Water Polo Canada announces the All-Star Teams for the 2025 NCL 16U Western and Eastern National Championships

Capital Wave, Shadow, Calgary Renegades and Fraser Valley won the 16U titles

Ottawa, May 16, 2025 - Water Polo Canada announces the All-Star Team members for the National Championships League’s (NCL) 16U Western and Eastern National Championships following their conclusion on Sunday, May 4, respectively in Calgary, AB and Etobicoke, ON.

At the conclusion of both three-day competitions, Capital Wave (Eastern) and Calgary Renegades (Western) were crowned champions on the girls’ side, while Shadow (Eastern) and Fraser Valley (Western) won the boys tournaments.

The 2025 NCL 16U Western and Eastern National Championships All-Star Team members are:

16U Eastern National Championships All-Star Team Members
Men

• Darius-Sterean Tarigradschi (Laval)
• Rami Salem (Shadow)
• Aleksander Holodny (Capital Wave)
• Daniel Almasi (Mavericks)
• Luka Nedanovski (Shadow)
• Walid Ben Ahmed (CAMO)
• Goalie: Denys Onofriichuck (Shadow)

Women

• Aisha Auzam (Shadow)
• Dasha Khramtsova (Mavericks)
• Charlotte Bushell (Ottawa Titans)
• Clara Burnatowski (Tiburon)
• Claire Jackson (FC/KW)
• Sonia Paun (DDO)
• Goalie: Yasmine Sowka (Capital Wave)

16U Western National Championships Western All-Star Team Members

Men

• Sully Oosterveld (Calgary Torpedoes)
• Jesse Anderson (Team Sask)
• Winston Clark (Team Sask)
• Oliver Sada (Fraser Valley)
• Josh Coxford (Fraser Valley)
• Ethan Imeson (Edmonton Tsunami)
• Goalie: Aleksandr-Mark Cheliubeev

Women

• Alexandra Rodionova (Surrey Water Polo)
• Clara Millleker-Shyiak (Team Sask)
• Mariona Bertran (Fraser Valley)
• JJ Xia (Surrey Water Polo)
• Anika Zelinka-Miller (Calgary Renegades)
• Josey Lukie (Calgary Renegades)
• Goalie: Vallie Guiver (Calgary Renegades)

The All-Star Teams members were selected through initial nominations made by the team coaches and then chosen by the technical delegate team present at the 2025 NCL 16U Western and Eastern National Championships.

The NCL 16U Western and Eastern National Championships are part of Water Polo Canada National Championship League (NCL), which was created in 2014 to bring the domestic club age group programs under a country wide umbrella that promotes the development of the sport. The NCL offers three categories of play: Senior, 18U, and 16U.

More details are available on Water Polo Canada website at www.waterpolo.ca.