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Dylan Wykes for Vancouver Half Marathon
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....
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Canadian Records fall
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...
Records in Ottawa Marathon 2014
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...
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Farquhar places 7th
BARCELONA-Canada's best finish on day five at the World Junior Athletics Championships came in the girl's 400-metre hurdles from Taylor Farquhar of Belmont, Ont., who placed seventh in a time of 58.77 seconds. In the boy's 800-metres Brandon McBride of Windsor,...
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Team Canada for Commonwealth Games
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...
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Canada set to host 2015 Panamerican Juniors
OTTAWA - Athletics Canada is pleased to announce that they have secured the rights to host the 2015 Panamerican Junior Athletics Championships, held every two years, the championships stack up the best under-20 competition for junior aged athletes outside of the IAAF...
Lanni Marchant aims at Vancouver Half
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...