McGill coach and grad win Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards
MONTREAL - Peter Carpenter, head coach of the McGill swim team and McGill graduate Mike Babcock, bench boss of the Detroit Red Wings, are among 43 individuals who have been selected to receive a 2010 Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award, given annually to recognize coaches whose athletes have excelled at world championships and/or the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Carpenter, a 36-year-old native of Pointe Claire, Que., won his award for his work with McGill swimmer Valérie Grand'Maison, a vision-impaired athlete who won one gold, four silvers and a bronze at the 2010 world para-swimming championships. Carpenter is in his second year as head coach at McGill. He previously guided the Pointe Claire swim club and the Quebec provincial team.
Babcock, a 47-year-old from Saskatoon who played hockey at McGill from 1983 to 1987, guided the Canadian Olympic hockey team to gold in Vancouver last February. It was his fifth major title won as a head coach, which includes a Stanley Cup with Detroit (2008), the IIHF world championship (2004), the IIHF world junior championship (1997) and the CIS championship with the University of Lethbridge (1994).
The Coaching Association of Canada, whose mission is to enhance the experiences of all Canadian athletes through quality coaching, will present the awards during their Petro-Canada sport leadership conference in Ottawa, Friday.
The recipients of the 2010 Petro-Canada Excellence Award are:
Houshang Amiri (Victoria, BC): coach of Brian Cowie, tandem bronze medalist, World Para-cycling Championships.
Janet Arnott (Winnipeg, MB): coach of the Jennifer Jones rink, bronze medalists, World Curling Championships.
Mike Babcock (Saskatoon, SK): head coach of
Team Canada, men's Olympic ice hockey gold medalists.
Randy Bennett (Brentwood Bay, BB): coach of
Stephanie Dixon, 100-metre backstroke bronze medalist, World
Para-swimming Championships.
Derrick Campbell (Montreal, QC): coach of short track speed skater Charles Hamelin, Olympic 500-metre gold medalist; François-Louis Tremblay, 500-metre bronze medalist; and the Olympic champion 5,000-metre relay team of Tremblay, Hamelin, Olivier Jean, and François Hamelin.
Peter Carpenter (Pointe-Claire, QC): coach of Valérie Grand'Maison, 50-metre freestyle bronze medalist, World Para-swimming Championships.
Doug Cox (Guelph, ON): coach of Ohenewa Akuffo, 72-kg silver medallist, World Wrestling Championships.
Sébastien Cros (Montreal, QC): coach of short track speed skater Marianne St-Gelais, Olympic 500-metre silver medalist, and the Olympic silver medalists in the 3,000-metre relay - Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, St-Gelais, and Tania Vicent.
Melody Davidson (Calgary, AB): head coach of Team Canada, women's Olympic ice hockey gold medalists.
Mark Fawcett (Nelson, BC): coach of Jasey-Jay Anderson, Olympic champion in parallel giant slalom.
Michel Gagnon (Longueuil, QC): coach of Vincent Gagnon, bronze medalist, World Racquetball Championships.
Dominick Gauthier (Montréal, QC): coach of Olympic moguls champion Alexandre Bilodeau and moguls Olympic silver medalist Jennifer Heil.
Ron Jacks (Victoria, BC): coach of Stephanie Dixon, 400-metre freestyle gold medalist, World Para-swimming Championships.
Jean-Sébastien Labrie (Plessisville, QC): coach of para-alpine skier Lauren Woolstencroft, winner of four gold medals at the Paralympic Games.
Marcel Lacroix (Calgary, AB): coach of long track speed skater Christine Nesbitt, Olympic 1000-metre champion.
Pierre Lamy (Saint-Sauveur, QC): coach of Benoit Huot, 200-metre individual medley gold medalist, World Para-swimming Championships.
Csom Latorovski (Waverley, NS): coach of Richard Dalton, C-1 200-metre bronze medalist, World Canoe and Kayak Championships.
Peter Lawless (Victoria, BC): coach of Mark Ledo, road race bronze medalist, World Para-cycling Championships.
Benoît Lebrun (Pointe-Claire, QC): coach of Benoit Huot, 50-metre freestyle silver medalist, World Para-swimming Championships.
Dave McDonald (Edmonton, AB): coach of Amber Thomas, 400-metre freestyle silver medalist, World Para-swimming Championships.
Sébastien Michel (Mont-Tremblant, QC): coach of para-alpine skier Josh Dueck, Paralympic silver medalist.
Craig Mortimer (Ancaster, ON): coach of Summer Mortimer, 200-metre individual medley gold medalist, World Para-swimming championships.
Lori Nichol (Stoufville, ON): coach of Patrick Chan, silver medalist, World Figure Skating Championships.
Scott Oldershaw (Burlington, ON): coach of Adam Van Koerverden, K-1 500-metre bronze medalist, World Canoe and Kayak Championships.
Jules Owchar (Edmonton, AB): coach of the Kevin Martin rink, Olympic gold medalists.
Mathieu Pelletier (Trois-Rivières, QC): coach of Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, C-1 200-metre gold medalist, World Canoe and Kayak World Championships.
Manon Perron (Boucherville, QC): coach of figure skater Joannie Rochette, Olympic bronze medalist.
Pierre Pomerleau (Charlesbourg, QC): coach of Richard Labbé, individual time trial bronze medalist, World Para-cycling Championships.
Sven Pouliot (Quebec City, QC): coach of para-alpine skier Karolina Wisniewska, Paralympic double bronze medalist.
Loren Prentice (Saskatoon, SK.): coach of Brandi Jacobson Prentice, doubles bronze medalist, World Racquetball Championships.
Paul Ragusa (Calgary, AB): coach of Carol Huynh, 48-kg bronze medalist, World Wrestling Championships.
Joe Rea (Prince George, BC): coach of the Jim Armstrong rink, Paralympic gold medalists.
Ed Richardson (Brampton, ON): coach of Adam Dukovich, Individual BC2 bronze medalist, Boccia World Championships.
Dave Robertson (Regina, SK): coach of Christine Selinger, TA K-1 silver medalist, World Canoe and Kayak Championships.
Dave Ross (Thornhill, ON): coach of Karen Cockburn, Rosie MacLennan, Samantha Sendel, and Kailey McLeod, team trampoline bronze medalists, Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.
Mark Smith (Halifax, NS): coach of Team Canada, bronze medalists, Women's World Softball Championships.
Sue Swaine (Etobicoke, ON): coach of Mike Green, doubles silver medalist, World Racquetball Championships.
Sébastien Travers (Bromont, QC): coach of Robbi Weldon, tandem gold medalist, World Para-cycling Championships.
Éric Van Den Eynde (Saint-Hilaire, QC): coach of Geneviève Ouellette, tandem bronze medalist, World Para-cycling Championships.
Xiuli Wang (Calgary, AB): coach of long track
speed skater Kristina Groves, Olympic 1500-metre silver medalist
and 3000-metre bronze medalist, and of Clara Hughes, 5,000-metre
bronze medalist.
Richard Wooles (Vancouver, BC): coach of Tara
Whitten, Omnium champion, World Cycling Championships.
Victor Zilberman (Montreal, QC): coach of Martine Dugrenier, world champion in 67-kg, World Wrestling Championships.
Marina Zoueva (Canton, Mich., USA): coach of Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
m.athletics.mcgill.ca (mobile website)