Athletics Canada Head Coach Peter Eriksson announced today the standards for the marathon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games which will be held in Glasgow, Scotland. Eriksson made the announcement during the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon press conference. The Canadian standards are 2:35:00 and 2:15:00 for the women and men respectively. As the Commonwealth Games team […]
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2014 Commonwealth marathon standards
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Marchant breaks Canadian record
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Toronto – Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., broke the women’s Canadian marathon record today at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Marchant crossed the finish line in 2:27:58, dipping below Silvia Ruegger’s performance of 2:28:36 set in 1985. Marchant was one when Ruegger set that mark. “The weather was perfect, the day was perfect. Both Krista […]
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Perdita Felicien Retires
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Toronto – Two-time Olympian, two-time World Champion and two-time World Championship silver medalist Perdita Felicien of Pickering, Ont., officially announced her retirement from athletics this morning at a special event with 300 kids at George Webster Elementary School in Toronto, Ont. “The last 13 years racing for Canada have been the most formidable years of […]
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Team Canada for Ekiden
January 6, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Chiba Ekiden Road Race Relay Saturday Eight athletes are in Chiba City, Japan ready to compete in the 2013 Chiba Ekiden Road Race Relay this Saturday November 23 at 1:07pm local time (Friday 11:07 p.m. eastern standard time). The mixed gender race alternates legs to cover the marathon distance of 42.195-kilometres (men’s 5km, women’s 5km, […]
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Top Canadian runners set to duel
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March 4, 2014 (Ottawa) – The Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend will again provide the stage for Canadian running drama as Olympian Eric Gillis and Canadian Marathon Champion Rob Watson square off at the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon, while Canada’s top two female distance runners, Lanni Marchant and Krista Duchene, run for the top Canadian spot in […]
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Athletics Canada fills positions
January 4, 2020 By Leave a Comment
Ottawa – Athletics Canada announced today the hires of Jared MacLeod, Kayla Cornale and Alison Legenza. MacLeod and Legenza fill the new roles of National Team Program Operations Manager and Eastern High Performance Hub Manager while Cornale steps into the position of Para-athletics Development and Talent Identification Lead. Rob Guy, Athletics Canada Chief Executive Officer […]
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Gillis and DuChene to Defend Titles
January 3, 2020 By Leave a Comment
This week Athletics Canada officially launched ACRoad.ca; Canada’s road running portal. The cutting edge site is your portal to the Canadian road running community, providing access to race information, rankings, results, programs, services and resources for race directors. Notably the site serves as the home for the 2014 Timex Series, with five events taking place […]
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Canada Running Series extend sponsorship
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TORONTO, April 24. Canada Running Series, the country’s most-prestigious running circuit, is pleased to announce that Asics Canada have renewed their presenting sponsorships for both the Banque Scotia 21K de Montreal et 5k and Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon & 5k. Asics has played a prominent role in the Montreal event since 2007, and in Vancouver […]
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Dunfee, Gomez, Thorne dip below record
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TAICANG, CHINA – A trio of Canadian race walkers dipped below the Canadian record in the men’s 20-kilometre race walk at the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Taicang, China. Overall five athletes registered personal best performances, including a team best ever performance by the men, in the two-day event. Evan Dunfee of […]
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Lanni Marchant Returns to Vancouver Half
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Lanni Marchant returns to the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon June 22nd with the heavy mantle of being the new Canadian marathon record holder. Last October at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Marchant beat the 28 year old standard with a time of 2 hours 28 minutes to raise her already growing profile. She has resumed […]
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