TORONTO - A number of athletes left their marks on the track and in the field today as the 2010 Canadian Track and Field Championships wound down in Toronto.

Heading into the Championships Calgary, Alberta's Sam Effah (U of C Athletics) held the country's fastest time running 10.06 over 100-metres; he cemented himself as Canada's fastest man capturing his first national title in 10.21. In the women's 100-metre dash Orillia, Ontario's Toyin Olupona (Elite Edge) ran 11.46 to capture her 4th consecutive (5th overall) Canadian Championship.

Facing off as P vs. P in the KPMG 100m hurdles both Pickering's Perdita Felicien and Whitby's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep lived up to the billing. Capturing her ninth Canadian title was Felicien who took the race in 12.72, three hundredths of a second faster than Lopes-Schliep who was a close second in 12.75.

In wheelchair racing, T54 classification, Guelph's Josh Cassidy captured two titles today by racing to the finish in the 800-metres in 1:46.86 and also finishing first in the 1500-metres in a time of 3:22.50. Cassidy finished these championships with three gold medals capturing the 5000-metres earlier this week.

In the women's hammer throw Sultana Frizell of Perth, ON (Ottawa Lions T.F.C.) re-captured her title throwing a Canadian Championship record of 71.89-metres; Sultana was the Champion in 2007 and 2008. In the men's high jump Derek Drouin of Sarnia, ON (Sarnia Athl. SW) finished with his first national title jumping 2.24-metres.
 
Event Name Performance Club    
110m Hurdles Men Karl Jennings 13.72 York University    
400m Hurdles Women Sarah Wells 56.98 U Toronto TC    
400m Hurdles Men Gabriel El Hanbli 50.94 Lanaudiere-Olympique    
400m Women Carline Muir 52.41 Legacy Athletics    
400m Men Daniel Harper 46.71 Brampton T.C.    
800m Women Diane Cummins 2:02.06 Unattached - BC    
800m Men Andrew Ellerton 1:50.83 Track North AC    
1500m Women Malindi Elmore 4:16.52 U of C Athletics    
1500m Men Olivier Collin 3:44.04 Vaudreuil-Dorion    
Discus Women Chantel Spies 49.99m BC Athletics    
Javelin Men Curtis Moss 74.76m BC Athletics    
Long Jump Women Tabia Charles 6.43m Elite Edge    
Pole Vault Women Gabriella Duclos-Lasnier 4.20m Sherbrooke    
Pole Vault Men Jason Wurster 5.30m U Toronto TC    
T11 100m Men Richard Carr Evan Porter 13.05 Saugeen T&F    
T12 100m Women Jacqueline Rennebohm Simon Hodge 14.41 London Western    
T12 100m Men Courtney Johnson Marcus Daniel 12.77 Unattached ON    
T13 100m Men Braedon Dolfo 12.13 Langley Mustangs    
T34 100m Women Chelsea Clark 21.77 Cruisers S.F.P.    
T34 100m Men Nathan Dewitt 19.78 WC Race Series    
T36 100m Women Meghan O'Brien 19.03 Kitchener W.    
T37 100m Women Megan Muscat 15.74 Windsor Legion    
T37 100m Men Daniel Kaemingk 14.11 Lakehead A.C.    
T38 100m Women Cindy Burt 15.81 Durham Dragon    
T38 100m Men Kyle Whitehouse 12.26 Niagara Regional    
T44 100m Men Alister Mcqueen 12.51 Calgary Warriors    
T46 100m Women Katarina Roxon 15.17 Unattached NL    
T53 100m Women Sarah White 20.06 Saint Laurent S.    
T53 100m Men Brent Lakatos 15.46 Ass. Fauteuil R.    
T54 100m Women Diane Roy 18.45 Sherbrooke    
T54 100m Men Colin Mathieson 15.19 Sherbrooke    
T11 400m Men Jon Dunkerley Sean Young 54.95 Ottawa Lions T.F.C.    
T12 400m Women Noella Klawitter Cody Boast 1:04.72 Ottawa Lions T.F.C.    
T12 400m Men Brandon King Mark Harris 55.16 Hamilton O.C.    
T13 400m Men Stuart McGregor 55.55 Ottawa Lions T.F.C.    
T36 400m Women Meghan O'Brien 1:32.28 Kitchener W.    
T38 400m Men Kyle Whitehouse 56.87 Niagara Regional    
T46 400m Women Katarina Roxon 1:10.70 Unattached NL    
T54 1500m Women Diane Roy 4:09.19 Sherbrooke    
F52 Shot Put Women Martha Sandoval 3.73m Cruisers S.F.P.    
F56 Shot Put Women Kierra Gibson 4.61m Kitchener W.  
 

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