Posted: May 23, 2007

Athletics Canada launches “Team 2012 Athlete Identification Program”

May 23 2007, OTTAWA – Athletics Canada announced today the launch of the Team 2012 Athlete Identification Program (Team 12) for the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in London, England.  Team “12” features three levels of recognition in which athletes and their coaches are eligible to be identified based on their 2012 podium potential.  The program will progress as we get closer to the 2012 Games with the full list of athletes in the Gold, Silver and Bronze levels updated on a yearly basis.  The objective being that the list will evolve as the Games approach, to eventually closely resemble the team which will be named to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games.    2007 “Team 12” GOLD Category “A” Name (YOB) Event Club – Province Coach Tyler Christopher (83) 400m Legacy Athletics – AB Kevin Tyler Perdita Felicien (80) 100m Hurdles Independent – ON Gary Winkler Priscilla Lopes (82) 100m Hurdles Independent – ON Anthony McCleary Gary Reed (81) 800m Pacific Athletics – BC Wynn Gmitroski Angela Whyte (80) 100m Hurdles Unattached – AB Wayne Phipps Jessica Zelinka (81) Heptathlon University of Calgary Athletics Club – AB Les Gramantik Category “B” Nathan Brannen (82) 1500m Tri City Track Club – ON Ron Warhurst Jennifer Joyce (80) Hammer throw Kajaks Track and Field Club – BC Chris Huffins Adam Kunkel (81) 400m Hurdles Legacy Athletics – AB Kevin Tyler James Steacy (84) Hammer throw Chinook Track and Field Club – AB Larry Steinke Category “C” Dylan Armstrong (81) Shot put Kamloops Track and Field Club – BC Dr. Anatoly Bondarchuk SILVER Category “A” 4x100m and 4x400m relay pool athletes identified through the Canadian Sports Review Panel Richard Adu-Bobie (85) 4x100m Relay Ottawa Lions – ON Glenroy Gilbert Brian Barnett (87) 4x400m Relay Capital City Track Club – AB Quin Sekulich Denison Collins (83) 4x100m Relay York University Track and Field Club – ON Desai Williams Jared Connaughton (85) 4x100m Relay PEI Colin MacAdam Andrew Dargie (87) 4x400m Relay Calgary International – AB John Cannon Emanuel Parris (82) 4x100m Relay Sherbrooke – QC Richard Crevier Nathan Taylor (83) 4x100m Relay Metro Athletic Club – BC Derek Hansen Nathan Vadeboncoeur (84) 4x400m Relay Winnipeg Optimist – MB Laurier Primeau Justyn Warner (87) 4x100m Relay Etobicoke Track and Field Club – ON Tony D’Oliveira, Clifford Linton Category “B” Esther Akinsulie (84) 400m Ottawa Lions – ON Hugh Conlin Megan Brown (85) 1500m Newmarket Huskies Track and Field Club – ON Hugh Cameron Tabia Charles (85) Triple jump Power Athletics – ON Gregory Portnoy Mark Dillon (84) High jump University of Toronto Track and Field Club – ON Dave Hay, Carl Georgevski Michael Mason (84) High jump Valley Royals Track and Field Club - BC    Laurier Primeau Alex Genest (86) 3000m Steeplechase Phoenix – QC Pierre Thibodeau Julia Howard (83) 800m Valley Royals Track and Field Club – BC Brit Townsend Kimberley Hyacinthe (89) 100m St-Laurent Sélect – QC Daniel St-Hilaire Megan Metcalfe (82) 5000m Edmonton Thunder – AB Sean Cleary Carline Muir (87) 400m Legacy Athletics – AB Kevin Tyler Hank Palmer (85) 200m St-Laurent Sélect – QC Daniel St-Hilaire Lauren Seibel (82) 400m Ottawa Lions – ON Andy McInnis Trevor Snyder (82) Javelin throw Windsor Legion Track and Field Club – ON Don Babbit Geneviève Thibault (86) 100m Laval Rouge et Or – QC Fabrice Akué Mike Woods (86) 1500m Ottawa Lions – ON Ron Warhurst BRONZE Kaitlyn Andrews (88) Shot put Independent – ON Bruce Andrews, Peter Dalja Simon Bairu (83) 10000m Queen City Striders – SK Jerry Schumacher Marie-ève Boiselle (86) Hammer throw St-Jean Olympique – QC Jesus Ulloa Lopez Corri-Ann Campbell Fell (88) 400m Hurdles Vancouver Thunderbirds – BC Laurier Primeau John Carle (83) 800m Montréal Olympique – QC Sylvain Lavallée Adam Currie (86) 800m Montréal Olympique – QC Sylvain Lavallée Gabriella Duclos-Lasnier (88) Pole vault Laval Rouge er Or – QC Jean Lépine Evan Dunfee (90) 5km Race walk Kajaks Track and Field Club – BC Gerry Dragomir Nicole Edwards (86) 1500m Winnipeg Optimist – MB Dianne Sproll, Mike McGuire Andrew Ellerton (83) 800m Track North Athletic Club – ON Ron Warhurst Sultana Frizell (84) Hammer throw Ottawa Lions – ON Boris Zaltchouk Elizabeth Gleadle (88) Javelin throw Vancouver Thunderbirds – BC Laurier Primeau Geoff Harris (87) 800m Halifax Tigers – NS Dan Hennigar Kyle Helf (86) Shot put Independent – ON Don Babbit Natasha Issajenko (89) 200m I Be Fast Track Club – ON Angela Issajenko Bevin Kennelly (84) 3000m Steeplechase Prince George Track Club – BC Wayne Phipps Rachel Lavallée (86) 20km Race walk Etobicoke Track and Field Club – ON Stafford Whalen Matt Lincoln (82) 1500m Phoenix Athletics Association – ON Bill Stevens Jenna Martin (88) 400m Athletics East Nova Scotia – NS Charles Scarrow Amber McGown (83) 1500m Tisdale Track – SK Harvey Weber Curtis Moss (87) Javelin throw Unattached – BC Tom Neilsen Novelle Murray (84) Discus throw Unattached – BC Garret Collier Robbie Nissen (83) 3000m Steeplechase Edmonton Thunder – AB Glen Playfair Lem Lem Ogbasllassie (87) 800m St-Laurent Sélect – QC Djamel Boukari Taylor Petrucha (87) Pole vault University of Saskatchewan Huskies – SK Rick Petrucha Wesley Rehel (82) 400m Hurdles St-Laurent Sélect – QC Rashed Din Brian Roppelt (83) 800m Edmonton Thunder – AB Glen Playfair Adam Seabrook (85) 400m Hurdles London Western Track and Field Club – ON John Crossley Oluseyi Smith (87) 100m Ottawa Lions – ON Glenroy Gilbert Brianne Theisen (88) Heptathlon Saskatoon Track and Field Club – SK Todd Johnston Darolyn Trembath (82) 1500m Bison Track and Field Club – MB Claude Berube Sarah Wells (89) 400m Hurdles University of Toronto Track and Field Club – ON Dave Hunt Danelle Woods (89) 3000m Steeplechase Ottawa Lions – ON Ray Elrick Krista Woodward (84) Javelin throw Unattached – BC Don Babbit Jason Wurster (84) Pole vault University of Toronto Track and Field Club – ON Arye Rosencer 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 the pursuit of leadership, development and competition that ensures world-level performance in athletics.