Coach Crispin Parkinson. "He's the toughest coach I ever had. I feel like I'm pretty relaxed about sport and he's pretty rigid, so he helped me to become more of a professional athlete, so we were not just skating every day but skating with a purpose every day. With Crispin I went from the middle of the pack at Canada Cups to finishing in the top five pretty consistently." (CBC Sports YouTube channel, 01 Nov 2018)

NEXT GEN TEAM
He was named on Canada's 'Next Gen' national team programme for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons. (speedskating.ca, 21 Jun 2023; sirc.ca, 28 Apr 2022)