Canada Names Team for Water Ski World Championships

OTTAWA, ON - Today, Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada announced its team for the 2013 World Water Ski Championships. Canada will send a group of ten skiers, including six whose scores will contribute to the team overall event. The world championships will take place in Santiago, Chile from November 25 to December 1.

The team this year brings a unique mix of world championship experience and the enthusiasm of youth, “It is has been a long time since we had a rookie on the team and to have two on the team shows our development program is working” said National Team Head Coach Steve Bush. In the team overall category, Canada will be represented by:

Whitney McClintock • Cambridge, Ontario
Jason McClintock • Cambridge, Ontario
Jaret Llewellyn • Innisfail, Alberta
Ryan Dodd • Olds, Alberta
Stephen Neveu • Calgary, Alberta
Taryn Grant • Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada will also be represented by independent skiers who have qualified for the event via their standings on the world rankings list. These skiers are eligible to medal at the Worlds, but their scores will not count towards Canada’s team overall standing:

Stephen Collins • Toronto, Ontario
Alex Paradis • Quebec City, Quebec
Breanne Dodd • Surrey, British Columbia
Kevin Melnuk • Mississauga, Ontario
Kole Magnowski •  Russell, Manitoba

Canada has a long, rich history in Water Skiing with world champions dating back to the first world championships and Charles Blackwell in 1953 through to the team overall championship captured by Canada, in Calgary, in 2009.

Of the current members of Team Canada, Whitney McClintock (2009, 2011) and Jaret Llewellyn (9 times) have previously captured a world championship. At the U21 level, Stephen Neveu is coming off of a world championship this September, and in 2012 Alex Paradis claimed the World University championship at the same lake in Santiago.

Canadians can follow Team Canada on Facebook, Twitter (@wswc_canada) and via waterski-wakeboard.ca. Live results and the event webcast will be available at the event website http://skiworldschile2013.cl/.

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Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada (WSWC) is the governing body for towed water sports in Canada. WSWC includes over 24,000 members and over 1,000,000 participants get on the water each year in Canada.

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