Athletics Canada names 2010 Commonwealth Games team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jessica Zelinka
August 4, 2010
OTTAWA - Athletics Canada announced a team of 40 athletes today which will compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Athletics competition at the Commonwealth Games starts October 6th and will wrap up on the 12th.
Jared Connaughton
Commonwealth Games veterans Angela Whyte of Edmonton, AB and Diane Roy from Sherbrooke, QC will lead the team into Delhi. Whyte won a silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the last Games in Australia in 2006 and also attended the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Roy won bronze in the T54 wheelchair 800 metres in 2006. Whyte and Roy are both medal contenders going into India.
Carlene Muir
Another strong medal contender in Delhi will be Kamloops’ Dylan Armstrong in the shot put. Armstrong is currently the number one ranked shot putter in the Commonwealth and his resume over the past two years is very impressive. At the Olympic Games in Beijing he was 4th and set a new Canadian Record of 21.04 metres. A year later (2009) he represented Canada at the World Championships in Berlin. So far in 2010 he has set two new Canadian records (Indoor 21.39m / Outdoor 21.58m) and was 4th at the World Indoor Championships in Doha.
“At the Commonwealth Games in Delhi we expect all athletes to perform at their highest level for this year”, comments Head Coach Alex Gardiner. “We are using the Commonwealth Games as an important benchmark for those athletes pursuing selection for the London Olympic Games. Results in Delhi will have a direct bearing on who we provide additional support for in the next two years leading to 2012. All athletes will have to prove readiness in September before we go to India or risk de-selection.”
2010 Commonwealth Games team
|
Name |
Event |
Hometown |
Coach |
|
Ruky Abdulai |
Long Jump, 4x400m |
Coquitlam, BC |
Jerrold Jones / Brit Townsend |
|
Jamie Adjetey-Nelson |
Decathlon |
Windsor, ON |
Brett Lumley |
|
Dylan Armstrong |
Shot Put |
Kamloops, BC |
Anatoliy Bondarchuk |
|
Bryan Barnett |
200m, 4x100m |
Edmonton, AB |
Quin Sekulich |
|
Josh Cassidy |
T54 1500m |
Guelph, ON |
Amanda Fader |
|
Tabia Charles |
Long Jump, Triple Jump |
Pickering, ON |
Gregory Portnoy |
|
Jean-Paul Compaore |
T54 1500m |
Sherbrooke, QC |
Jean Laroche |
|
Jared Connaughton |
100m, 200m, 4x100m |
New Haven, PEI |
Monte Stratton |
|
Diane Cummins |
800m, 4x400m |
Victoria, BC |
Mark Timmons |
|
Carly Dockendorf |
Pole Vault |
Port Moody, BC |
Pat Licari / Les Gramantik |
|
Jillian Drouin |
High Jump |
Corunna, ON |
Joel Skinner |
|
Gabriella Duclos-Lasnier |
Pole Vault |
Quebec, QC |
Francois Thenault |
|
Evan Dunfee |
20km Racewalk |
Richmond, BC |
Gerry Dragomir |
|
Nicole Edwards |
1500m |
Winnipeg, MB |
Mike McGuire |
|
Sam Effah |
100m, 4x100m |
Calgary, AB |
Brenda Van Tighem |
|
Alice Falaiye |
Long Jump |
Brampton, ON |
Wen Yong Yang |
|
Nicole Forrester |
High Jump |
Aurora, ON |
James Henry |
|
Sultana Frizell |
Hammer Throw |
Perth, ON |
Anatoliy Bondarchuk |
|
Inaki Gomez |
20km Racewalk |
Vancouver, BC |
Gerry Dragomir |
|
Kelsie Hendry |
Pole Vault |
Saskatoon, SK |
Rick & Susanne Petrucha |
|
Michael LeBlanc |
4x100m |
Riverview, NB |
Dave Hegland |
|
Michael Mason |
High Jump |
Nanoose Bay, BC |
Larry Blaschuk |
|
Taylor Milne |
1500m |
Guelph, ON |
Dave Scott-Thomas |
|
Carline Muir |
400m, 4x400m |
Edmonton, AB |
Scott Saunders |
|
Megan Muscat |
T37 100m |
St. Thomas, ON |
Kurt Downes |
|
Amonn Nelson |
400m, 4x400m |
Calgary, AB |
Branda Van Tighem |
|
Hank Palmer |
4x100m |
Lasalle, QC |
Daniel St-Hilaire |
|
Kyle Pettey |
F34 Shot Put |
Brampton, ON |
Ken Hall |
|
Adrienne Power |
200m, 4x400m |
Halifax, NS |
Peter Lord |
|
Megann Rodhe |
Hammer Throw |
Kamloops, BC |
Anatoliy Bondarchuk |
|
Leah Robinson |
T37 100m |
Petersburg, ON |
Bruce Glebe |
|
Diane Roy |
T54 1500m |
Sherbrooke, QC |
Jean Laroche |
|
Crystal Smith |
Hammer Throw |
Kamloops, BC |
Anatoliy Bondarchuk |
|
Oluseyi Smith |
4x100m |
Ottawa, ON |
Glenroy Gilbert |
|
Hilary Stellingwerff |
1500m |
Sarnia, ON |
Dave Scott-Thomas |
|
Vicki Tolton |
4x400m |
Smithers, BC |
Dave Cusano |
|
Angela Whyte |
100m Hurdles |
Edmonton, AB |
Wayne Phipps |
|
Megan Wright |
5000m |
Edmonton, AB |
Sean Cleary |
|
Jason Wurster |
Pole Vault |
Toronto, ON |
Arye Rosenoer |
|
Jessica Zelinka |
Heptathlon |
Calgary, AB |
Les Gramantik |
Team Staff and Integrated Support Team
|
Name |
Position |
Hometown |
|
Alex Gardiner |
Head Coach |
Winnipeg, MB |
|
Carla Nicholls |
Team Coach (Jumps / Combined Events) |
Regina, SK |
|
Les Gramantik |
Team Coach (Combined Events) |
Calgary, AB |
|
Christine Laverty |
Team Coach (Endurance) |
Calgary, AB |
|
Glenroy Gilbert |
Team Coach (Sprints / Relays) |
Ottawa, ON |
|
Molly Killingbeck |
Team Coach (Sprints / Relays) |
Toronto, ON |
|
Larry Steinke |
Team Coach (Throws) |
Lethbridge, AB |
|
David Greig |
Team Coach (Para-Athletics) |
Ottawa, ON |
|
Scott MacDonald |
Team Manager |
Nepean, ON |
|
Dana Way |
Biomechanist / Performance Technology |
Winnipeg, MB |
|
Wilbour Kelsick |
Chiropractor |
Port Moody, BC |
|
Richard Gregory |
Athletic Therapist |
Ottawa, ON |
|
Carolyn Daubeny |
Massage Therapist |
Vancouver, BC |
At the last Commonwealth Games (Melbourne, Australia – 2006) the track and field team came away with 13 medals including 2 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze.
For more information visit http://www.athletics.ca/page.asp?id=341.
-AC-
Emily Hooper
Coordinator, Public Relations and Corporate Services
Athletics Canada
(613) 260-5580 x.3332
