SASI Canoe sprint team compete in Grand Prix 2

23 February 2015

The SASI Canoe sprint team competed at Penrith, Sydney for Grand Prix 2 over the weekend. This was the first of 2 selection events for the 2015 senior and U23 national teams with the other selection event being Nationals in March.

The 200m squad produced some outstanding results with youngster Callum Dunn leading the way with 2 third place finishes in the K1 200m and the K2 200m where he was partnered with Ben McLean (NSW). Ben Gallard and Tim Symonds also made the K1 200m A final finishing 6^th and 7^th respectively.

Catherine McArthur led the way for the women finishing in the top 6 for all her events. 5^th  and 6^th in the K1 200m and K1 500mrespectively as well as 1^st and 4^th in the K2 200m, with Madison Davies, and K2 500m with Hannah Minogue (NSW). The junior girls also had a great weekend with Francesca Kidd and Ruby Backen competing in all of the U18 A finals across the weekend.

There were also some good results coming from the 1000m racing with Zac Ryan and Glenn Rypp narrowly missing the K1 1000m A final and the U23 pairing of Sean Lohse and Jayden Ellis finishing 5^th in the K2 1000m.

For a full list of results, please visit https://regattas.canoe.org.au/?results=1106