Former club member Andre De Grasse recognized for Olympic performance
AJAX — The Speed Academy in Pickering has been rewarded for another excellent year, dominating the annual awards given out by Athletics Canada.
Head coach Tony Sharpe, a former Olympic medallist, has been named the development coach of the year for the second time in three years, while one of his current athletes, Xahria Santiago of Ajax, has been honoured as the youth athlete of the year.
EDMONTON — The Speed Academy had a number of its athletes turn in outstanding performances at the Canadian track-and-field championships in Edmonton.
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 -- Sometimes you learn more about an athlete with how she handles defeat more so than victory, even if such instances are extremely rare.
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.
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.
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 -- Kerwin Jackson is another fine example of the eye the late Cyril Sahadath had for talented track athletes.
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.
Pickering club earns 11 medals agaisnt top high school athletes from US
PICKERING -- The Speed Academy Athletics Club traveled to Ohio to compete against some of the top high school track athletes in the United States at the Spire High School Showcase.