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Michele Eray (Newport) is a Beijing 2008 Olympian in sprint kayak. She competed in K-4 and K-2 for South Africa, finishing seventh in the K-4 500 m. She has also competed at the elite level in surf life saving, surfski and marathon kayak racing. She has competed in nine marathon world championships and took the bronze in K2 in 2007. In surf ski, she won the 2013 world championships and was in 2nd in 2015. She is now a high performance surfski and sprint coach and Olympic coach (Paddle California). In 2015, she was the USACK Sprint High Performance Director and in 2016, she coached Maggie Hogan to the Rio Olympics.
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Dan Henderson (Cascade) is head coach for the Cascade Canoe and Kayak Racing Team. He was a member of the USA Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team 1982-88 and won bronze medals in canoe at the 1983 and 1987 PanAm Championships. Dan raced and trained in Hungary from 1981-85. He was the SCKC head coach 1989-93, the US National Development Coach 1993-96, and Cascade Canoe & Kayak Racing Team head coach 1997 to present. He was the US World Championship Team Leader in 1995 and 2003, Jr World Championship Team Coach in 1993, OHR Team Leader in 2008, and the Jr Worlds Women's Kayak and OHR Men's Kayak Coach in 2019. In addition to coaching, he teaches ICF/ACA Level 1 & 2 Coach Certification courses and co-authored the ICF Level 1 Coaching Manual, 1st Ed.
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Joe Harper (San Diego) is a 1996 Olympian in sprint canoe. He competed in C-1 1000m at Altanta, making it to the semi-finals. He currently coaches canoe for San Diego Canoe and Kayak Club and for the US National team. In 2019, he was the canoe coach for the Olympic Hopes Team in Slovakia.
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Alyson Morse (Gig Harbor) started paddling at 12 years old with Gig Harbor. She competed at the Olympic Hopes Regatta, Junior Worlds, and U23 Worlds in kayak. She paddled the first 1.5 years of college in Oklahoma and rowed the last 2.5 years while she earned a bachelor's in Human Performance and helped coach the OKCRS canoe/kayak team. After college, she moved back home and coaches for the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak team. In 2019, she was an assistant coach for the US Junior/U23 World Championships team.
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Misha Riszkiewicz (RTR) is coach and co-founder of the River Town Racers (Petaluma, CA). He has been coaching adults and youth in surfski and sprint kayak for the past 15 years and is an ICF Level One certified coach. He is also an active masters racer in surfski and sprint K1.
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Doug Ritchie (SCKC) coaches for the Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club. He is a 9 time member of the US Wildwater team. He has competed at both the World Championships and Master's World Championships and is twice US National Champion in Wildwater. Doug was team manager for the 2011 and 2013 Jr. National Wildwater team and coached the Sr. US Wildwater Team in 2007 and 2014. In addition to coaching, he is an active masters racer in sprint, surf ski, and marathon canoe.
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Nevin Harrison (GHCKRT) started canoeing with SCKC at age 12. In 2017, she won silver in C-1 1000m, gold in 500m and gold in 200m in the 2002 age group at Olympic Hopes Regatta in Racice, Czech Republic. The next year, at the 2018 Olympic Hopes Regatta in Poznan, Poland, she won gold in C-1 500m and 200m in the 2002 age group. In 2019, she moved to the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Racing Team. In 2019, she won the C-1 200m at the Pan Am Games in Peru and won gold in C-1 200m at the World Championships in Hungary.
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Margaret Buzard (SCKC) began kayaking with SCKC when she was 10 years old and competed at four Nationals with the team. She began coaching in the development program in 2011 and has been the head coach for the SCKC development program since 2015. In 2019 after finishing her degree at the University of Portland, she also began coaching the SCKC Junior Sprint Team.
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E'Lana Ecker (Bellingham) is one of the top masters surf ski paddlers in the PNW. She comes from a PAC 10 collegiate rowing background, and enjoys swimming, cycling, and skate skiing in addition to surf ski paddling. She is currently the development coach with Bellingham Canoe and Sprint Team. She is passionate about technique, both for optimizing the paddle stroke while learning good habits that allow athletes to enjoy this amazing sport for years to come.
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Laurence Chin (False Creek) coaches for the False Creek Racing Canoe Club in Vancouver BC and competes with with adult team.
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Payton Chiou (GHCKRT) coaches for the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Racing Team. He began paddling as a youth with Gig Harbor, attending many national championships with the team, and returned to the team after university to coach.
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Neil Bransfield (SCKC) is a long-time coach in sprint canoe and kayak, track and field, and cross-country skiing. He was a collegiate runner and later became involved in competive marathon canoe. He headed the SCKC marathon canoe team which was very active in the 1990s. In the mid-2010s, he was the SCKC head coach until moving to Bellingham, where he now coaches high school track and field.
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