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Re-writing the record books; track and field athletes assaulted Canadian and World marks in 2010

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Re-writing the record books; track and field athletes assaulted Canadian and World marks in 2010

16 December 2010

OTTAWA – The 2010 Canadian track and field season was highlighted by a few significant events such as the World Junior Championships held on home soil in Moncton, New-Brunswick, the strong showing at the Commonwealth Games, and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep’s domination in the 100-metre hurdles culminating with a Diamond League title. The season will also be remembered as one of record breaking proportions with five new world records set by Canadian athletes and 65 new Canadian records (57 outdoor records, 8 indoor records). The women led the charge with 32 new records with Canadian men recording 25.

Para-athletics world records fall

Kyle Pettey of Brampton, ON broke the world record twice in the F34 cerebral palsy classification shot put. Pettey’s second world record establishing performance was on the years’ biggest stage, he set a new world standard of 11.44 metres to secure gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Sherbrooke, QC’s Diane Roy accomplished a world double by setting world records in the T54 wheelchair classification 1500-metres and 5000-metres. Roy’s 1500-metres time of 3:21.39 was set on June 24 at the Bahnmeeting in Arbon, Switzerland but was bettered a few days later by Rochelle Woods of Great Britain. In the 5000-metres Diane holds the World record time of 11:16.96 set June 27 at the Swiss Championships.

Michelle Stilwell of Nanoose Bay, BC bettered two world records which she already owned in the T52 wheelchair 100 and 200-metres. At the Bahnmeeting in Arbon Switzerland June 24th Michelle improved both of her world records to 19.52 and 35.82 respectively.

Canadian Records

Record	Name	Hometown	Event	Performance	Date
Men
Junior	Mohammed Ahmed	St. Catharines, ON	10000m	28:57.44	Jun 10
Senior	Dylan Armstrong	Kamloops, BC	Shot Put	21.58m	Jun 2
Youth	Calvin Arsenault	Kitchener, ON	300mH	38.03	Jul 10
Senior	Simon Bairu	Regina, SK	10000m	27:23.63	May 1
T54	Josh Cassidy	Guelph, ON	1500m	2:55.73	Jun 24
T54	Josh Cassidy	Guelph, ON	5000m	9:55.13	Jun 24
Youth	Ryan Cassidy	Grande-Digue, NB	3000m SC	9:02.27	Jul 2
T54	Jean-Paul Compaore	Sherbrooke, QC	800m	1:33.29	Jun 24
Youth	Robert Denault	Aurora, ON	1500m	3:45.87	Jun 25
F12	Braedon Dolfo	Langley, BC	High Jump	1.80m	Jun 13
F13	Braedon Dolfo	Langley, BC	High Jump	1.75m	Jun 19
F12	Braedon Dolfo	Langley, BC	Long Jump	6.17m	Jun 5
F13	Braedon Dolfo	Langley, BC	Long Jump	6.32m	Jun 19
F33	Robert Hughes	Sarnia, ON	Shot Put	8.98m	Aug 7
T53	Brent Lakatos	Dorval, QC	100m	14.85	Jun 19
Youth	David Nsabua	Ottawa, ON	Triple Jump	14.86m	Jun 5
F58	Issa Ouedraogo	Sherbrooke, QC	Shot Put	10.04m	Jul 10
F34	Kyle Pettey	Brampton, ON	Discus	37.08m	Mar 20
F34	Kyle Pettey	Brampton, ON	Shot Put	11.44m WR	Oct 7
F46	Kenneth Trudgeon	London, ON	Shot Put	12.70m	Jul 8
Youth	James Turner	Kelowna, BC	Octathlon	6006 pts.	Aug 8
Youth	Jordan Young	Windsor, ON	Discus	60.74m (1.5kg)	Aug 8
Men’s Relays
Youth	Devon Rittinger	Kitchener, ON	4x100m	42.45	Aug 8
	Brandon McBride	Windsor, ON
	Nienkel Paljola	Kitchener, ON
	Marlon Laidlaw-Allen	Toronto, ON
Youth	Keefer Joyce	Kelowna, BC	4x400m	3:22.16	Aug 8
	Keffri Neal	Surrey, BC
	Sean Keane	Surrey, BC
	Brendon Restall	Victoria, BC
T54	Colin Mathieson	Sherbrooke, QC	4x400m	3:09.69	Jun 27
	Eric Gauthier	St-Faustin-Lac-Carre, QC
	Alexandre Dupont	Bradwell, SK
	Curtis Thom	Mississauga, ON
Women
Youth	Christian Brennan	Waterdown, ON	200m	23.84	Jul 30
Senior	Tabia Charles	Pickering, ON	Triple Jump	13.99m	Jul 3
Senior	Sultana Frizell	Perth, ON	Hammer	72.24m (4kg)	May 23
Youth	Rachael Inglis	Victoria, BC	3000m RW	15:41.22	May 9
T12	Noella Klawitter	Carleton Place, ON	1500m	5:16.76	Aug 25
Junior	Genevieve Lalonde	Moncton, NB	3000m SC	9:57.74	Jul 22
Youth	Daina Levy	Winnipeg, MB	Discus	47.35m (1kg)	May 20
Youth	Daina Levy	Winnipeg, MB	Hammer	58.43m (4kg)	Jun 13
F37	Virginia McLachlan	Windsor, ON	Long Jump	3.48m	Aug 7
Youth	Alysha Newman	Windsor, ON	Pole Vault	3.91m	Aug 8
Youth	Carly Paracholski	Winnipeg, MB	800m	2:05.99	Jul 21
Youth	Katie Reid	Surrey, BC	400m	53.47	Jul 3
T12	Jacqueline Rennebohm	London, ON	200m	28.60	Jul 10
T51	Becky Richter	Saskatoon, SK	100m	35.38	May 9
T51	Becky Richter	Saskatoon, SK	200m	1:10.57	Aug 8
T51	Becky Richter	Saskatoon, SK	400m	2:15.06	May 9
T37	Leah Robinson	Mannheim, ON	100m	15.27	Oct 7
T46	Katarina Roxon	Stephenville, NL	400m	1:10.70	Jul 31
T46	Katarina Roxon	Stephenville, NL	800m	2:43.47	Jul 8
T54	Diane Roy	Sherbrooke, QC	1500m	3:21.39 WR	Jun 24
T54	Diane Roy	Sherbrooke, QC	5000m	11:16.96 WR	Jun 27
F52	Martha S-Gustafson	Toronto, ON	Discus	11.04m	Aug 7
F52	Martha S-Gustafson	Toronto, ON	Shot Put	3.92m	Aug 7
T52	Michelle Stilwell	Nanoose Bay, BC	100m	19.52 WR	Jun 24
T52	Michelle Stilwell	Nanoose Bay, BC	200m	35.82 WR	Jun 24
T52	Michelle Stilwell	Nanoose Bay, BC	400m	1:08.81	June 24
Youth	Anne Voyer	Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC	5000m RW	28:29.16	Jul 11
Youth	Sage Watson	Medicine Hat, AB	300mH	43.28	Aug 8
Women’s Relays
Youth	Nicky Charlesworth	Calgary, AB	4x100m	47.79	Aug 8
	Jennifer Fetaz	Leslieville, AB
	Isatu Fofanah	Ponoka, AB
	Leah Walkeden	Ardrossan, AB
Youth	Vanessa Sjoberg	Surrey, BC	4x400m	3:54.25	Aug 8
	Jade Vaughan	Langley, BC
	Zarria Storm	Victoria, BC
	Devan Wiebe	Vancouver, BC
Junior	Crystal Emmanuel	Scarborough, ON	4x100m	44.77	Jul 23
	Jonelle Bell-Spence	Brampton, ON
	Leah Walkeden	Ardrossan, AB
	Loudia Laarman	Lethbridge, AB
Junior	Katie Reid	Surrey, BC	4x400m	3:34.50	Jul 24
	Annie Leblanc	Repentigny, QC
	Carly Paracholski	Winnipeg, MB
	Chanice Taylor-Chase	Ajax, ON

Canadian Indoor Records

Record	Name	Hometown	Event	Performance	Date
Men
Senior	Dylan Armstrong	Kamloops, BC	Shot Put	21.39m	Mar 13
Senior	Brian Chibudu	Ottawa, ON	Long Jump	8.02m	Feb 26
Junior	Akeen Haynes	Calgary, AB	50m	5.82	Feb 4
Junior	Gregory MacNeill	London, ON	60mH	7.78	Mar 6
Women
Senior	Tabia Charles	Pickering, ON	Long Jump	6.60m	Feb 13
Senior	Kelsie Hendry	Saskatoon, SK	Pole Vault	4.55m	Feb 19
Junior	Julie Labonté	Ste-Justine, QC	Shot Put	16.22m	Dec 5
Jr & Yth	Daina Levy	Winnipeg, MB	Weight Throw	18.59m	Mar 7

Previous Records

The following records were also ratified from previous seasons.

Record	Name	Hometown	Event	Performance	Date
Men
Youth	Marlon Laidlaw-Allen	Toronto, ON	Medley Relay	1:53.51	July 12, 2009
	Adam Gaudes	Fredericton, NB
	Aaron Brown	Toronto, ON
	Benjamin Ayesu-Attah	Coquitlam, BC
Junior	Evan Dunfee	Richmond, BC	10km RW	41:55.0	June 28, 2009