On the penultimate assembly of the 2023 Canadian Observe and Subject League (CTFL) season in Guelph on June 21, Toronto’s Jazz Shukla received the ladies’s 800m in a gathering file time of 2:01.43, breaking the earlier file 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 womens 800m was arguably probably the most anticipated race on the observe. The race featured Canadian Olympians Lucia Stafford and Madeleine Kelly. On the primary lap. Shukla settled in behind Kelly and Stafford earlier than making a decisive transfer to push with 400m left. Shukla positioned herself on Stafford’s heels getting into the ultimate straightaway, with Shukla 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 file 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, successful 4 of her final 5 races and holding the quickest 800m time by a Canadian this yr–2:00.84 on the Portland Observe Traditional final month. Shukla is but to signify Canada at a World Championships or Olympics on the senior stage however is making a powerful case for herself for potential choice this yr within the World Athletics rankings, sitting presently thirty eighth.
Notable performances
The ladies’s 800m wasn’t the one occasion blazing up the observe. Within the males’s 400m, Michael Roth of St. Thomas, Ont. clocked a close to private greatest time of 46.07 seconds, getting 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, is but to lose a 100m race this season, successful his final 10 begins.
With one meet left, the Spitfires proceed to sit down atop the CTFL standings with 1337 factors. The Artics path them with 1190 factors for second place, adopted by the Huskies, who sit in third with 1146 factors after which the Bears with 1130 factors.
Over 80 CTFL athletes from all 4 groups have 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.
