Sultana Frizell News

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep captured a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles at this year's world championships in Berlin.

Canada's Gary Reed finished fourth in the semifinal heat of the men's 800-metre event Friday and will not advance to Saturdays final.

It was a successful weekend for Canadian Track and Field as Gary Reed captured silver at the World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Canada's Gary Reed races to victory in his first-round 800-metres race at the world track and field championships Thursday in Berlin.

Canada's Gary Reed races to victory in his first-round 800-metres race at the world track and field championships Thursday in Berlin.

The Canadian 4x100 men's relay team set a seasonal best time on Saturday at the world track and field championships in Berlin, but it wasn't good enough to see the team head home with a medal.

Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep celebrates after winning the silver medal in the final of the women's 100m hurdles in Berlin on Wednesday.

Despite having qualified for the men's 4x100-metre relay final in eighth spot, Canada ran a season's best Saturday to snatch a credible fifth place at the world track and field championships in Berlin.

Sultana Frizell goes for one of her three attempts in hammer throw qualifying. It was a case of mixed fortunes for the two Canadian competitors in Thursday's qualification round of the women's hammer throw event at the world track and field championships in Berlin.

Canada's Gary Reed races to victory in his first-round 800-metres race at the world track and field championships Thursday in Berlin.

The Canadian track and field championships at Varsity Stadium this weekend provided some exciting moments, particularly in the women's 100-metre hurdles.

Golden moment for Canada's Felicien Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, left, and Canada's Perdita Felicien, right, race during the women's 100-metre hurdles during the Festival of Excellence on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

Bryan Barnett has never received any advice from the legends of Canadian sprinting.

Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien is shown in this file photo. Felicien edged Olympic bronze medallist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep to win the women's 100-metre hurdles at the Canadian championships Saturday.

Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, B.C., easily won the men's shot put Saturday at the Canadian track and field championships.

OK, so here's the problem ... You're a dad and your 13-year-old daughter is about to compete in her first track meet.

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep's bronze-medal performance in the 100-metre hurdles was one of the highlights for Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Sultana Frizell of Perth, Ont., bettered her own Canadian record en route to a silver medal in the women's hammer throw at the Prefontaine Classic on Sunday.

Ken Parker couldn't stop smiling. No sooner had Tara Quinn-Smith, Canadian half-marathon record holder, confirmed that she was going to race his Emilie Mondor Memorial 5K Run for Women than Lioudmila Kortchaguina, 2009 Canadian women's marathon champion, was in as well.

Olympic medallist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Whitby, Ont., won the gold medal in the women's 100-metre hurdles at the Qatar Super Grand Prix on Friday in Doha, Qatar.