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Day two of the Canadian Track and Field Championships saw most races go exactly as anticipated.
Andre De Grasse won the 100-metre final and was the only one to break the 10-second barrier in the final race with his 9.95. He did what he had to do. The finish order went as follows:
1 De Grasse, Andre 94 The Speed AC 9.95 1.5 0.157
2 Brown, Aaron 92 Phoenix Athl 10.13 1.5 0.173
3 Warner, Justyn 87 Unattached – 10.16 1.5 0.137
4 Smellie, Gavin 86 Flying Angel 10.19 1.5 0.136
5 Haynes, Akeem 92 Vancouver TH 10.20 1.5 0.141
6 Williams, Benjamin 92 Voleo Athletics 10.23 1.5 0.166
7 Ford-Azonwanna, Andre 95 G-Force Track Club 10.35 1.5 0.150
8 Richards-Kwok, Dontae 89 Project Athl 10.38 1.5 0.148
Likewise Matthew Hughes did what he had to do in the main event of the evening, the 3,000m steeplechase; he won with a big kick finishing in approximately 20 seconds slower off of his personal best. Alex Genest, Taylor Milne and Chris Winter finished in that order. Canada is strong in the steeple at this time.
For the women’s 1500m event, the below athletes have qualified to move on to the next round. As indicated by the times, the races were tactical. Second place finisher in the first round with the third fastest time on the day Nicole Sifuentes was likely content to run fast enough to qualify, as she is one day removed from winning the 5,000m final.
Sheila Reid is on the comeback from a long stretch of injury, although the race was tactical therefore a slow time, she did win.
1 Reid, Sheila 89 Newmarket HU 4:23.10Q 1
2 Gollish, Sasha 81 U Toronto TC 4:25.72Q 2
3 Sifuentes, Nicole 86 Unattached-Manitoba 4:23.50Q 1
4 Van Buskirk, Kate 87 Newmarket HU 4:26.12Q 2
5 Kelly, Mariah 91 Niagara Regi 4:24.60Q 1
6 Watts, Sophie 94 Unattached N 4:26.30Q 2
7 Roy, Joanie 91 Coureur Nordique 4:24.96Q 1
8 Ayers, Katelyn 95 Speed River 4:26.34Q 2
9 Pomfret, Kendra 91 Uvic Track Club 4:25.12q 1
10 Soderberg, Nicole 92 Unattached Alberta 4:30.51q 2
11 Digby, Erica 89 Vancouver TH 4:30.89q 2
12 Bibault, Emma 94 Uvic Track Club 4:35.68q 2
1 Gollish, Sasha 81 U Toronto TC 4:25.72Q 2
2 Van Buskirk, Kate 87 Newmarket HU 4:26.12Q 2
3 Watts, Sophie 94 Unattached N 4:26.30Q 2
4 Ayers, Katelyn 95 Speed River 4:26.34Q 2
5 Soderberg, Nicole 92 Unattached Alberta 4:30.51q 2
6 Digby, Erica 89 Vancouver TH 4:30.89q 2
7 Bibault, Emma 94 Uvic Track Club 4:35.68q 2
1 Reid, Sheila 89 Newmarket HU 4:23.10Q 1
2 Sifuentes, Nicole 86 Unattached-Manitoba 4:23.50Q 1
3 Kelly, Mariah 91 Niagara Regi 4:24.60Q 1
4 Roy, Joanie 91 Coureur Nordique 4:24.96Q 1
5 Pomfret, Kendra 91 Uvic Track Club 4:25.12q 1
The men’s race was no different, with veteran talent holding themselves off to be fresh in the final. Like Sifuentes, Levins ran fast enough to qualify to move on, while Nate Brannen with his veteran savvy held back and ran just 3:56.35, more than 22 seconds slower than his personal best.
1 Philibert-Thiboutot, Cha 90 C. A. Univer 3:53.83Q 2
2 Brannen, Nathan 82 Phoenix Athl 3:56.35Q 1
3 Levins, Cameron 89 Unattached B 3:54.12Q 2
4 Riva, Thomas 92 Uvic Track Club 3:56.71Q 1
5 Rae, Jeremy 91 Speed River 3:54.19Q 2
6 Kent, Justin 92 Coastal Track Club 3:56.85Q 1
7 Gorman, Daniel 88 Halifast Athletics 3:54.22Q 2
8 Morin, Nicolas 94 C. A. Univer 3:57.05Q 1
9 Falk, Nicholas 91 U Windsor AC 3:54.43q 2
10 Wilkie, Alex 94 Physi-Kult Kingston 3:55.67q 2
11 Lapointe, Jean-Samuel 91 C. A. Univer 3:56.68q 2
12 Darlington, Connor 93 Harbour Track 3:57.10q 1
Saturday is a big day at the track in Edmonton with finals happening in no less than 42 different events including the women’s 100m hurdles as the final event of the evening, as it should be – Canada is rich in women’s hurdle talent. While watching on AthleticsCanada.tv, listen to Canada’s all-time greatest hurdler, Perdita Felicien.
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