Team BC 2026
- Water Polo West
- May 2
- 2 min read
Updated: May 7
Four teams will be representing BC in this summer's Canadian Championships. This year, the tournament, formerly known as NPC, will be split into two cities. The 15U tournament will be run in Montreal from June 28 - July 1, while the 17U and 19U events will be held in Regina July 7-12.
"We're incredibly excited for Canadian Championships," said Hayley McKelvey who will be Lead Coach for the 15U and 17U Girls. "With many of our athletes returning from last year's success, we're looking forward to building on that momentum and continuing our growth while competing at a high level." Last year Team BC 15U Girls won gold and the 15U Boys took home the silver.
BC Head Coach, Branko Pekovic is pleased at how Team BC is moving forward with a better structure this year. With multiple practices for each team through May and June, there is opportunity to get some solid work done together before departures.
Branko and Hayley will be joined by Alexis Vozza who has been coaching regularly at the National Development Centre. The fourth coach will be confirmed shortly.
Congratulations to all Team BC Athletes and Good Luck at Canadian Championships!
Full rosters are below:
15U Boys
Jeevan Chandi
Basil Chen
Cruz Costa
Darren Du
Issac Fu
Liam Halsall
Dimitri Kavouris
Jalen Landry
Sean-Rae Levis
Aleksander Penev
Michael Popov
Akash Sarwal
Eason Xu
15U Girls
Marin Arvidson
Madison Berretta
Lux Brasnett
Duygu Dicleli
Shachar Eilig
Claire Feng
Ellyanna Grozdanich
Grace Gwilliam
Zaria Paez
Annika Pokoyski
Summer Sidky
Taya Smutny-Tully
Isabella Stanescu
Selina Wei
Renee Sun Zhao
17U Boys
William Butler
Sasha Cheliubeev
Joshua Chien
Matthew Doyle
Blake Janes
Anthony Povetkin
Luke Sidky
Luka Simunovic
Luka Sulstarova
Tamas Szonyi
Alvin Wang
Richard Williams
Hudson Yuan
Elvin Zhu
17U Girls
Kiana Cha
Gia Chandi
Jennifer Chey
Nora Dietsch
Kajal Eigl
Allan Hack
Hayley Hummel
Aanika Jonson
Lily Rashed
Emma Robson
Alexandra Rodionova
Adelaide Shushack
Elspeth Warren
JJ Xia
