Toronto – Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., broke the women’s Canadian marathon record today at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Marchant crossed the finish line in 2:27:58, dipping below Silvia Ruegger’s performance of 2:28:36 set in 1985. [Read more…]
Coolsaet and Brown 2012 10km Champions
OTTAWA – Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., and Megan Brown of Guelph, Ont., won national titles at the 2012 Canadian 10km Championships on Saturday in Toronto, Ont. The event was held in conjunction with Canada Running Series’ Oasis Zoo Run and the Timex National Road Race Series Finale. [Read more…]
Finale set for Saturday in Toronto
OTTAWA – The 2012 Canadian 10km Championship and Timex National Road Race Series finale is coming to Toronto this Saturday September 22 in conjunction with Canada Running Series’ Oasis Zoo Run. This will mark the fourth year in which the Zoo Run serves as the national championship and it will be the strongest and deepest battle to date with an impressive lineup of runners. [Read more…]
NTL Finale in Toronto
TORONTO – The 2012 National Track League (NTL) Finale takes place at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Ont., with the staging of the Toronto International Track + Field Games (TITFG). The TITFG are the sixth and final stop on the 2012 National Track League circuit. Previous events were held in Burnaby, B.C., Victoria, B.C., Edmonton, Atla., Moncton, N.B., and Halifax, N.S. [Read more…]
Coolsaet and Gillis hit qualifiers
Yesterday at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon both Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., and Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., dipped below Athletics Canada’s marathon qualification standard of 2:11:29 for the 2012 Olympic Games. [Read more…]
Coolsaet Close to Olympic Berth
Reid Coolsaet never imagined he’d be on the brink of an Olympic Games berth when he ran cross country for Hamilton’s Westdale Secondary School back two decades ago.
A mediocre athlete, whose goal was nothing more than joining his girlfriend in qualifying for the provincial high school cross country championships, Coolsaet finished 18th in the 1997 race. In the absence of scholarship offers he joined coach Dave Scott-Thomas at the University of Guelph. The partnership has certainly paid off. [Read more…]
Armstrong, George top in inaugural NTL
OTTAWA – The first edition of the National Track League (NTL) wrapped up in Toronto on Wednesday with the crowing of the first ever NTL champions at the Toronto International Track + Field Games. Each NTL winner took home a beautiful glass trophy and a cash prize of $4,000. Final performance scores were tabulated and today Dylan Armstrong from Kamloops, B.C., and Phylicia George of Markham, Ont., have been named top NTL athletes for 2011. [Read more…]