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Jon McKay Makes Junior Pan Pacific Championship Team

*Story courtesy of www.swimming.ca

VICTORIA – In addition to selecting its senior teams for the premier international meets of the year, Swimming Canada has selected junior teams for two important development events. Canada’s teams for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, and the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, were announced following the conclusion of the Canadian Swimming Trials Saturday in Victoria. Both events are set for August, with Junior Pan Pacs running Aug. 27-31 while the Youth Olympics stretch from Aug. 17-22.

Eleven swimmers who competed in last year’s FINA World Junior Championships in Dubai will represent Canada at Junior Pan Pacs. “We have very strong representation from our 15-to-17-year-old crew. It bodes well for our future because our team is so young,” says National Junior Coach Ken McKinnon. For the remaining 19 members of the 30-swimmer team, this will be their first top-level junior international meet. A newcomer-heavy team is a “good problem to have,” says McKinnon. “Our top of the line junior talent have been able to get themselves on the senior team. In one way that weakens our talent pool but it is the goal of the junior program, so that’s a success,” McKinnon said.

The Youth Olympics, meanwhile, will serve another purpose, as Canada will send a team of 15- and 16-year-olds to compete at the 18-and-under event. “We’re using that multi-sport international experience as a stepping stone,” McKinnon said.

Junior Pan Pacific Championships team:

FEMALES: Danielle Hanus Newmarket (Ont.) Stingrays Meryn McCann Etobicoke (Ont.) Swim Club Paige Kremer Edmonton Keyano Swim Club Lili Margitai Edmonton Keyano Swim Club Alexandra Aitchison Neptune St-Jerome (Que.) Jacomie Strydom Olympian Swim Club (Edmonton) Mackenzie Glover U Manitoba Bisons Danika Huizinga Ajax (Ont.) Swimming Danica Ludlow Island Swimming (Victoria) Sophia Saroukian Edmonton Keyano Swim Club Kelsey Wog U Manitoba Bisons Alexandra Buscher Unattached Genevieve Robertson Guelph (Ont.) Marlin Aquatic Club Heather Lam Vancouver Pacific Swim Club

MALES: Matthew Ackman Pointe-Claire (Montréal) Swim Club James Dergousoff CHENA (Vancouver) Ryder McGinnis Edmonton Keyano Swim Club Peter Brothers Island Swimming (Victoria) Markus Thormeyer Winskill Dolphins Swim Club (Delta, B.C.) James Guest Pointe-Claire (Montréal) Swim Club Tristan Cote Etobicoke (Ont.) Swim Club Jon McKay UVIC/Pacfici Coast Swimming Tim Zeng CHENA (Vancouver) Nicolaas Dekker Richmond (B.C.) Rapids Daniel Kuiack Barrie (Ont.) Trojan Swim Club Cameron Kidd W. Ross MacDonald Swimming (Toronto) Osvald Nitski Hamilton (Ont.) Aquatic Club Rob Hill CHENA (Vancouver) Anders Klein Edmonton Keyano Swim Club Mitchel Ferraro Uxbridge (Ont.) Swim Club STAFF Martin Gingras Pointe-Claire (Montréal) Swim Club Alan Swanston Newmarket (Ont.) Stingrays Patrick Paradis CHENA (Vancouver) Kevin Thorburn Etobicoke (Ont.) Swim Club Derrick Schoof Edmonton Keyano Swim Club

Youth Olympic Games team:

FEMALE: Danielle Hanus Newmarket (Ont.) Stingrays Kelsey Wog U Manitoba Bisons Danika Huizinga Ajax (Ont.) Swimming Mackenzie Glover U Manitoba Bisons

MALE: Javier Acevedo Ajax (Ont.) Swimming Matthew Mac Oakville (Ont.) Aquatic Club Kaelen Freund Lethbridge (Alta.) Swim Club Colin Gilbert Kamloops (B.C.) Classic Swimming APPOINTED COACH Alan Swanston Newmarket (Ont.) Stingrays

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