| Sunday, March 14 2010 - 2010 Canadian Mountain Running Championships Registration Open! |
Folks,
Check out www.canmorechallenge.com to register for the 2010 Canadian Mountain Running Championships at Nikiska, AB on Friday, July 9th. All the runners in the Friday night Nikiska race will compete for a spot on the national team which will travel to Slovenia for the World Championships from September 2 to 6, 2010. The top 5 men and the top 3 women will be offered a spot on the team. The 6th man and 4th woman will be selected at large by the national team committee. Info about the World Championships is here: http://www.wmra.ch/files/calendar/WCh-2010-INFO.pdf
The Canadian Championship will run concurrently with the NACAC championships. Canada will be represented by six strong national team members:
Women
Amy Golumbia, from Calgary, AB, is the reigning Canadian Mountain Running champion, and two-time World Mountain Running Championship competitor.
Syl Corbett, from Calgary, AB, is a 4-time member of the Canadian Mountain Running team. Her best performance at the World Championships was 41st in 2003.
Emily Solsberg, from Duncan, BC, competed for Canada at both the 2008 and 2009 World Mountain Running Championships.
Men
Kris Swanson from Tumbler Ridge, BC, was third at last year's uphill only Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships.
Adrian Lambert from Edmonton, AB, is a three-time national mountain running team member. He finished 21st at the World Championships in 2007.
Jason Louttit from Squamish, BC, has represented Canada internationally on numerous occasions. His best result was a 32nd place finish at the World Championships in 2005. |
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