Synchro Canada names National Teams

Synchro Canada names National Teams

May 9, 2007

Synchro Canada is pleased to announce the members who have been selected to the 2007 Pan American, National B and Junior team.

Selections for the three teams were made following team trials which were held in Victoria, B.C. this past week.

The Pan American team features a number of veteran swimmers with a mixture of youth that excites head coach Isabelle Taillon.

“it is with great pleasure that I congratulate the athletes selected for this Pan American team,” said Taillon. “This is a team with wonderful potential.”

The Pan American team will be training out of Montreal’s Centre of Excellence as of May 14^th.

The National B Team, which will be competing at the Swiss Open in Zurich, was also selected this week.

The team features four returning members from last year’s team and has a number of veteran swimmers.

“The 2007 National B team is well on its way to being the strongest B team in the past decade,” said head coach Susan Kemper. “Leading a team of this caliber is every coach’s dream. It will be a definite privilege to stand with this group of athletes on a daily basis this summer and onwards toward our journey of 2008 and 2012.”

The junior team will be competing at the U.S. Open in Hawaii later this summer.

Team members (in alphabetical order)

Pan American Team

Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon – Riviere-du-Loup, QC

Jessika Dubuc – Montreal, QC

Marie-Pierre Gagné – Montreal, QC

Dominika Kopcik – Surrey, BC

Eve Lamoureux – Montreal, QC

Tracy Little – Montreal, QC

Tanya Matson – Coquitlam, BC (alternate)

Elise Marcotte – L’Ancienne Lorette, QC

Isabelle Rampling – Burlington, ON