CANADIAN DIVERS TO KICK OFF INTERNATIONAL SEASON IN MADRID AND ROSTOCK
Twelve divers will represent Canada at the first two FINA Diving Grand Prix competitions of the season taking place in Madrid, Spain, from February 14-16; and in Rostock, Germany, from February 20-23.
2018 Commonwealth Games team members Celina Toth and Tyler Henschel will dive in both meets, while Bryden Hattie and Rylan Wiens will join forces in Rostock. In Madrid, 2019 FISU Games bronze medallists Laurent Gosselin-Paradis and Ethan Pitman will be amongst the team veterans.
Mary Carroll (Saskatoon, SK), Cesar Henderson (Brossard, QC) and Stéphane Lapointe (Laval, QC) have been named to the Canadian coaching staff for Madrid. Coaches Gilles Empotz-Lacote (Toronto, ON) and Tommy McLeod (Victoria, BC) will join the team in Rostock.
1988 Olympian Barb Bush (Edmonton, AB) has been appointed as the FINA official in Madrid, while Rio 2016 official Helene Morneau (Lac Beauport, QC) will act of the FINA official in Rostock.
Here’s the complete Canadian diving team roster:
MADRID, SPAIN (FEB 14-16)
Women’s 3-metre
Margo Erlam (Calgary, AB)
Women’s 10-metre
Celina Toth (St. Thomas, ON)
Men’s 3-metre
Thomas Ciprick (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Cédric Fofana (Quebec City, QC)
Peter Mai (Montreal, QC)
Men’s 10-metre
Laurent Gosselin-Paradis (Montreal, QC)
Tyler Henschel (Sherwood Park, AB)
Ethan Pitman (Edmonton, AB)
Men’s 10-metre synchro
Laurent Gosselin-Paradis (Montreal, QC)
Ethan Pitman (Edmonton, AB)
ROSTOCK, GERMANY (FEB 20-23)
Women’s 3-metre
Margo Erlam (Calgary, AB)
Women’s 10-metre
Tatiana Conn (Calgary, AB)
Elaena Dick (Edmonton, AB)
Celina Toth (St. Thomas, ON)
Men’s 3-metre
Thomas Ciprick (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Cédric Fofana (Quebec City, QC)
Peter Mai (Montreal, QC)
Men’s 10-metre
Bryden Hattie (Victoria, BC)
Tyler Henschel (Sherwood Park, AB)
Ethan Pitman (Edmonton, AB)
Rylan Wiens (Saskatoon, SK)
Men’s 10m-metre synchro
Bryden Hattie (Victoria, BC)
Rylan Wiens (Saskatoon, SK)
The twelve divers had to meet a high international standard at the 2020 Winter National Championships in order to qualify for these two events.