Pickering's Taylor Sharpe gains experience, exposure at Pan Am Games
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- Published: Wednesday, 20 April 2016 08:24
Represents Canada in 400m and 4x400m races
TORONTO — The learning curve that Taylor Sharpe is on right now is a huge one
Pickering's Speed Academy sends 11 to podium
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Club members turn in a number of personal bests
EDMONTON — The Speed Academy had a number of its athletes turn in outstanding performances at the Canadian track-and-field championships in Edmonton.
USC sprinter Andre De Grasse makes huge strides on and off track
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- Published: Tuesday, 19 May 2015 08:24
USC sprinter Andre De Grasse makes huge strides on and off track
LOS ANGELES – USC sprinter Andre De Grasse is favored to win the 100- and 200-meter dashes at this weekend’s Pac-12 Championships, the latest big meet in a season and future seemingly full of them for the 20-year-old Canadian.
Oshawa’s Mariam Abdul-Rashid on fast track to Olympics
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Eastdale student has won eight OFSAA gold medals in three years
OSHAWA -- Sometimes you learn more about an athlete with how she handles defeat more so than victory, even if such instances are extremely rare.
Oshawa’s Mariam Abdul-Rashid has successful summer on the track
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Eastdale student eyes scholarship, OFSAA and ultimately the Olympics
OSHAWA -- Coming off an impressive summer on the track, Oshawa’s Mariam Abdul-Rashid has big plans ahead in her final year of high school at Eastdale Collegiate.
The Speed Academy’s Andre De Grasse heading to USC
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Sprinter commits to Trojans track program
COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS -- It’s easy to measure how fast sprinter Andre De Grasse is every time he steps into the starting blocks, a stopwatch defining his success.
Ajax’s Duan Asemota commits to Coffeyville Community College
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Sprinter will join Red Ravens track team in Kansas
AJAX -- Duan Asemota didn’t have a lot of time to make a good impression.
Pickering’s Kerwin Jackson running with the Dragons at Tiffin
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Pickering High School graduate gets scholarship to university in Ohio
PICKERING -- Kerwin Jackson is another fine example of the eye the late Cyril Sahadath had for talented track athletes.
Pickering’s Sommer and Taylor Sharpe commit to George Mason University
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Track twins are members of The Speed Academy
PICKERING -- Taylor and Sommer Sharpe came into the world as a package deal, and that’s how the two will embark on their university endeavours as well.
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Tony Sharpe helps score scholarships for track and field stars
Sharpe, the former Canadian Olympian, runs the Speed Academy, a developmental track and field club in Pickering, which has helped dozens of athletes get NCAA scholarships.
The club was founded in 2006 and Sharpe left his corporate account manager’s job at Bell to track athletes full-time a few years later.
“I’m a full-time coach, you know, not something people do often in Canada,” says Sharpe, 59, adding about 50 Speed Academy athletes have received scholarships.