UPEI hosts international track and field teams
The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), in partnership with the City of Charlottetown and Province of Prince Edward Island, is hosting an athletics training camp festival from July 7-18 for several international teams competing at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick later this month.
'We are very excited to host five countries as they prepare for the world junior athletics championships,' said UPEI athletics director Ron Annear. 'The legacies left by the 2009 Canada Games at UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place, Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre, CARI facility, artificial turf field, fitness centre and residences enable UPEI and the City of Charlottetown to be a competitive, state-of-the-art event and training camp destination on the world stage.'
UPEI worked with the 2010 Championships' organizing committee to promote UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place, built for the 2009 Canada Games, as a training camp location to participating teams. Prior to hosting the athletics competition and closing ceremony as part of the 2009 Canada Games, the athletics facility was host to the 2009 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships.
The Charlottetown training camp includes teams from Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Ukraine. In addition to using the modern sport facilities at UPEI, the approximate 300 athletes, coaches and team staff will stay at the University's residences.
The 2010 IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships takes place July 19 - 25 in Moncton and will see over 1,400 athletes representing 170 member federations competing in 44 medal events. The World Junior Athletics Championships take place every two years as part of the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) World Athletics Series. For more information on the championships, visit www.moncton2010.ca.
