Posted: July 2, 2004

Athletics: Athletics Canada Names World Junior Team

(Ottawa, June 30, 2004) – Athletics Canada is pleased to announce the national team that will attend the 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships in Grosetto, Italy, July 13 - 18, 2004. Twenty-one highly talented junior athletes will represent Canada, many of whom competed at the 2003 IAAF World Youth Championships last year in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

“The 21 athletes who have been selected to represent Canada at the world junior championships have achieved the IAAF standards and are among the finest athletes in their age class in the world” says world junior team head coach Bruce Pirnie. “I'm excited that both of our medal winners from last year's world youth championships -- shot putter Kyle Helf and 3000m steeplechaser Chris Winter -- have made the transition to the junior ranks, as well as 2002 world junior veteran Hank Palmer in the 100m and 200m”.

Selection to the team was based on meeting the IAAF qualifying standards, as well as being approved by Athletics Canada’s National Team Committee. The team will depart for Grosetto on July 8, 2004 and will return to Canada following the championship on July 19, 2004.

The following athletes have been named to the 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships team.

Team Canada World Junior Championships
(Name, Sex, Year Of Birth, Event, Performance, Hometown / Province)

Hank Palmer, M, 85, 100m, 10.41, 200m, 20.94, Dollard-des-Orme, QC
Shannon King, M, 86, 100m, 10.52, Brampton, ON
Jared Connaughton, M, 85, 200m, 21.43, Charlottetown, PEI 
Kurt Benniger, M, 85, 1500m, 3:41.95, Chepstow, ON
Michael Woods, M, 86, 1500m, 3:47.39, Ottawa, ON
Alex Genest, M, 86, 3000mSC, 8:59.04, Lac aux Sables, QC
Chris Winter, M, 86, 3000mSC, 8:57.20, North Vancouver, BC
Mike Mason, M, 86, High Jump, 2.20, Nanoose Bay, BC
Kyle Helf, M, 86, Shot Put, 17.90, Alliston, ON

Genevieve Thibault, W, 86, 100m, 11.86, Québec, QC
Rhonda-Kaye Trusty, W, 100m, 11.92, Brampton, ON
Emily Johnson, W, 87, 200m, 24.43, Guelph, ON
Carline Muir, W, 87, 200m, 24.09, Etobicoke, ON
Carline Muir, W, 87, 400m, 54.00, Etobicoke, ON
Alyson Kohlmeier, W, 86, 1500m, 4:20.64, Sarnia, ON
Jaime Cruickshank, W, 86, 100mH, 13.78, Saskatoon, SK
Frances Keating, W, 85, 100mH, 13.81, Haileybury, ON
Meredith McGregor, W, 85, 3000mSC, 11:01.15, White Rock, BC
Claire Percival, W, 87, 3000mSC, 11:08.62, Sarnia, ON
Adrianne Vangool, W, 85, Pole Vault, 4.01, Saskatoon, SK
Theresa Weibe, W, 87, Pole Vault, 3.90, Saskatoon, SK
Megan Huzzey, W, 85, 10kmRW, 50:23, Victoria, BC

Other members of Team Canada in Grosetto will include:

Head of Delegation: Catherine Bond-Mills

Team Staff:
Bruce Pirnie – Head Coach
Molly Killingbeck - Coach
Laurier Primeau - Coach
Denise Hebert - Coach
Francois Pap – Coach
Sylvia Forgrave – Team Manager
Dr. Alan Vernec – Team Doctor
Carolyn Daubeny – Massage Therapist
Julie Gardiner - Physiotherapist

For more information on the team and the 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships, please visit Athletics Canada.

Athletics Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of track and field including cross-country running and road running. Its purpose is to support high performance athletics excellence at the world level and to provide leadership in developmental athletics.

Athletics Canada is a not for profit, charitable organization operating under a board of directors elected by provincial / territorial members.