Unfortunately earlier this year, U SPORTS announced their decision not to send a Canadian team to the 2022 FISU Summer University Games, see here. As a result, Athletics Canada will not have an athletics team at FISU in 2022.
In addition to this, the National Teams Committee recently announced that Canada will NOT send a team to the Pan Am U20 Championships, June 3 to June 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The reasons for this decision include:
- Final entries are required by May 13, 2022. This gives very little opportunity for U20 athletes to qualify for this event and it is unrealistic and/or unfair to select based on 2021 results due to the COVID barriers to U20s competing in summer 2021 and winter 2022. Note that the competition dates, location and entries deadline were communicated to Athletics Canada for the first time on March 15th.
- The Pan Am U20s are June 3 – 5, 2022. Most Canadian High Schools are in session during this period, and the dates clash with important domestic age group competitions.
In more positive news, the AC Selection Criteria for the 2022 NACAC Combined Events Championships and NACAC Half Marathon Championships are now available here.
Please note the declaration deadline for the Combined Events Championships is April 24, 2022 and the Half Marathon Championships is May 1, 2022.
Athletes can access the declaration form for the events here.
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