The Kamloops Canoe Kayak Club was back in action for the final event of the year last weekend at the Pacific Cup in Maple Ridge, BC.
The exciting meet was for paddlers in the U12 and U14 age categories and it served as the first opportunity to race against clubs from Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
The club sent seven athletes, with six picking up medals:
Miyana Fenrich: Second in novice K-1 200 metres, U14 K-2 200 m, U14 K-4 200 m, U14 K-2 500 m, U14 K-4 500 m, K-1 500 m, third in U14 K-1 200 m.
Leilani Vanderydt: Second in novice K-1 200 m, U14 K-2 200 m, U14 K-4 200 m, U14 K-2 500 m, U14 K-4 500 m, novice K-1 500 m, third in U14 K-1 1,000 m.
Joshua Reid: First in Novice K-1 500 m.
Gwen Storry: Second in U14 K-2 200 m, U14 K-4 200 m, U14 K-4 500 m, third in novice K-1 200 m, open K-2 500 m, novice K-1 500 m.
Charlie Storry: Second in novice K-1 500 m.
Suchet Chouhan: Third in novice K-1 500 m.
Meanwhile, Nihal Chouhan attended and received a personal best performance.
Head coach Stanislav Marek was very impressed with the young athletes performance during the whole season.
"There are many things that these athletes need to learn at a young level: how to balance new boats, proper technique, how to work as a team in the boats and (how to) work hard to get results," he said. "I’m proud of all these athletes that are learning to put all these things together and starting to see the results of their hard work."
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