33 Canadians heading to the World U20 Championship in Colombia in August

hilarylaurenJuly 15, 2022

Thirty-three athletes have been selected to represent Canada at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia from August 1st to 6th. Athletics Canada reported On thursday. The team consists of 19 women and 14 men, much larger than last year’s championship in Kenya (with the influence of the pandemic, Canada sent 8 women and 7 men). The team won two bronze medals.

Savannah Sutherland, A player who won the bronze medal in the women’s 400m hurdles, Heather Abadi (Bronze, high jump) is among the athletes returning with the head coach Jason Raindle For his second year in a row.

Currently, four athletes are in the top 10 of the world U20 ranking, and 10 are in the top 25.Calgary Ella Clayton, Go to the University of Oregon and compete for a medal in the women’s 400m. She was ranked 5th in the world and she achieved the world standard in 4 events, but in 2021 she became 6th in the world and she expects a performance of less than 52 400m Will focus on.

Of Toronto Almond smallAnother notable athlete, the National U20 Champion and Canadian Record Holder at 100 and 200 meters. Max Davis, He overcame his injuries in Toronto and achieved his personal best of 10 seconds at 1,500 running 3: 41.95, ranking in the top 25 in the world.

Here is the complete roster:

Player name	event	home town	club	Personal coach
Amy Candrick	Women’s 100m	Calgary	Cartaf	Jason Lindsay
Ella Clayton	Women’s 400m	Calgary	Cartaf	Christine Lavrety
Almond small	Men’s 100m & 200m	Toronto	Flying angel	Earl Redford
Tyler Floyd	Men’s 400m	Seattle	GLS Speed TC	Tatam Taylor
Daniel Kid	Men’s 200m	Edmonton	Running room	Dwight Francis
Christopher Morales-Williams	Men’s 400m	Vaughan	Speed Academy Athletics Club	Tony Sharp
Mattie Ericsson	Men’s 800m, Men’s 1500m	Nelson	Kootenay Chaos	Alex Ulaszonek
Desmond Fraser	Men’s 100m	Brampton	Brampton Truck Club Co., Ltd.	Frank Booker
Brinley McDermott	Women’s 100m & 200m	Burlington	Speed academy	Tony Sharp
Harry Knelsen	Women’s 800m	Illmer	St. Thomas Legion Track and Field	Harry Stunts
Max Davis	Men’s 1500m	Toronto	Royal City Athletic Club	Terry Rachenko
Chloe Coots	Women 1500m	Toronto	London Western Tfc	Gaishultz
Emily Martin	Women’s 200m	Barry	Toronto Racers Athletic Club	Bob Westman
Nazi Holm	Women 3000m	Antigonish	StFX Athletics Club	Eric Gillis
Chloe Thomas	Women 3000m	Dandas	Hamilton Olympic Club	Lindsay Crevoiserat
Sadie Sigfstead	Women’s 5000m	Edmonton	Edmonton Harriers	Gina Procatcho
Chloe Turner	Women’s 5000m	Calgary	Cartaf	Samantha Reed
Avery Pearson	Women’s 800m	Meadow Lake	University of Saskatchewan	Jamie Epp
Caitlin Stewart-Burnet	Women 1500m	New Westminster	Royal City Track and Field Club	Sean Dixon
Riley Flemington	Men’s 800m	Oakville	Oakville Renegade	Paula Schner
Carter Belay	Men’s 110 meters hurdles	Bellingham	disconnected	Laurent Billard
Rider King	Men’s 110 meters hurdles	Toronto	Montecristo Track Club	Godfrey James
Savannah Sutherland	Women’s 400m hurdles	Bowden	Saskatoon Athletics Club (STFC)	Jason Raindle
Benjamin Tillson	Men’s 400m hurdles	LaSalle	Border City Athletic Club	Colin Inglis
Jenna James	Women’s 400m hurdles	Milton	Golden Eagles T & F Club	Harold Rose
Izzy Goudros	Women’s heptathlon and women’s long jump	Toronto	disconnected	Keba Tourbat
Honor Ania Maka	Men’s triple jump	Sally	Vancouver Thunderbird	Iuliana Kroeger
Heather Abadi	Women’s pole vault	Ridgeway	Sogen Track Club	Joe Sara
Sonya Urbanowich	Women’s pole vault	Nanaimo	Nanaimo Track and Field	Svendonaldson
Nate Paris	Decathlon for men	Nanaimo	Nanaimo Track and Field Club	Mike Bears
Olivia Landman	Women’s 10,000M racewalking	Lantzville	University of British Columbia / Nanaimo Track and Field Club	Jerry Dragomir
Spencer Lewis	Men’s shot put	Carlton Place	disconnected	Corey Wingate
Peace Omonzane	Women’s triple jump	Brampton	Flying Angel	Paul Johnson