Trainers 2024-2025
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Brodin Driedger
Year 4, Rotman Commerce Accounting Specialist
Favourite Exercises: Deadlift, Pull ups
Favourite Liquid Memory: "LIQUID DON’T DO THIS TO ME” - 22d steer while humping his boat
What are you training for? To win
What do you enjoy about Liquid? The fun and inclusive community as well as all the degenerate stuff we get up to :)
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Kimmy Yan
Year 3, Cognitive Science and IRHR
Favourite Exercises: Pull ups
Favourite Liquid Memory: PERG sessions and annual Volume Challenge
What are you training for? That shiny gold medal
What do you enjoy about Liquid? This team is like my second family!
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Aimee Li
Year 2, Pharmacology and Nutrition Science
Favourite Exercises: plank
Favourite Liquid Memory: the regattas, everyone is so hyped at those times and you get to see how our hard work pays off.
What are you training for? personal fitness as well as improving for the team, and my goal this season is to be able to do one full pull-up
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Liquid is just an incredible team to be a part of! All the execs are super approachable and supportive, and we try to have a lot of fun with multiple socials throughout the season. On top of that, we put in the hard work and bring home the medals.
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Anne Lee
Year 4, Rotman Commerce Management
Favourite Exercises: Bench Press
Favourite Liquid Memory: Gelato in Italy with the team :D
What are you training for? To be able to knock an average-build, relatively fit person out with a single punch
What do you enjoy about Liquid? I love my teammates and their thirst to improve!!
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Benji Ma
Year 4, Rotman Commerce Accounting
Favourite Exercises: DEADLIFT
Favourite Liquid Memory: THROWING DANIEL AND BRODY (PAST CAPTAINS) INTO THE LAKE AT ISLANDS
What are you training for? HIT 225 BENCH AND DOUBLE DIGIT DEADLIFTS WITHIN 2025
What do you enjoy about Liquid? FOR ITS SENSE OF COMMUNITY WHETHER IN THE GYM, AT SOCIALS, OR EVEN WHEN WE'RE SUFFERING TOGETHER AT THE LIBRARY DURING EXAM SEASON
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Chloe Chau
Year 4, Rotman Commerce Management
Favourite Exercises: Pull ups, Bulgarian Split Squats
Favourite Liquid Memory: toronto islands
What are you training for? to get stronger!
What do you enjoy about Liquid? the encouraging environment to improve in the gym
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Crystal Zhao
Year 2, Animal Physiology and Health and Disease
Favourite Exercises: Bench Press
Favourite Liquid Memory: Liquid Retreat
What are you training for? Get a pull up and run faster
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Good vibes, good friends, good alcohol
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Emily Zhang
Year 2, Rotman Commerce
Favourite Exercises: Hip thrust, lat pulldown, bench press
Favourite Liquid Memory: CCWC
What are you training for? Personal health & fitness, it's also fun!
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Being able to train with others and meet new people
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Ethan Wu
Year 4, Applied Statistics
Favourite Exercises: pull ups, hip thrust
Favourite Liquid Memory: seeing the northern lights at the team retreat
What are you training for? im training to become the best paddler I can be and win nationals
What do you enjoy about Liquid? I love liquid because it's not just a team or club to me, it's my family
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Jason Zhang
Year 2, Rotman Commerce Accounting Specialist
Favourite Exercises: Pull Ups
Favourite Liquid Memory: The Team Retreat
What are you training for? Get stronger together and podium and nationals
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Everyone in liquid can get along so well with each other
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Jasper Spoor
Year 2, Rotman Commerce
Favourite Exercises: Pushups and Squats
Favourite Liquid Memory: Toronto Islands
What are you training for? I’m training to one day do a triathlon
What do you enjoy about Liquid? I enjoy liquid for the community/people
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Jordan Justin Desouza
Year 2 Life Sci
Favourite Exercises: Hammer curls
Favourite Liquid Memory: All our time in Italy
What are you training for? To improve my strength, fitness, and mental fortitude
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Perfect place to make new friends who support and push you to become your best self.
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Josh Cheng
Year 4, Rotman Commerce Finance and Economics
Favourite Exercises: incline dumbbell press and bicep curls
Favourite Liquid Memory: nats (all of it)
What are you training for? 315 bench press and for overall health
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Super down to earth people, you will be pushed hard but it feels like a family at the end of the day
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Kit Cheung
Year 100, Rotman Commerce, Management Specialist focusing in Data Science and Strategy
Favourite Exercises: Single Arm Lat Row
Favourite Liquid Memory: Bantering and vibing in the >2hr long car rides with the team
What are you training for? Training for an upcoming triathlon, competitive swimming season, and 2025 dragonboat season!
What do you enjoy about Liquid?
The people, the culture, and the vibes (best vibes out of all UofT dragonboat teams)
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Mark Wang
Year 2, Rotman Commerce
Favourite Exercises: Squats
Favourite Liquid Memory: My first Liquid regatta at Milton!
What are you training for? Raising my fitness level to where I can be a valuable contributor on the boat
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Everyone on the team is extremely supportive and wants to help you succeed!
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Mateo Valderrama
Year 4, Rotman Commerce Finance and Economics
Favourite Exercises: seated row and incline dumbbell press
Favourite Liquid Memory: seeing the northern lights at liquid retreat
What are you training for? Overall wellbeing, mental health, and to see how muscularly push my body
What do you enjoy about Liquid?
Family aspect, liquid feels like more than just a team
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Nicole Lee
Year 2, Rotman Commerce Finance and Economics
Favourite Exercises: Bench press
Favourite Liquid Memory: Italy !!!
What are you training for? Gold medal
What do you enjoy about Liquid? It’s so funsies (>w<)/
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Rachel Ma
Year 4, Rotman Commerce, Management Specialist, Focuses in Data Science and Marketing
Favourite Exercises: bench and cable row
Favourite Liquid Memory: every single retreat :D
What are you training for? new pull-up PR by February!
What do you enjoy about Liquid? accountability in fitness, genuine friendship & community, unforgettable memories throughout the whole year!
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Richard He
Year 4, Rotman Commerce Management
Favourite Exercises: Pull ups
Favourite Liquid Memory: Watching the aurora borealis during the retreat this year
What are you training for? To win that CNE hanging challenge one day
What do you enjoy about Liquid?
I love the tight-knit community, I’ve met some of my closest friends here
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Ryan Harpe
Year 2, Rotman Commerce Finance and Economics
Favourite Exercises: Lat pull downs and Dips
Favourite Liquid Memory: That one practice when we were dragging a tire on the boat
What are you training for? Get into the top 3 in Montreal, also perhaps the Canadian National team for 2027
What do you enjoy about Liquid? Every single person on the team is a genuinely cool teammate and it’s incredibly motivating to see passion and dedication from the other people on the team
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Shawn Chen
Year 2, Rotman Commerce Finance and Economics
Favourite Exercises: Pull ups, bench press
Favourite Liquid Memory: seeing the sunrise with the team every water practice
What are you training for? pulling 400m on erg
What do you enjoy about Liquid? the community, everyone is so welcoming. Also working out and trying to stay fit