As 2024 attracts to an in depth, it’s the proper time to replicate on the Canadian athletes who amazed the nation with their distinctive performances. From indoor and out of doors observe to cross nation, highway races and marathons–Crew Canada’s future shines brightly. Listed below are the highest 10 Canadian achievements that left a long-lasting influence on athletics this yr.
10. Natasha Wodak wins Canadian marathon title
For the primary time since making her debut 13 years in the past, Canadian marathon document holder Natasha Wodak returned to the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October and efficiently chased her first Canadian title within the marathon. The 42-year-old clocked 2:27:54, her quickest time since setting the nationwide document in 2022.
9. Jazz Shukla solos the 800m Olympic customary
Toronto’s Jazz Shukla placed on simply probably the most thrilling efficiency of the Canadian Olympic trials in June. In a solo effort, the 26-year-old shot to her second sub-two-minute run of the season within the 800m ultimate, clinching the Olympic customary within the course of. Her time of 1:58.20 makes her the second-fastest Canadian lady ever.
8. Philippe Morneau-Cartier wins back-to-back U Sports activities XC titles
In his second consecutive undefeated collegiate season, Quebec’s Philippe Morneau-Cartier efficiently defended his U Sports activities cross-country title at November’s U Sports activities XC Championships in Kelowna, B.C. The 23-year-old exuded confidence as he pulled off the spectacular feat, profitable by six seconds after main a surge in tempo that just one different athlete might reply to.
7. Ceili McCabe beats world champion to interrupt Canadian 3,000m steeplechase document
On the Los Angeles Grand Prix in Might, Vancouver’s Ceili McCabe hurtled to 9:20.58 within the 3,000m steeplechase–demolishing Geneviève Lalonde‘s Canadian document and hovering previous the Olympic customary of 9:23.00. Within the course of, 22-year-old McCabe defeated the 2022 world champion, Norah Jeruto.
6. Rachel Forsyth claims world U20 silver
In August, 18-year-old Rachel Forsyth grew to become the first Canadian lady in historical past to medal within the 1,500m at a world junior championship occasion. The rising star clocked 4:17.94 to clinch the silver-medal spot on the U20 World Championships in Lima, Peru. Forsyth is now in her first yr at Michigan State College, the place she opened her NCAA observe season with a Canadian U20 3,000m document.
5. Audrey Leduc sprints to double Canadian information
Quebec’s Audrey Leduc achieved two Olympic requirements and stamped her identify within the Canadian document books twice in a single season. The 25-year-old first broke Angela Bailey’s 36-year-old 100m document in April, operating 10.96; she additional improved that point to 10.95 at her Olympic debut in Paris. Leduc additionally claimed the 200m document with a 22.36 run in Atlanta in June.
4. Savannah Sutherland reaches 400m hurdles ultimate in Olympic debut
Making a ultimate at your Olympic debut is virtually extraordinary, but Savannah Sutherland completed the feat at simply 20. The Borden, Sask., native went on to run alongside Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone within the quickest 400m hurdle race in historical past. Earlier within the season, Sutherland took silver on the NCAA championships, breaking the Canadian document twice within the course of.
3. Christopher Morales Williams bests indoor 400m world document
Vaughan, Ont.’s Christopher Morales Williams emerged this season as one among Canada’s greatest rising stars. The 20-year-old punched his ticket to Paris in February with a world record-breaking indoor 400m time of 44.49. (The document was not ratified because of a problem with the beginning blocks.) Morales Williams additionally grew to become the primary Canadian to win indoor and out of doors NCAA titles within the occasion in the identical yr.
2. Marco Arop takes Olympic 800m silver
Edmonton’s middle-distance star, Marco Arop, continued to make the nation proud this yr; the 26-year-old surged to an enormous private greatest within the 800m Olympic ultimate, clocking 1:41.20 to clinch the silver medal and setting a brand new North American document. He’s the primary Canadian to medal in an Olympic 800m since 1964. In September, Arop additionally took down the 1,000m North American document in 2:13:13.
1. Males’s 4x100m relay Olympic gold
Within the headliner occasion in Paris, the Canadian males’s 4 x 100m relay staff achieved a lifelong dream: Olympic gold. The quartet of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse executed their race flawlessly, operating 37.50 seconds to climb to the highest of the rostrum for the primary time in 28 years.
Honourable mentions
Listed below are only a few of the opposite excellent performances from 2024 that we merely can’t overlook.
We are able to hardly wait to see what 2025 brings!
