Lalonde and Bruchet to lead Canadian team at 2019 NACAC and World XC champs
24 athletes will represent Canada in the U20 and Senior divisions at NACAC and Worlds in 2019
Athletics Canada has just announced the teams that will be going to the 2019 NACAC Cross-Country Championships on February 16 and the Cross-Country World Championships on March 30. Twenty-four athletes will represent Canada in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (NACAC) and Aarhus, Denmark (Worlds) this winter, including ACXC national champions Genevieve Lalonde and Luc Bruchet.
Athletics Canada selects 24 athletes to represent Canada at the 2019 NACAC and IAAF World Cross Country Championshipshttps://t.co/3c69e3BVBM pic.twitter.com/LEx1awlrk9
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) November 29, 2018
The Canadian team who will race at both events. The U20 members of the team were selected based on their performance at the 2018 ACXC nationals, and the senior men and women, either by their performance at nationals or by achieving an average Top 32 world ranking standard in the qualifying period.
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The senior women’s team
| Name | Hometown | Personal Coach | Club |
| Katelyn Ayers | Orillia, Ont. | Dave Scott-Thomas | Speed River Track and Field Club |
| Geneviève Lalonde | Moncton, N.B. | Dave Scott-Thomas | Speed River Track and Field Club |
| Jessica O’Connell | Calgary, Alta. | Mike Van Tighem | University of Calgary Athletics Club |
| Andrea Seccafien | Guelph, Ont. | Nic Bideau | Melbourne Track Club |
| Claire Sumner | Calgary, Alta. | Steve Boyd | Physi-KULT |
| Natasha Wodak | North Vancouver, B.C. | Lynn Kanuka | Prairie Inn Harriers Running Club |
The senior men’s team
| Name | Hometown | Personal Coach | Club |
| Lucas Bruchet | White Rock, B.C. | Richard Lee | Vancouver Thunderbirds Track & Field Club |
| Ehab El-Sandali | Toronto, Ont. | Gary Westgate | Toronto West Athletics Running Club |
| Evan Esselink | Courtice, Ont. | Richard Lee | Unattached |
| Rory Linkletter | Calgary, Alta. | Ed Eyestone | Unattached |
| Benjamin Preisner | Milton, Ont. | Steve Gulley/Taylor Gulley | Unattached |
| Mike Tate | Heatherton, N.S. | Dave Scott-Thomas | Speed River Track and Field Club |
The women’s U20 team
| Name | Hometown | Personal Coach | Club |
| Makenna Fitzgerald | Kamloops, B.C. | Brant Stachel | Physi-KULT |
| Anne Forsyth | London, Ont. | Mike McGuire | Speed River Track and Field Club |
| Brogan MacDougall | Kingston, Ont. | Steve Boyd | Physi-KULT |
| Taryn O’Neill | Kelowna, B.C. | Malindi Elmore | Okanagan Athletics Club |
| Maggie Smith | Halifax, N.S. | Rich Lehman | HaliFAST Athletics |
| Charlotte Wood | Bracebridge, Ont. | Sean Cleary | Central Ontario Rogues |
The men’s U20 team
| Evan Burke | London, Ont. | Dave Mills | London Western Track and Field Club |
| Andrew Davies | Sarnia, Ont. | Dave Scarrow | Windsor Legion Track and Field Club |
| Joshua Desouza | Brampton, Ont. | Derek Hackshaw | Newmarket Huskies Track Club |
| Ibrahim Kedir | Toronto, Ont. | Thomas Peterson | Phoenix Athletics |
| Nicolas Mota | Newmarket, ON | Derek Hackshaw | Newmarket Huskies Track Club |
| Maximus Thiessen | Calgary, Alta. | Doug Lamont | University of Calgary Athletics Club |
