Posted: March 26, 2008

Athletics: Canada takes on the world at 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Watch over 50 IAAF Events Live and On-Demand at WCSN.com Wednesday, March 26, 2008 OTTAWA – The Canadian World Cross Country team will line up against athletes from 69 other countries at the 36th International Association of Athletics Federations World Cross Country Championships taking place this weekend (Sunday March 30) in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Four races will be held at Holyrood Park as part of the championships.  A senior men’s 12km and senior women’s 8km, as well as a junior men’s 8km and junior women’s 6km. Athletics Canada World Cross Country Championships page Team Canada Name Hometown Senior Women - 8km course   Alex Becker Guelph, ON Suzanne Binne-Huse Winnipeg, MB Lisa Harvey Calgary, AB Erin MacLean Timberlea, NS Elizabeth Wightman   Unionville, ON Senior Men - 12km course   Joël Bourgeois Grand-Digue, NB Trevor Caldwell Mississauga, ON Colin Fewer Harbour Main, NL James Gosselin South Porcupine, ON Alex Hutchinson Toronto, ON Spencer Morrison Vancouver, BC Derek Nakluski Kitchener, ON Cleve (Michael) Thorson Port Elgin, ON Dylan Wykes   Kingston, ON Junior Women - 6km course   Lindsay Carson Cambridge, ON Paula Findlay Edmonton, AB Tamara Jewett Toronto, ON Geneviève Lalonde Moncton, NB Kendra Schaaf Craven, SK Danelle Woods   Ottawa, ON Junior Men - 8km course   Mohammed Ahmed St. Catharines, ON Peter Corrigan Calgary, AB Matthew Hughes Oshawa, ON Aleksandr Kuternin Toronto, ON Matthew Leeder Brockville, ON Nyial Majock   Calgary, AB Team Staff   David Christiani – Head Coach Toronto, ON Melissa Dowling – Manager Ottawa, ON Jane Freure – Physiotherapist London, ON Richard Gregory – Athletic Therapist Montreal, QC Thelma Wright – Team Leader Vancouver, BC Sheila Reid from Newmarket, ON was originally named to the team but has had to pull out from competition due to an injury.  She has been replaced by Tamara Jewett of Toronto. A large component of the team heading to Scotland was recently in Orlando, Florida at the 4th NACAC Cross Country Championships.  Canada dominated the North America, Central America and Caribbean Championships winning three individual titles, five medals of a possible twelve, and three of the four team awards (see March 1st coverage of the NACAC Championships). Athletics Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of track and field, cross-country running, road running and road racing. -AC- Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest