2005 USACK National Team Trials

Record number of athletes on the USA Junior World Championships team – 8 (9)

Morgan House

Josh Brandsma

(Brady Bragg) Alternate

Kalen Lee

Emily Mickle

Victoria Llonch

Jen Burke

Robert Finlayson

Richard Stewart

Kalen Lee (declined)

David Aldrich

Ty Hagler

Tim Hornsby

Morgan House

Katie Hagler (added)

First brother and sister to qualify simultaneously for a World team

Juniors

Brady Bragg

David Cohen

Brandon Honea

Emily Vinson

Mary Taylor

Meg Sutton

Candace Bennison

Jessica Carrillo

Seniors

John DePalma

Katie Hagler

July 10, 2005 Lac Beauport, Quebec - 2005 Pan American Canoe / Kayak Championships.

The Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club Summer Racing tour concluded today with fabulous performances at the Pan American Championships in Lac Beauport, Quebec! The United States National anthem was played nine times for US Gold Medals in stark contrast to the 1996 Olympic Games where no US canoe / kayak athlete even made a final. Six of the 9 United States Gold Medal winning teams contained 1996 Olympic legacy athletes from the Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club.

In addition to some history making performances by our more experienced athletes, each of the 30 or so athletes on the tour gained valuable racing experience which will serve them well in the years to come. Please go to http://www.canoekayak.ca/eng_cat.cfm?ID=42 for the full results.

Many thanks and congratulations go to new Lanier head coaches Guy Wilding and Shelley Oates-Wilding for their leadership and commitment to teaching our athletes to live their lives with purpose, passion and to give their best in everything they do.

The team is currently loading up and will begin the 20 plus hour return trip by charter bus. The US Senior World Championships team members will be finalized tomorrow based on the results of the past two weeks.

The US Junior and Senior World championships teams will be making their final preparations in the next few weeks. Lanier coach Guy Wilding has been named as the USA Junior World Championship team coach and will lead the trip to Szeged, Hungary in August. Travel costs continue to mount for the athletes who have qualified for these teams. The USACK will not be funding the 2005 Junior and Senior World Championships tours. You can help support local athletes who have qualified the Junior and Senior World Championships teams by making your tax deductible donations to:

United States Medal Count at the Pan American Championships - Lac Beauport, Quebec

**Emily Mickle (LCKC - Gainesville High School) / Ann Hollingshead (TRR Pittsburgh) - Junior Women K2 1000M, Junior Women K2 500 and Junior Women K2 200M. This team was the only US team to sweep all distances in their event!

**Morgan House (LCKC - Gainesville High School - North GA College) Junior Men K1 1000M and Junior Men K1 500M with a world class time of 1:43.490

**Carrie Johnson (SDCKT San Diego) Senior Women K1 1000M and Senior Women K1 500M

(Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club legacy athletes were in 6 of 9 USA Pan AM Gold Medal boats!)

**Carrie Johnson(SDCKT San Diego), Kalen Lee (LCKC North Hall High), Kari-Jean McKenzie(Seattle - SCC), Susannah Stucchio(ROCK - NY) Senior Women K4 1000M

**Maia Farrar-Wellman (WCC DC), Victoria Llonch (LCKC-Gainesville High), Jen Burke(LCKC - San Diego), Emily Wright (NY) Junior Women K4 1000M

**Morgan House (LCKC - Gainesville High School - North GA College) Junior Men K1 200M

**Eric Abbott (HCKT - Hawaii), Josh Brandsma (LCKC - North Hall High), Patrick Dolan - (HCKT- Hawaii), Taran Stucchio (Rockaway NY) - Junior Men K4 200M

(Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club legacy athletes were in 5 of 5 USA Pan AM Silver Medal boats!)

**Brady Bragg (LCKC - West Hall), and David Petrovich (WCC DC) Junior Men K2 1000M and Junior Men K2 200M

**Eric Abbott (HCKT - Hawaii), Josh Brandsma (LCKC - North Hall High), Patrick Dolan - (HCKT- Hawaii), Taran Stucchio (Rockaway NY) - Junior Men K4 1000M

**Katie Hagler (LCKC - Gainesville High - UGA,) Lauren Austin (SDCKT CA) - Senior Women K2 1000

**Andrew Bussey / Daniel Krawczyk / Jeff Smoke / Brandon Woods - Senior Men K4 1000M

**Mia Farrar-Wellman (WCC), Victoria Llonch (LCKC Gainesville High), Jen Burke (LCKC- San Diego), Emily Wright (NY) Junior Women K4 500M and Junior Women K4 200M

(Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club legacy athletes were in 7 of 10 USA Pan AM Bronze Medal boats!)

(Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club legacy athletes were in 18 of 24 USA Pan AM Medal winning boats!)

The Flatwater Sprint Junior Pan American Championships and World Championships Teams are announced following the Team Trials which took place in Lake Placid, N.Y. June 24th-26th. These athletes will represent the United States at national and international competitions in 2005.

Morgan House (Gainesville, Ga.)
Pat Dolan (Kailua, Hawaii)
Sam Ritchie (Alexandria, Va.)
Taran Stucchio (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
David Petrovics (Szeged, Hungary)
Josh Brandsma (Hollywood, Fla.)
Eric Abbott (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Kalen Lee (Gainesville, Ga.)
Emily Wright (Fairport, N.Y.)
Jennifer Burke (San Diego, Calif.)
Emily Mickle (Gainesville, Ga.)
Ann Hollingshead (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Victoria Llonch (Gainesville, Ga.)
Maia Farrar-Wellman (Washington, D.C.)

Robert Finlayson (Gainesville, Ga.)
Jorge Quionones (Miami, Fla.)
Richard Stewart (Gainesville, Ga.)

Brady Bragg (Flowery Branch, Ga.)
David Cohen (Gainesville, Ga.)
Cole Scott (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Nathan Friedman (Washington, D.C.)
Nathan Hamm (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Kai Chong (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Emily Vinson (Gainesville, Ga.)
Mary Taylor (Pendergrass, Ga.)
Candace Bennison (Gainesville, Ga.)
Meg Sutton (Gainesville, Ga.)
Jessica Carrillo (Gainesville, Ga.)
Nicole Mallory (West Henrietta, N.Y.)

Jeff Smoke (Buchanan, Mich.)
Andrew Bussey (Kailua, Hawaii)
Brandon Woods (Kaneohe, Hawaii)
Daniel Krawczyk (Bayside, N.Y.)
Ty Hagler (Gainesville, Ga.)
Morgan House (Gainesville, Ga.)
Tim Hornsby (Gainesville, Ga.)
John De Palma (Gainesville, Ga.)

Carrie Johnson (San Diego, Calif.)
Kari-Jean McKenzie (Richmond, B.C.)
Susannah Stucchio (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
Kalen Lee (Gainesville, Ga.)
Lauren Austin (Seattle, Wash.)
Katie Hagler (Gainesville, Ga.)

Sam D'Entremont (Gillsville, Ga.)
Balazs Hunek (Chicago, Ill.)
Evan Wade (Blanvelt, N.Y.)

Jeff Smoke (Buchanan, Mich.)
Rami Zur (Berekley, Calif.)
Andy Bussey (Kailua, Hawaii)
Brandon Woods (Kaneohe, Hawaii)
Daniel Krawczyk (Bayside, N.Y.)

Carrie Johnson (San Diego, Calif.)
Maggie Hogan (San Diego, Calif.)
Kalen Lee (Gainesville, Ga.) - Declined
Susannah Stucchio (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
Kari-Jean McKenzie (Richmond, B.C.)

* The Senior Team Coach is allowed to add to the Senior World Championships Team after the Pan American Championships to alleviate schedule conflicts for athletes qualifying in more than one event.