The outside racing season is nicely underway, and past the Diamond League, Canadians are lining up at numerous places this weekend. From Los Angeles to Prague, there are a number of massive races as athletes look to attain world normal forward of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August.
Sound Operating Monitor Fest, Might 6
There’s a significantly robust contingent of Canadians operating the 1,500m and 5,000m this weekend in LA. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is operating her first race since her damage in 2022, and Ben Flanagan is ready to proceed an already spectacular run of races with a 5,000m. Just some weeks in the past, Flanagan raced the B.A.A. 5K, ending second in a Canadian document.
In American information, phenom Katelyn Tuohy seems to be to take a run at Jenny Simpson’s collegiate document of 15:01.70. The NC State runner is a multi-time NCAA champion who might add “sub-15 runner” to her resume on Saturday.
800m: Addy Townsend of Coquitlam, B.C.
1,500m: Charlie Dannatt, Regan Yee, Robert Heppenstall, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Kieran Lumb
5,000m: Erin Teschuk, Jessy Lacourse, Thomas Fafard, Nick Bannon, Julie-Anne Staehli, Ben Flanagan, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot
3,000m steeplechase: Ceili McCabe, Jean-Simon Desgagnes
10,000m: Mike Tate
Full particulars, begin lists and schedule might be discovered right here. The reside stream is pay-per-view, offered by Tracklandia. Hyperlink to observe might be discovered right here.
Prague Marathon, Might 7
Over in Europe, Ben Preisner and Justin Kent might be lining up on the Prague Marathon within the Czech Republic on Sunday morning. Preisner has run the fourth-fastest marathon of any Canadian, behind Cam Levins, Trevor Hofbauer and Jerome Drayton. Preisner ran a 1:02:42 on the Houtson Half in January.
Outcomes, schedule and race particulars might be discovered right here.
