Athletics Canada announced this week that the 2022 indoor season has been a busy one for Canadian record ratification, with more Canadian records falling last weekend.

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford set a new North American indoor 5,000-metre record at the BU Valentine Invite, just days after establishing a new Canadian record in the 3,000 metres. Her new 5K area record is now 14:31.38 – 16 seconds faster than the previous mark and 26 seconds faster than her previous indoor best.

Mohammed Ahmed made a little history of his own at the meet, breaking his own Canadian record in the indoor 5,000 metres, setting the standard in a sizzling time of 12:56.87 and shaving eight seconds off the previous record.

Kyra Constantine is the proud new owner of the women’s indoor 300-metre record, clocking in with a time of 36.94 seconds at the American Track League Eastern Indoors, taking 0.14 seconds off the previous mark and becoming the first Canadian woman to go sub-37 seconds.

Lauren Gale took down the long-standing indoor 200-metre record at the Don Kirby Invitational, finishing with a time of 23.08 seconds.

Aurora Rynda set a new indoor Canadian 600-metre record at the Windy City Invite with a blazing time of 1:27.05 to break the 38-year-old mark.

Chloe Thomas set a new Canadian U20 record in the mile in Boston, running a seven-second personal best in the mile of 4:40.74 to earn her spot at the top of the Canadian record books.

When these are added to the Canadian records broken in the past year, we have an avalanche of activity by Canadian track and field athletes of all ages.  14 Outdoor Canadian performances plus 15 indoor marks total 29 new Canadian records in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic induced challenges to training locations and rare competitive opportunities before no spectators. Our Olympic Track and Field team performed beyond any expectations to finish 5th in the world. A truly banner year!

The 2021 outdoor records include:

Open Category:

Andre De Grasse, 200m

Damian Warner, Long Jump and Decathlon

Evan Dunfee, Racewalk 3000m, 5,000m 10,000m

Andrea Seccafien, 10,000m

Genevieve Lalonde, 3000m Steeplechase

Under 23 Years

Aurora Rynda, 800m

Triniti Tutti, Discus

Camryn Rogers, Hammer

Under 20 Years

Ethan Katzberg, Hammer

Olivia Lundman, Racewalk 5000m, 10,000m

2022 indoor records

Open

Mohammed Ahmed, 5000m

Gabriela Debues Stafford, 3000m, 5000m

Lauren Gale, 200m, 400m?

Kyra Constantine, 300m

Aurora Rynda, 600m

Sarah Mitton, Shot Put

Under 23 years

Lauren Gale, 200m, 400m?

Aurora Rynda, 600m

Ceili McCabe, 3000m

Under 20 years

Praise Aniamaka, Triple Jump

Ella Clayton 600m

Chloe Thomas, Mile

DETAILS ON RECORDS HERE

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TOP 30 MARKS FOR CANADIAN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES FOR 2022