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Three UVic rowers are headed to the Tokyo Olympic Games
Photo of Avalon Wasteneys, provided by UVic.
Last month Rowing Canada Aviron and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the 29 athletes who will be representing Canada in the 10 boats qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics taking place this summer. Of those athletes, three are current rowers from the University of Victoria.
Avalon Wasteneys and Patrick Keane will be making their Olympic rowing debuts while Caileigh Filmer will be returning for her second Games after competing in Rio 2016.
“Obviously Olympic gold is our goal,” said Wasteneys. “However, we’re also so aware that this is a really cool opportunity to be completely internal and focused on ourselves.”
Rowing Canada has suspended the former head coach of the University of Victoria women s rowing team for one year after an investigation into allegations of aggressive and demeaning treatment. The. . .
It shows four team members in the 2018-19 season made complaints against Williams and a three-person panel was appointed last fall, tasked with determining whether he had breached Rowing Canada s code of conduct or the National Coaching Certification Program code of ethics. The panel concluded that Williams s one-on-one interactions with one of the complainants, Lily Copeland,and his conduct at two meetings with an assistant coach, had violated his responsibilities under both codes. The panel could not conclude that Williams s interactions with the other complainants amounted to a violation of the codes. The university announced Monday that Williams had resigned as the women s rowing coach by mutual agreement as he and the athletic department determined it was in the best interest of the program.