OTTAWA – The first edition of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Relays is approaching and Athletics Canada is pleased today to name 20 athletes to the Canadian team. The event will be held in the capital of The Bahamas, Nassau, May 24 and 25. Canada will field four teams, men’s and women’s […]
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Canadian Team for World Relays
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Mary Keitany sets new Ottawa 10k record
December 29, 2019 By Leave a Comment
May 24, 2014 ( Ottawa 10k ) – Two Kenyans entered the record books tonight as winners of the Lowertown Brewery 10K race in the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Making good on race organizers’ predictions that course records could fall this year, 32-year-old Mary Keitany finished with a time of 31:21:7 minutes, 3 seconds faster […]
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Records in Ottawa Marathon 2014
December 28, 2019 By Leave a Comment
May 25, 2014 (Ottawa) – Three records were broken today at the 40th running of the Scotiabank Marathon of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Yemane Tsegay, 29, of Ethiopia, broke two records with his finish time of 2:06:54 – the men’s Canadian soil record of 2:07:05 set last year in Toronto and the Ottawa marathon […]
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Canadian Records fall
December 27, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Canadian Records fall – Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ont., Jessica Furlan of Regina, Sask., and Brianne Theisen-Eaton from Humboldt, Sask., all set new Canadian all-time bests in a span of just over 12 hours. Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ont., set a new Canadian record of 20.16 (+0.5) in the men’s 200-metres at the NCAA West […]
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Dylan Wykes for Vancouver Half Marathon
December 26, 2019 By Leave a Comment
After racing to a 20th place finish at the 2012 London Olympics Dylan Wykes had reached a peak in his running career and wondered if he would ever find the motivation and determination to continue. Thankfully for Canadian running fans that mindset was only temporary. On April 27th Wykes took second in the Vancouver Sun […]
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Team Canada for Commonwealth Games
December 25, 2019 By Leave a Comment
OTTAWA – Athletics Canada, the national governing body for track and field, cross country, road running and road racing, nominated a contingent of 50 athletes today to Commonwealth Games Canada. The 2014 Commonwealth Games take place in Glasgow, Scotland July 23 to August 3 and will be the largest ever multi-sport event held on Scottish […]
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New Champions at XTERRA Worlds
December 24, 2019 By Leave a Comment
KUALOA RANCH, Oahu, Hawaii – November 24, 2013 – Patrick Smyth found his way in the sport of trail running, and Polina Babkina found her way at Kualoa Ranch. As a result, both ran away as the new champions of the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship. More than 2,000 runners from 12 countries and 36 […]
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Jason Tunks enters final Track Champs
December 23, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Jason Tunks of London, Ont., has signed on to throw his last discus at the 2014 Canadian Track and Field Championships in Moncton, N.B. Canada’s best discus thrower in history will take his place in the throws circle one last time on Saturday June 28 at 3:15 p.m. “I’m excited to take part in the […]
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Lanni Marchant aims at Vancouver Half
December 22, 2019 By Leave a Comment
It could be said that Lanni Marchant epitomises the ‘loneliness of the long distance runner’ training alone on the roads near her home in Chattanooga, Tennessee using programs emailed from her coach in London, Ontario. The 30 year old national marathon record holder is also the sole Canadian entry in the Commonwealth Games marathon set […]
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Dylan Wykes and Lanni Marchant win in Vancouver
December 21, 2019 By Leave a Comment
VANCOUVER, BC (06/22/2014) – Canada’s top marathoners, Dylan Wykes, from Vancouver, and Lanni Marchant took top honours by winning the men’s and women’s races with times of 1:03:51 and 1:13:41 respectively. Over 6,400 runners took to the scenic course in Stanley Park for the 16th Scotiabank Vancouver Half- Marathon & 5K, raising $ 830,000 and counting […]
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