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athletics, canada athletics, canadian track and field, CTFL, Ottawa Prelim, Racing, Track, track and field, track canada - 4 juillet 2023

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.

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athletics, canada athletics, canadian track and field, CTFL, Guelph Inferno, Guelph Prelim, OFSAA, prelim recap, Track, track and field, track canada - 30 juin 2023

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...

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athletics, canada athletics, canadian track and field, CTFL, Grace Streek, OFSAA, Quinn Coughlin, Timeo Atonfo, Track, track and field, track canada - 13 juin 2023

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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1 juin 2023

CTFL runners place first in both the men's and women's hurdles at the Bob Vigars Classic, breaking various records

Nkele Martin CTFL athletes dominated the hurdles event this past weekend at the Bob Vigars Classic in London, Ont. Artics utility athlete Michelle Harrison and Bears core athlete David Adeleye ran a season's best 12.86 and 13.92, respectively. While both athletes broke meet records, Harrison broke the stadium record of 13.16 that had been standing since 2001. Harrison said this run came at the end of what she described as “a rough couple of weeks.” “I was sick, I broke my finger, and had a little bit of a hamstring thing going on,” she said. Regardless of the setbacks, the...

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athletics, calgary prelim, canada athletics, canadian track and field, CTFL, montreal prelim, prelim recap, Track, track and field, track canada - 30 mai 2023

CTFL season begins with Calgary and Montreal meets

The second season of the Canadian Track and Field League (CTFL) began with a meet hosted by the University of Calgary Athletics Club, May 13-14 and a meet in Montreal hosted by Saint-Laurent Select on May 20th. These were the first 2 of what will be six meets this summer ending with the CTFL Championship in Ottawa on August 5th. The first two meets were highlighted by 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter sprints as well as Sprint hurdles for both men and women. Other events such as long distance 800 and 1500 meter runs as well as long jump and shot...

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