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17
03
2011

OTTAWA - The World Cross Country Championships are fast approaching coming up this Sunday March 20 in Punta Umbria, Spain.  Canada has sent a contingent of 18 athletes featuring full team entries in the junior men's and women's races as well as a

Athletics Canada – News – IAAF World Cross Country Championships Sunday

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OTTAWA – The World Cross Country Championships are fast approaching coming up this Sunday March 20 in Punta Umbria, Spain.  Canada has sent a contingent of 18 athletes featuring full team entries in the junior men's and women's races as well as a senior men's team. 

The teams qualified by way of their placing at the NACAC Cross Country Championships in mid-February.  

Toronto's Kate Harrison will represent Canada in the senior women's race having won gold at the NACAC Championships.

Team Canada at the World Cross Country Championships

Name

Hometown

Coach

Senior Men 12km

Barry Britt

Hampton, NB

Wayne Phipps

Alex Genest

Lac-aux-Sables, QC

Dave Scott-Thomas

Cameron Levins

Black Creek, BC

Eric Houle

Derek Snider

Guelph, ON

Dave Scott-Thomas

Kelly Wiebe

Regina, SK

Graeme McMaster

 

 

 

Senior Women 8km

 

 

     
     

Kate Harrison

Toronto, ON

Sean Cleary

     
     

 

 

 

Junior Men 8km

 

 

Connor Darlington

Whitby, ON

Bill Stephens

Robert Denault

Aurora, ON

Derek Hackshaw

Paul Janikowski

Lasalle, ON

Dennis Fairall / Gary Malloy

Xavier King

Ajax, ON

Dale Lapham

Andrew Kowalsky

Windsor, ON

Dave Scarrows

Ross Proudfoot

Sudbury, ON

Darren Jermyn

 

 

 

Junior Women 6km

 

 

Fiona Benson

Dawson Creek, BC

Bill Corcoran

Maria Bernard

Calgary, AB

Terry Crook

Emily Driedger

Georgetown, ON

Dave Scott-Thomas

Ciara Kary

Calgary, AB

Mike Van Tighem

Caroline Pfister

Sherbrooke, QC

Simon Croteau

Carise Thompson

Lynden, ON

Dave Scott-Thomas

 

 

 

Sunday's Schedule (local time)

·         11:30am – Junior Women's 6km Race

·         12:00pm – Junior Men's 8km Race

·         12:45pm – Women's 8km Race

·         1:40pm – Men's 12km Race

CBC will broadcast the World Cross Country Championships in April, date and broadcast time to be confirmed. For more information please visit: www.athletics.ca/page.asp?id=520.

-AC-

 

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