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

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