Water Polo Canada announces 2023 Men's and Women's Youth National Teams

Ottawa, February 7, 2023 - Water Polo Canada is proud to present the 30 athletes who have been selected to be part of the Men’s and Women’s Youth National Teams that are set to represent Canada at the upcoming 2023 PanAm Aquatics Water Polo U17 Championships to be held in Bauru, Brazil.  

The PanAm Aquatics Water Polo U17 Championships, which are held every two years, will run from April 2nd to April 8th. The athletes competing at the event will be 17 years old and under, i.e. born in 2006 or later, and come from a maximum of 12 countries for each of the men’s and women’s categories that represent the four zones of the Americas. Each country will be looking to qualify for the World Aquatics 2024 World Youth Championships (date and location to be confirmed) as the top four or five men’s teams and the top four women’s teams at the competition in Bauru will earn a spot to compete at this event. 

The last time the PanAm Aquatics Water Polo U17 Championships were held, in 2019 in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago, the Canadian men’s and women’s teams respectively finished in 4th and 2nd place. The 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian teams that competed in 2019 included current Men’s and Women’s Senior National Team Talent Pool athletes Justin Côté, Alicia Petkov, Rose Kanemy and Serena Browne. 

Canada’s best-ever performance at the PanAm Aquatics Water Polo U17 Championships was 3rd place on the men’s side, which they earned in 2013, 2015 and 2017, whereas the women’s top result was 1st place, earned at the first-ever edition in 2011.  

Water Polo Canada 2023 Women’s Youth National Team 

Jaya Basu (Montreal, QC - CAMO) 

Cianne Benjamin (Toronto, ON - Shadow Water Polo Club) 

Natalia Blazevic (Vancouver, B.C. - Pacific Storm Water Polo Club) 

Penny Cowan (Stony Plain, AB - Edmonton Tsunami Water Polo Club) 

Abigail Folk (Ashburn, ON - Mavericks Water Polo Club) 

Andjelina Gavrilovic (Surrey, B.C. - Fraser Valley Water Polo Club) 

Shaya Ghasemzadeh Oghyani (Oakville, ON - Mavericks Water Polo Club) 

Sydney Krushen (Regina, SK - Team Sask) 

Tasha Kulenovic (Vancouver, B.C. - Pacific Storm Water Polo Club) 

Nicole O'Neill (Calgary, AB - Oaks Christian/Calgary Renegades) 

Brooklyn Plomp (Ottawa, ON - Diablo Alliance/Fraser Valley Water Polo Club) 

Melania Segulja (Burnaby, B.C. - Surrey Water Polo Club) 

Alexandra Stoddard (Abbotsford, B.C. - Fraser Valley Water Polo Club) 

Makayla Ulmer-Lutudromu (Regina, SK - Team Sask) 

Maddie Watson (London, ON - Forest City Water Polo Club)  

Alternates       

Taya Bumpas (Regina, SK - Team Sask)          

Riley Milne (Burnaby, B.C. - Pacific Storm Water Polo Club) 

McKenna Pineda-McLean (Calgary, AB - Calgary Renegades) 

Anna Ulmer (Regina, SK - Team Sask) 

Head Coach: Krystina Alogbo (Montreal, QC) 

Assistant Coaches: 

Christi Bardecki (Toronto, ON - Toronto Triggerfish/Toronto Water Polo Club) 

Raine Paul (Spruce Grove, AB - Edmonton Tsunami Water Polo Club/Surrey Water Polo Club) 

Water Polo Canada 2023 Men’s Youth National Team 

Kai Brierley (Westmount, QC - CAMO) 

Joseph Chiasson (Montreal, LaSalle borough, QC - CAMO) 

Tate Falconer (Hamilton, ON - Mavericks Water Polo Club) 

Parker Forsberg (Abbotsford, B.C. - Fraser Valley Water Polo Club) 

Austin Hexter (Surrey, B.C. - Fraser Valley Water Polo Club) 

Nathan Johnson (Abbotsford, B.C. - Fraser Valley Water Polo Club) 

Jason Joseph (Montreal, QC - CAMO) 

Ivan Khramtsov (Mississauga, ON - Mavericks Water Polo Club) 

Sawyer McCormick (Calgary, AB - Calgary Torpedoes) 

Sean O'Neill (Calgary, AB - Oaks Christian) 

Jacob Rogers (Calgary, AB - Calgary Torpedoes) 

Reid Tatemichi (Regina, SK - Team Sask) 

Colin Thomas (Toronto, ON - Shadow Water Polo Club) 

Marko Todorovski (Mississauga, ON - Mavericks Water Polo Club) 

Nolan Ung (Calgary, AB - Calgary Torpedoes) 

Alternates           

Ilya Belyaev (Langley, B.C. - Fraser Valley Water Polo Club) 

Adrien MacDonald (Longueuil, QC - CAMO) 

Zander Velestuk (Regina, SK - Team Sask) 

Head Coach: Bogdan Dubrovskiy (Toronto - Mavericks Water Polo Club) 

Assistant Coach: Maxime Crevier (Montreal, QC - CAMO) 

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Information:  

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