VANCOUVER – A talented group of 40 young Canadian swimmers will have the opportunity to race in their home pool this summer as Swimming Canada announced its team for the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, set for August 17-20 at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver.
Originally published by Swimming Canada. Read the original article here.
The team, made up of athletes born between 2008 and 2013, will represent Canada at the 11th edition of the international junior competition and the first ever time the event has been hosted in Canada.
More than 300 swimmers from 16 countries are expected to swim into Vancouver for four days of racing, giving Canada’s next generation of athletes the opportunity to compete against some of the world’s best junior swimmers in front of a home crowd.
For many members of the Canadian team, the championships will also mark one of their first opportunities to wear the maple leaf in international competition.
“To be able to host the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Canada is incredibly exciting for our athletes and the development of our program,” said Ken McKinnon, Swimming Canada’s National Development Coach, High Performance.
“For many of these young swimmers, this will be one of their first experiences representing Canada, being part of a national team environment and competing in a meet at this level which is an important step in their development pathway. These athletes have ambitions of one day representing Canada at the senior level. Competing against some of the top junior swimmers in the world will provide them valuable exposure to international racing and the expectations that come with representing their country.”
The Junior Pan Pacific Championships have served as an important international development opportunity for emerging swimmers since the inaugural edition was held in Maui, Hawaii, in 2005. Subsequent championships have taken place at in Hawaii, as well as Guam, Fiji and Canberra, Australia.
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The 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships team:
SWIMMERS
Rowan Baglole - AJAX - Coach: Don Burton
Alexandra Byrn - UNCAN - Coach: Wolfgang Dittrich
Callie Cardiff - UCSC - Coach: Dave MacDonald
Kelly Choi - KAJ - Coach: Marc Tremblay
Ranumi Eashwarage - UCSC - Coach: Carl Simonson
Abigail McLeod - WDSC - Coach: Judy Baker
Marley Monsen - GPP - Coach: Alex Dawson
Shae Murtha - OS - Coach: Ryan Skomorowski
Juliet Nicholson - KAJ - Coach: Marc Tremblay
Jordyn Richardson - OYO - Coach: Norma Perez
Florence Robitaille - ELITE - Coach: Mahrez Mebarek
Olive Rogers - ESWIM - Coach: Marc Spackman
Maelle Sanborn - PCS - Coach: Rod Barratt
Shima Taghavi - HYACK - Coach: Andrew Lennstrom
Kaede Takai - OS - Coach: Ryan Skomorowski
Mia Thomas - TSC - Coach: Bill O’Toole
Helena Tripp - KBM - Coach: Ken Anderson
Taryn Weatherhead - KISU - Coach: Tina Hoeben
Lucy Wiens - MAVS - Coach: Emma Hesterman
Marlee Winser - KISU - Coach: Tina Hoeben
Elleigh Wise - CASCADE - Coach: Dave Johnson
Michelle Zeng - CDSC - Coach: Kelly Taitinger
Muquing (Emma) Zhang - VPSC - Coach: Patrick Paradis
Mark Aistov - OS - Coach: Ryan Skomorowski
Gabriel Ardeleanu - COBRA - Coach: Ulf Ornhjelm
Oliver Blanchard - PCSC - Coach: Brad Dingey
Jacob Bougaieff - UNCAN - Coach: Ray Aquilar
Ben Cescon - CRESTA - Coach: AJ Isleta
Oliver Carpenter - PCSC - Coach: Brad Dingey
Colton Chaires - GO - Coach: Jason Allen
Adrian Cheung - PCSC - Coach: Brad Dingey
Liam Chew - KAJ - Coach: Marc Tremblay
Owen Ekk - UNCAN - Coach: John Maul
Simon Fonseca Florez - CAMO / HPCON - Coach: Ryan Mallette / Rob Novak
Arthur Galiano - NKB - Coach: Scott Faithfull
Eitan Issakov - BLUE - Coach: Sebastien Messier
Minhyuk (Danny) Park - OS - Coach: Ryan Skomorowski
Eli Pelletier - RL - Coach: Guillaume Mecteau
Gavin Schinkelshoek - WAC - Coach: Mike McWha
Kinnon Sen - UCSC - Coach: Dave MacDonald
TEAM STAFF
TEAM LEADER – Ken McKinnon
TEAM MANAGER – Katie Callon
TEAM MANAGER – Karen Wilson
MASSAGE THERAPIST – Brian Beckwith
MASSAGE THERAPIST – Jeanette Dobmeier
MASSAGE THERAPIST – Andrea Nugent
PHYSICIAN – Sara Forsyth
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING –Meena Sharif
RACE ANALYSIS – Graham Olson
HEAD COACH – Tina Hoeben
HEAD COACH – Don Burton
COACH – Marc Tremblay
COACH – Marc Spackman
COACH – Dave Johnson
COACH – Sebastien Messier
COACH – Patrick Paradis
COACH – Ulf Ornhjelm