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CTFL Championship Preview: Sprints

With the CTFL championship less than one week away, we take a look at the final meet of the season. We’ll be looking into each race, talking favourites and dark horses based on statistics in the sprinting events.

CTFL runners tie in decisive 200m race

Nkele Martin At the final preliminary meet of the Canadian Track and Field League, in Ottawa, on July 5, first and second-place 200m athletes Bertwin Ben-Smith and Sebastien Regnier ran identical races. Ben-Smith (Bears) and Regnier (Arctics) were the top two runners in the men’s 200m division with just three points separating them coming into the final meet. Ben-Smith led the division with 43 points, but Regnier only needed to run 21.81, 0.02 seconds faster than his previous preliminary time, to take the lead. The day before the race, Regnier was confident that he could beat that time, having run...

Top Two Athletes in the Men's 200m Separated by Just Three Points Ahead of Final Preliminary Meet

On July 5, CTFL athletes will be competing in the Ottawa Twilight meet, the leagues final preliminary meet of the season. The event is stacking up to be decisive for the mens 200m event, with first and second place runners Bertwin Ben-Smith (Bears) Sebastien Regnier (Arctics) sitting just three points apart. With the fate of first place in his hands, Ben-Smith says he is not nervous.

Distance Runners Impress at the Royal City Inferno Track and Field Festival

Nkele Martin As the CTFL season draws closer to an end, its athletes are beginning to heat up. On June 21, the aptly named Royal City Inferno Track and Field Festival yielded some fiery results. Athletes and supporters arrived at the Guelph University Alumni Stadium on the Wednesday, and races began at 6:30 p.m. 85 CTFL athletes from all four teams competed at the festival, the second last of the leagues’ preliminary meets. Bears athlete and Olympian Roxroy Cato started the meet strong, winning the first race of the evening with a 49.55 in the men's 400m hurdles. Despite many...

Laying the groundwork: How the Canadian Track and Field League is working towards a better future for the sport

Nkele Martin In its second year, the CTFL has grown from 128 to 232 athletes. The league features former Olympians, national champions and various Canadian record holders. Halfway through its 2023 season, CTFL athletes have seen huge success, such as Usheoritse Itsekiri, who ran the fastest 100m on Canadian soil with a time of 10.02 (+1.4). 2007-born Timeo Atonfo, Quinn Coughlin and Grace Streek will be competing against some of these superstars this season. To put this into perspective, when 18 year-old Huskies long jumper Jonathan Balogun recorded 5.99m at the Sherwood Park Track Classic in 2012, Atonfo - who...

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