For any athlete it seems like an eternity when waiting for your name to be called to represent your Country at any event.
Such was the case for eight athlete’s who were named by Athletics Canada will travel to Chiba City in Japan to take part in the 2014 Chiba Ekiden Road Race.
The event is a mixed gender relay where Men and Women alternate legs to cover the marathon distance of 42.195-kilometres and takes place November 24 of this year.
The race comprises of a Men’s 5km, Women’s 5km, Men’s 10km,Women’s 5km, Men’s 10km and finally a Women’s 7.195km.
Lanni Marchant (London), Jessica O’Connell (Calgary), Rachel Cliff (Vancouver), and Natasha Labeaud (Kelowna), are representing Canada in the Women’s.
Marchant finished fourth in the marathon at this year’s Commonwealth Games and is the current Canadian record holder in the event.
O’Connell has had a stellar season representing the Americas at the IAAF Continental Cup and won Canadian titles in both the 5000-metres at the Canadian Track & Field Championships and the Canadian 5km Road Race Championships.
Cliff was runner-up to O’Connell in the 5000-metres and represented Canada at the 2013 World Cross Country Championships.
Labeaud finished on the podium with a third place at this year’s Canadian 10km Road Race Championships.
Representing Canada’s for the Men are Lucas Bruchet (White Rock), Pier-Olivier Laflamme (L’Ancienne-Lorette), Sami Jibril (Toronto), and Kelly Wiebe (Swift Current).
Over the past year Bruchet has shown range winning the senior title at the 2013 Canadian Cross Country Championships and breaking four minutes in the mile.
Laflamme was on the podium representing Canada at the 2014 Canadian 5km Championships.
Jibril is known as “Mr. Consistent” on the roads for Canada placing third in both the 5km and 10km Canadian Championships.
Wiebe represented Canada at the last two IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Team Canada – 2014 Chiba Ekiden
WOMEN
Rachel Cliff
Natasha Labeaud
Lanni Marchant
Jessica O’Connell
MEN
Lucas Bruchet
Sami Jibril
Pier-Olivier Laflamme
Kelly Wiebe
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