| Friday, September 18 2015 - Canadian Mountain Running Team heads to Wales for World Championships |
The Canadian Mountain Running team is one of its largest in recent memory, sending a full team of both senior men and women, as well as a full junior team, to Betys Y Coed, Wales, for the 31st World Mountain Running Championships.
The team is filled with returning runners as well as a handful of new faces. swiss replica watches
The women�s team comprises of returning runners Jessica Kaiser (Cochrane, AB), who competed last year in Casette Di Massa, Italy, and Sarah Bergeron-Larouche (Quebec, QC), a multi-time Canadian team runner who most recently competed in 2013. The veterans are joined by newcomers Marianne Hogan (Montreal, QC) and Adele Blaise-Sohnius, who currently resides in Germany.
On the men�s side, Mark Vollmer (Guelph, ON) and Kris Swanson (Tumbler Ridge, BC) are multi-time Canadian Team members, and are also joined by returning team members Calum Neff, who raced for Canada in 2013, and Oliver Bibby (Vancouver, BC), who made his debut at in Italy last year as a junior. The team is rounded out by newcomers Graeme McConnell (Calgary, AB), a University of Ottawa cross-country runner, and Jordan Maynard (Vancouver, BC), who was this year�s Canadian Long Distance Mountain Running champion in Vernon, BC.
We are very excited to have a full slate of Junior Men racing this year as well, including Quentin Milner, Hunter Sones (Squamish, BC), Austin Sutherland (North Vancouver, BC), and Jared Walsh (Saskatoon, SK). The future looks bright for Canadian Mountain Running thanks to these young elite runners.
Photos and updates from the team can also be found on the Canadian Mountain Running Association facebook page and at mountainrunning.ca.
The World Mountain Running Championships are being held Saturday, September 19, 2015 in Snowdonia, Wales, United Kingdom. To follow the races and check results, visit http://wmrcwales.org/
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