A team of six women and 11 men are set to represent Canada at the first ever World Mountain & Trail Running Championships this weekend, from Nov 3 to 6 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Team Canada will field athletes in the women’s and men’s categories in all four of the championship's senior-level events: the 80km and 40km trail races, the classic up and down and the uphill only mountain race. Several athletes, like 2021 Athletics Canada Off-Track Athlete of the Year nominee Alexandre Ricard, and 2022 Canadian vertical climb champion Sasha Gollish, will compete in multiple events over the course of the four-day championship.
Athletes are preparing for a sweltering forecast: temperatures in Chiang Mai are predicted to reach 30 degrees celsius on each day of competition. The course, laid on one of the most mountainous parts of Thailand, also presents a challenge: the uphill-only course spans nearly nine kilometres, and the 80km trail race comprises more than 5,000m of elevation.
The top three runners in all races will receive official World Championships medals, and winners will receive trophies. In addition, a total of $66,000 USD in prize money will be distributed among the top finishers of the four Senior World Championship races.
Find live results here, information on the World Mountain & Trail Running Championship Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as on the World Mountain Running Association website here.
TEAM CANADA ATHLETES FOR THE 2022 WORLD MOUNTAIN & TRAIL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP
Athlete | Event Name | Hometown | Club | Personal Coach |
Alexandre Ricard | Men's Classic Uphill & Classic Up & Down | Squamish, BC | Unattached | |
Calum Neff | Men's Short Trail (40km) | Katy, TX | Unattached | |
Dany Racine | Men's Short Trail (40km) | Victoriaville, QC | Club Citius - CITS | |
David Jeker | Men's Long Trail (80km) | Montréal, QC | Unattached | |
Jean-Philippe Thibodeau | Men's Long Trail (80km) | Victoriaville, QC | Club Citius - CITS | Reid Coolsaet |
Jeffrey Campbell | Men's Short Trail (40km) | Hong Kong, HK | Unattached | |
Joannie Desroches | Women's Long Trail (80km) | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, QC | Unattached | |
Kelsey Lepard | Women's Short Trail (40km) | Delta, BC | Unattached | Mike Murphy |
Kerri Labrecque | Women's Classic Uphill | Ottawa, ON | Unattached | Matt Daniels |
Kris Swanson | Men's Classic Uphill & Classic Up & Down | Chilliwack, BC | Unattached | |
Maika Lamoureux | Women's Long Trail (80km) | Shannon, QC | Unattached | |
Mathieu Dubé | Men's Long Trail (80km) | Terrebonne, QC | Club 3D - CA3D | Dorys Langlois |
Matt Tribe | Men's Long Trail (80km) | Oakville, ON | Unattached | |
Remi Leroux | Men's Classic Uphill & Classic Up & Down | Candiac, QC | Unattached | |
Sasha Gollish | Women's Classic Uphill & Classic Up & Down | Toronto, ON | Royal City Athletics Club | Terry Radchenko |
Shannon Penway | Women's Classic Up & Down | North Vancouver, BC | Unattached | |
Shaun Stephens-Whale | Men's Classic Uphill & Classic Up & Down | Squamish, BC | Unattached | |
Team Staff | ||||
Adrian Lambert | Head Coach | Edmonton, AB | ||
Sue Lambert | Team Manager | Edmonton, AB |