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As the 2024 season concludes, the CTFL reflects on a year of significant growth and accomplishments. Celebrating its third anniversary, the league has expanded its reach, increasing participation, securing new sponsors, and building deeper connections within the track and field community. In 2024, CTFL saw 268 top athletes compete, with half of its records being broken and prize funding rising to $28,500. Noteworthy achievements also include the launch of the CTFL NextGen Initiative with New Balance and the growth of its global social media presence. Looking ahead to 2025, CTFL anticipates even greater competition and new events, including the CTFL X New Balance Trials for U18 and U16 athletes. Founder Quinn Lyness thanks supporters for their continued dedication, ensuring the CTFL’s future as a leading force in Canadian track and field. The league is excited to begin the new season with renewed energy and anticipation.

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Alex Telford, age 26 discusses in depth how hard it is to be a track and field athlete with aspirations of competing for a national team. From postponing her career to moving back in with her parents all for a shot at reaching her athletic goals.

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CTFL journalist Nkele Martin sat down with founder and CEO Quinn Lyness to talk about the league’s second season, and its future. Read more to find out what happened with the 2023 season and the founder's plan to take the sport forward.

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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 and field event, talking favourites and dark horses based on statistics for the long distance and field events at the August 5th CTFL Championship.

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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...

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