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[Victoria Watcher]

July 16th this year, Centennial Stadium:

 

https://www.runsport...edium=community

 

Tickets $15 or $10 for students/seniors, under 12 free.

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 July 2023 - 10:52 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

A meet that began 35 years ago at Centennial Stadium, thanks in great part to the vision of legendary University of ­Victoria Vikes coach Brent Fougner, ­continues today.

 

More than 220 athletes from 15 nations will be chasing dreams, and qualifying times and distances for the 2023 IAAF world athletics championships next month in Budapest, in the annual Victoria Track Classic at 12:30 p.m.

 

https://www.timescol...ntinues-7282429

[Victoria Watcher]

Coming up.


https://www.timescol...lympics-8985115

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 June 2024 - 05:25 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

About Victoria Track Classic

 

 

The Victoria Track Classic was launched in 1988. Over the years, the event has hosted many Olympic, Paralympic and future international stars on their way to their running success. Local Victoria athletes such as Debbie Scott, Dave Campbell and Angela Chalmers were several regular highlights of the Track Classic in its early years, leading them onto international success in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games in 1994.

 

This year, the Victoria Track Classic returns on June 22, 2025, as a World Athletics Category F meet.

 

 

 

https://www.runsport.ca/trackclassic

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 17 June 2025 - 03:42 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Road to 2028 L.A. Olympics begins at Victoria Track Classic

Track and field athletes gather for the 37th annual Victoria Track Classic from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Centennial Stadium.

 

https://www.timescol...lassic-10845928

[Victoria Watcher]

Canadian men's 4x100-metre relay team takes silver at world athletics championships

 

TOKYO — Canada's men's 4x100-metre relay team won silver at the world athletics championships on Sunday. The quartet of Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake and Aaron Brown finished with a season-best time of 37.55 seconds.

https://www.timescol...nships-11242143

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 September 2025 - 04:59 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Runners of Oceanside build ‘dream’ track after 27 years of fundraising

 

https://cheknews.ca/...aising-1279040/

 

 

27 years, jeepers.

[Victoria Watcher]

Among the individuals specially mentioned who selflessly donated to the project was steeplechase athlete Butterworth, who donated $1,000 of her $1,700 prize money she won at the Harry Jerome Classic in June.

 

Butterworth, who attended Ballenas Secondary, recalled the time when she trained at the old cinder track.

 

"When I started here, the track was actually around 406 metres long, so they would have to wheel it before every practice to know where the start and finish line was because the track was not the correct length," said Butterworth. "And then as the season would go on, every year, the grass would grow in from the inside and in from the outside. So, our actual dirt track would get shorter, fewer and fewer and we'd have more grass patches and we'd be avoiding more and more grass as it went on. So, yeah, it was a pretty unruly facility but built a lot of tough athletes."

 

Butterworth is now excited for the future of the sport in Parksville Qualicum Beach.

 

 

 

https://www.pqbnews....y-track-8248640

[Mike K.]

What is a steeplechase athlete?

[Victoria Watcher]

A track athlete that competes in the steeplechase event.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 September 2025 - 08:34 AM.

[Mike K.]

What is that?

[Victoria Watcher]

Like the horse version.

Jump over a hurdle land in water/mud. It’s like a middle distance run with obstacles..

[mbjj]

There's only one water jump in the steeplechase. The rest of the jumps are just barricades. Really exciting to watch this past week at the World Track and Field Championships. Usually there are some crashes and falls. 

[Mike K.]

Interesting. I know I could look it up, but it’s nice when people can humour each other here. There’s a road in Sooke called Steeplechase and I assume it in relation to a nearby church steeple.

[aastra]

 

Like the horse version.

 

The version where the athlete carries the horse is waaaay harder than the version where the horse carries the athlete.

[aastra]

 

Interesting. I know I could look it up, but it’s nice when people can humour each other here.

 

Here's another bit of trivia for you: John Houseman won an oscar for best supporting actor in The Steeplechase.

[Victoria Watcher]

About RunSport Victoria Track Classic

The RunSport Victoria Track Classic was launched in 1988. Over the years, the event has hosted many Olympic, Paralympic and future international stars on their way to their running success. Local Victoria athletes such as Debbie Scott, Dave Campbell and Angela Chalmers were several regular highlights of the Track Classic in its early years, leading them onto international success in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games in 1994. This year, the RunSport Victoria Track Classic returns on June 12, 2026.

 

https://www.runsport.ca/trackclassic