Posted: February 27, 2006

Athletics Canada Announces 2006 NACAC X-Country Team

February 27th 2006, OTTAWA - Athletics Canada announced today the team that will represent Canada at the 2006 NACAC (North America, Central America and Caribbean) Cross Country Championships in Clermont Florida on March 11^th.  The athletes qualified by their placing at the 2005 Canadian Cross Country Championships.

Martin Goulet, Director of Endurance Programs, believes this event will play an important role in developing Canadian distance talent. “I applaud the initiative taken by NACAC to create this new international event for cross country running.  It is an excellent development opportunity and it is also possible to use this event to improve the quality and specificity of our athlete’s preparation toward the World Cross Country Championships competition.  This new event on Athletics Canada’s national team schedule can only help strengthen our middle distance and distance running programs.”

Senior Women
Name	Hometown
Binne-Huse, Suzanne	Winnipeg, MB
Doetzel, Danette	Macklin, SK
Hennigar, Heather	Halifax, NS
Kuzyk, Cari	Vancouver, BC
Metcalfe, Megan	Edmonton, AB
Smith, Kirsty	Vancouver, BC
Senior Men
Milne, Taylor	Guelph, ON
Murphy, Taylor	Guelph, ON
Nielsen, James	Toronto, ON
Osadiuk, Steve	Nanaimo, BC
Scull, Jeff	Niagara, ON
Staples, Calvin	Kitchener, ON
Junior Women (Under 20 years of age)
Biewald, Jennifer	Ottawa, ON
McBean, Mandy	Toronto, ON
Reid, Sheila	Newmarket, ON
Shaw, Angela	Langley, BC
Van Buskirk, Kate	Brampton, ON
Woods, Danelle	Ottawa, ON
Junior Men (Under 20)
Anderson, Michael	Ajax, ON
Boorsma, Kyle	Guelph, ON
Bruce, Matthew	Oshawa, ON
Brunsting, Joseph	Stirling, ON
Currie, Cory	Brantford, ON
Dillon, Marcus	Oshawa, ON
Coaching Staff
Christiani, David	Assistant Coach
Dowling, Melissa	Manager
Gregory, Richard	Athletic Therapist
Lavallée, Sylvain	Head Coach

The junior women’s 4km race is set for 8:30AM followed by the junior men’s 6km race at 9:00AM. The senior women’s 6km start is set for 9:45AM and the senior men’s 8km will begin at 10:30AM.  All races take place on March 11^th. 

The event will provide middle and long distance runners with first rate international competition.  The bar has been set high with the objective of finishing in the top three nations in the team competition. 

Athletics Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of track and field including cross-country running and road running.  

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