Reigning AUS individual cross country champion Angus Rawling will be competing at the World University Cross Country Championship in Switzerland this Saturday, April 7th. He joins 10 other U SPORTS All-Canadian runners on the Canadian roster and is the only AUS athlete on the squad. Rawling is coming off a recent gold medal performance at the U SPORTS track & field championship where he topped the field in the 3000m race. The AUS male athlete of the year in both cross country and track & field this past season, the championship in Switzerland will be Rawling's first experience at the World University Championship on the international stage.
Complete press release from U SPORTS follows.
Sumner one of 11 All-Canadians to race at 2018 World University Cross Country Championship
TORONTO (U SPORTS) – 2017 BLG Athlete of the Year finalist Claire Sumner of the Queen's Gaels is among a group of 11 U SPORTS All-Canadians named to Team Canada for the 2018 World University Cross Country Championship in Switzerland.
Sumner, the reigning U SPORTS individual silver medalist is joined on the roster by 10 U SPORTS cross country All-Canadians, including Guelph's Mark Patton who took home U SPORTS team gold in November. A fifth-year life sciences student, Sumner (35th) along with Windsor's Stefanie Smith (32nd) return from the 2016 WUC squad, after helping Canada finish fifth in the women's competition.
Also returning from the 2016 World University Championship, Gaels assistant coach Brant Stachel will serve as head coach and team leader. Toronto Varsity Blues' Jill Mallon will serve as assistant coach, while Trinity Western therapist Katia Sanon rounds out the staff for Team Canada.
"The opportunity to represent my school and country on the international stage is an experience that never loses its novelty. Each experience is unique and has provided me with the opportunity to develop as an athlete to be competitive in international competition and to travel to several places around the world," said Sumner. "As this is my final year as a student-athlete…I plan to treasure every moment of this opportunity and to do everything I can to be successful both individually and as a team. We have an extremely talented group of Canadian cross country runners competing at this event, so I am really looking forward to seeing what we accomplish in Switzerland."
The 2018 World University Cross Country Championship will be held in St. Gallen, Switzerland on Apr. 7.
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
|
First Name |
Last Name |
School |
Elig. |
Hometown |
Program |
|
Benjamin (Ben) |
Carson |
Western |
4 |
Toronto, Ont. |
Management & Organizational Studies |
|
Aurélie |
Dubé-Lavoie |
Laval |
2 |
Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, Que. |
Law |
|
Danielle |
Jossinet |
Guelph |
3 |
Coburg, Ont. |
Biomedical Engineering |
|
Andrew |
Nebel |
Windsor |
4 |
St. Catharines, Ont. |
Criminology & Sociology |
|
Mark |
Patton |
Guelph |
3 |
Fergus, Ont. |
Environmental Governance |
|
Russell |
Pennock |
Calgary |
3 |
Calgary, Alta. |
Kinesiology |
|
Kristina |
Popadich |
Western |
4 |
Toronto, Ont. |
Business |
|
Sergio |
Raez Villanaeuva |
McMaster |
2 |
Mississauga, Ont. |
Biology (Physiology) |
|
Angus |
Rawling |
StFX |
3 |
Calgary, Alta. |
Accounting |
|
Stefanie (Stef) |
Smith |
Windsor |
5 |
London, Ont. |
Human Kinetics |
|
Claire |
Sumner |
Queen's |
5 |
Calgary, Alta. |
Life Sciences |
Head Coach / Team Leader: Brant Stachel, Queen's
Assistant Coach: Jill Mallon, Toronto
Therapist: Katia Sanon, Trinity Western