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Inaugural AC Indoor Open begins Friday / Le premier Ouvert en salle d’AC commence vendredi March 14 to 16 Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard Montreal, Quebec The AC Indoor Open serves as a national championship for youth and junior athletes and will feature a number of national team athletes in showcase events. Follow the links below forContinue reading “Inaugural AC Indoor Open begins Friday / Le premier Ouvert en salle d’AC commence vendredi”

Brianne Theisen-Eaton wins World Indoors Silver Veuillez cliquer ici pour voir la version française Sopot, POL – It was a silver medal for Humboldt, Sask.’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton today along with a new Canadian record in the Pentathlon on Day one of the International Association for Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Indoor Championship. With eight Canadian’s inContinue reading “Brianne Theisen-Eaton wins World Indoors Silver”

Canadians in Action on Day 1 of World Indoor Championship Veuillez cliquer ici pour voir la version française Sopot, POL – Eight of the nine Canadians in Poland for the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championship will be in action tomorrow. Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Humboldt, Sask., is the lone Canadian athlete competing for a medal onContinue reading “Canadians in Action on Day 1 of World Indoor Championship / Les Canadiens en action lors du jour 1 du Championnat du monde en salle”

The Gold Standard March 2014 version de ce texte en français World Indoor Championship starts Friday The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championship kicks off in Sopot, Poland this Friday. With 143 countries and almost 600 athletes expected to compete in Poland, this will mark one of the largest indoor championships in the events 29-year history.Continue reading “The Gold Standard from Athletics Canada”

Bailey, Boswell, Crooks, Felicien, McKoy and Petitclerc headline Athletics Canada Sport Ambassador Program Veuillez cliquer ici pour voir la version française Montreal, QC – Athletics Canada, the national governing body for track and field, cross country and road running, officially launched today the Sport Ambassador Program, a new initiative today aimed at engaging alumni andContinue reading “Bailey, Boswell, Crooks, Felicien, McKoy and Petitclerc headline Athletics Canada Sport Ambassador Program”

2014 NACAC Cross Country Championships Veuillez cliquer ici pour voir la version française Junior Women’s Podium Sweep (Forsey, Phelan, Smith) Canadian Results Junior women – 4km Gold – Jaimie Phelan, 13:38.93 Silver – Jillian Forsey, 13:39.91 Bronze – Claire Smith, 13:43.27 10th – Aurilla Wilson, 14:25.50 11th – Jessy Lacourse, 14:31.68 Team result Gold –Continue reading “Junior women sweep podium at 2014 NACAC XC Championships”

NACAC Cross Country Championships kick off 2014 Canadian national team season Veuillez cliquer ici pour voir la version française OTTAWA – Athletics Canada is sending a contingent of 23 athletes to race at the 2014 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country Championships. The Championships take place Saturday February 22 in Mount Irvine,Continue reading “NACAC Cross Country Championships kick off 2014 Canadian national team season tomorrow”

Six Canadian Records and Five World Indoor Standards on Valentine’s Day weekend Veuillez cliquer ici pour voir la version française New (pending) Canadian Indoor Records Katelyn Ayers – 1000m (junior) 2:44.88 (previous mark 2:46.89, Emma Galbraith, 2013) Nathan Brannen – mile *3:54.22 (previous mark 3:55.11, Nathan Brannen, 2005) Christian Brennan – 400m (junior) 53.83 (previousContinue reading “Six Canadian Records and Five World Indoor Standards on Valentine’s Day weekend”

Sharon Shares: Congratulations to NOC Junior athlete Shane Decker!! 23.41 for a bronze medal in the senior men’s 200 m at the Athletics Ontario Indoor Championships

Toronto (AO) – Five Olympic sprinters are scheduled to compete this weekend in the Ontario Youth/Senior Indoor Championships at the Toronto Track & Field Centre. Gavin Smellie, Olympian and bronze medalist at the IAAF World Championships this past summer in the 4x100m relay, is set to race in the 60m Sprint along with his bronzeContinue reading “Five Olympic sprinters are scheduled to compete this weekend in the Ontario Youth/Senior Indoor Championships at the Toronto Track & Field Centre”