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Athletics Canada – Athletics closes at Commonwealth Games; Alysha Newman adds bronze to total medal count of 17

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By GRR 0

Glasgow, SCO – Alysha Newman of Delaware, Ont., won the bronze medal today bringing the Canadian total at the 2014 Commonwealth Games to 17; 5 gold, 2 silver and 10 bronze.

On the rainiest day the track has seen since opening the competition at Hampden Park on July 27^th, Alysha Newman finished with the bronze medal clearing 3.80 metres in the pole vault. “You know, everyone was in the same conditions. I did what I could and I got third so I am happy; I am leaving with a medal,” comments Alysha.

“My first Commonwealth Games, 20 years old, I think that is pretty good. My expectations were to win, whatever that height was going to be I wanted to win and it didn’t happen but that’s ok. Whatever the building blocks are I have to build from those and I am going to do that.”

In the women’s 5000-metres Jessica O’Connell of Calgary, Alta., finished 10^th in 15:45.33.

The women’s 4×400-metre relay of Audrey Jean-Baptiste of Montreal, Que., Fawn Dorr of Marten River, Ont., Noelle Montcalm of Belle River, Ont., and Chanice Taylor-Chase of Ajax, Ont., finished fifth in 3:32.45. “We had a group of excellent athletes who were young and inexperienced and they did really well,” comments Event Group Coach Anthony McCleary. “Audrey ran a great leg, her first year on an international team; Fawn and Noelle ran excellent, and then Chanice closed with a strong anchor leg. These girls can do a bit down the road and I am looking forward to working with them.”

The women’s 4×100-metres relay team of Crystal Emmanuel of East York, Ont., Kimberly Hyacinthe of Lachenaie, Que., Phylicia George of Markham, Ont., and Khamica Bingham of Caledon, Ont., raced to a fourth place finish in 43.33 seconds. “This is just the start of the women’s 4×100 program and I think we did an amazing job,” comments third leg runner Phylicia George. “Once we get next year and a few years under us we will be on the podium. We dream big, we aim high, we really felt like we could win a medal here so it is a little bit disappointing, but we are going to keep working so next year Pan Ams, Worlds, Olympics we are going to get on the podium.”

In the men’s race Gavin Smellie of Etobicoke, Ont., Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ont., Dontae Richards-Kwok of Toronto, Ont., and Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., did not finish the race after an exchange went too long on the last pass. “I felt like our first legs were really strong,” notes Dontae. “I think it is important to get our zones right and we just had a miss-communication and I don’t know if he left early or maybe I was coming in to slow.”

Overall the Canadian team is coming home with 17 medals; “The team performed above expectations,” explains Head Coach Peter Eriksson. “I am pleased with the team, their performances and all of the staff. Even though the competition was tougher then what we saw in Delhi we saw performances at a higher level. This is a young team and they are hungry to do more.”

17 Medal Winners

Name	Event	Hometown
Gold –
Derek Drouin Sultana Frizell Jim Steacy Brianne Theisen-Eaton Damian Warner	High Jump Hammer Throw Hammer Throw Heptathlon Decathlon	Corunna, ON Perth, ON Lethbridge, AB Humboldt, SK London, ON
Silver –
Diane Roy Jessica Zelinka	T54 1500m Heptathlon	Sherbrooke, QC London, ON
Bronze
Shawnacy Barber Alexandre Dupont Julie Labonté Cameron Levins Michael Mason Tim Nedow Christabel Nettey Alysha Newman Kate Van Buskirk Angela Whyte	Pole Vault T54 1500m Shot Put 10,000m High Jump Shot Put Long Jump Pole Vault 1500m 100m Hurdles	Toronto, ON Clarenceville, QC Ste-Justine, QC Black Creek, BC Nanoose Bay, BC Brockville, ON Surrey, BC Delaware, ON Toronto, ON Edmonton, AB

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Stats by Ken Nakamura:

Day 7

1500m

Magut became first two-time KEN medalist since Kip Keino, who won in 1966 and 1970

Willis became first 3 time medalist at 1500m in CWG

for the third time in the CWG, KEN won both men's and women's 1500m.

ENG also won the event 3 times in 1978, 1982 and 2002

KEN won both men's and women's 1500m in 1998 & 2002

first gold for RSA by Mokoena in TJ in CWG

RSA has two medals in TJ in CWG and Mokoena won both

Mokoena and Oke became 9th and 10th TJumper to win multiple medals at CWG; they both have gold and silver

first gold for KEN in JT at CWG; but it is not a first medal for KEN at JT in CWG; John Mayaka of KEN won bronze in 1974 CWG JT

Walcott won first medal of any kind for TTO in JT at CWG

Walcott had a chance to be the first to win gold in JT at CWG and OG, but only became third JT to win medal in both CWG and OG

4x100mR

37.58 is the fastest 4x100mR time in Scotland

best marks for place for 1st to 4th in CWG were set for 4x100mR

for the 2ndtime (their first was 2006) in CWG history, JAM won both men and women's 4x100mR;

ENG also won both twice, in 1958 and 2010

second medal and first bronze for TTO in 4x100mR at CWG; they have won silver back in 1978

37.58 is the CWG record for 4x100mR, but the winning margin of 0.44 is NOT the largest in history of CWG

largest winning margin in 4x100mR is 0.62 sec by JAM in 2006

4x400mR

3:00.46 is the fourth fastest 4x400mR time in CWG

3:00.46 by ENG is the fastest 4x400mR in Scotland, replacing 3:00.93 by GBR from 1992

0.05 difference between first and second is NOT the smallest ever at 4x400mR in CWG;

in 2002 ENG won by 0.01 sec from WAL

first silver for BAH (they have won bronze back in 2002) in 4x400mR in CWG

W5000m

For the second time in the history of CWG, KEN won both men's and women's 5000m;

in fact no other nation won both men's and women's5k

W5000m was contested fur times and KEN has won multiple medals in all four times

best mark for place for 8th at CWG were set for W5000m

WPV

AUS won all five WPV contested in CWG; Boyd became first two time winner of WPV in CWG

4.50 is the second best WPV in CWG

CAN has won bronze in all WPV contested in CWG

Boyd won WPV by 25cm; the record winning margin is 27cm by Howe in 2007;

had Boyd cleared CWG record of 4.63, her winning margin would be record 38cm

Peake won first medal of any kind for WAL at WPV in CWG

W4x100mR

JAM won second gold in W4x100mR in CWG; 41.83 is the CWG record as well as fastest time in SCotland

1.09 sec is the largest winning margin at W4x100mR at CWG

JAM became third nation to win both W4x100mR and W4x400mR in CWG

best marks for place for 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th in CWG were set for W4x100mR

W4x400mR

first gold for JAM in w4x400mR at CWG; and first medal since 1994 for JAM with CWG record

JAM w4x400mR team ran fastest time in Scotland

For NGR, it was first silver (they have won 2 bronze) at W4x400mR in CWG

ENG won their first bronze at w4x400mR in CWG; they, however, won 4 golds and 4 silvers at the event in CWG

best marks for place for 1st to 4th in W4x400mR in CWG

Stats by Ken Nakamura:

author: GRR