Kalina Roberge and Jacques Gregoire were inducted into the Hall of Fame; Hayden Mayor was named Community Champion of the Year
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Over the past few months, Speed Skating Canada has been busy presenting annual awards to a variety of deserving recipients from across the Canadian speed skating community.
This year’s Hall of Fame inductees — short track skater Kalina Roberge and short track official Jacques Gregoire — were honored during a ceremony at the first ISU World Cup short track event in Montreal last October. Members of the Boudreau-Alexandre family also traveled from Rivière-du-Loup to receive the Gagné Family Award and experience World Cup action first-hand.
A few weeks later, David Richard and Nancy Wilson, last season’s Volunteer of the Year recipients, were honored in front of spectators at their home rink in Laval during the ISU Four Continents Short Track Championships.
Plans are underway to honor several other award winners at the upcoming ISU World Cup Speed Skating event in Quebec City and the season-ending ISU World Cup Speed Skating Championships in Calgary.
Please join us in congratulating the full list of recipients below:
- Courtney Sarault (Athlete of the Year, Short Track)
- Pascal Dionne (Athlete of the Year, Short Track)
- Valerie Maltese (Athlete of the Year, Long Track)
- Connor Howe (Athlete of the Year, Long Track)
- Hayden Mayor (Community Champion of the Year)
- Chris Acton (Coach of the Year)
- Nancy Joplin (Excellence in Coaching Award)
- Kerry Egan (Excellence in Coaching Award)
- Yannick Desmeule (Excellence in Coaching Award)
- Sue Stickle (Official of the Year)
- Catherine North (Official Excellence Award)
- Natalie Duchesne (Official Excellence Award)
- Jean-Philippe Lemay (Official Excellence Award)
- The Boudreau-Alexander family (Family of the Year)
- Caroline Barham (Partner of the Year)
- David Richard (Volunteer of the Year)
- Nancy Wilson (Volunteer of the Year)
