Canoe/Kayak Sprint Nationals 2009 wrap up (by Rebecca)

6 BCKC'ers attended Nationals 2009 in Sherbrooke Quebec Sept 2-5, 2009. Rebecca, Kristin and Kiran raced for Burnaby along with Sarah P. who trains in Ridge. Conor raced for Ridge and Nicole raced for her home club of Nanaimo. Compared with Canada Games conditions were excellent with a small headwind for most of the week. Many boats made it into the final events.

Sarah and Kristin medalled for Burnaby, coming 3rd in the Jr. Womens K2 500m.
Other notable Burnaby performances:
Kiran and Rebecca - 5th in Juvie Womens K2 1000, 7th in Juvie Womens K2 500
Rebecca - 6th in Juvie Womens K1 1000
Kiran and Sarah - 6th in Junior Womens K2 1000
Kristin - 7th in Junior Womens K1 1000
The Burnaby K4 of Kiran, Kristin, Rebecca and Sarah came 8th in the Senior Womens K4 500m and showed that they belong into this elite group of athletes.

Conor and the other Ridge canoers placed well in team boats, coming 5th in the Juvie Mens IC4 1000 with Kieffer, Matty and Keegan and placing 9th in the Juvie Mens C2 1000 with Keegan

Nicole continued her winning streak with 2 golds in Sr womens C1 500 and Jr womens C1 200, slivers in Sr C1 1000 and Sr C1 200, and a 4th in the Jr womens 500.

Nicolas and Sebastian Foellmer raced for Lac Sregent this year and competed in Midget K4, K2 and War Canoe (8th) after spending the summer in Quebec paddling. These great young talents will be back training with Burnaby this fall and hopefully race for us next year.