The Canadian team of 11 CIS cross-country runners raced today, Apr. 14, in Poland at the 2012 FISU World Cross-country Championship. Led by UVic cross-country and track coach #Keith Butler#, the Canadian women finished fourth overall, while the men finished in ninth.
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An excellent performance by Toronto's
Tamara Jewett helped the Canadians to a men's and women's total of 46 points at the end of the race day. Jewett finished eighth and was followed by Guelph's
Carise Thompson, who finished 15
th, and Laval's
Catherine Cormier, who finished 23
rd.
Japan led the women's team standings with 21 points and Romania was close behind at 23 points. Hosts Poland edged out Canada by one point for third place with 45 points.
“Tamara Jewett's ninth-place finish was the top Canadian performance of the day,” said head coach Butler over e-mail from Poland. “It was simply outstanding. Carise Thompson had an exceptional race as well, especially for a sophomore, finishing 15
th overall.”
In the first FISU World Cross-country Championship, held in Canada in 2010, the Canadian women finished with a bronze medal.
“It is a credit to all the CIS coaches and their programs that Canada was able to finish fourth overall in the women's competition,” said Butler. “The women were only one point out of team bronze.”
On the men's side, Canada finished ninth overall and were led by UVic senior #
Clifford Childs#, who finished in 32
nd. Guelph's
Allan Brett finished 40
th and was followed by Vike #
Dylan Haight# in 48
th and Windsor's
Paul Janakowski in 49
th.
“Cliff ran like a veteran, finishing 32
nd overall against a very competitive field,” explained Butler. “Cliff was the last selection to the Canadian team so, his run showed the tremendous improvement he has made over the course of this season.
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CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Women's team standings
1. Japan (21 points)
2. Romania (23)
3. Poland (45)
4. CANADA (46)
5. Spain (57)
6. Portugal (76)
7. Algeria (78)
8. Great Britain (83)
9. Australia (87)
10. France (95)
11. China (110)
12. South Africa (115)
13. Ukraine (126)
Women's individual results (60 finishers)
1. Ancuta Bobocel, Romania, 15:48
2. Carla Salome Rocha, Portugal, 15:54
3. Roxana Birca, Romania, 15:56
9. Tamara Jewett, Canada, 16:24
15. Carise Thompson, Canada, 16:43
22. Catherine Cormier, Canada, 16:43
41. Lydia Frost, Canada, 17:29
53. Jen Bays, Canada, 18:12
Men's team standings
1. Japan (36 points)
2. Ukraine (57)
3. Algeria (61)
4. Spain (74)
5. Poland (81)
6. Australia (106)
7. France (116)
8. Austria (151)
9. CANADA (169)
10. Great Britain (183)
11. Saudi Arabia (252)
Men's individual results (70 finishers)
1. Abdelmajed Touil, Algeria, 29:11
2. Yuta Shitara, Japan, 29:15
3. Daichi Motomura, Japan, 29:22
32. Cliff Childs, Canada, 30:40
40. Allan Brett, Canada, 30:50
48. Dylan Haight, Canada, 31:02
49. Paul Janakowski, Canada, 31:05
58. Matt Walters, Canada, 31:31
60. Aaron Hendrikx, Canada, 31:39
CANADIAN ROSTER
Name University Elig * Hometown Academic Program
Women
Jen Bays Western 2 Whitby, Ont. Health Science
Catherine Cormier Laval 5 New Richmond, Que. Medicine
Lydia Frost Guelph 4 Bocabec, N.B. Human Kinetics
Tamara Jewett Toronto 3 Toronto, Ont. History/Literary Studies
Carise Thompson Guelph 2 Lynden, Ont. Applied Sciences
Originally selected but unable to attend due to an injury:
Stephanie Trenholm Victoria 3 Campbell River, B.C. Humanities
Men
Allan Brett Guelph 5 Ottawa, Ont. Master's Biological Eng.
Cliff Childs Victoria 5 Kelowna, B.C. Social Sciences
Dylan Haight Victoria 2 Victoria, B.C. Social Sciences
Aaron Hendrikx Guelph 1 Parkhill, Ont. Human Kinetics
Paul Janikowski Windsor 2 LaSalle, Ont. Human Kinetics
Matt Walters Windsor 4 North Bay, Ont. Liberal Arts
* Year of CIS eligibility used during 2011 cross country season
Head Coach: Keith Butler, University of Victoria
Assistant Coach: Gary Malloy, University of Windsor
Assistant Coach: Ingrid Ruys, University of Victoria
