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Coolsaet, Marchant earn 10k titles

Lanni Marchant

Lanni Marchant

Toronto – Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., and Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., earned Canadian titles today at the Oasis Zoo Run which served as the Canadian Championship for the 10-kilometre road race distance. Rounding out the podium for the men were Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont. Second and third for the women were Krista DuChene of Branford, Ont., and Lioudmila Kortchaguina of Thornhil, Ont. [Read more…]

Team Canada for Ekiden 2012

Reid Coolsaet

Reid Coolsaet

OTTAWA– Athletics Canada officially named today the athletes who will travel to Chiba, Japan for the 24th International Chiba Ekiden Road Race Relay on November 23.  The unique event features teams of men and women running six alternate legs to cover the marathon distance of 42.195-kilometres.   [Read more…]

Coolsaet and Brown 2012 10km Champions

Reid Coolsaet

Reid Coolsaet

OTTAWA – Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., and Megan Brown of Guelph, Ont., won national titles at the 2012 Canadian 10km Championships on Saturday in Toronto, Ont.  The event was held in conjunction with Canada Running Series’ Oasis Zoo Run and the Timex National Road Race Series Finale. [Read more…]

Wykes finishes 20th in marathon

Marathoners have strong showing in difficult conditions

Dylan Wykes and Reid Coolsaet - London 2012

Dylan Wykes and Reid Coolsaet – London 2012

For the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Canada fielded a full men’s marathon entry at the Olympic Games.  The trio of Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., did not disappoint in very tough conditions.  All three men finished in the top 30 with Wykes leading the way in 20th position in a time of 2:15:26.    [Read more…]

Coolsaet wins Half in Vancouver

Reid Coolsaet

Reid Coolsaet

VANCOUVER, BC – 06/24/2012 – Olympic-bound athlete Reid Coolsaet finished first at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon today, in his final run before the 2012 London Olympics. Elite runner Kip Kangogo and Olympic athlete Eric Gillis finished second place and third place respectively in an exciting finish to today’s half-marathon race. The Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K race brought out more than 7,000 runners to the city’s scenic Stanley Park where thousands of spectators cheered and more than $630,000 was raised for 60 local charities. [Read more…]

Athletics Canada nominates three marathoners

Dylan Wykes - Rotterdam Marathon

Dylan Wykes - Rotterdam Marathon

Ottawa – For the first time since 1996 Canada is sending three male marathoners to the Olympic Games.  Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., all dipped below Athletics Canada’s Olympic marathon standard of 2:11:29 before the qualifying deadline of April 22.    [Read more…]

Coolsaet and Gillis hit qualifiers

Olympic Marathon Qualifiers

Olympic Marathon Qualifiers

Yesterday at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon both Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., and Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., dipped below Athletics Canada’s marathon qualification standard of 2:11:29 for the 2012 Olympic Games.  [Read more…]

Coolsaet takes 2011 Canadian 10km

Reid Coolsaet and Dayna Pidhoresky crowned 2011 Canadian 10km Champions

Reid Coolsaet takes 10k title

Reid Coolsaet takes 10k title

TORONTO – Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., and Dayna Pidhoresky of Tecumseh, Ont., won the 2011 Canadian 10km Championships today in Toronto, Ont., held in conjunction with Canada Running Series’ Oasis Zoo Run and the Timex National Road Race Series Finale. [Read more…]

Coolsaet Close to Olympic Berth

Reid Coolsaet aims at Olympics

Reid Coolsaet aims at Olympics

Reid Coolsaet never imagined he’d be on the brink of an Olympic Games berth when he ran cross country for Hamilton’s Westdale Secondary School back two decades ago.

A mediocre athlete, whose goal was nothing more than joining his girlfriend in qualifying for the provincial high school cross country championships, Coolsaet finished 18th in the 1997 race. In the absence of scholarship offers he joined coach Dave Scott-Thomas at the University of Guelph. The partnership has certainly paid off. [Read more…]