{"id":58,"date":"2011-06-24T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T12:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/?p=58"},"modified":"2011-06-24T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T12:03:44","slug":"abdulai-wins-first-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/track\/abdulai-wins-first-title.htm","title":{"rendered":"Abdulai wins first title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_59\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ruky-abdulai.590.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59 \" title=\"Ruky Abdulai - Hepthatlon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ruky-abdulai.590.jpg\" alt=\"Ruky Abdulai - Hepthatlon\" width=\"531\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ruky-abdulai.590.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ruky-abdulai.590-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruky Abdulai - Hepthatlon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Calgary, Alta. &#8211; In the heptathlon Coquitlam B.C.\u2019s Ruky Abdulai (Valley Royals) won her first Canadian Championship with a personal best and World Championship A standard of 6150 points. Just 18 points behind with 6132 was Calgary, Alta.\u2019s Jessica Zelinka (unattached). Natasha Miller (Valley Royals) of Abbotsford, B.C. finished in third with 5581 points.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>London, Ont.\u2019s Damian Warner (Unattached) won his first Canadian Track and Field Championship today in the decathlon while registering a new personal best of 8102 points. Damian is one of only six Canadians to ever break 8000 points in this 10-event competition; the others were Michael Smith, David Steen, Michael Nolan, Jamie Adjetey-Nelson and Massimo Bertocchi.<\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s para-athletics T54 wheelchair classification 5000-metres, Guelph, Ont.\u2019s Josh Cassidy (Unattached) held onto his Canadian Championship title to reclaim the victory. He clocked in at 12:19.93 followed by Sherbrooke, Que.\u2019s Jean-Paul Compaore (Sherbrooke), and Saskatoon, Sask.\u2019s Kyle Shaw (Cyclones).<\/p>\n<p>Toyin Olypona (Flying Angels) of Orillia, Ont. and Justyn Warner (Elite Edge) of Markham, Ont. both secured top placings in the 100-metres semi final tonight. The finals are tomorrow at 6:40pm Mountain time (8:40pm Eastern time) to crown Canada\u2019s fastest runners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Canadian Champions crowned on Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"615\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Name<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">Event<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">Time\/Mark<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Hometown<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Club<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Women<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Cindy Burt<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T38 200m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">34.57<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Oshawa, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Durham Dragons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Christine Campbell<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T34 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">23.19<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Kitchener, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Kitchener-Waterloo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">F34 Discus<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">10.47m<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Renee Foessel<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">F37 Shot Put<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">9.45m<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Mississauga, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Cruisers Sports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Keira-Lyn Frie<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T54 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">17.59<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Saskatoon, Sask.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Cyclones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Meghan O\u2019Brien<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T36 200m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">42.30<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Kitchener, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Kitchener-Waterloo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Jacqueline Rennebohm<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T12 200m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">29.85<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Regina, Sask.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Ottawa Lions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Becky Richter<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T51 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">41.61<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Saskatoon, Sask.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Cyclones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Leah Robinson<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T37 200m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">32.32<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Petersburg, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Laurel Creek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Martha S-Gustafson<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">F52 Discus<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">9.35m<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Toronto, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Cruisers Sports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Michelle Stilwell<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T52 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">20.59<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Nanoose Bay, B.C.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">WC Race Series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Sarah White<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T53 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">19.94<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Montreal, Que.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Saint-Laurent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Men<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Robert Hughes<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">F33 Discus<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">21.56m<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Sarnia, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Sarnia Athletics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Brandon King<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T12 200m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">24.29<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Brampton, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Ottawa Lions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Brent Lakatos<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T53 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">15.17<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Dorval, Que.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Ass. Fauteuil Roulant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Colin Mathieson<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T54 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">15.14<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Sherbrooke, Que.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Sherbrooke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Alister McQueen<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T44 200m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">24.74<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Calgary, Alta.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Unattached<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Issa Ouedraogo<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">F58 Discus<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">27.12m<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Sherbrooke, Que.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">Sherbrooke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Eddy Solla<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">T34 100m<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">19.42<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">Chilliwack, B.C.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">WC Race Series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Kevin Strybosch<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">F37 Shot Put<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">10.89m<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">London, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">London Western<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"top\">Kenneth Trudgeon<\/td>\n<td width=\"97\" valign=\"top\">F46 Shot Put<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" valign=\"top\">12.35m<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\" valign=\"top\">London, Ont.<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" valign=\"top\">London Western<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary, Alta. &#8211; In the heptathlon Coquitlam B.C.\u2019s Ruky Abdulai (Valley Royals) won her first Canadian Championship with a personal best and World Championship A standard of 6150 points. Just 18 points behind with 6132 was Calgary, Alta.\u2019s Jessica Zelinka (unattached). Natasha Miller (Valley Royals) of Abbotsford, B.C. finished in third with 5581 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1,11],"tags":[31,32,30],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-track","tag-canadian-championship","tag-heptathlon","tag-ruky-abdulai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}