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Rachel Cliff going the Marathon distance
Canada - Since moving from running track, Rachel Cliff, has quickly emerged as a marathon runner of note, and the success that has followed could be considered somewhat staggering, considering she is now the Canadian National Record holder over the distance. Rachel...
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Athletics Canada selects team for Doha 2019
OTTAWA - Athletics Canada announced their team of 49 athletes who have been selected to represent Canada at the 2019 IAAF World Championships taking place in Doha, Qatar, from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6. All events will be held at Doha’s Khalifa Stadium with the exception of...
GLOBAL TRACK
Commonwealth team win five medals
Glasgow, SCO - The Canadian athletics Commonwealth team took home five medals on day four of track and field competition at the Commonwealth Games. Derek Drouin of Corunna, Ont., and Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Humboldt, Sask., won gold; Jessica Zelinka of London, Ont.,...
HALF MARATHON
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...
MARATHON
Sara Hall to run Ottawa Marathon 2018
Ottawa, April 26, 2018 - On the heels of the U.S. women's record performance at the Boston Marathon, organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend are pleased to announce that the 2017 U.S. Marathon champion Sara Hall is planning to run the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon...
EUROPE
Moh Ahmed 5000m Canadian record
World bronze medallist Moh Ahmed made a significant improvement on the North American 5000m record at a low-key competition at Jesuit High School in Portland on Friday night (10 July 2020). Moh Ahmed 5000m Canadian record Ahmed’s 12:47.20 took more than six seconds...
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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...
Team Canada for World Cross Country
Twenty-three Canadians will travel to Guiyang, China for the 41st International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships taking place Sunday, March 28. The Canadian contingent will leave for China on March 24 to acclimatize to the...
Levins and Frizell Excel
Cameron Levins wins gold at NACAC Cross Country Cameron Levins of Black Creek, B.C., struck gold on Saturday in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad at the 2012 NACAC Cross Country Championships. Levins won the senior men's 8km race in a time of 24:04.13; leading the Canadian...
Moh Ahmed 5000m Canadian record
World bronze medallist Moh Ahmed made a significant improvement on the North American 5000m record at a low-key competition at Jesuit High School in Portland on Friday night (10 July 2020). Moh Ahmed 5000m Canadian record Ahmed’s 12:47.20 took more than six seconds...