Canada Track & Field and Cross Country News
Canadian Men 4 x 100m Qualifies for tomorrow's final
Aug 11, 2012
By Mathieu Gentès - Athletics Canada
LONDON, UK - The Canadian men's 4x100-metres relay team finished second in their heat to automatically qualify for tomorrow evening's final. The combination of Gavin Smellie of Etobicoke, Ont., Seyi Smith of Ottawa, Ont., Jared Connaughton of New Haven, P.E.I., and Justyn Warner of Markham, Ont., clocked a seasonal best time of 38.05 seconds
Rob Watson on track for Toronto ten Miler
Aug 07, 2012
by Paul Gains
With eight weeks of high altitude training under his belt Rob Watson lines up in Sunday’s Toronto Ten Miler road race intent on discovering precisely how fit he is. The 29 year old is preparing for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (October 14th).
Smith and Bishop - ready to Battle the Olympic 800m
Aug 07, 2012
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Canada has two women competing in the 800m distance event at the 2012 London Olympic Games. They are Melissa Bishop of Eganville, Ontario and Jessica Smith of North Vancouver, BC. The competition starts with six heats on Wednesday, August 8th, at 11:35 GMT.
Andrew Ellerton - Interview
Aug 01, 2012
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Sudbury, Ontario's Andrew Ellerton is the new coach of the University of Victoria Vikes. Former coach Keith Butler is leaving Ellerton one of Canada's top-three varsity teams. He attended the University of Michigan under coach Ron Warhurst.
Hilary Stellingwerff - Ready to Race
Aug 01, 2012
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London, Ontario's Hilary Stellingwerff, who now resides in Victoria, BC, is competing in the 2012 London Olympic Games. She is coached by Guelph's Dave Scott-Thomas. Stellingwerff will be competing in the 1500m distance event. She owns a personal best time of 4:05.08, which she achieved in the 2012 Rome Diamond League meet. Stellingwerff also ran to an 800m personal best time during 2012 finishing in 2:02.01.
Coolsaet, Gillis and Wykes - Ready for Marathon Action
Jul 30, 2012
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For the first time since 1996 Canada is sending three male marathon runners to the Olympic Games. Dylan Wykes, Reid Coolsaet and Eric Gillis will toe the line in the 2012 London Olympic Games marathon, Sunday, August 12th.
Ryan Hall - Excitied to toe-the-line
Jul 27, 2012
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America's fastest marathon runner Ryan Hall, declared himself as fit and ready to race the 2012 London Olympic Marathon. He said, “To be honest, my build up for this marathon has had many rocky moments, everything from MRIs to plague-like sickness, but through it all I have been able to not miss any workouts and I feel well prepared”. The race starts at the iconic Mall location at 11:00am GMT, Sunday, August 12th.
Derek Drouin - Interview
Jul 27, 2012
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Derek Drouin is an athlete from Sarnia, Ontario who has competed for the past three years at the University of Indiana and captured the NCAA Championship title in the High Jump. During this outdoor season he captured the Diamond League title in the event and enters the Olympics for the first time riding a wave of confidence.
Cameron Levins - Final Preparation before 5000m and 10000m Races
Jul 26, 2012
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Southern Utah University's Cameron Levins of Black Creek, British Columbia (on Vancouver Island) will be racing in two Olympic distance events at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The first event is the 10000m race Saturday, August 4th. Levins currently owns the second-fastest time in Canadian history with his 27:27.56, which he achieved at the Payton Jordan Invitational meet at Stanford University. The Canadian A standard for the 10000m distance is 27:45.
The False Start Rule - An Abject Failure
Jul 22, 2012
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The current zero-tolerance false start rule for the sprints is an abject failure in marketing and will only serve to further alienate fans of the flagging sport of track and field. The 2012 London Olympic Games are just days away and the International Association of Athletics Federations has not addressed this austere rule, despite having faced substantial pressure after the 2011 World Track and Field Championships debacle that took place in Daegu, Korea. There remains every chance that fans of the sport could witness a repeat disqualification of Usain Bolt, the most marketable personality at the Games.
Rob Ford, Keith Butler and Canadian Olympic Competition
Jul 21, 2012
By Andrew Maloney
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Rob Ford's New Perspective
As nice as it is to see Toronto mayor Rob Ford finally stop bashing the city’s hosting of the Pan-American Games and finally come around to the fact that it is a positive for the city and the region in a number of ways (that should have been rather obvious to him from the beginning), it is almost a certainty he will have to buy a ticket to that event like everyone else. After proving to be even more of a buffoon in office than even I could have ever imagined before his election two years ago, he will likely be unceremoniously turfed from office if any warm body with a pulse opposes him in two years.
Mo Ahmed - Interview
Jul 20, 2012
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By Andrew Maloney
Mohammed Ahmed is a Canadian distance runner from Saint Catherine's, Ontario. He attends the NCAA Division 1 University of Wisconsin. He set a school record by running the 10,000m distance in 27:34.64 at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California this spring. The time is better than the Olympic A standard of 27:45 and qualified him to represent Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.
Sub Four Minute Mile - Geoff Martinson
Jul 20, 2012
Video coverage of an unofficial Sub-4 minute mile by Geoffrey Martinson. He was paced and ran self-timed. Although unofficial, he did indeed, according to several timing devices clearly run under 4 minutes. Martinson also owns an official 3:37 1500m and has run in the IAAF World Track and Field Championships.
This run was aided by a few University of Victoria Vikes at the Jack Wallace Memorial Track at Oak Bay High School.
Jessica Smith - Interview
Jul 19, 2012
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Jessica Smith of North Vancouver, British Columbia will be competing in the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 800m distance. She is a graduate of Vancouver's Simon Fraser University and one of only four Canadian women to ever break the two-minute barrier at the distance.
Emmanuel Mutai - Interview
Jul 18, 2012
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Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai, will be contesting the marathon at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Initially he was not selected to the team due to his performance at the 2012 Virgin London Marathon, where he was feeling under the weather. However, his resume was not to be ignored considering his win in London the previous year where he attained his current personal best time of 2:04:40.
Geoff Harris - Interview
Jul 17, 2012
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Geoff Harris of Halifax, Nova Scotia is going to the 2012 London Olympic Games to compete in the 800m distance. Harris qualified, according to Athletics Canada's Rising Star criteria, during the Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials that took place in Calgary, Alberta from June 27th to June 30th. He was required to finish top-three while having achieved at least the Canadian "B" standard of 1:46.30 (which he did twice) during the qualifying period of April 1st to June 30th 2012. Harris ran his personal best of 1:46.12 in Indianapolis June 16, 2012.
