Track and field

Jonathan Lyons, a 65-year-old rider from Bowen Island, B.C., is shown in action at the Canadian Track Championships in Milton, Ont., in a Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Cyclist, Robert Jones

At 65, B.C.’s Jonathan Lyons not slowing down at Canadian Track Championships

‘I’m not a young man any more but I feel strong, I feel healthy and alert.’

 

Ethan Katzberg, of Canada, makes an attempt in the Men’s hammer throw final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bernat Armangue

B.C.’s Ethan Katzberg wins gold in hammer throw at world championships

Nanaimo athlete the first Canadian man to reach podium in hammer at worlds

 

Canada’s 4 X100-metre relay team (left to right) Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse celebrate their bronze medal win during the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, Aug.6, 2021. The Canadian men’s 4x100-metre relay will get their upgraded Olympic silver medals today at the Canadian national trials in a medal reallocation ceremony.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Canadian men’s relay team to receive silver medals in reallocation ceremony

Official upgrade came in May 2022 after the disqualification of the British team due to a doping violation

 

Georgia Powell (r) with two of her sons, Jerome Blake (l) and Jason Blake. (Photo contributed)

Olympic runner Jerome Blake just 1 of 3 success stories for B.C. family

Blake competing in the 2023 Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships

Georgia Powell (r) with two of her sons, Jerome Blake (l) and Jason Blake. (Photo contributed)
FILE – Canadian runner Leah Pells (3135) of Langley, B.C. runs with pack in the women’s 1500 metre finishing sixth in her heat to qualify for the semifinals at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. (The Canadian Press)

VIDEO: 3-time B.C. Olympian talks inspiration ahead of national track & field championship

Despite big-time Olympic accolades, Leah Pells still calls herself a Langley girl

FILE – Canadian runner Leah Pells (3135) of Langley, B.C. runs with pack in the women’s 1500 metre finishing sixth in her heat to qualify for the semifinals at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. (The Canadian Press)
The foursome of Charlotte Routley, Lyriq Nerling, Chloe Bicknell and Caelyn Fitzpatrick after setting a provincial record in the 4 x 400 m relay. (Contributed)

Vernon Panthers break records at B.C. track championships

Charlotte Routley, Lyriq Nerling, Chloe Bicknell and Caelyn Fitzpatrick took home 2 golds

The foursome of Charlotte Routley, Lyriq Nerling, Chloe Bicknell and Caelyn Fitzpatrick after setting a provincial record in the 4 x 400 m relay. (Contributed)
Langley Township is hosting the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships Wednesday June 22 to Sunday, June 26, at McLeod Athletic Park. (Tanmay Ahluwalia/Langley Advance Times)

Langley youth heading to the finals, competing in 400m hurdle

She ran for her personal best in the semi-finals at the Track and Field Championships

Langley Township is hosting the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships Wednesday June 22 to Sunday, June 26, at McLeod Athletic Park. (Tanmay Ahluwalia/Langley Advance Times)
Athletes competed in the men’s 400-metre wheelchair race Friday morning at the Bell Canadian National Track and Field Championships. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Elite track and field athletes offer inspiration for Langley’s youth

Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships is happening in Langley until Sunday

Athletes competed in the men’s 400-metre wheelchair race Friday morning at the Bell Canadian National Track and Field Championships. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
Peter and Ann Withers, with their grandson Ethan Wilkie, watched the 100m qualifying races at the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships Thursday morning. Wilkie, who grew up in Langley and Abbotsford, is competing for the University of New Brunswick in the 400m race. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Langley-born track athlete returns home to race at Bell Canadian National championships

Athletes from across Canada are competing this week at McLeod Athletic Park

Peter and Ann Withers, with their grandson Ethan Wilkie, watched the 100m qualifying races at the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships Thursday morning. Wilkie, who grew up in Langley and Abbotsford, is competing for the University of New Brunswick in the 400m race. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Athletes were warming up at McLeod Athletic Park in Langley on Wednesday, June 22, as the 2022 Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships got underway. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Athletes assemble at the 2022 Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships in Langley

More than 1,600 competitors are registered for national championships

Athletes were warming up at McLeod Athletic Park in Langley on Wednesday, June 22, as the 2022 Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships got underway. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
A week before the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships were set to begin at Langley’s McLeod Athletic Park, Georgia Ellenwood posted a picture of herself at the field. The heptathlon star is one of several elite competitors forced to sit out the Langley event due to injuries. (Instagram)

Injuries sideline top athletes at Bell Canadian track and field championships in Langley

Several big names have withdrawn from competition

A week before the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships were set to begin at Langley’s McLeod Athletic Park, Georgia Ellenwood posted a picture of herself at the field. The heptathlon star is one of several elite competitors forced to sit out the Langley event due to injuries. (Instagram)
Alysha Newman competes at the Johnny Loaring Classic in Windsor, Ont. on May 21. (Geoff Robins, Mundo Sport Images/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Road to Langley: Pole vaulter finds new groove

Olympian uses recovery time from concussion to discover new passion – heptathlon

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Alysha Newman competes at the Johnny Loaring Classic in Windsor, Ont. on May 21. (Geoff Robins, Mundo Sport Images/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Memebrs of Canada’s 4 X100-metre relay team celebrate their bronze medal win during the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, Aug.6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Canada to receive 4×100 men’s relay silver medals from Tokyo Olympics

Move coming after court ruled against British sprinter tested for prohibited substance

Memebrs of Canada’s 4 X100-metre relay team celebrate their bronze medal win during the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, Aug.6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Georgia Ellenwood cleared the bar in the high jump event of the women’s heptathlon on Aug. 4, 2021 during competition at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. On Friday, Feb. 25, during a qualifying meet for the world championships, she ruptured her Achilles tendon. (Daniel Lea/CSM)

B.C.’s Georgia Ellenwood suffers catastrophic injury at qualifying meet for world championships

‘All I could say when it happened was no, please, no, no, no’

Georgia Ellenwood cleared the bar in the high jump event of the women’s heptathlon on Aug. 4, 2021 during competition at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. On Friday, Feb. 25, during a qualifying meet for the world championships, she ruptured her Achilles tendon. (Daniel Lea/CSM)