On the penultimate assembly of the 2023 Canadian Monitor and Area League (CTFL) season in Guelph, Ont., on June 21, Toronto’s Jazz Shukla received the ladies’s 800m in a gathering document time of 2:01.43, breaking the earlier document held by Melissa Bishop-Nriagu. Shukla’s win was the second-fastest time by a Canadian this season, serving to catapult The Spitfires into the highest spot within the CTFL standings.
Heading into the meet, the ladies’s 800m was arguably essentially the most anticipated race on the monitor, that includes Canadian Olympians Lucia Stafford and Madeleine Kelly. On the primary lap, Shukla settled in behind Kelly and Stafford earlier than making a decisive transfer with 400m left. Shukla positioned herself on Stafford’s heels coming into the ultimate straightaway, narrowly securing victory over her former college teammate in time of two:01.43, forward of Stafford’s 2:01.63.
Shukla’s spectacular time broke the earlier meet document of two:01.85 set by 800m Olympian and Huskies supervisor Bishop-Nriagu in 2021.
The 24-year-old 800m runner has been on fireplace this season, profitable 4 of her final 5 races and holding the quickest 800m time by a Canadian this 12 months–2:00.84 on the Portland Monitor Traditional final month. Shukla has but to characterize Canada at a World Championships or Olympics on the senior degree, however is making a robust case for herself for potential choice this 12 months within the World Athletics rankings, sitting at present at thirty eighth.
Notable performances
The ladies’s 800m wasn’t the one occasion blazing up the monitor. Within the males’s 400m, Michael Roth of St. Thomas, Ont., clocked a near-personal-best time of 46.07 seconds, claiming the win for The Arctics. Usheoritse Itsekiri of Nigeria, who competes for The Bears, continued his streak of spectacular runs within the males’s 100m with a time of 10.05 seconds. Itsekiri, who lives and trains in Regina, has but to lose a 100m race this season, profitable his final 10 begins.
With one meet left, the Spitfires proceed to sit down atop the CTFL standings with 1,337 factors. The Arctics path them with 1,190 factors for second place, adopted by the Huskies, who sit in third with 1,146 factors after which the Bears with 1,130 factors.
Regina sprinter breaks CTFL 100m document with 10.02 clocking
Over 80 CTFL athletes from all 4 groups had been in motion on the Royal Metropolis Inferno, the second-last meet of the CTFL common season. The athletes will come collectively on July 5 in Ottawa for his or her remaining probability to qualify for the CTFL championship on Aug. 5.
