OTTAWA – Athletics Canada announced today a team of 42 athletes to compete at the IAAF World Junior Championships July 22 through 27 in Eugene, Oregon.
Carla Nicholls, World Junior Championships Head Coach; “I am thrilled to be heading the next generation of Canadian success at the IAAF World Junior Championships. This championship is pivotal in the career of our junior athletes, and in their pathway to high performance success. Many world class athletes begin their pathway to international success at the World Junior Championships.” Coach Nicholls adds; “The coach and support staff is well experienced and prepared to provide an environment that will allow these athletes to compete at their very best when it counts.”
Team Canada – 2014 World Junior Championships
| Name | Event | Hometown | Personal Coach |
| Mariam Abdul-Rashid | 400m Hurdles | Oshawa, ON | Patrick Russell |
| Marek Adamowicz | 10km Race Walk | St-Bruno, QC | Robert Bonenberg |
| Bolade Ajomale | 100/200m | Richmond, ON | Earl Letford |
| Brandon Allan | 3,000m Steeplechase | Amherstburg, ON | Dave & Chris Scarrow |
| Katelyn Ayers | 800m/1500m | Orillia, ON | Dave Scott- Thomas |
| Deion Barker | Relay | Mississauga, ON | Erwin Turney |
| Daniel Brady | Relay | Toronto, ON | Adrian Roberts |
| Christian Brennan | 400m | Hamilton, ON | George Kerr |
| Natasha Brown | 100m | Edmonton, AB | Antoine Boussombo |
| Leya Buchanan | 200m | Mississauga, ON | Tony Sharpe |
| Kendra Clarke | Relay | Edmonton, AB | Dwight Francis |
| Asianna Covington | Hammer Throw | Vancouver, BC | Richard Collier |
| Joshua Cunnigham | 400m | Markham, ON | Lennox Graham |
| Stevens Dorcelus | Long Jump | Montreal, QC | Bogdan Tarus |
| Georgia Ellenwood | Heptathlon | Langley, BC | Nate Davis / Dwayne Lotnick |
| Agnes Esser | Discus | Victoria, BC | Sheldan Gmitroski |
| Andre Ford-Azonwanna | 100/200m | Toronto, ON | Desai Williams & Karl Gray |
| Jillian Forsey | 5000m | Kippens, NL | Sean Cleary |
| Allison Harris | Pole Vault | Toronto, ON | Tom Moss |
| Robert Heppenstall | 800m | Hamilton, ON | Phillip Steel |
| Jesse Hooton | 10,000m | North Vancouver, BC | Marek Jedrzejek |
| Jared Kerr | 400m Hurdles | Brampton, ON | Earl Letford |
| Justyn Knight | 5,000m | Vaughan, ON | Terry Radchenko |
| Jessy Lacourse | 3000m Steeplechase | Victoriaville, QC | Jacques Hince |
| Alexandra Lucki | 1500m | Toronto, ON | Gary Westgate |
| Sade McCreath | 100m | Pickering, ON | Micheal Dwyer |
| Heather Petrick | 3000m/5000m | Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON | Dave Scott- Thomas |
| Ben Preisner | 3,000m Steeplechase | Milton, ON | Jeff Haller |
| Madeline Price | 400m | Hillsborough, BC | Mark Mueller |
| Lucanus Robinson | Relay | Montreal, QC | Mike Strange |
| Nicole Setterington | 100m Hurdles | London, ON | Brandon Hon / Ken Harnden |
| Taylor Sharpe | Relay | Pickering, ON | Tony Sharpe |
| Jordan Sherwood | 400m Hurdles | Cambridge, ON | Nathan Taylor |
| Elijah Silva | 800m | Toronto, ON | Steven Gulley |
| Gabriella Stafford | 3000m | Toronto, ON | Terry Radchenko |
| Erinn Stenman-Fahey | 800m | Ottawa, ON | Lorraine Mckenzie-Presley |
| Mike Tate | 1,500m | Heatherton, NS | Chris MacKinnon & Eric Houle |
| Ashley Taylor | 400m Hurdles | Burlington, ON | Adrian Roberts |
| Tia Thevenin | 100m Hurdles | Ajax, ON | Colin Lewis |
| Graeme Thompson | 400m | Port Hope, ON | Tony Sharpe |
| Raquel Tjernagel | 200m | New Westminster, BC | Tara Self |
| Regan Yee | 3000m Steeplechase | South Hazelton, BC | Mark Bomba |
At the last World Junior Championships Canadian athletes set 13 personal bests and two Canadian junior records.
