Tyler Christopher News

The statue of Harry Jerome in Stanley Park. Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun "Toronto says track is back.

She is the Canadian record holder and a former world champion, but Perdita Felicien felt like an underdog Saturday at the Canadian Senior Track and Field Championships.

WINDSOR, Ont. - It was a chance to savour the victory for Scott Russell. His win in the men's javelin at the Canadian senior track and field championships meant more than a simple gold medal.

Canada's Gary Reed didn't win it a medal in Berlin at this year's world track and field championships.

The Canadian team at this yeara TMs world track and field championships in Berlin has been the victim of a few too many bad breaks.

Since capturing bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep had mapped out this year to challenge for gold at the world track and field championships.

Perdita Felicien reacts after crossing the finish line ahead of Priscilla Lopes-Schliep to win the Women 100 Meter Hurdles during the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Toronto June 27, 2009.

Nova Scotia will be well-represented in the 4x400-metre relay at next month's world championships in Germany.

Lopes-Schliep, Felicien lead lineup Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, left, and Perdita Felicien, seen competing in the 100-metre hurdles in Toronto last month, lead Canada's 31-member team at the upcoming world track and field championships.

They haven't installed a revolving door yet, nor have they shuttered the place. But the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre at Foote Field is in an uncomfortable state of flux after the departures of high-performance coaches Kevin Tyler and Derek Evely, who gave notice six months apart and will work together for UK Athletics in the lead-up to the ...

Brian Barnett leaned at the line, then raised his arms in victory yesterday in what was a repeat performance of a day earlier.

The last thing Derek Evely told UK Athletics officials at a London airport hotel before boarding a plane back home was that he'd have to mull over their job offer to coach in England.

Ruky Abdulai had a spring in her step and a song in her heart. Edmonton-based Tyler Christopher could use a little of either these days.

Christopher caught in the middle again Former world championship bronze medalist 400-metre runner on the look for another new coach after UK Athletics lures Derek Evely to help head up Olympic effort James Christie Last updated on Wednesday, Jul.

It was a microcosm of Canadian runner Tyler Christopher's season of struggle. Realizing he hadn't gone out hard enough just 30 metres into a 400-metre final that he knew he could easily win, he sought an extra gear but instead felt a twinge in his hamstring and pulled up on the track on Saturday at the national championships at Varsity Centre.

Canadian sprinter Tyler Christopher has lost a second coach to the British track and field team in less than six months.

Perdita Felicien won the national hurdles title with a time of 12.80 seconds. In what was surely the most anticipated rivalry at the 2009 Canadian athletics championships, Perdita Felicien won her eighth national 100-metre hurdles title, defeating Olympic bronze medallist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep for the first time this season.

Tyler Christopher cruised through his first round heat in the men's 400-metres at the Canadian Track and Field Championships yesterday.

With the Canadian Track and Field Championships less than a week away entries have now closed revealing a deep field for the four-day event beginning June 25 at Varsity Centre in Toronto.

Runner Travis Vugteveen has just over one week to wait before he'll know for sure whether he's clinched a spot on Canada's world youth team.