Campbell River’s Joanna Williams will represent Canada at the 2020 World University Cross Country Championships

February 27, 2020

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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.