MegaWorlds’ local contingent grows
Thorold resident Giancarlo DiPompeo is a recent addition to Canada’s under-23 team for rowing’s Mega Worlds.
The addition of several more crews to Canada’s team at the 2024 World Rowing Senior, Under 23, and Under 19 Championships (Mega Worlds) Aug. 18-25 in St. Catharines will boost the number of local and Brock University athletes wearing red and white singlets.
Newly added to the senior team is Abbygayle Durliat of the St. Catharines Rowing Club in the women’s para pair.
Added to the under-23 squad were: Brock’s Keithan Woodhouse in the men’s single; St. Catharines Rowing Club’s Giancarlo DiPompeo (University of Victoria) and Owen Kudreikis (University of Pennsylvania) in the lightweight men’s double; and, St. Catharines Rowing Club coxswain Serafina Dell (Brock), and South Niagara Rowing Club’s Aurelia Elliott (Harvard) and Madeson Scott (University of Michigan) in the women’s coxed four.
Recent additions to the under-19 squad were: Ridley College’s Charlotte Pieckenhagen, Jade Postma and Sydney Swick in the women’s eight; and, Ridley College’s Caillen Pieckenhagen in the men’s eight.
Added to the Team Canada coaching staff that already included Brock coaches Scott Anderson, Mary Rao and Katie Bruggeling were Siobhan McLaughlin and Dereck Schwandt from Ridley College, Mike Petrychanko from the St. Catharines Rowing Club and Chris Marshall from the RowOntario/Ontario NextGen Performance Centre in Welland.
Previously announced to the senior team was Brock’s Stephen Harris in the lightweight men’s single.
Named earlier to Canada’s squad for the under-23 worlds were: Brock’s Isabella and Zoe Durcak, Leander Boat Club members who will compete in the women’s lightweight quad: Brock rowers, Connor Dodds (Regina Boat Club), Charles-Etienne Tabet (Club d’Aviron Boucherville) and Riley Watson (Peterborough Rowing Club), and Niko Schramm, a St. Catharines Rowing Club member who rows for the University of British Columbia, who will compete in the men’s lightweight quad; South Niagara Rowing Club’s Stella Bittman (UCLA ), Ridley Grad Boat Club member Autumn Crowe (University of Michigan) and St. Catharines Rowing Club’s Teagan Orth (University of Virginia) who will compete in the women’s four; St. Catharines Rowing Club member Cait Whittard, who rows for the University of Washington, will be in the women’s eight; and St. Catharines Rowing Club member Owen Bartel (University of British Columbia) and from the Niagara Falls Rowing Club member Payton Gauthier (Syracuse University) who will be in either the men’s eight or pair.
Previously selected to represent Canada at the junior worlds were: Notre Dame Rowing Club’s Lucas Maroney in the men’s single; and, a Notre Dame Rowing Club/E.L. Crossley men’s coxed four made up of Liam Shapland, Lucas Riddle, James Cuff, Andrew Nawrocki and Dario Cirello.
