The Piranhas Dragon Boat Club is a highly competitive mixed-gender crew that competes in the increasingly competitive Eastern Canadian Dragon Boat Racing circuit. The crew recently finished 7th overall at the 2003 North American Club Crew Championships and has been ranked as high as 7th in Eastern Canada.

Coached by Rob Chang, the Piranhas are a crew of carefully selected athletes whose ages range from the early 20s to early 30s. Most athletes on the team have competed at a high level in other sports such as rowing, cycling, track and field (sprints and hurdles), cross-country and long-distance, wrestling, football, powerlifting, rugby, diving, figure skating and karate. The crew's unity is grounded in the similiar personalties and interest of its members, all of whom share a passion for paddling and personal improvement through sport.

Success is pervasive in the team's culture, and this manifests itself off the water as well. The crew's athletes are also successful young professionals from a wide variety of industries, and upper-year undergraduate/graduate students. Our athletes have included teachers, medical students, engineers, personal trainers, investment analysts, teachers, and consultants within the business services industry and a physiotherapist.

The Piranhas are looking forward to the 2004 dragon boat season and hope to build upon their past successes, in what promises to be an exciting season.

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