Athletics

[Josh 5,717]

On 4/21/2024 at 8:16 PM, Josh said:

Suzhou Diamond League on next weekend. Same Canadians competing as in Xiamen, Regan Yee in women’s 3000m steeplechase (hopefully she can get the OQS), Marco Arop in men’s 800m, and Sarah Mitton in women’s shot put. 

Arop has withdrawn. 
 

Other Canadians in action. 

Drake Relays

Craig Thorne - Men’s 110m Hurdles

Elizabeth Gleadle - Women’s Javelin Throw

Grace Fetherstonhaugh - Women’s 3000m Steeplechase 

 

USATF Bermuda Grand Prix

Aaron Brown - Men’s 100m

Natasha McDonald - Women’s 200m

 

Penn State Relays

Savannah Sutherland - Women’s 400m Hurdles

 

Hamburg Marathon

Leslie Sexton

Natasha Wodak

Dayna Pidhoresky

Benjamin Priesner

 

East Coast Relays

Andre DeGrasse - Men’s 100m, Men’s 200m

Jerome Blake - Men’s 200m

 

LSU Invitational

Jillian Weir - Women’s Hammer Throw

Audrey Leduc - Women’s 100m

 

Adi Zero: Road to Records

Marco Arop - Men’s 800m

 

Forgot to mention this, but Duan Asemota also clocked 9.98 in the men’s 100m at the LSU Alumni Gold (albeit wind assisted, at +3.4 m/s), first Canadian under 10.00 in two years!

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6HbcYlPD4o/?igsh=M202YmpnaDQ4Nnp6

Edited 3 hours ago by Josh

[Josh 5,717]

55.36 for Savannah Sutherland in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Penn Relays!

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6MyvDyPExl/?igsh=MWt3djM3MW9sZGRvZQ==

[Josh 5,717]

Andre DeGrasse opens up his (outdoor) season with a 20.11 (3.1 m/s) in the men’s 200m at the East Coast Relays!

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[Josh 5,717]

59.42m PB for Jeremiah Nubbe in men’s discus throw at the Texas Invitational!

[Josh 5,717]

A couple of weeks ago I did athletes to watch on the Road To Paris, and well I haven’t quite finished it yet so here we go. 
 

Decathlon

Pierce LePage - PB 8909 pts / 2023 SB 8909 pts / 2024 SB N/A / Qualified By Entry Standard

Damian Warner - PB 9018 pts / 2023 SB 8804 pts / Qualified By Entry Standard

 

Men’s 20km Race Walk

Evan Dunfee  - PB 1:18:03 / 2023 SB 1:18:03 / 2024 SB 1:18:41 / Qualified By Entry Standard

 

Men’s Marathon

Cameron Levins - PB 2:05:36 / 2023 SB 2:05:36 / 2024 SB N/A / Qualified By Entry Standard

Rory Linkletter - PB 2:08:01 / 2023 SB 2:12:16 / 2024 SB 2:08:01 / Qualified By Entry Standard

Ben Priesner - PB 2:08:58 / 2023 SB 2:15:02 / 2024 SB 2:08:58 / Next Best By World Rankings

 

Men’s 110m Hurdles

Craig Thorne - PB 13.52 / 2023 SB 13.52 / 2024 SB 14.02 /

 

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase

Jean Simon Desgagnes - PB 8:15.58 / 2023 SB 8:15.58 / 2024 SB N/A / In World Rankings Quota

 

Men’s 5000m

Benjamin Flanagan - PB 13:04.62 / 2023 SB 13:13.97 / 2024 SB 13:04.62 / Qualified By Entry Standard

Mo Ahmed - PB 12:47.20 / 2023 SB 12:56.46 / 2024 SB N/A / Qualified By Entry Standard

 

Men’s 10000m

Mo Ahmed - PB 26:34.14 / 2023 SB 27:56.43 / 2024 SB 26:53.01 / Qualified By Entry Standard
 

Women’s 5000m/10000m, 3000m Steeplechase and 110m/400m hurdles and marathon I’ll do later. 

[Josh 5,717]

Less notable of a result and likely won’t qualify for Paris, but watch out for decathlete Cole Wilson in the future. At the Bryan Clay Invitational he demolished his previous PB of 6835 points, tallying 7431 pts (he’s only 21 years old too)! That’s almost a 600 point increase.