{"id":151888,"date":"2025-12-02T14:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=151888"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:10:26","slug":"canadian-team-announced-for-2026-world-xc-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/canadian-team-announced-for-2026-world-xc-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian team announced for 2026 World XC Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.ca\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/canadas-cross-country-team-unveiled-for-2026-worlds\/\">Athletics Canada<\/a> unveiled the 28 athletes who will represent the country at the 2026 World Cross-Country Championships. Selection was based on results from the <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/moh-ahmed-wins-canadian-xc-title-in-championship-return\/\">2025 Canadian Cross-Country Championships<\/a> (ACXC) in London, Ont., where, over the weekend, the nation&#8217;s best fought for prestigious national crowns and a place on Team Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The World Championships race is set for Jan. 10 at Tallahassee, Fla.&#8217;s Apalachee Regional Park, returning to the U.S. for the first time in more than three decades. The last edition of the event took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/how-to-watch-and-follow-team-canada-at-world-xc-championships\/\">Bathurst, Australia, in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for selection, Canadian athletes must have finished inside the top 10 in their respective divisions at ACXC, with Athletics Canada naming up to six runners per team.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the way for Canada are senior 10K champions <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/shakeout-podcast\/ceili-mccabe-canadas-newest-queen-of-cross-country\/\"><strong>Ceili McCabe <\/strong><\/a>and<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/moh-ahmed-wins-canadian-xc-title-in-championship-return\/\"><strong> Moh<\/strong> <strong>Ahmed<\/strong><\/a>. On Saturday, McCabe claimed her second national XC title in three years with a dominant wire-to-wire win. She stopped the clock at 32:57 to win by nearly a minute. Ahmed, <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/moh-ahmed-to-make-surprise-return-to-canadian-xc-nationals-after-13-years\/\">making his first appearance at Canadian XC nationals in 13 years<\/a>, captured his first-ever senior XC crown.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151917\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-151917 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-01184.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/443;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceili McCabe winning ACXC 2025. Photo: Graham Baird Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s open 10K<\/h2>\n<p>Ceili McCabe (Vancouver)<br \/>\n<strong>Chloe Thomas<\/strong> (Dundas, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/meet-canadas-top-ncaa-xc-performer\/\">Florence Caron<\/a> <\/strong>(La Malbaie, Que.)<br \/>\n<strong>Grace Fetherstonhaugh<\/strong> (New Westminster, B.C.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/rachel-hannah-captures-her-first-canadian-marathon-title\/\"><strong>Makenna Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/a> (Kamloops, B.C.)<br \/>\n<strong>Glynis Sim<\/strong> (Salmon Arm, B.C.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151914\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-151914 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"acxc 2025\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-02165.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/443;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moh Ahmed in men&#8217;s 10K at ACXC 2025. Photo: Graham Baird Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s open 10K<\/h2>\n<p>Moh Ahmed (St. Catharines, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong>Xavier Perras-Phaneuf<\/strong> (LaSalle, Que.)<br \/>\n<strong>Santiago Gaitan<\/strong> (Welland, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong>Matt Talbot<\/strong> (Ailsa Craig, Ont.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/london-ont-runner-breaks-moh-ahmeds-u23-5000m-record\/\"><strong>Evan Burke<\/strong> <\/a>(Kearney, Ont.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/u-sports\/philippe-morneau-cartier-completes-three-peat-at-u-sports-xc-championships\/\"><strong>Philippe Morneau-Cartier<\/strong> <\/a>(La Pocati\u00e8re, Que.)<\/p>\n<h2>8K mixed relay<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/did-a-world-athletics-ruling-keep-a-canadian-out-of-the-1500m-final\/\"><strong>Foster Malleck<\/strong><\/a> (Kitchener, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong>Jean-Simon Desgagn\u00e9s<\/strong> (Saint-Ferr\u00e9ol-Les-Neiges, Que.)<br \/>\n<strong>Kate Current<\/strong> (Cobourg, Ont.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/canadas-regan-yee-to-chase-olympic-standard-at-shanghai-diamond-league\/\"><strong>Regan Yee<\/strong><\/a> (Vancouver)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151913\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-151913 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Adrianna Buitelaar\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/@grahambaird_photo-08840.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/443;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrianna Buitelaar winning the U20 women&#8217;s title at ACXC 2025 Photo: Graham Baird Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s U20 6K<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Adrianna Buitelaar<\/strong> (Abbotsford, B.C.)<br \/>\n<strong>Kayley Torrie<\/strong> (Cochrane, Alta.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/15-year-old-phenom-wins-canadian-u18-xc-championship\/\"><strong>Eleanor Voykin<\/strong><\/a> (Toronto)<br \/>\n<strong>Zoe Mosher<\/strong> (Pleasantville, N.S.)<br \/>\n<strong>Athena Andrecyk<\/strong> (Kingston, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong>Riley Innes<\/strong> (Newmarket, Ont.)<\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s U20 6K<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chase Capes<\/strong> (Sarnia, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong>Brody Clark<\/strong> (Milton, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong>William Scharf<\/strong> (Toronto)<br \/>\n<strong>Oliver Crowe<\/strong> (St. Catharines, Ont.)<br \/>\n<strong>Saul Taler<\/strong> (Ottawa)<br \/>\n<strong>Eli Torrie<\/strong> (Cochrane, Alta.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.ca\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/canadas-cross-country-team-unveiled-for-2026-worlds\/\">here<\/a> for the full team announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National cross-country 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