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Diving Plongeon Canada Presents Its 2009 National Team Members

 
   

February 2 , 2009

OTTAWA–Diving Plongeon Canada is proud to present its 14 senior national team members and 29 junior national team members for 2009.

Senior national team members were selected based on their results at international competitions and at the Winter and Summer National Championships held in 2008. The divers on the junior national team have been selected based on their results at the 2008 Speedo Junior National Championships.

2009 National Senior Team

Athlete Hometown Coach Club Events
Women        
Jennifer Abel Laval, QC Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO 3M
Meaghan Benfeito Montréal, QC Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO 3M, 10M
Roseline Filion Laval, QC Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO 10M
Emma Friesen North Vancouver, BC Igor Kopecky Unattached 3M
Emilie Heymans St-Lambert , QC Yihua Li Pointe-Claire 3M
Rachel Kemp Victoria, BC Tommy McLeod Boardworks 10M
Mandy Moran Thunder Bay, ON Igor Paskov Dive Calgary 3M
Melanie Rinaldi Montréal, QC Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO 3M
Men        
Alexandre Despatie Laval , QC Arturo Miranda CAMO 3M
Kevin Geyson Winnipeg, MB Jim Lambie Pan Am 10M
Francois Imbeau-Dulac St-Lazare, QC Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO 3M
Riley McCormick Victoria, BC Tommy McLeod Boardworks 10M
Reuben Ross Regina, SK Arturo Miranda Unattached 3M, 10M
Eric Sehn Edmonton, AB Trevor Palmatier ESPDC 3M, 10M

2009 National Junior Team

Age Groups: A: 16-18     B: 14-15    C: 12-13     D: under 11

Athlete
Age Group 2008
Gender
DOB
Hometown Coach Club
Jennifer Abel
A
F
8/23/91
Laval, QC Aaron Dziver/ Cesar Henderson CAMO
Sabrina Beaupré
A
F
9/16/92
Longueuil Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO
Francois Imbeau-Dulac
A
M
12/9/90
Saint-Lazare, QC Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO
Riley McCormick
A
M
8/25/91
Victoria, BC Tommy McLeod Boardworks
Fraser McKean
A
M
11/11/91
Victoria, BC Tommy McLeod Boardworks
Cam McLean
A
M
12/30/90
Winnipeg, MB Igor Kopecky Dive Calgary
Shane Miszkiel
A
M
5/14/92
Victoria, BC Tommy McLeod Boardworks
Maxime Morneau-Ricard
A
M
3/31/91
Lac-Beauport, QC Dany Boulanger Rouge et Or
Nicolina Tokic
A
F
1/12/90
Montreal, QC Aaron Dziver CAMO
Celina Toth
A
F
3/20/92
St.Thomas, ON Ioana Marinescu Forest City
Carol Ann Ware
A
F
1/8/91
Ottenburg Park, QC Aaron Dziver/ Cesar Henderson CAMO
Cody Yano
A
M
5/9/91
Edmonton, AB David Flewwelling ESPDC
     
     
Rachel Kemp
B
F
2/21/93
Victoria, BC Tommy McLeod Boardworks
Angelina Kroupko
B
F
6/12/93
Edmonton, AB Xu Jie EKDC
Austin Mix
B
M
9/24/93
London, ON Ioana Marinescu Forest City
Olivier Morneau-Ricard
B
M
3/3/93
Lac-Beauport, QC Dany Boulanger Rouge et Or
Pamela Ware
B
F
2/12/93
Ottenburg Park, QC Aaron Dziver / Cesar Henderson CAMO
 
     
Monica Gavaris
C
F
8/17/96
Mont Royal , QC Andrée Pouliot-Deschamps CAMO
Dylan Grisell
C
M
6/29/95
Toronto, ON Anna Dacyshyn Axis
Frédérique Lalonde
C
F
4/27/96
Montréal, QC Andrée Pouliot-Deschamps CAMO
Michelle Piper-Kulak
C
F
2/2/96
Edmonton, AB David Flewwelling ESPDC
Vincent Riendeau
C
M
12/13/96
Pointe-Claire, QC Yihua Li Pointe-Claire
Sam Valentine
C
M
1/7/95
Saskatoon, SK Steve Carrol Saskatoon DC
 
     
Aidan Faminoff
D
M
2/14/98
Victoria, BC Lisa Boog Boardworks
Phillipe Gagne
D
M
10/27/97
Montréal, QC Andrée Pouliot-Deschamps CAMO
Etienne Le Blanc-Brillon
D
M
2/11/97
Blainville, QC Andrée Pouliot-Deschamps CAMO
Samantha Maiorino
D
F
12/30/97
Saint Constant , QC David Bedard Pointe-Claire
Savannah Neddo
D
F
1/25/97
Calgary, AB Aurelie Gibson Dive Calgary
Emily Schmidt
D
F
2/3/98
Red Deer, AB Igor Paskov Dive Calgary

About Diving Plongeon Canada
Diving Plongeon Canada (DPC) was established in 1967 as a not-for-profit organization to promote the growth and awareness of the sport in this country. As a member of FINA, the world’s governing body of aquatic sports, DPC contributes to the development of globally accepted standards of excellence in diving and supports the rules and regulations of international competition. Representing nine provincial diving associations, 67 local diving clubs and close to 4,000 high performance athletes, DPC shares a national commitment to advance the art and sport of diving and to position Canada as the number one diving nation of the world.  For information, visit www.diving.ca.

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