Athletics Canada announced late last week that Laurier Primeau of Burnaby has replaced Ozzie Sawicki as para-athletics head coach as the organization readies for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
According to an Athletics Canada press release issued on Dec. 9, Primeau has a wealth of technical and coaching experience.
His main task and focus is on final team preparations and head coach duties at the 2012 Games in London, England.
"Our athletes and coaches will receive a clear high-performance message," said Martin Goulet, chief high performance officer with Athletics Canada.
"We are expecting enhanced motivation and confidence under Laurier's leadership. He will provide strong direction and the required support to our targeted athletes."
Primeau's focus is to establish clear lines of communication between coaching staff, integrated support team, targeted athletes and personal coaches, and to ensure targeted athletes have everything required in their training environments in the lead-up to the Paralympic Games.
Primeau, who led the Scottish 2010 Commonwealth Games team, is currently head coach at Trinity Western University, as well as a high performance para-athletics coach with Athletics Canada.
From 2002 to 2009, Primeau was involved with Canada's national program as a coach in the areas of jumps, combined events and relays.
Primeau also served in a coaching capacity at two world junior championships and three Pan American junior championships and was a member of the national track and field team from 1990 to 1998, competing in the 400-metre hurdles and 4x400-metre relay.
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