Canadian Championships & World Trials come to a close; amazing performances all around
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Calgary, Alta. - As the Canadian Championships came to a close, Day four brought on some amazing performances. Highlighting today was the men’s shot put where Kamloops, B.C.’s Dylan Armstrong (Kamloops) shattered his Canadian record and re-established the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) 2011 World leading throw of 22.21 metres. Earlier this season Armstrong set a Canadian record of 21.72 metres; today all four of his measured throws bettered that mark.
In the women’s 100m hurdles Pickering, Ont,’s Perdita Felicien (Over the Top) won her tenth Canadian Championship in 12.80 seconds. Phylicia George (Project Athletics) of Markham, Ont. finished with the silver in 12.89 seconds. After a long wait in the starting area, it appeared Nikkita Holder (Elite Edge) of Pickering, Ont. would be disqualified from the championships for a false start. Nikkita was allowed to race under a protest and was later reinstated with the bronze medal.
Securing the ultimate feat, the sprint double, Crystal Emmanuel (Flying Angels) of Scarborough, Ont. won the 200-metres today in 22.99 seconds. Yesterday she secured the 100-metre championship and is the first to capture both titles since Erica Witter in 2003.
Two other Canadian records were bettered today; in the men’s F33 classification shot put, Robert Hughes (Sarnia Athletics) of Sarnia, Ont. improved his own mark by 1-centimetre to take the Canadian record to 8.99 metres. In the junior men’s 10km race walk, Kitimat, B.C.’s Benjamin Thorne improved upon Evan Dunfee’s Canadian junior race walk record clocking in at 41:34; Dunfee’s old record was set in 2009 at 41:55.
More Canadians crowned 2011 Champions
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Name |
Event |
Mark |
Hometown |
Club |
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Women |
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Helen Crofts |
800m |
2:05.05 |
West Vancouver, B.C. |
Unattached |
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Carly Dockendorf |
Pole Vault |
4.20m |
Port Moody, B.C. |
Unattached |
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Caroline Ehrhardt |
Triple Jump |
12.64m |
Espanola, Ont. |
London Western |
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Julie Labonté |
Shot Put |
18.12m |
Ste-Justine, Que. |
Fleur de Lys |
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Keira-Lyn Frie |
T54 1500m |
4:03.00 |
Saskatoon, Sask. |
Cyclones |
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Noella Klawitter |
T12 400m |
1:06.62 |
Carleton Place, Ont. |
Ottawa Lions |
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Jenna Martin |
400m |
51.95 |
Caledonia, N.S. |
Athletics East |
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Meghan O’Brien |
T36 400m |
1:34.63 |
Kitchener, Ont. |
Kitchener-Waterloo |
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Sheila Reid |
1500m |
4:16.97 |
Newmarket, Ont. |
Athletics Toronto |
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Leah Robinson |
T37 400m |
1:13.91 |
Petersburg, Ont. |
Laurel Creek |
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Martha S-Gustafson |
F52 Shot Put |
3.82m |
Toronto, Ont. |
Cruisers |
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Rachel Seaman |
20km Race Walk |
1:37:46 |
Peterborough, Ont. |
Ontario Race Walk |
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Heather Steacy |
Hammer |
70.86m |
Lethbridge, Alta. |
Chinook |
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Sage Watson |
400m Hurdles |
59.72 |
Medicine Hat, Alta. |
Calgary International |
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Megan Wylie |
Jr 10km Race Walk |
53:53 |
Langley, B.C. |
Race Walk West |
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Men |
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Rick Ball |
T44 400m |
59.28 |
Orillia, Ont. |
Orillia Legion |
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Bryan Barnett |
200m |
20.71 |
Edmonton, Alta. |
Unattached |
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Nathan Brannen |
1500m |
3:50.33 |
Cambridge, Ont. |
Unattached |
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Josh Cassidy |
T54 1500m |
3:21.85 |
Guelph, Ont. |
Unattached |
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Mark Dillon |
High Jump |
2.19m |
Bowmanville, Ont. |
U of Toronto |
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Evan Dunfee |
20km Race Walk |
1:25:15 |
Richmond, B.C. |
Kajaks |
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Andrew Ellerton |
800m |
1:52.12 |
North Bay, Ont. |
Track North |
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Tremaine Harris |
400m |
46.26 |
Markham, Ont. |
Elite Edge |
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Brandon King |
T12 400m |
56.33 |
Brampton, Ont. |
Ottawa Lions |
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Adam Kunkel |
400m Hurdles |
50.80 |
Whitby, Ont. |
Elite Edge |
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Stuart McGregor |
T13 400m |
54.48 |
Ottawa, Ont. |
Ottawa Lions |
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Ingvar Moseley |
110m Hurdles |
14.26 |
Scarborough, Ont. |
Elite Edge |
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Issa Ouedraogo |
F58 Shot Put |
9.36m |
Sherbrooke, Que. |
Sherbrooke |
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Kyle Pettey |
F34 Shot Put |
11.18m |
Brampton, Ont. |
Cruisers |
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Jim Steacy |
Hammer |
76.27m |
Lethbridge, Alta. |
Chinook |
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Dustin Walsh |
T11 400m |
55.43 |
New Westminster, B.C. |
Unattached |
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Jacob Zorzella |
Triple Jump |
16.11 |
Toronto, Ont. |
York University |
World Championship Qualifiers
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Name |
Event |
Hometown |
Club |
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Ruky Abdulai |
Heptathon |
Coquitlam, B.C. |
Valley Royals |
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Dylan Armstrong |
Shot Put |
Kamloops, B.C. |
Kamloops |
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Sam Effah
Crystal Emmanuel |
100m
200m |
Calgary, Alta.
Scarborough, Ont. |
U of C Athletics Club
Flying Angels |
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Alice Falaiye |
Long Jump |
Brampton, Ont. |
Unattached |
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Perdita Felicien |
100m Hurdles |
Pickering, Ont. |
Over the Top |
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Sultana Frizell |
Hammer Throw |
Perth, Ont. |
Ottawa Lions |
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Phylicia George |
100m Hurdles |
Markham, Ont. |
Project Athletics |
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Nikkita Holder |
100m Hurdles |
Pickering, Ont. |
Elite Edge |
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Julie Labonté |
Shot Put |
Ste-Justine, Que. |
Fleur de Lys |
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Heather Steacy |
Hammer Throw |
Lethbridge, Alta. |
Chinook |
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Jim Steacy |
Hammer Throw |
Lethbridge, Alta. |
Chinook |
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Jessica Zelinka |
Heptathlon |
London, Ont. |
Unattached |
Visit the Canadian Championship website at www.athletics.ca/Calgary2011.
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