Emma Gray (Winnipeg, MB) and Ivy Quaintance (Victoria, BC) are training in Winnipeg at the Winnipeg Rowing Club Riley Boathouse with their sites set on a World Title at the 2016 World Rowing Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands. These two athletes are representing Canada in the Women’s Junior Double Sculls August 22 – 28, 2016.
At the young age of 18, both Emma and Ivy have already accomplished so much in their rowing careers. Emma, who has been rowing for just over one year, has been ranked the fastest Junior female sculler in Canada through the Rowing Canada Aviron selection process. Gray’s 2 km and 6 km rows are not only the fastest in Canada for Junior female rowers, but she is also ranked second in the world on her 2 km and third on her 6 km row.
Quaintance, who has been rowing for five years, won the Gold medal in the Junior Women’s Pair at the CanAmMex Regatta as she represented Canada and won two gold medals in the quad and double at the Junior Women’s Henley Regatta. She is training in Winnipeg for six weeks from the Victoria City Rowing Club, where she typically rows on Elk Lake, home of the Men’s Canadian National Team.
Due to Emma ranking first of all Junior scullers in Canada, the pair was sent to Winnipeg to coach under the Manitoba Rowing Association Head Coach Antony Patterson, Emma’s year-round coach. The last time a national squad for the sport of rowing trained in Winnipeg was in 2005, when the Under 23 Lightweight Men’s Double (Morgan Jarvis and John Haver) trained in Winnipeg, and placed second overall at the U23 World Championships.
On August 5, 2016 Emma and Ivy will leave Winnipeg for London, Ontario for the opportunity to train with the Women’s Senior and Under 23 National Team for one week, then head off to Hazewinkle, Belgium. From there, they will represent Canada as the Under-19 Women’s Junior Double Sculls at the World Championships Regatta in Rotterdam.
Post World Championships, both Emma and Ivy will return to their home cities to continue their rowing training and attend university. They are currently training 3 – 6 hours per day at the Riley Boathouse under guidance of Manitoba Rowing Association Head Coach Antony Patterson.
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