Record numbers at Ontario 10,000m championships in London
London, Ont. was the site of the London 10,000m, which doubled as the Ontario championships, with record-breaking performances on Saturday.
The London 10,000, which doubled as the Ontario championships, was run under cool and calm conditions on Saturday evening in southern Ontario. Evan Esselink, a graduate of the University of Indiana, crossed the line as the Ontario champion in 29:23.64, one of two men to run sub-30 along with Newmarket Huskies’ Kevin Tree.
London Runner Distance Club’s Leslie Sexton was the lone entrant in the women’s 10,000m and ran 34:38.57.
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The men’s field was the deepest in the event’s 11-year history as 15 athletes ran faster than 31 minutes. The event also featured the Ontario masters 10,000m championships, which was won by Stuart Galloway in 34:51.09.
Three junior athletes hit the 10,000m standard for the world junior championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland including Sergio Ráez Villanueva, Ehab El-Sandali and Cameron Linscott. The qualifying standard is 31:10.
@EhabElsandali qualifies for Canadian world Jr team with 30:13 10k and sports new club gear Sat nite in London pic.twitter.com/xDy52bmDZI
— Gary Westgate (@GaryWestgate5) May 16, 2016
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Fourteen men from Saturday’s field now sit in the top-26 of the Athletics Canada 10,000m rankings, according to race director Steve Weiler, though it’s early in the season. May and June are ideal times for athletes to gear up for the summer season. The Canadian track and field championships will take place in Edmonton at the beginning of the July, a prelude to the Olympic Games in August.
In addition the 25-lap races, the meet also hosted deep fields in the men’s and women’s 1,500m.
Weiler noted that four junior-aged athletes have now hit the world junior championship standard at London-hosted track meets this season. Branna MacDougall, who has committed to attend Iowa State University, hit the 5,000m standard on May 1.
Full 10,000m results can be found below:
Men Open 10000 Meter Run Open
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Canadian: * 27:23.63 2010-05-01 Simon Bairu
Ontario: R 27:34.64 2012-04-28 Mohammed Ahmed (91), Niagara Olympic Club
RCLDS: ! 28:58.90 2015-05-10 Kelly Wiebe, Saskatchewan
Name Year Team Seed Finals Points
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Section 1
1 Evan Esselink 92 Durham Drago 28:55.98 29:23.64
2 Kevin Tree 93 Newmarker Huskie 29:20.49 29:31.06
3 Sergio Ráez Villanueva 97 Harbour Track 30:45.00 30:00.01
4 Brayden Seneca 94 Speed River Tfc 31:00.00 30:00.83
5 Aaron Hendrikx 93 Speed River Tfc 28:53.53 30:01.32
6 Ehab El-Sandali 97 Toronto West 30:25.00 30:13.53
7 Blair Morgan 93 Harbour Track 30:32.71 30:14.69
8 Connor Black 96 Speed River Tfc 29:45.00 30:22.83
9 Cameron Linscott 98 Physi-Kult Kings 30:45.00 30:32.20
10 Paul Rochus 94 Harbour Track 31:00.00 30:34.18
11 Mark Schmidt 96 Unattached Ontar 31:00.00 30:38.73
12 Sami Jibril 89 Newmarker Huskie 29:43.00 30:41.36
13 Jack Sheffar 96 London Western T 31:00.00 30:44.20
14 Kevin Blackney 91 London Western T 31:00.00 30:51.87
15 Jeffrey Costen 91 Running Room 30:52.00 30:52.56
16 Ben Carson 96 Toronto West 30:59.00 31:12.09
Mixed Open 10000 Meter Run Open
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RCLDS-Male: M 29:43.90 2014-05-18 Sami Jibril, Athletics Toronto
RCLDS-Female: F 33:10.47 2011-05-08 Megan Brown, Athletics Toronto
Name Year Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Leslie Sexton W87 London Runner Di 33:14.00 34:38.57
2 Stuart Galloway M61 U of Toronto TC 34:50.00 34:51.09
3 Jeremy Walsh M75 London Runner Di 36:18.00 35:34.97
4 Bill Cunliffe M59 Durham Drago 39:00.00 38:50.99
5 Walter Faion M60 U of Toronto TC 40:00.00 41:05.23
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