by caadmin | May 15, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News, Ottawa
MAY 15 – OTTAWA – Confirmation of top-ranked runners in the 2012 Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend is shaping the May 27 marathon into one of the most highly anticipated spectator sports of the season. Event records are expected to fall with a strong...
by caadmin | May 11, 2012 | Featured, News, Walk
Athletics Canada’s entry in the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup has arrived in Saransk, Russia and is ready to face competitors from over 60 other countries this weekend. Large crowds are expected to gather around the 2-kilometre loop road course situated in...
by caadmin | May 11, 2012 | Featured, News, Pre-event, Track
Four of Canada’s top five internationally decorated women’s sprint hurdlers will be in action today at the 2012 Diamond League series kick off in Doha, Qatar. Perdita Felicien of Pickering, Ont., Phylicia George of Markham, Ont., Nikkita Holder of...
by caadmin | May 10, 2012 | Events, Featured, News, Pre-event
Organizers of the Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend today confirmed 30-year-old Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya will compete in the 10K race on May 26, 2012. In 2011, Mutai’s 2:03:02 finish at the Boston Marathon smashed both the course (2:05:52) and world records...
by caadmin | May 8, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
Brianne Theisen sets World leading mark at Pac-12 Championships At the PAC-12 Championships in Eugene, Oregon Brianne Theisen of Humboldt, Sask., set the world leading mark and hit the Olympic A+ standard with a performance of 6353-points in the seven event heptathlon...
by caadmin | May 3, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
Gossier, Guadeloupe – After taking a year off to give birth and in her first outdoor race since the Diamond League Final in September 2010, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Markham, Ont., finished third in the 100-metre hurdles at the Meeting International de...