfly and 100 freestyle
and Elizabeth Wycliffe of Kingston in the 100 and 200 backstrokes.
The
competition was also the national championships for swimmers
with a disability. Klirby Cote of Winnipeg broke her world records
in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM in the S13 category for visually
impaired. Danielle Campo also lowered her four-year-old world
standard in the S7 50 freestyle and Brian Hill of Nanaimo, B.C.,
beat the world record in the S13 100 backstroke.
Canadian
team for the Pan pacific Championships August 24-29 at Yokohama,
Japan (name, hometown, and event qualified for):
MEN
(16)
Keith Beavers, Waterloo, Ont., 200 backstroke.
Mike Brown, Perth, Ont., 200 breaststroke.
Brent Hayden, Vancouver, 100 freestyle.
Riley Janes, Etobicoke, Ont., 100 backstroke.
Brian Johns, Vancouver, 400 individual medley.
Mark Johnston, Vancouver, 200 freestyle.
Morgan Knabe, Calgary, 100 breaststroke.
Yannick Lupien, Quebec City, 100 freestyle.
Kurtis MacGillivary, Waterloo, 800 freestyle.
Mike Mintenko, Vancouver, 100 butterfly.
Chad Murray, Calgary, 400 IM.
Rick Say, Calgary, 200 freestyle.
Chuck Sayao, Mississauga, Ont., 400 IM.
John Stamhuis, Victoria, 200 breaststroke.
Chad Thomsen, Edmonton, 100 breaststroke.
Gord Veldman, Kingston, Ont., 100 backstroke.
WOMEN
(20)
Lisa Blackburn, Waterloo, 100 breaststroke.
Melanie Bouchard, Boucherville, Que., 200 backstroke.
Jennifer Button, Toronto, 200 butterfly.
Kristy Cameron, Calgary, 200 IM.
Elizabeth Collins, Regina, 200 freestyle.
Jessica Deglau, Vancouver, 200 freestyle.
Kelly Doody, Vancouver, 400 IM.
Dena Durand, Calgary, 400 IM.
Jennifer Fratesi, Waterloo, 200 backstroke.
Erin Gammel, Calgary, 100 backstroke.
Amanda Gillespie, Nepean, Ont., 200 backstroke.
Audrey Lacroix, Montreal, 100 butterfly.
Rhiannon Leier, Winnipeg, 100 breaststroke.
Taryn Lencoe, Vancouver, 1,500 freestyle.
Michelle Lischinsky, Winnipeg, 100 backstroke.
Laura Nicholls, Waterloo, 50 freestyle.
Christin Petelski, Victoria, 100 breaststroke.
Kelly Stefanyshyn, Winnipeg, 100 backstroke.
Tamara Wagner, Waterloo, 100 breaststroke.
Elizabeth Warden, Toronto, 400 IM.
Head coach: Dave Johnson, Calgary.
Team managers: Lynn Fowlie, Victoria; Alain Lefebvre, Montreal.
Coaches: Jan Bidrman, Calgary; Mike Blondal, Calgary;
Tom Johnson, Vancouver; Linda Kiefer, Toronto; Nandi Kormendi,
Perth, Ont.; Bud McAllister, Waterloo, Ont.; Steve Price, Vancouver.
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WORLD
RECORD FOR CALGARY'S ANDREW HALEY
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Andrew Haley of Calgary broke a ten-year-old record
in the pool at the National Championships this
past weekend.
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Andrew
Haley of the University of Calgary Swim Association
broke a ten-year-old world record in action on day
4 at the 2002 National Championships in Victoria,
BC. Haley's time of 1:04.46 broke the former record
of Olafur Eiriksson of Iceland from the 1992 Barcelona
Paralympic Games by 1/10th of a second.
Haley
claimed it as a golden moment since this it was
in the same lane 8 years ago that he won the gold
medal in the 100 m freestyle at the 1994 Commonwealth
Games.
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Full
results are also located on www.swimming.ca.
CANADA'S
MEN'S RACQUETBALL TEAM WINS GOLD, WOMEN WIN SILVER
SAN
JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Two years ago, when the Canadian Men's
Team won the 2000 Racquetball World Championships, it
was in an 11-10 tiebreaker win by Canadian doubles specialists
Mike Green and Mike Ceresia. The Mikes did it again at
the 2002 World Championships, defeating the Americans
11-8 in the tiebreaker to clinch the Gold Medal for the
Canadian Men's Team for another two years.
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The
Canadian racquetball team defended their title at
the Racquetball World Championships.
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Unfortunately
Canada's Women's Team was not able to repeat their
Gold Medal upset performance from the Pan Am Trials/Tournament
of the Americas last spring, as the Team USA once
again walked away with the Women's Team Gold Medal
for the eleventh straight time.
Canada
was hoping to hold on to the overall Combined Team
Gold medal that they had wrested from the Americans
in 2000 by a one-point margin, but Saturday in Puerto
Rico it was the undefeated American women that made
the difference.
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Racquetball
World Championships
FINAL
RESULTS
Men's
Team: Canada Gold, USA Silver
Jack Huczek (USA) def. Brian Istace (Calgary) 15-4,
15-7
Kane Waselenchuk (Edmonton) def. Jason Thoerner (USA)
15-6, 15-7
Mike Ceresia & Mike Green (Burlington) def. Ruben
Gonzalez & Mike Guidry (USA) 14-15, 15-10, 11-8
Women's
Team: USA Gold, Canada Silver
Cheryl Gudinas (USA) def. Jennifer Saunders (Winnipeg)
15-9, 15-9
Laura Fenton (USA) def. Josee Grand'Maitre (Longueuil)
15-4, 10-15, 11-9
Jackie Rice & Kim Russell (USA) def. Amanda McDonald
(Prince Albert) & Karina Odegard (Saskatoon) 15-11,
15-11
Overall
Team: USA Gold, Canada Silver
NATIONALS
TIME TRIALS DOMINATED BY QUEBEC
OXFORD
COUNTY, ON. (canadiancyclist.com) - Quebec riders dominated
the time trial event at the National Cycling Championships
on Thursday, taking three of six medals in the elite categories.
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Lyne
Bessette couldn't repeat her Manchester performance,
but finished third regardless.
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Leading
the way was Rona's Genevieve Jeanson, winning her
first ever elite national title in the women's category
after battling back from a knee injury that forced
her to drop out of the Commonwealth Games. Defending
champion Lyne Bessette (Quebec) finished third in
the women's category, while Alexandre Cloutier (VW-Trek)
took the silver medal in the men's event behind
Eric Wohlberg (Saturn), who took his seventh consecutive
title.
Mountain
biker Ryder Hesjedal was a last minute entrant in
the Espoir category, and can now add a national
road title to his many honours.
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Jeanson
was not a confirmed starter for the event until 48 hours
before the race. After two weeks off the bike, when she
exercised cautiously in the swimming pool and on inline
skates, she began to build for the championships, determined
to win the title that she had lost by 10 seconds in each
of the past two years.
"My
knee felt good, I felt strong. It was a surprisingly tough
course, but I knew early that I was having a good ride
and could finally win. It was a relief to win here, because
this means that I have now qualified (to represent Canada)
at the world championships. That was my main goal so that
pressure is gone."
Bessette
was disappointed not to be able to defend her title, but
the Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in the time trial
was philosophical: "I just had a bad day, I never
got into a rhythm. You can't expect to be on all the time.
My stomach has not been so good since coming back (from
Manchester), so maybe that did not help."
In
the men's race it was all Wohlberg, as he already led
Cloutier by 1:12 at the turn, and would finish 1:46 ahead,
with Prime Alliance's Svein Tuft third at 2:18.
"I
had better legs then in the time trial in Manchester,
but I was still pretty tired," said Wohlberg. "It's
a tough little course. The pavement is pretty fast but
there were a lot of false flats and on the way out it
was gradually uphill with a couple of bumps to break it
up."
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