Posted: September 18, 2006

Athletics: Women’s Americas 3rd at Athletics World Cup

The women’s Americas team finished 3rd and the men’s Americas team finished 5th at the 10th IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece this weekend.  The Americas team consisted of eight Canadians, with the best Canadian performances recorded by Gary Reed from Victoria, B.C. and Kevin Sullivan of Brantford, Ont., who both finished 4th in the 800-metres and 3000-metres respectively. Nicole Forrester of Cookstown, Ont. finished 5th in the women’s high jump, tying her personal best of 1.94-metres set back in 2001 at the Word University Games. 10th IAAF World Cup Results    Women PTS Men PTS Russia 137 Europe 140 Europe 128 United States 136 Americas 117 Africa 116 United States 101.5 Asia 110 Poland 97 Americas 104 Africa 96.5 Russia 89 Asia 85.5 France 79 Oceania 73 Oceania 78 Greece 60.5 Greece 44 Canadian performances as part of the Americas team Nathan Brannen 1500m 6th – 3:55.16 Carmen Douma-Hussar 1500m 6th – 4:07.36 Nicole Forrester High jump 5th – 1.94m (PB) Megan Metcalfe 3000m 9th – 9:04.90 Gary Reed 800m 4th – 1:45.54 Kevin Sullivan 3000m 4th – 7:47.99 James Steacy Hammer throw 6th – 74.04m Jason Tunks Discus throw 9th – 56.92m Athletics Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of track and field including cross-country running, road running and road racing. Its purpose is the pursuit of leadership, development and competition that ensures world-level performance in athletics.

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