Ruky Abdulai confirmed today her entry into the second annual Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome Indoor Classic featuring the TELUS Jerome Outreach Elementary Relays set for Saturday, February 4th at the Richmond Olympic Oval new track and field facility. This event will be the first steps to the 2012 Olympic Games in London this summer.
Ruky was the winner of the National Championship Heptathlon in Calgary in June of 2011. She went on to represent Canada at the World Championships in Daegu, Korea where she recorded her personal best in the seven event challenge. Her performances of 24.50 (200m), 2:15.29 (800m), 13.60 (100mH), 1.80m (HJ), 6.30m (LJ), 11.72m (SP) and 46.35m (Jav) gave her a total of 6212 points. This ranks the Simon Fraser graduate as 17th in the world.
Ruky will compete in the 60m hurdles at the Jerome Indoor Classic. Her personal best is 8.54 seconds set in 2008 at the NAIA indoor championships. She holds the Richmond Olympic Oval record for the 50m hurdles with her 7.72 mark set in 2011.
Tickets are $5 and available only at the Richmond Olympic Oval, 6111 River Road,
on February 4th. The TELUS Jerome Outreach Elementary Relays start at 10 am
with the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome Indoor Classic
set for 11:20 am





















