| Jeff
Adams | Men's 200m wheelchair | Toronto, Ont.
One of Canada's best known paralympians,
Adams is in his 15th year on the national team. |
| Richard
Adu-Bobie | 4x100m relay | Ottawa, Ont.
Finished seventh in the 100m at
the 2005 Canadian championships. |
| Charles
Allen | 110m hurdles | Brampton, Ont.
Placed sixth at the 2004 Athens
Olympics, posting a personal-best time of 13.23 seconds. |
| Tim
Berrett | 50km racewalk | Edmonton, Alta.
The four-time Olympian is the reigning
Canadian champion. He's won 11 national titles in his career.
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| Mark
Boswell | High Jump | Brampton, Ont.
Won the bronze medal at the 2003
world championships in Paris. |
| Nathan
Brannen | 1500m | Cambridge, Ont.
Finished second at the Canadian
championships. |
| Pierre
Browne | 100m, 4x100m | Toronto, Ont
The reigning Canadian champion in
the 100m. Was a member of Canada's Olympic team in Athens
(2004) and Sydney (2000). |
| Tyler
Christopher | 400m | Chilliwack, B.C.
Has broken the Canadian 400-metre
record twice this season. His winning time of 44.69 seconds
at a Paris event puts him No. 5 in the world this year. |
| Reid
Coolsaet | 5000m | Guelph, Ont.
The reigning Canadian champion in
5,000m. Is competing in his first world championships. |
| Dianne
Cummins | 800m | Vancouver, B.C.
The 800m Canadian champion and record
holder. Finished 14th at the 2004 Athens Olympics. |
| Tawa
Dortch | 400m hurdles | Edmonton, Alta.
The two-time Canadian champion will
be running in her first world championships. |
| Carmen
Douma-Hussar | 1500m | Cambridge, Ont.
Placed ninth at the 2004 Athens
Olympics and is ranked eighth in the world by the IAAF. |
| Dana
Ellis | Pole Vault | Kitchener, Ont.
Recorded her personal-best jump
of 4.51m at the Canadian championships earlier this year. |
| Perdita
Felicien | 100m hurdles | Pickering, Ont
The reigning Canadian and world
champion. She's looking to rebound ather her disappointing
crash at the Athens Olympics. |
| Kelsie
Hendry | Pole Vault | Saskatoon, Sask.
Currently holds the Canadian university
record. Placed third at the 2005 nationals. |
| Anson
Henry | 4x100m relay | Pickering, Ont.
Finished second in the 100m at the
2005 Canadian track and field championships. |
| Karl
Jennings | 110m hurdles | Brampton, Ont.
Ran to the 2005 Canadian title,
posting a time of 13.79 seconds. |
| Jennifer
Joyce | Hammer throw | Richmond, B.C.
Her personal-best throw is 68.22m.
She's competing in her first world championships. |
| Matthew
Kerr | 3000m steeplechase | Elora, Ont.
The Canadian champion set a new
personal-best time, 8:20.12, at a meet in Belgium earlier
this year. |
| Jarek
Kulesza | 4x100m relays | Laval, Que.
Ranked No. 5 in Canada in the 100m. |
| Priscilla
Lopes | 100m hurdles | Whitby, Ont.
Her personal-best time is 12.64
seconds. Competed for Canada at the 2004 Olympics. |
| Nicolas
Macrozonaris | 100m, 4x100m | Laval, Que.
Now ranked sixth in Canada in the
100m after two disappointing years on the track. Didn't make
it out of the qualifying heats in Athens. |
| Colin
Mathieson | 100m wheelchair | Winnipeg, Man.
Was a member of the relay team that
won bronze at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. |
| Toyin
Olupona | 100m | Orillia, Ont.
Won the 2005 Canadian 100m title
in Winnipeg. Competing in her first worlds. |
| Hank
Palmer | 4x100m relay | Dollard-des-Orme, Que.
Established a personal-best time
in the 100m, 10.28 seconds, earlier this year. |
| Gary
Reed | 800m | Kamloops, B.C.
The Canadian record holder in the
800m. Established the new benchmark, 1:44:54, at a Golden
League meet in Oslo last month. |
| Kevin
Sullivan | 1500m | Brantford, Ont.
The Canadian champion is currently
ranked 32nd in the world by the IAAF. |
| Scott
Russell | Javelin | Windsor, Ont.
The Canadian champion recored a
personal-best toss, 84.41m, at a meet in Ottawa earlier this
year. |
| Jason
Tunks | Discus | London, Ont.
The Canadian record holder. Has
competed in three Oympic Games and four world championships. |
| Angela
Whyte | 100m hurdles | Edmonton, Alta.
Finished third at the Canadian championships
and made the final at the 2004 Athens Olympics. |
| Jessica
Zelinka | Heptahlon | London, Ont.
Ranked 14th in the world. Canada's
2004 female university track and field athlete of the year.
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