The second day of the 2015 Hershey Athletics Canada Indoor Championships finished with a record-setting performance from Luguelin Santos. While no world record was broken, the 2012 Olympic silver medallist set a new Dominican Republic 600m record by winning in a time of 1:16.01. After rabbiting the Wannamaker Mile last weekend in New York, American Mark Wieczorek placed a solid 2nd in 1:17.04, followed by Dai Greene of Great Britain in 3rd.
2012 Olympic finalist Phylicia George of Markham, Ont., took control early in the 60m hurdles and cruised to victory in 8.28. Fellow Olympian Nikkita Holder of Pickering, Ont., Karelle Edwards of Ottawa, Ont., and junior aged-athlete Mariam Abdul-Rashid of Oshawa, Ont., rounded out the top 4.
Olympian and 2013 IAAF Championships bronze medallist Damian Warner of London, Ont., contested the men’s long jump in Montreal. The multi-event star won and tied his personal best in the event with a jump of 7.62m.
In the 5000m Race Walk, Marek Adamowicz of St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que., broke his own Canadian Junior record for the second week in a row. Adamowicz chopped off more than 45 seconds crossing the line in 21:09.09. Another Canadian record received a scare on Saturday as Arielle Bykovskaia-Dominiqueran ran in 8.58 in the 60m hurdles to miss out on the Youth record by a mere .05 seconds.
Day 2 Canadian Champions
Youth 400m – Women: Lauren Gale
Youth 400m – Men: Nathan Friginette
Junior 400m – Women: Tiffany Sabado-Worrell
Junior 400m – Men: Yassine Aber
Youth 3000m – Men: Riley Tell
Junior 3000m – Men: Farah Abdulkarim
Youth 800m – Women: Catherine Beauchemin
Junior 800m – Women: Yasmine Saad
Youth 800m – Men: Kevin Robertson
Junior 800m – Men: Jérémie Roy
Junior 60m Hurdles – Women: Jaymie O’Connor
Junior60m Hurdles – Men: Matthew Coolen
Youth 60m Hurdles – Women: Arielle Bykovskaia-Dominique
Youth 60m Hurdles – Men: Phillipe Johns
Youth 3000m – Women: Laura Dickinson
Junior 3000m – Women: Shona McCulloch
Open 3000m – Women: Julia Kawamoto
Open 3000m – Women: Matt Loiselle
Open 5000m Race Walk – Men: Evan Dunfee
Open 400m – Women: Farah Jacques
Open 400m – Men: Philip Osei
Open 800m – Women: Helen Crofts
Open 800m – Men: Alex Bussières
Open 60m Hurdles – Women: Phylicia George
Open 60m Hurdles – Men: Valéry Koménan
Youth High Jump – Women: Mikella Lefebvre-Oatis
Junior High Jump – Women: Noodle Jean
Open High Jump – Women: Emma Kimoto
Junior Weight Throw – Women: Cyerra Cassell
Open Weight Throw – Women: Maggie Mullen
Junior Weight Throw – Men: Noah Rolph
Open Weight Throw – Men: Phillipe Jean
Youth Triple Jump – Women: Emily Sluys
Junior Triple Jump – Women: Olivia Campbell
Open Triple Jump – Women: Audrey Morin-Lemay
Youth Pole Vault– Women: Laurence Ouellet
Open Pole Vault – Women: Kelsie Ahbe
Open High Jump – Men: Philippe St-Hilaire
Youth Shot Put – Women: Holly Taylor
Open Long Jump – Men: Damian Warner
Youth Pentathlon – Women: Dallyssa Huggins
Junior Pentathlon – Women: Jaymie O’Connor