Orienteering Canada is pleased
to announce that the following athletes have been preliminarily
selected to represent Canada at the 2014 Junior World Orienteering
Championships, or JWOC. This championship will be held in Borovets, Bulgaria
from July 21-27, 2014 (website: http://jwoc2014.bg).
Team
Canada
Pia
Blake (Whitehorse, YT)
Emma
Sherwood (Calgary, AB)
Alexander
Bergstrom (Ottawa, ON)
Trevor
Bray (Whitehorse, YT)
Robbie
Graham (Ottawa, ON)
Michael
Svoboda (Calgary, AB)
Adam
Woods (Coquitlam, BC)
Athlete profiles are available
by clicking on the name of each athlete above.
At JWOC, there is a
sprint, a middle, and a long distance race, as well as a 3-person team relay.
Each athlete will run in the sprint, middle, and long races. The relay team
will be announced at a later date.
“We’re very excited to
be sending our young, up and coming athletes to Europe to compete at JWOC”,
said Alison Price, chairperson of the High Performance Committee. “These
athletes have all worked hard to earn their spot on the team, and we are
looking forward to supporting them in competition this summer.”
“This team is a mix of
new and returning Team Canada athletes,” said Charlotte MacNaughton, Executive
Director of Orienteering Canada. “It’s very exciting for the future of elite
orienteering to have such an eager team representing Canada in Europe this
year.”
Orienteering Canada
would like to acknowledge and thank Team Leader Stefan Bergstrom, who will
accompany the athletes to JWOC.
Mark your calendars, and let's cheer for Canada's up and coming athletes at JWOC! GO CANADA GO!
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