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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...
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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...
GLOBAL TRACK
Brent Lakatos and Diane Roy win Para-athletics Track titles
Moncton, N.B. - Brent Lakatos of Dorval, Que., and Diane Roy of Sherbrooke, Que., won a pair of Para-athletics national titles on day two of the Canadian Track and Field Championships. Lakatos won gold in the wheelchair T53 200 and 1500-metres while Roy took gold in...
HALF MARATHON
Lanni Marchant Returns to Vancouver Half
Lanni Marchant returns to the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon June 22nd with the heavy mantle of being the new Canadian marathon record holder. Last October at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Marchant beat the 28 year old standard with a time of 2 hours...
MARATHON
Quebec City Marathon Events 2014 success
The Quebec City Marathon Events over the weekend of the 22nd August 2014, was a huge success. Run over a weekend of warm weather where more than 13000 runners participated in the various events, which saw the bulk of 11000 take part on Sunday, 23rd August. With the...
EUROPE
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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CWG
Best Canada placing at Chiba Ekiden
Team Canada recorded their best ever finish today at the International Chiba Ekiden in Japan. The mixed gender relay team placed seventh overall and recorded the fastest time in Canadian history covering the 42.195 km course in 2:09:28. The overall competition was won...
Levins, Schaaf, Cassidy, Pennock champions in 2011
VANCOUVER – The weather didn’t cooperate but that didn’t stop great racing today at Jericho Beach Park in Vancouver, B.C., site of the 2011 Canadian Cross Country Championships. Cameron Levins of Black Creek, B.C., successfully defended his title in the men’s senior...
Ottawa 10K shifts focus to Canadian athletes
Ottawa, February 3, 2020 - Organizers of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend announced today they will be significantly increasing the overall prize purse for Canadian athletes in the Ottawa 10K event to $35,000 - the largest prize for any of Canada's championship events...