Kalyna Roberge and Jacques Gregoire inducted into Hall of Fame; Hayden Mayeur selected as Community Champion of the Year
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Over the past few months, Speed Skating Canada has been busy presenting annual awards to variety of deserving recipients from across the Canadian speed skating community.
This year’s Hall of Fame inductees – short track skater Kalyna Roberge and short track official Jacques Gregoire – were honoured during a ceremony at the first ISU World Cup Short Track event in Montreal this past October. Members of the Boudreau-Alexandre Family also travelled from Rivière-du-Loup to receive their Gagné Family Award and experience World Cup action first-hand.
A few weeks later, David Richard and Nancy Wilson, co-recipients of this past season’s Volunteer of the Year award, were honoured in front of spectators at the home rink in Laval during the ISU Four Continents Short Track Championships.
Plans are underway to honour several other award recipients at the upcoming ISU World Cup Speed Skating event in Quebec City and the season-ending ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Calgary.
Please join us in congratulating the full list of recipients below:
- Hall of Fame
- Kalyna Roberge (Athlete)
- Jacques Gregoire (Builder)
- Athlete
- Courtney Sarault (Female Athlete of the Year, Short Track)
- Pascal Dion (Male Athlete of the Year, Short Track)
- Valérie Maltais (Female Athlete of the Year, Long Track)
- Connor Howe (Male Athlete of the Year, Long Track)
- Hayden Mayeur (Community Champion of the Year)
- Coaches
- Chris Acton (Coach of the Year)
- Nancy Goplen (Coaching Award of Excellence)
- Kerry Egan (Coaching Award of Excellence)
- Yannick Desmeules (Coaching Award of Excellence)
- Officials
- Sue Steckle (Official of the Year)
- Katharine North (Officials Award of Excellence)
- Nathalie Duchesne (Officials Award of Excellence)
- Jean-Philippe Lemay (Officials Award of Excellence)
- Community
- Boudreau-Alexandre Family (Family of the Year)
- Caroline Barham (Partner of the Year)
- David Richard (Volunteer of the Year)
- Nancy Wilson (Volunteer of the Year)