Gary Reed (14)

Gary Reed
Gary took the bronze in Athens with his seasonal best of 1:43.95.
He then won gold in London in a tactical 1:45.85 and then took a close 6th place in Monaco. Abubaker Kaki of the Sudan took the photo finish with his 1:43.50 as Gary recorded a 1:44.24.  Just getting through the heats and semis in Berlin will be a challenge as they were in Beijing. Kaki and other statistical leaders in the event did not make the final in 2008 as a great deal of luck is involved in qualifying in “slow” races.  World and Olympic competitions are definitely a different game when “pacemakers” are out of the formula

Sally McLellan and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
Canadians proved once again that our best bet for a podium finish in Berlin is the women’s 100m hurdles.  This time Priscilla Lopes-Schliep took the DN Galan Super Grand Prix in her personal best time of 12.51 (0.9) edging her rivals Lolo Jones, USA and Sally McLellan, Australia as well as team mate Perdita Felicien. Perdita ran 12.54 (1.8) in the heats while Priscilla clocked 12.53 (1.3).  You can count on the Berlin showdown to be won by millimeters as these sprint hurdlers are separated by 1/100th of a second.  Canada can take comfort this event, complicated by crashes to the track, has two arrows in the quiver with Perdita and Priscilla both proven to be medal winners at both the Olympic and World Championship levels.
JUNIOR DIVISION

Derek Drouin Set Record

Derek Drouin of Sarnia, Ontario produced a new Canadian Junior Record in the high jump as he won the gold medal at the Pan American Junior Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad.  He broke the mark of Alain Mettelus of Montreal of 2.26m set 26 years ago in 1983. The Indiana University sophomore’s mark of 2.27 metres is one centimetre from the leading mark in the world for athletes under the age of 20 years. James White of the US leads the world with 2.28m.  Derek’s best high jump mark had been 2.22m.

Julie Labonté of Ste-Justine, QC set the Canadian Junior record as she won the 2009 Canadian Junior Championships with 16.39m.  She then took the silver Medal at the Pan American Junior Championships in Trinidad.  Last fall she was the winner of Eric E. Coy Memorial Trophy – Outstanding Junior Athlete of the Year as she won the gold medal in shot put at the Commonwealth Youth Games by throwing 15.02-metres.
YOUTH DIVISION

Aaron Brown of Canada takes 100m Silver Medal

Aaron Brown won the Silver medal in the 100m  at the World Youth Championships in Sudtirol, Italy today with a time of 10.74 into a headwind of 1.2 m/sec. Prezel Hardy of the US took the gold and Giovanni Galbieri of Italy the Bronze.  Aaron established a personal best time in the quarterfinals with a time of 10.46. Brown who attended Birchmount Park Secondary in Toronto was the first Canadian to win a medal in this under 18 year World Championships

Laura Affeld
This 16 year old member of the Edmonton Harriers leads all Canadians of any age in the 400m hurdles with her time of 59.86. She took 6th in the World Youth Championships in Sudtirol. Italy. Laura competes in the multi events as well as middle distances. Coach Phil Boothsays “Laura’s hurdling isn’t hindered by her other athletic pursuits”
Last year she was unstoppable at the Legion meet, winning the 400m, 800m and 300m hurdles, and being named Athletics Alberta’s female midget athlete of the year.

Sally McLellan and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

July 31, 2009

Canadians proved once again that our best bet  for a podium finish in Berlin is the women’s 100m hurdles.  This time Priscilla Lopes-Schliep took the DN Galan Super Grand Prix in her personal best time of 12.51 (0.9) edging her rivals Lolo Jones, USA and Sally McLellan, Australia as well as team mate Perdita Felicien. Perdita ran 12.54 (1.8) in the heats while Priscilla clocked 12.53 (1.3).  You can count on the Berlin showdown to be won by millimeters as these sprint hurdlers are separated by 1/100th of  a second.  Canada can take comfort this event, complicated by crashes to the track, has two arrows in the quiver with Perdita and Priscilla both proven to be medal winners at both the Olympic and World Championship levels.

Dylan Armstrong

Dylan Armstrong in his second meet after a long session of training, threw 20.42m in 4th place in the Big Shot competition held in the streets of downtown Stockholm. Olympic Champion, Tomasz Majewski of Poland won the event in  a new Polish record of 21.85m. Insiders are hoping that Dylan’s training strategy planned by Dr. Anatoli Bondarchuk is geared to produce his peak in mid August in Berlin.

Nate Brannen dropped down to the 1000m and recorded 2:17.87  a second behind winner Ali Bilal Monsoor of Burundi.

Malindi Elmore and Hilary Stellingwerf did 4:10.45 and 4:13.27 in the 1500m behind Christin Wurth-Thomas of the US win in 4:03.01.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 28, 2009

Dylan Armstrong

OTTAWA – Athletics Canada named today 31 athletes who will compete in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany from August 15-23.  At the same time Athletics Canada is also launching www.athletics.ca/berlin2009 featuring up to date information leading into and throughout the World Championships.  Visit the site for all your event information needs including the schedule of events, results, flash quotes, the team media guide and the CBC broadcast schedule.

Ruky Abdulai

“The Berlin World Championships will be the first significant measure on our path to London 2012,” comments Head Coach Alex Gardiner. “Our top athletes including Priscilla, Dylan, Perdita, Gary, Nate and the men’s 4×100m team are showing good form and are in their final phase of preparation for Berlin; each are capable of a podium finish. Our next wave of young athlete’s is just as exciting and for them this is a chance early in the quadrennial to test where they stand.”  Gardiner adds, “We expect improvement from all team members throughout the next three years and to be in a position in 2012 to challenge the podium in several events.”

Sultana signs autographs

The men’s 4×100 and the women’s 4×400 metre teams have both qualified to take on the world in Berlin.  The men posted a seasonal best time of 38.62 at the Aviva Grand Prix in London this past weekend and the women’s team enters with a seasonal best of 3:30.85.  The 4×100 team finished 6th at the Olympic Games last summer.

Canada also qualified a team entry in the men’s Marathon World Cup being contested within the 12th World Championships in Athletics.

Gary Reed

2009 IAAF World Championships Team

Name               Event          Hometown               Coach

Ruky Abdulai Long Jump Coquitlam, BC Jarrold Jones
Esther Akinsulie 4×400m Ottawa, ON Hugh Conlin
Dylan Armstrong Shot Put Kamloops, BC Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Bryan Barnett 4×100m Edmonton, AB Quin Sekulich
Nathan Brannen 1500m Cambridge, ON Ron Warhurst
Jared Connaughton 4×100m New Haven, PEI Monte Stratton
Reid Coolsaet Marathon Hamilton, ON Dave Scott-Thomas
Sam Effah 4×100m Calgary, AB Brenda Van Tighem
Alice Falaiye Long Jump Mississauga, ON Marc Christie
Perdita Felicien 100m Hurdles Pickering, ON Gary Winckler
Sultana Frizell Hammer Throw Perth, ON Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Kelsie Hendry Pole Vault Saskatoon, SK Rick & Susanne Petrucha
Kimberly Hyacinthe 4×400m Lachenaie, QC Daniel St-Hilaire
Jennifer Joyce Hammer Throw Kamloops, BC Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Rachel Lavallée 20km Racewalk Peterborough, ON Stafford Whalen
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep 100m Hurdles Whitby, ON Anthony McCleary
Giitah Macharia Marathon Oakville, ON Steven Keating
Jenna Martin 4×400m Bridgewater, NS Charles Scarrow
Carline Muir 4×400m Edmonton, AB Derek Evely
Amonn Nelson 4×400m Calgary, AB Brenda Van Tighem
Hank Palmer 4×100m Lasalle, QC Daniel St-Hilaire
Adrienne Power 4×400m Halifax, NS Peter Lord
Tara Quinn-Smith Marathon Toronto, ON Hugh Cameron
Gary Reed 800m Victoria, BC Wynn Gmitroski
Gavin Smellie 4×100m Etobicoke, ON Erik Jenkins
Andrew Smith Marathon Toronto, ON Hugh Cameron
Oluseyi Smith 4×100m Ottawa, ON Glenroy Gilbert
Brianne Theisen Heptathlon Humboldt, SK Todd Johnston
Robin Watson 3000m Steeplechase London, ON Dave Scott-Thomas
Angela Whyte 100m Hurdles Edmonton, AB Wayne Phipps
Dylan Wykes Marathon Kingston, ON Steve Boyd

Jennifer Joyce

Canada has captured medals at the last three World Championships; most recently two silver medals in Osaka, Japan in 2007 won by Perdita Felicien and Gary Reed in the 100 metre hurdles and 800 metres respectively.  Overall Canadian teams have won medals at eight of the eleven Worlds; the highlight being the 1995 edition with two golds, one silver and one bronze for a total of four medals.

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Angela Whyte runs 12.93

Angela Whyte and Kelsie Hendry have made the A standard to the World Championships this past week just under the wire for selection to Berlin next month.  Angela ran 12.93 in the 100m hurdles in Coxhaven on June 21 while Kelsie vaulted 4.45m in Ried, Austria on 17 of July.

Kelsie Hendry photo by Ron Hole

Athletics Canada is expected to announce our team to the World Championships very soon.
Top Ten Canadian Performers 2009 Outdoor Season- Men as of July 27
Plus World Championship Standards *A *B
1203 points 800m    1:43.95 Gary Reed’81 BC *A
1183 points 4×100m 38.62 Canada (Palmer-Smith-Connaughton-Barnett) *A
1175 points SP          20.92 Dylan Armstrong’81 BC *A
1167 points 1Mile  3:52.63 Nate Brannen’82 ON *A
1165 points Mara    2H12.27 Jon Brown’71 BC *A
1160 points 200m     20.45 (0.4) Gavin Smellie’86 ON *A
1146 points 10k        27:50.76 Simon Bairu’83 SK *B
1144 points 1500m  3:37.26 Taylor Milne’81 ON *B
1139 points 3kSC     8:27.09 Rob Watson’83 ON *B
1137 points 3kSC     8:27.53 Alexandre Genest’86 QUE *B
1136 points 110mH  13.62 (1.8) Jared MacLeod’80 MAN *B
1136 points LJ          8.05 Brian Chibudu ’88 ON *B
1132 points 100m     10.23 (2.0)  Seyi Smith’87 ON *B
1127 points 1500m   3:38.44 Matt Lincoln’82 ON *B
1127 points 400m     45.85  Tyler Christopher’83 AB *B
1109 points Mara    2H16.14 Andrew Smith’79 ON *A
1104 points Disc      62.88 Jason Tunks’75 ON *B
1098 points Ham      74.88 James Steacy’84 AB *B
Top Ten Canadian Performers 2009 Outdoor Season- Women as of July 27
Plus World Championship Standards *A *B
1214 points 100mH 12.52 (1.4) Pricilla Lopes-Schliep’82 ON *A
1180 points 100h 12.78 (1.0) Perdita Felcien’80 ON *A
1161 points 100H 12.93 (0.0) Angela Whyte’80 AB *A
1150 points 1500m  4:06.94 Malindi Elmore’80 AB *B
1147 points LJ        6.74 (1.1) Ruky Abdulai ‘85 BC *A
1144 points 400m  51.70 Esther Akinsulie’84 ON *B
1139  points 200m  23.18 (0.0) Adrienne Power’81 NS *B
1138 points LJ        6.70 (1.6) Alice Falaiye’78 ON *B
1131 points 4×400m 3:30.85 Canada  (Akinsulie, Power, Martin, Muir)*A
1131 points 400m    52.07 Carline Muir’87 AB *B
1127 points Ham 72.07 Sultanna Frizell’84 ON*A
1125 points Mara  2H30.43 Lloudmila Kortchaquina’71 ON *A
1113 points Hept   6086  Brianne Theisen’88 SK *B
1098 points Ham  70.35 Jennifer Joyce’80  BC *A
1095 points HJ 1.91m Nicole Forrester’76 ON *B
1069 points PV  4.45 Kelsie Hendry ‘82 SK *A
1059 points 20kW  1H37.22 Rachelle Lavallee’86 Que *B
Based on IAAF point scoring table
Olympic/WC standard *A, *B
This information is not affiliated or endorsed by Athletics Canada
Corrections:    Contact   dclement007@mac.com

Gary Reed

Gary Reed continued his excellent European tour in preparation for the World Championships in Berlin with a gold medal run  in London as he won the 800m in 1:45.85 over strong field.  Perdita Felicien solidified her return with a photo finish silver in the 100m hurdles.  Sally McLellan of Australia took the gold just 1/100th ahead of Perdita’s 12.66 into a headwind.  Priscilla Lopes-Schielp was 5th in 12.89.

Perdita and Priscilla

Nate Brannen was 5th in the mile behind Bernard Lagat of the US who did 3:52.71. Nate’s time of 3:54.57 converts to 3:37.40 in the 1500m using the IAAF scoring tables..  His selection to Canada’s World Team is possible as his Prefontaine mile of 3:52.63 converts to 3:35.51 well under the A standard of 3:36.20.

Bryan Barnett

The Canadian 4×100m team  of Hank Palmer, Seyi Smith, Jared Connaughton and Brian Barnett ran a seasonal best of 38.62 to take 4th behind the winning Jaamaican team’s 37.46.

Dylan Armstrong in his first competition since the nationals threw 20.34 for 7th.  Malindi Elmore took the same position in the 1500m with her 4:09.54.  Nicole Forrester jumped 1.84m also in 7th.

Gary Reed

800 METRES – Men    OFFICIAL RESULTS

1        Gary REED    CAN    1:45.85
2        Adam KSZCZOT    POL    1:46.05
3        Nicholas SYMMONDS    USA    1:46.11
4        Michael RIMMER    GBR    1:46.13                SB
5        Fabiano PECANHA    BRA    1:46.74
6        Khadevis ROBINSON    USA    1:46.91
7        Jeff RISELEY    AUS    1:47.28
8        Damien MOSS    GBR    1:47.29                PB
9        Miguel QUESADA    ESP    1:47.75                            David KRUMMENACKER    USA    DNF
Split Times
400        David KRUMMENACKER    USA            51.11
Finish        Gary REED    CAN        (54.74)    1:45.85

EMSLEY CARR MILE – Men    OFFICIAL RESULTS

1        Bernard LAGAT    USA    3:52.71
2        Leonel MANZANO    USA    3:53.01                PB
3        Lopez LOMONG    USA    3:53.35                PB
4        Collis BIRMINGHAM    AUS    3:54.30            PB
5        Nathan BRANNEN    CAN    3:54.57
6        James BREWER    GBR    3:54.80
7        Johan CRONJE    RSA    3:54.84                PB
8        Jeremy ROFF    AUS    3:55.05                           PB
9        Tom LANCASHIRE    GBR    3:55.19                PB
10        Ricky STEVENSON    GBR    3:57.90                PB
11        Ryan GREGSON    AUS    3:58.90                PB
12        Rob MYERS    USA    4:03.29
13        Colin MCCOURT    GBR    4:17.94                PB
David KRUMMENACKER    USA    DNF
Split Times
400        David KRUMMENACKER    USA            57.53
800        David KRUMMENACKER    USA        (57.99)    1:55.52
1200        Bernard LAGAT    USA        (1:00.80)    2:56.32
1500        Bernard LAGAT    USA        (41.36)    3:37.68
Finish        Bernard LAGAT    USA        (15.03)    3:52.71

SHOT PUT – Men    OFFICIAL RESULTS

1        Christian CANTWELL    USA    21.82                SB
2        Reese HOFFA    USA    21.55
3        Tomasz MAJEWSKI    POL    21.43                SB
4        Adam NELSON    USA    21.07                SB
5        Ralf BARTELS    GER    20.91
6        Dan TAYLOR    USA    20.76
7        Dylan ARMSTRONG    CAN    20.34
8        Scott MARTIN    AUS    19.22
9        Kieren KELLY    GBR    18.33

4 X 100 METRES – Men    OFFICIAL RESULTS

1           RACERS TC        37.46        0.169        ACR
(D. Bailey, Y. Blake, M. Forsythe, U. Bolt)
2    UNITED STATES    USA    38.05        0.141        SB
(T. Trammell, W. Spearmon, S. Crawford, R. Edwards)
3    GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 1    GBR1    38.44        0.148        SB
(S. Williamson, T. Edgar, M. Devonish, H. Aikines Aryeetey)
4    CANADA    CAN    38.62        0.285        SB
(H. Palmer, S. Smith, J. Connaughton, B. Barnett)
5    SWITZERLAND    SUI    39.29        0.188        SB
(P. Mancini, M. Schneeberger, M. Cribari, M. Schenkel)
6    AUSTRALIA    AUS    39.37        0.240
(T. Alozie, J. Ross, A. Rouge-Serret, M. Davies)
GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 2    GBR2    DNF    0.130
(R. Fifton, C. Pickering, T. Sandeman, L. Yearwood)

100 METRES HURDLES – Women    OFFICIAL RESULTS
Wind: -0.7 m/s
1        Sally MCLELLAN    AUS    12.65        0.124
2        Perdita FELICIEN    CAN    12.66        0.128        SB
3        LoLo JONES    USA    12.71        0.151
4        Delloreen ENNIS-LONDON    JAM    12.80        0.153
5        Priscilla LOPES-SCHLIEP    CAN    12.89        0.131
6        Tiffany OFILIL    USA    12.99        0.219
7        Anay TEJEDA    CUB    13.04        0.169
8        Sarah CLAXTON    GBR    13.11        0.184        SB

1500 METRES – Women    OFFICIAL RESULTS

1        Anna WILLARD    USA    4:07.95
2        Shannon ROWBURY    USA    4:08.21
3        Lisa DOBRISKEY    GBR    4:08.27                SB
4        Hannah ENGLAND    GBR    4:08.38
5        Erin DONOHUE    USA    4:08.64
6        Stephanie TWELL    GBR    4:08.87
7        Malindi ELMORE    CAN    4:09.54
8        Morgan UCENY    USA    4:10.15
9        Charlene THOMAS    GBR    4:12.01
10        Katrina WOOTTON    GBR    4:13.70
11        Anna JAKUBCZAK    POL    4:14.39                SB
Alysia JOHNSON    USA    DNF
Irina LISHCHINSKA    UKR    DNS
Split Times
400        Alysia JOHNSON    USA            1:10.05
800        Alysia JOHNSON    USA        (1:07.64)    2:17.69
1100        Stephanie TWELL    GBR        (49.73)    3:07.42
Finish        Anna WILLARD    USA        (1:00.53)    4:07.95

18:57 – HIGH JUMP – Women    OFFICIAL RESULTS

1        Blanka VLASIC    CRO    2.02
2        Ruth BEITIA    ESP    1.92
3        Amy ACUFF    USA    1.88
3        Lavern SPENCER    LCA    1.88
5        Deirdre RYAN    IRL    1.88
6        Melanie SKOTNIK    FRA    1.88
7        Nicole FORRESTER    CAN    1.84
8        Vicki HUBBARD    GBR    1.84                SB