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While we can not be physically together during this time, we are working towards virtually bringing our community together and building it stronger.
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CKO Sprint Athlete Profiles
andrea nelson
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Andrea Nelson 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Balmy Beach Canoe Club 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Women's Parakayak 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 29 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: The last race I did, which was the Finals for the K1 KL2 Women’s 200m at the World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. I did not have a good first heat, but came back with a great race in the semi-finals in order to make the Finals. In the finals I placed 5th, qualifying Canada a boat at Tokyo 2020, so it was definitely memorable, especially since I had no idea what place I finished in, until getting back to the dock and hearing the good news from my coach! 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: Banded squats and bridges 𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥/𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝: Smoothies and bagels 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: Money Heist (again) 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: The Disordered Mind 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: @goodnews_movement 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬: Skydiving, sitskiing, yoga, reading, spending time outside 
nick matveev
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Nick Matveev 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Balmy Beach Canoe Club 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Men's Kayak 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 22 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: Business 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: One of my favourite memories was winning Jr K4 at nationals with one of my coaches Kev McIntyre, I was still young and that was my first win in K4 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐞/𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝: Knut Holmann 👑 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭-𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: Pull Ups 𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝/𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥: Spaghetti 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐱: Ozark, The last dance 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: An Astronauts guide to life on earth 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬: camping, other sports, video games 
lucas turnbull
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Lucas Turnbull 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Mississauga 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Mens Canoe 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 20 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: Communications and Media studies 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: Olympic Hopes 2015 in Bydgoszcz Poland, it was my first international race of my career. I was so nervous I felt like I was going to throw up. I remember asking Richard Dalton how he did at his first international race and if he medaled and of course he did. I am very competitive and wanted to do the same going into my c1 1000m final. I just remember thinking, just go out hard and do your best there is no pressure. 100m into the race I realized I was in a line of 3 people fighting for 1st place. Pushing through it I held my position till the very end where the polish dude passed me. I was so happy that I achieved my goal of medalling in my first international race. 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭-𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: Pull ups 𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝: Steak or Pancakes 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐱: The Last Dance, Outer Banks 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Sapiens 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐞/𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝: Andreas Dittmer, Tamas Buday Sr, Maksim Opalev, and Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: @wsl @madelyncline 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬: Video games, Skiing and long boarding |
Drew hodges
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Drew Hodges 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Rideau Canoe Club 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Men's Canoe 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 26 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝: One of my role models growing up was @gabrielcanoe ! He helped me when I was younger and was an inspiration for me watching him rip it in the back of the C2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZK4ipsYJFw 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: One of my favourite race memories was making the final for the first time in C2 at the 2009 Sherbrooke nationals. It was my first full year canoeing and I partnered with a kayaker from my club Brandon Lind. We trained a couple times during the summer and had a really good heat and ended up making the final. Not only was it fun to do, but it was the first time in my paddling career that I proved to myself that I could do achieve the goals I set out. Flash forward to 2018 nationals in Sherbrooke, and not only did being back at the course bring back those memories, but by chance there was a picture on the cover of Brandon and I on the folder given to all the clubs. This made it even sweeter to go back to Sherbrooke. 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭-𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: Push Ups 𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝: Hawaiian Pizza 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝗪𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: Just finished The Outsider on HBO 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Freakonomics 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: Graduated from Carleton University commerce program in 2017. Currently studying for my GMAT 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: @thedogist 
katie vincent
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Katie Vincent 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Mississauga Canoe Club 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Women’s Canoe 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 24 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: Kinesiology at York University 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: A memory that sticks out for me is racing mixed C2 with Mark Oldershaw last summer at the World Cup in Duisburg. Honestly I was nervous to race with someone with more experience then me so I was trying really hard not to screw up the steering and stay in stroke. I also never thought I would stand on a podium with my teammate, mentor, and role model of a different gender after racing in the same boat. Thanks Mark for the memory. 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭-𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: Meditation/mental training 𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝/𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥: coffee & anything with maple syrup 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐱: Formula 1: drive to survive, The Office (again) 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 1984, 7 habits of highly effective people 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐞/𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝: Mark Oldershaw, Lisa Carrington/Pita Taufatofua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymeUxMf6m14 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: @paddlepals 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬: cooking, reading, downhill skiing, going out for coffee 
EDWARD URQUHART
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Edward Urquhart 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 31 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Pickering Rouge Canoe Club 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Para Canoe 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: My first National Team Trials in Montreal. Family and friends showed up and surprised me. 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬? (Meal, Music, etc..): Load up on carbs one hour before the race, listen to some old school reggae and give it my all when it's go time 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: Pushups and chasing my 2 kids! 𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝/𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥: BBQ - Beef brisket, short ribs, cornbread, beans. Got to have all the fixings. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐉𝐨𝐛: Dad of 2 toddler boys when I’m not training 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐱: The Last Dance 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: Anything related to fishing, cars and golf 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬: Golf, cooking anything on my bbq, yard maintenance, DIY wood projects, Fishing |
alanna bray-lougheed
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Alanna Bray-Lougheed 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Burloak Canoe Club 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Women's Kayak 200m and 500m 𝐀𝐠𝐞: 27 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: Winning Senior k2 200 & 500 in 2015 Ottawa Nationals 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭-𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: Core and body weight circuits 𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥/𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝: Probably a big bowl of homemade pasta and some sort of baked cookie! 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐱: Season 3 of Ozark, Chefs Table and Ugly Delicious off and on. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Small Fry- a memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs (Steve Jobs’ daughter) 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: I have almost completed all requirements for me to practice as a registered Dietitian. This is my goal post-athletic career. 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: @bromabakery @mindbodygreen 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬: cooking, music, coffee, relaxing outside 
courtney stott
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Courtney Stott
𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛: Balmy Beach Canoe Club 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Women's Kayak 𝐀𝐠𝐞: almost 28 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲: At NTTs in 2015, I only got to see the start of my brother, Jeremy, and Evan Bezemer’s C2 race because I was racing (K2 with Maddy Schmidt) right after them. They were behind at the start and I thought that was it, forgetting that 1000m is a long way. On the way to boat control after K2, we passed Jeremy and Evan on their cool down. They began to tell us they placed third, but they still had a good race. I told them I was proud of them no matter what. It just so happens that they actually won and would be racing for Canada at U23 Worlds! This was a very special moment for me because it meant that I would have my brother with me at my first international competition and we got to represent Canada together. 
𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭-𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞: using a lacrosse ball on the pecs and lats 𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝: homemade cinnamon raisin French toast with maple syrup 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐱: Gilmour Girls 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: I just finished The Alchemist 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: @whiteboard_daily and @mantramagazine 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬: listening to podcasts on physiology and mindset, playing board games like backgammon and scrabble |
Athlete Development
OHPSI Team
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The Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO) created the OHPSI program to provide leadership, coaching support, training and competition expenses, sport science services, equipment and technology and facility access to targeted athletes.
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OAAP Team
The Ontario Athlete Assistance Program (OAAP) is funded by the Government of Ontario, through the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, and operates through the Sport, Recreation and Community Programs Branch. The overarching goal of the OAAP is directly related to the Enhanced Excellence goals of the Canadian Sport Policy to increase the number of high-performance Ontario athletes selected to national teams and contributing to podium achievements of Canada at international competitions.
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Development Team
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The Ontario Development Team Program goal is to support the development needs of younger athletes who have demonstrated the potential to achieve international performances in the future, as well as athletes who were nominated to the OHPSI program and/or the OAAP in the previous year. Nomination to the Ontario Development Team has no financial contribution associated with the program, rather, athletes will receive support to participate in sport-specific testing, training and monitoring.
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Special Olympics
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In partnership with Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC) and Special Olympics Ontario (SOO), CKO Sprint is recognized as a 'Partners in Play' sport by SOO. The partnership will assist member clubs in their programming by increasing the opportunities for paddlers with intellectual disabilities. Events include Ontario Summer Games and Ontario Championships.
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Paralympics
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CKO Sprint has developed a Paracanoe Talent Identification & Talent Transfer program. The program provides support to talented Para athletes within our sport and recruits elite Para athletes from other Para sports. The goal of the program is to identify, recruit and train talented athletes and coaches to reach international podium performances within three (3) to four (4) years.
If you are interested in joining our talent ID/talent transfer program in your area contact our Technical Director, Ryan Blair at ryan@ckosprint.ca. Learn more |
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Ontario Mentoring Program
The objective of the Ontario Mentoring Project (OMP) is to foster meaningful relationships and encourage a sense of fulfilment in sport and life by supporting athlete development. Building a community among Canoe Kayak Ontario (CKO) Sprint athletes by normalizing the communication between experienced and development athletes is the primary goal.
NxStage Program
CKO Sprint Athletes Transitioning to the Next Stage
Athletes are focused on achieving their best performance and working towards a goal of winning. However, having conversations and doing research about your future after sport is important. Athletes can leverage their network and resources to prepare for their next career after sports.
STAGE 1 wellness and support
After identifying as an athlete for so long, it is understandably difficult to discover your new self after sports. Stage 1 serves to provide resources on transitioning from sport, shifting identities, tools for coping, adjusting your nutrition, and helping athletes leverage their sport experience to be successful and make a healthy transition.
Stage 1 of NxStage is here to provide resources to understand:
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