CANOE-KAYAK: Canada stars at Pan American Sprint Champs

Pan American Games qualifying and a full slate of continental championship events filled the Pan American Sprint Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (CAN) last weekend.

Canada was the star of the competition, winning seven events in both the men’s and women’s divisions. Sprinter Stephen Frodsham won the C-1 200 and 500 m events for the Canadian men; Cuba’s Fernando Enriquez took the C-1 1,000 m race and won the C-2 1,000 m with Serguey Torres.

The biggest winners for the women were triple gold medalists Maria Maillard and Karen Roco of Chile. Maillard won the C-1 1,000 m individual race and Roco won at 500 m; they teamed together to win the C-2 200 m and 1,000 events (plus a bronze at 500 m!). Summaries:

Pan American Sprint Championships
Dartmouth (CAN) ~ 13-16 September 2018
(Full results here)

Men

C-1/200 m: 1. Stephen Frodsham (CAN), 41.405; 2. Michael Garcia (CHI), 42.387; 3. Guillermo Quirino (MEX), 42.545. Also: 5. Ian Ross (USA), 44.011.

C-1/500 m: 1. Stephen Frodsham (CAN), 1:51.310; 2. Jose Cristobal (MEX), 1:52.782; 3. Ross (USA), 1:53.206.

C-1/1,000 m: 1. Fernando Enriquez (CUB), 4:19.322; 2. Erlon Silva (BRA), 4:21.804; 3. Jose Cristobal (MEX), 4:22.240. Also: 6. Ross (USA), 4:37.337.

C-2/200 m: 1. Connor Fitzpatrick/Roland Varga (CAN), 41.377; 2. Rigoberto Camilo/Guillermo Quirino (MEX), 43.803; 3. Brice Anderson/Ian Ross (USA), 52.474.

C-2/500 m: 1. Drew Hodges/Craig Spence (CAN), 1:44.544; 2. Camilo/Quirino (MEX), 1:46.218; 3. Sergio Diaz/Alfonso Pacheco (COL), 1:46.994.

C-2/1,000 m: 1. Fernando Enriquez/Serguey Torres (CUB), 3:36.710; 2. Erlon Silva/Macio dos Santos (BRA), 3:38.176; 3. Fitzpatrick/Varga (CAN), 3:38.456. Also: 6. Brice Anderson/Ian Ross (USA), 5:01.497.

K-1/200 m: 1. Desar de Cesare (ECU), 34.529; 2. Ruben Rezola (ARG), 34.859; 3. Edson da Silva (BRA), 35.213. Also: 8. Aaron Mullican, 37.535.

K-1/500 m: 1. Juan Caceres (ARG), 1:41.802; 2. Jarret Kenke (CAN), 1:42.714; 3. Sebastian Delgado (URU), 1:43.474. Also: 5. Jesse Lishchuk (USA), 1:46.014.

K-1/1,000 m: 1. Agustin Vernice (ARG), 3:45.839; 2. Brian Malfesi (CAN), 3:49.407; 3. Fidel Vargas (CUB), 3:52.075. Also: 5. Lishchuk (USA), 3:56.417.

K-2/200 m: 1. Mark de Jonge/Alexander Scott (CAN), 34.262; 2. Juan Ignacio Caceres/Abraham Saavedra (ARG), 34.874; 3. Edson da Silva/Pedro da Costa (BRA), 35.790. Also: 5. Stanton Collins/Aaron Mullican (USA), 35.986.

K-2/500 m: 1. Nicholas Matveev/Pierre-Luc Poulin (CAN), 1:37.043; 2. Caceres/Saavedra (ARG), 1:37.189; 3. Osbaldo Fuentes/Javier Lopez (MEX), 1:42.305. Also: 4. Stanton Collins/Miles Cross-Whiter (USA), 1:43.683.

K-2/1,000 m: 1. Manuel Lascano/Agustin Vernice (ARG), 3:36.828; 2. Fuentes/Lopez (MEX), 3:39.532; 3. Vagner Souta/Roberto Maehler (BRA), 3:40.632. Also: 7. Tim Burdiak/Carl Thompson Crockett (USA), 3:52.546.

K-4/500 m: 1. Canada, 1:22.223; 2. Argentina, 1:22.781; 3. Mexico, 1:25:101. Also: 6. United States (Collins, Cross-Whiter, Errez, Mullican), 1:28.301.

K-4/1,000 m: 1. Argentina, 2:56.959; 2. Canada, 2:58.263; 3. Mexico, 2:58.759. Also: 4. United States (Buriak, Thompson Crockett, Errez, Lishchuk), 3:04.628.

Women

C-1/200 m: 1. Mayvihanet Borges (CUB), 50.890; 2. Maria Maillard (CHI), 52.192; 3. Anggie Avegno (ECU), 53.234. Also: 4. Ann Marie Armstrong (USA), 54.114.

C-1/500 m: 1. Karen Roco (CHI), 2:15.766; 2. Ana Roy-Cyr (CAN), 2:17.790; 3. Stephanie Rodriguez (MEX), 2:22.044. Also: 5. Armstrong (USA), 2:26.144.

C-1/1,000 m: 1. Maillard (CHI), 4:33.150; 2. Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (CAN), 4:50.172; 3. Clara Lopez (GUA), 4:58.257. Also: 4. Lia Marie Gaetano (USA), 5:02.041.

C-2/200 m: 1. Maria Maillard/Karen Roco (CHI), 44.560; 2. Angela da Silva/Andrea de Oliveira (BRA), 45.558; 3. Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh/Hannah McIntosh (CAN), 46.330. Also: 7. Anne Marie Armstrong/Lia Marie Gaetano (USA), 50.550.

C-2/500 m: 1. Katie Vincent/Laurence Vincent-Lapointe (CAN), 1:57.016; 2. Mayvihanet Borges/Liliana Naranjo (CUB), 1:57.974; 3. Maillard/Roco (CHI), 2:00.438. Also: 8. Armstrong/Gaetano (USA), 2:14.688.

C-2/1,000 m: 1. Maillard/Roco (CHI), 4:46.945; 2. Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh/Anna Roy-Cyr (CAN), 4:55.307; 3. Ana Dazy/Manuela Gomez (COL), 5:01.345. Also: 4. Armstrong/ Gaetano (USA), 5:19.817.

K-1/200 m: 1. Andreanne Langlois (CAN), 41.571; 2. Brenda Gutierrez (MEX), 41.953; 3. Yurieni Guerra (CUB), 42.137. Also: 8. Kaitlyn McElroy (USA), 43.523.

K-1/500 m: 1. Michelle Russell (CAN), 1:56.783; 2. Yurieni Guerra (CUB), 1:59.319; 3. Ana Paula Vergutz (BRA), 2:01.557. Also: 7. Samantha Barlow (USA), 2:06.265.

K-1/1,000 m: 1. Madeline Schmidt (CAN), 4:14.692; 2. Ysumy Orellana (CHI), 4:18.068; 3. Micaela Maslein (ARG), 4:19.994. Also: 4. Renae Jackson (USA), 4:29.769.

K-2/200 m: 1. Alanna Bray-Lougheed/Andreanne Langlois (CAN), 41.664; 2. Sabrina Ameghino/Brenda Rojas (ARG), 41.664; 3. Brenda Gutierrez/Marciela Montemayor (MEX), 42.940. Also: 7. Samantha Barlow/Kaitlyn McElroy (USA), 45.637.

K-2/500 m: 1. Lissa Bissonette/Courtney Stott (CAN), 1:52.892; 2. Karina Morales/Beatriz Briones (MEX), 1:53.760; 3. Ameghino/Rojas (ARG), 1:55.020. Also: 6. Barlow/McElroy (USA), 2:00.662.

K-2/1,000 m: 1. Morales/Briones (MEX), 3:57.875; 2. Natalie Davidson/Alexa Irvin (CAN), 4:02.057; 3. Barlow/McElroy (USA), 4:04.813.

K-4/500 m: 1. Canada, 1:35.470; 2. Mexico, 1:35.662; 3. Argentina, 1:38.088. Also: 6. United States (Allen, Barlow, Jackson, McElroy), 1:51.112.

K-4/1,000 m: 1. Mexico, 3:22.117; 2. Canada, 3:25.233; 3. Chile, 3:35.110.