
Short Track Athletes
Find out about our Oval Elite Athlete Pathway athletes who train at the Olympic Oval.
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Meet our athletes
Dedicated athletes make up our Oval Family. Learn a little bit more about each program stage here.
Stage 2
2019-2020 Season
Skaters: Annika Johnston, Jake Hannah, Maxwell Cole, Stryden Hult-Griffin, Lukas MacDonald, Craig Miller, Wesley O'Brien, Braeden Picek, David Seal, Marshall Shupe, Luka Marht-Smith, Dalton McLeod, Sam Green, Yankun Zhao
Stage 3
2019-2020 Season
Skaters: Cezara Bere, Jenna Larter, Caitlin Pelkey, Sebastian Champagne, Benjamin Ward
Stage 4
2019-2020 Season
Skaters: Cheyenne Goh, Hee Won Son, Roger Fulton, Ethan McKinley-Young, Matej Pederson, Marco Schumann, Brendan Yamada
Neo Senior
2019-2020 Season
Skaters: Akash Aradhya, Connor Rogerson, Isaac Sherwood, Ian Smibert
Short Track Coaches
Meet our coaches
Our athletes learn from the best in the speed skating world. Get to know the Olympic Oval coaches.
Coaches
2019-2020 Season
Coaches: Joffrey Larocque, Dustin Miller, Cristina Lazarescu, Elizabeth Ward
I wouldn't have been able to get this far without everyone that's helped me. All of my teammates and coaches, all of the support staff, it's all thanks to them. I put in the work but they set me up to succeed.
Brendan Yamada
Stage 4 Short Track Athlete