Posted: April 9, 2008

Athletics: Athletics Canada announces 2008 Team 2012 Athlete Identification List

Watch over 50 IAAF Events Live and On-Demand at WCSN.com Wednesday, April 09, 2008 OTTAWA – Athletics Canada announced today the 2008 edition of Team 2012, the athlete identification program for the 2012 Olympic Games.  The program also serves to encourage developing athletes to transition to high performance teams, and recognize coach / athlete partnerships required to achieve world class success.  Initiated in 2007, Team 2012 evolves on a yearly basis to eventually closely resemble the team which will be named to compete at the London Games.  The program contains three categories of recognition: Gold – Athletes born in 1980 or later identified on the Road to Excellence program as targeted athlete or carded under the “international” criteria Silver – Carded athletes part of the national team program born in 1982 or later, with exceptions for 1981 birthdays members of a major national team. Bronze – Athletes nominated by their provincial branch and who display evidence of national and international competition success born in 1984 or later, with exceptions for athletes part of a targeted event born in 1982. 2008 Team 2012 Name (DOB) Event Coach Club Gold     Dylan Armstrong (81) Shot put Anatoliy Bondarchuk Kamloops Track and Field Brian Barnett (87) 200m Quin Sekulich Capital City Nate Brannen (82) 1500m Ron Warhurst Tri City Track Club Tyler Christopher (83) 400m Kevin Tyler Legacy Athletics Perdita Felicien (80) 100mH Gary Winkler Over the Top Adam Kunkel (81) 400mH Kevin Tyler Legacy Athletics Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (82) 100mH Anthony McCleary Elite Edge Gary Reed (81) 800m Wynn Gmitroski Pacific Athletics Jim Steacy (84) HT Larry Steinke Chinook Track and Field Angela Whyte (80) 100mH Wayne Phipps Unattached Jessica Zelinka (81) Hep   Les Gramantik Unattached Silver     Jamie Adjetey-Nelson (84) Dec Dennis Fairall Windsor Legion Richard Adu-Bobie (85) Relay Glenroy Gilbert Ottawa Lions Esther Akinsulie (84) 400m Hugh Conlin Ottawa Lions Simon Bairu (83) 10km Jerry Schumacher / S. Gersten Queen City Striders Kurt Benninger (85) 1500m Geordie Farrell Saugeen Track & Field Club Massimo Bertocchi (85) Dec Andy Higgins University of Toronto Megan Brown (85) 1500m Hugh Cameron Newmarket Huskies Tabia Charles (85) TJ Desai Williams Elite Edge Jared Connaughton (85) Relay Monte Stratton Sparta Athletics Andrew Ellerton (83) 800m Ron Warhurst Track North Sultana Frizell (84) HT Anatoliy Bondarchuk Ottawa Lions Julia Howard (83) 800m Brit Townsend Valley Royals Kelsie Hendry (82) PV Rick Petrucha Riverdale Athletics Rebecca Johnstone (84) 800m Brit Townsend Valley Royals Mike Leblanc (87) Relay Dave Hegland SE Athletics Matt Lincoln (82) 1500m Bill Stephens Phoenix AA Mike Mason (86) HJ Laurier Primeau Valley Royals Megan Metcalfe (82) 5000m Sean Cleary Edmonton Sprint Academy Carline Muir (87) 400m Kevin Tyler Legacy Athletics Adrienne Power (81) 200m Peter Lord Halifax Tigers Gavin Smellie (86) Relay Erik Jenkins / Marc Christie Mississauga Track and Field Crystal Smith (81) HT Jud Logan Unattached Hilary Stellingwerff (81) 1500m Dave Scott-Thomas Speed River Track & Field Club Geneviève Thibault (86) 100m Kevin Tyler Legacy Athletics Justyn Warner (87) Relay Bill Stephens / Anthony D’Oliveira   Phoenix AA Bronze     Ruky Abdulai (85) LJ Brit Townsend / Jerrod Jones / Tom Dickson Valley Royals Track & Field Club Caitlain Bailey (88) 800m Randy Thomas Unattached Lindsay Carson (89) 1500m Peter Grinbergs / Dave Scott-Thomas Tri-City Jessica Czaikowski (84) 100m Ken Lansing South Simcoe Dufferin Andrew Dargie (87) 400m John Cannon Unattached Jillian Drouin (86) Hep Joel Skinner Sarnia Athletics Southwest Gabriella Duclos-Lasnier (88) PV Jean Lépine Rouge et Or Nicole Edwards (86) 1500m Diane Sproll / Mike McGuire Unattached Nathalie Geiger (90) 400m Dave Hunt University of Toronto Alex Genest (86) SC Pierre Thibodeau Phenix Justin Greif (87) SP Alex Johnstone Tisdale Track Geoff Harris (87) 800m Dan Hennigar Halifax Tigers Andrew Heaney (88) 800m Bill Stevens Phoenix AA Kimberley Hyacinthe (88) 200m Daniel St-Hilaire St-Laurent Sélect Adam Johnson (88) 400m Craig Blackman I Be Fast Track Club Natasha Issajenko (89) 100m,200m Angela Issanjenko Mississauga Track & Field Club Geoff Kerr (84) 1500m Doug Lamont University of Calgary Shannon King (86) 100m Desai Williams Elite Edge Rachel Lavallée (86) RW Stafford Whalen Etobicoke Track & Field Club Jenna Martin (88) 400m Erin Tucker Athletics East Nova Scotia Yvonne Mensah (85) 100m Gary Winkler Unattached Sabrina Nettey (90) 100m Mike Murray Kajacks Track and Field Keynan Parker (90) 100m Winston Rechord Burnaby Striders Emmanuel Parris (82) Relay Kevin Tyler Legacy Athletics Jessica Parry (91) 800m D. Mills / J. Takahashi London Western Sherraine Pencil (85) 200m Wellesley Johnson Project Athletics Jonathan Reid (88) 400m Amber Larson Unattached Adam Seabrook (85) 400m J. Crossley London Western Jessica Smith (89) 800m Ashley Weber Norwesters Heather Steacy (88) HT Larry Steinke Chinook Track and Field Brianne Theisen (88) Hep Todd Johnson Theisen Track Nathan Vadeboncoeur (84) 400m Self-coached Winnipeg Optimist Athletics Sarah Wells (89) 400mH Dave Hunt University of Toronto Danelle Woods (89) SC Ray Elrick Ottawa Lions Mike Woods (86) 1500m Ian Clark Ottawa Lions Jason Wurster (84) PV Arye Rosenoer University of Toronto **HT=Hammer throw / SP=Shot put / / LJ=Long jump / TJ=Triple jump / PV=Pole vault / SC=Steeplechase / mH=hurdles / HJ=High jump / RW=Race walk 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