LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western's
Joanna Williams (Campbell River, B.C.) will represent Canada at the 2020 World University Cross Country Championships, as the fifth-year runner is part of a 12-athlete contingent named to the Canadian team that will compete in Marrakesh, Morocco on March 7
th.
This past fall, Williams had a breakout cross country season with the Spartans. She opened the 2019 season with a first-place finish at the Central Washington University Invitational, before following it up by winning the Vikes Invitational in Victoria two weeks later.
Williams continued rolling by winning a bronze medal at the Canada West Championships in Calgary, before a career-best 10
th-overall finish at the U SPORTS Championships in Kingston, Ont.
Her last appearance this season came at the Canadian Championships in Abbotsford, B.C., where she finished 19
th overall.
The
2020 FISU World University Cross Country Championships on March 7
th opens with the women's race at 2:30 a.m. PT / 5:30 a.m. ET, followed by the men's race at 3:30 a.m. PT / 6:30 a.m. ET. Live streaming is available on
FISU.TV.
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
| First Name |
Last Name |
School |
Hometown |
Elig. |
Program |
| Marley |
Beckett |
Queen's |
North Vancouver, B.C. |
3 |
Engineering |
| Kara |
Blair |
Queen's |
Westport, Ont. |
4 |
Kinesiology & Health Studies |
| Kate |
Current |
Western |
Cobourg, Ont. |
4 |
Engineering |
| Joanna |
Williams |
Trinity Western |
Campbell River, B.C. |
5 |
Psychology |
| Elizabeth |
Laurie |
Laurier |
Kitchener, Ont. |
4 |
Communications Studies |
| Élodie |
De Coene |
Montreal |
Laval, Que. |
3 |
Medicine |
| Josh |
Martin |
Windsor |
Courtice, Ont. |
4 |
Business |
| Nicholas |
D'Alessandro |
Windsor |
Hamilton, Ont. |
4 |
Human Kinetics |
| Félix |
Lapointe-Pilote |
Laval |
Saguenay, Que. |
2 |
Industrial Relations |
| Royden |
Radowits |
Alberta |
Drayton Valley, Alta. |
4 |
Kinesiology Sport & Rec |
| Joshua |
Zilles |
Windsor |
Kitchener, Ont. |
4 |
Human Kinetics |
| Robert |
Kanko |
Queen's |
Toronto, Ont. |
5 |
Mechanical & Materials Eng. |
TEAM STAFF
Head Coach: Brant Stachel, UBC
Assistant Coach: Félix-Antoine Lapointe, Laval
Medical : Alexandra Yaworski, Alberta
For more on the 2020 World University Cross Country Championships, visit
http://www.wuccrosscountry2020.com or
https://www.fisu.net/sports/cross-country.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships, 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.
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