The Langley Mustangs trio of Robyn Buckingham (left to right), Teagan Rasche and Brittni Wolcyzk are representing Canada at the world youth track and field championships from July 10 to 14 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

The Langley Mustangs trio of Robyn Buckingham (left to right), Teagan Rasche and Brittni Wolcyzk are representing Canada at the world youth track and field championships from July 10 to 14 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

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Three Langley athletes will represent Canada at the world youth track and field championships

The hard work has paid off for a trio of young Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club athletes as they have qualified to represent Canada.

The trio — Brittni Wolcyzk, Teagan Rasche and Robyn Buckingham — will be part of Canada’s entry a the 2013 world youth track and field championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.

The event runs July 10 to 14.

Wolcyzk will compete in the javelin while Rasche in in the hammer throw competition. Both are coached with the Mustangs by Tom Nielsen.

Buckingham, who is coached by Kim Chapdelaine, will be in the heptathlon.

To qualify for the championships, competitors — who must be be 16 or 17 years old — have to achieve a qualifying standard and be ranked either first or second in Canada.

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