BARCELONA -The Canadian athletics team recorded two top eight finishes on the last day of competition at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The Canadian team recorded a bronze medal, two Canadian junior records, six top eights and 12 personal bests over the six day competition. [Read more…]
Canada wraps up World Juniors
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. [Read more…]
Barber sets new record
BARCELONA- Shawnacy Barber of Toronto, Ont., has won Canada’s first medal at the 2012 World Athletics Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Barber won bronze in the boys pole vault in a new Canadian junior record of 5.55-metres. Barber’s outstanding performance today places him second on the Canadian all-time list behind Douglas Wood’s 1991 performance of 5.61-metres. [Read more…]
Bingham 4th in 100-metre final
BARCELONA – The IAAF World Junior Championships continued today in Barcelona, Spain. Day two highlights include a fourth place finish in the girls 100-metres final and five personal bests. [Read more…]
Athletes qualify on Day 1
BARCELONA – Nine Canadian athletes made their mark in Barcelona, Spain on day one of the World Junior Track and Field Championships qualifying into later rounds. [Read more…]
Athletics Canada Junior Teams
OTTAWA – Athletics Canada officially announced today the athletes who will compete at the 2012 North American, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) U-23 Championships in Guanajuato, Mexico July 6-8 and the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain July 10-15. [Read more…]