Bazeley, Cassidy, Gillis, Roy crowned Canadian Champions; Levins hits Olympic A+ (again)

Monday, April 30, 2012

Canadian 10km Wheelchair Championship

On Saturday in Montreal, Que., Josh Cassidy of Ottawa, Ont., and Diane Roy of Sherbrook, Que., were crowned national champions at the 2012 Canadian 10km Wheelchair Championships.  Cassidy finished first in 20:57.43 ahead Jean-Paul Compaore from Sherbrooke, Que., who took the silver in 23:07.87. In the women’s race Diane Roy took gold in 25:03.54 ahead of Sarah White of Montreal, Que., who took home silver in 32:26.46. 

Canadian Half Marathon Championship

On Sunday, also in Montreal, Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Kate Bazeley of St. John’s Nfld., took honours at the 2012 Canadian Half Marathon Championships.  Gillis clocked 1:04:47 for the victory. Matt Loiselle of Toronto, Ont., finished just behind Gillis for silver in 1:04:55.  Rejean Chiasson of Toronto, rounded out the top three with bronze in 1:05:03.

In the women’s race Kate Bazeley captured the Canadian title in 1:16:34. Leslie Sexton of London, Ont., and Erin Maclean of Timerlea, N.S., took silver and bronze in 1:16:53 and 1:17:01 respectively.

7 Olympic standards in Stanford

Six Canadians came away from the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, California with Olympic standard performances.  Cameron Levins of Black Creek, B.C., and Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catherines, Ont., both hit the Olympic A+ standard in the men’s 10,000-metres.  Levins won the race in a time of 27:27.96 with Ahmed placing sixth in 27:34.64.  Having fulfilled the time criteria, Levins and Ahmed now need to medal at the Track and Field Trials in June in order to be nominated to the Olympic Games team.  Levins could be seeing double duty in London as he has also hit the Olympic A+ standard in the 5000-metres

Also in the 10,000-metres at Payton Jordan Simon Bairu of Regina, Sask., registered an Olympic B standard time of 27:85.05.

In the men’s 3000-metres steeplechase both Alex Genest of Lac-aux-Sables, Que., and Matthew Hughes of Oshawa, Ont., went under the Olympic B standard of 8:32.00.  Genest finished in second in 8:27.41 while Hughes was fourth in 8:31.77.

Megan Wright of Edmonton, Alta., registered an Olympic B standard in the women’s 5000-metres finishing in a time of 15:21.75, just over one second off the Olympic A standard of 15:20.00.  

Hilary Stellingwerff of Sarnia, Ont., dipped below the Olympic B standard in the women’s 1500-metres, Stellingwerff crossing the line in 4:08.76, finishing third.

Complete Payton Jordan results: http://www.letsrun.com/2012/jordanresults-0429.php

Julie Labonté hits second Olympic B standard

Julie Labonté of St-Justine, Que., finished in second place in the women’s shot put on Saturday at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational in La Jolla, California.  Her toss of 17.59-metres was her second straight result above the Olympic B standard of 17.20-metres.  Julie needs only a top three finish at the Track and Field Trials to keep her London 2012 dream alive. 

Click here for more information on Olympic qualifying standards.

Asianna Convington betters Canadian Youth Record

Surrey, B.C.’s Asianna Convington established a new Canadian youth record in the girl’s discus on Saturday at the Fraser Valley High School Invitational in Langley, B.C. Convington’s toss of 48.98-metres surpassed the 2010 mark of 47.35-metres held by Scarborough, Ont’s Daina Levy.

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