Perdita Felicien and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (right) greet each other ahead of the super showdown at the Canadian National Championships.The first day of competition at the Canadian Track and Field Championships was highlighted by day 1 of the combined events, qualifying rounds and a number of athletes crowned Canadian champions.
Qualifying to the Championship Round
|
Event |
Name |
Place |
Performance |
Club |
|
100m Men |
Rhoan Sterling |
1 |
10.68 |
Laurel Creek |
|
|
Graeme Rinholm |
2 |
10.69 |
U of S Huskies |
|
|
Seon Holmes |
3 |
10.80 |
Mississauga T.F.C. |
|
|
Andrew Nathan |
4 |
10.85 |
Vancouver O.C. |
|
|
Taylor Fernuik |
5 |
10.87 |
Capital City TC |
|
|
Phillip Hayle |
6 |
11.03 |
Brampton T.C. |
|
|
Tony Risling |
7 |
11.17 |
Ottawa Lions T.F.C. |
|
|
Louis-Alain Larouche |
8 |
11.52 |
Perfmax-Racing |
|
200m Men |
Brendon Rodney |
1 |
21.81 |
Take Flight A. |
|
|
Leonae Nichol |
2 |
21.85 |
Mississauga T.F.C. |
|
|
Graeme Rinholm |
3 |
22.01 |
U of S Huskies |
|
|
Kevin Lim |
4 |
22.03 |
Kajaks T&F |
|
200m Women |
Farah Jacques |
1 |
24.58 |
Perfmax-Racing |
|
|
Janelle Khan |
2 |
24.67 |
Voleo Athletics |
|
|
Athena Mcbean |
3 |
25.29 |
U of Toronto |
|
800m Men |
Shaquille Dill |
1 |
1:54.75 |
Bermuda* |
|
|
Robert Denault |
2 |
1:55.36 |
Newmarket H.T.C. |
|
|
Andrew Cruickshank |
3 |
1:55.51 |
U of Toronto |
|
|
Sofian Azzi |
4 |
1:55.61 |
Cirrus |
|
800m Women |
Julia Malleck |
1 |
2:12.72 |
Ottawa Lions T.F.C. |
|
|
Hayley Degaust |
2 |
2:12.91 |
Edmonton Thunder |
|
|
Lydia Frost |
3 |
2:13.09 |
Charlotte C.T.C. |
|
|
Sasha Gollish |
4 |
2:13.28 |
U of Toronto |
|
|
Angela Shaw |
5 |
2:13.68 |
Unattached BC |
|
100m Hurdles |
Nikkita Holder |
1 |
13.82 |
Elite Edge |
|
|
Kathryn Mccaffrey |
2 |
14.19 |
U of A A.C. |
|
|
Zaria Stoffman |
3 |
14.31 |
Vancouver O.C. |
|
|
Courtney Wilkes |
4 |
14.69 |
Voleo Athletics |
|
|
Jasmine Patterson |
5 |
14.75 |
Brampton T.C. |
*Not eligible for final - international athlete
Combined Events Summary
Calgary’s Jessica Zelinka is leading the way in the heptathlon with 3640 points. She finished first in the 100m hurdles (13.27), Shot Put (13.27m) and 200m (24.64). She placed third in the high jump (1.73m).
In the decathlon Windsor’s Jamie Adjetey-Nelson is leading after five events with 4184 points. Following in second is Tottenham’s Massimo Bertocchi with 4120 points.
2010 Canadian Champions
The first day of competition also saw a number of athletes crowned 2010 Canadian champions. Notably Regina’s Simon Bairu successfully defended his title in the men’s 10000m in 28:49.25. Kevin Strybosch of London, ON finished the day with two titles to his name, Strybosch won the men’s shot put and javelin in the F37 para classification.
|
Event |
Name |
Performance |
Club |
|
10000m Men |
Simon Bairu |
28:49.25 |
Queen City S. |
|
10000m Men T44 |
Rick Ball |
37:53.51~ |
Orillia Legion |
|
Shot Put F37 Men |
Kevin Strybosch |
9.67m |
Unattached Ontario |
|
Shot Put F46 Men |
Kenneth Trudgeon |
12.22m |
London Western |
|
Club Throw F32 Women |
Madison Cicone |
10.53m |
Cruisers S.F.P. |
|
Javelin F33 Men |
Robert Hughes |
15.54m |
Sarnia A. SW |
|
Javelin F58 Men |
Issa Ouedraogo |
31.57m |
Sherbrooke |
|
800m T12 Women |
Noella Klawitter |
2:33.30 |
Ottawa Lions T.F.C. |
|
Javelin F11 Men |
Naveed Islam |
37.11m |
Unattached Ontario |
|
Javelin F37 Men |
Kevin Strybosch |
28.36m |
Unattached Ontario |
|
Javelin F46 Men |
Kenneth Trudgeon |
35.69m |
London Western |
|
Long Jump F37 Women |
Virginia Mclachlan |
3.36m |
Windsor Legion |
|
Long Jump F13 Men |
Braedon Dolfo |
5.81m |
Langley Mustangs |
