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2018 NACAC Championships
The 2018 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada, from August 10–12, 2018. It was the third edition of a senior track and field championship for the NACAC region, held three years after the 2015 NACAC Championships. FloTrack The winner of each event qualified (granted their country would ultimately pick them) for the |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nigel Ellis
Nigel Ellis (born 8 August 1997) is a Jamaican sprinter. He represented his country in the 100 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games reaching the semifinals. He also won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2016 World U20 Championships. International competitions 1Did not start in the final Personal bests Outdoor *60 metres – 6.77 (-1.1 m/s, Kingston 2017) *100 metres – 10.04 (+2.0 m/s, Miami Fl 2021) *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ... – 20.36 (-0.2 m/s, Kingston 2018) References 1997 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Sportspeople from Saint James Parish, Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lopez Lomong
Lopez Lomong (born January 5, 1985) is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, came to the United States at the age of 16 and became a U.S. citizen in 2007. Lomong qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon. He was the flag bearer for the United States during the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. He is currently a member of Team Darfur, a group of athletes urging China to exert pressure on the Sudanese government to address the War in Darfur. Lomong's autobiography, ''Running for My Life'', was published in 2012, co-written with Mark Tabb. Biography Lopez Lomong was born Lopepe Lomong in Kimotong, an ethnic Buya village in Budi County, Namorunyang State, South Sudan to Awei Lomong and Rita Namana.Lomong, Lopez, and Mark Tabb. 2012. ''Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Justyn Knight
Justyn Knight (born 19 July 1996) is a Canadian long-distance track runner. A successful collegiate runner during his time at Syracuse University, he was the school's most-decorated distance runner in cross country and track. On the professional scene, he has represented his country at the World and Olympic level, with his highest finish to date being seventh at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Running career Youth Knight was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario to parents of Afro-Caribbean descent. His mother, Jennifer Knight, was born and raised in Jamaica and moved to Canada at the age of 13. His father, Anthony Knight, born in Canada to parents from Barbados, was a basketball coach. He also has an older brother, Jaryd Knight, who plays volleyball. Knight took up distance running when he was a high school student in Toronto, starting in Grade 10. He attended St. Michael's College School. Knight won the 2013 Ontario provincial senior cross country title at OFSAA cross country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Riley Masters
Riley Masters is a retired American mid-distance runner who specialized in the mile and 1,500 meters events. After a decorated career at Bangor High School in Bangor, Maine, Masters competed at the NCAA level for the University of Maine and then the University of Oklahoma, where he earned multiple All-American honors. He competed in the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials. Career Maine Masters was raised in the small town of Veazie, Maine and attended Bangor High School, where he won state championships at the mile, 1600 meters, and 3200 meters. After graduating in 2008, he enrolled at the University of Maine, where he was a two-time NCAA All-American in the mile. He ran a sub-4 mile for the first time in 2010, clocking 3:58.17 at an indoor meet at Boston University. Oklahoma In 2011, Masters transferred to the University of Oklahoma. He won the 2012 Big 12 Conference title in the 1,500 meters in a time of 3:43.48. Indoors, he was a member of Oklahoma's All-American distance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hassan Mead
Hassan Mead (Somali language, Somali: ''Xassan Miicaad'', ; born June 28, 1989) is a Somali-American long-distance runner. He was a Cross country running, cross country and Track and field, track athlete for the University of Minnesota. An eight-time All-American in his Minnesota career, four in cross country (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) and five in track (2008 outdoor, 2009 indoor and outdoor, 2012 indoor and outdoor). Mead is a nine-time Big Ten Conference champion, winning two in cross country in 2008 and 2009, and seven in track, where he swept all distance events in the 2009 indoor and outdoor seasons. Mead is currently running with the Oregon Track Club in Eugene, Oregon. Prior to his time at the University of Minnesota, Hassan is a 2007 graduate of South High School (Minneapolis), Minneapolis South High School. Life and career Mead was born June 28, 1989, to a family of farmers in rural northwest Somalia. In 2000, he moved to the United States. High school He initially resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot (; born 31 December 1990) is a Canadian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. In his specialty event, he has represented Canada at the 2015, 2022, and 2023 World Championships as well as at the 2016 Olympics, having reached the semi-final on all occasions. He is also the 2023 Pan American Champion over 1500 m, having won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2015 edition. In 2013 and 2015, Philibert-Thiboutot was selected as Canadian Interuniversity Sport Athlete of the Year. University career Graduating high school with personal bests of 1:58 in the 800 m, 4:07 in the 1500 m, and 9:07 in the 3000 m, Philibert-Thiboutot chose to attend Laval University in his hometown of Quebec City where he would compete for the Laval Rouge et Or cross country and track and field teams coached by Felix-Antoine Lapointe. 2011: Rookie year In 2011, his first year competing for the Rouge et Or, he qualified for the CIS Track and Field Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Patrick Casey (runner)
Patrick Casey (born May 23, 1990) is an American middle-distance runner. He ran his first four-minute mile on February 4, 2011. He attended Montana State University before transferring to the University of Oklahoma. Professional College career One of the NCAA's top milers and 1500m runners, Casey ran a 4:04:44 mile his freshman year, which equates to 3:59.19 after NCAA's altitude-adjustment formula because ozeman, Montanahas a 4,800-foot elevation. He ran the first four-minute mile in Montana without altitude-adjustment on February 4, 2011 at 3:59.76. He transferred from Montana State University to the University of Oklahoma in 2012. Casey finished second in the 1500 m race at the 2014 USA Track & Field Championships. In 2015, Casey holds the record for the fastest mile run at Montana State University, with a time of 3:54.59. High school career Casey attended Laurel High School (Montana) Laurel High School is a high school in Laurel, Montana. It is the only high s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Izaic Yorks
Izaic Yorks (born April 17, 1994) is an American middle-distance and long-distance runner. Yorks won 1500 m at 2018 NACAC Championships. As a member of the Washington Huskies, Izaic Yorks is an eight-time NCAA Division I All-American cross country and track and field runner. Professional Izaic Yorks signed with Brooks Sports in June 2016. Izaic is also a science fiction/fantasy author, releasing "Ascendant: Saga of Valor" in 2023. The Men's race featured four Furman Elite athletes battling it out with Brooks Beasts' Izaic Yorks. Caleb Hoover would be the eventual victor in 7:52.07, dragging the next four men under the 8 minute barrier with him. Yorks placed 3rd at the 2017 Sir Walter Miler Men's Elite Mile in 3:58.57. Izaic Yorks is working as a Special Olympics Ambassador "because working with people in the community who have disabilities of any kind has been ingrained in my life. My sister is in a wheel chair and has had some developmental challenges to overcome. When I wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wesley Vázquez
Wesley Joel Vázquez Vázquez (born 27 March 1994) is a Puerto Rican middle distance runner. Career He reached the finals in the 800 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona. On July 7, 2014, Vázquez won the Meeting International de Montreuil with a time of 1:45.65. Personal bests Outdoor *400 m: 46.72 sec – Šamorín, 11 September 2020 *600 m: 1:14.85 min - Caguas, 1 Aug 2020 *800 m: 1:43.83 min – Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., 24 August 2019 *1500 m: 3:46.98 min – Mayagüez, 16 April 2016 Achievements References External links *Sports reference biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marco Arop
Marco Arop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. Arop is the reigning world champion in the 800 m, winning gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championship, after winning bronze the previous year at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. He was the first Canadian to win a world championship in the 800 m. Arop was also the 2019 Pan American Games champion in 800 m. Arop represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics, running a personal best of 1:41.20 over 800 m to win a silver medal in Paris. This time places him as the 4th fastest 800 m runner in history, behind Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Wilson Kipketer, and world record holder David Rudisha. With this time, Arop is also the Canadian and North, Central American and Caribbean record holder over the two lap distance. He also holds the North American record in the 1000 m, with a time of 2:13.13. Early life The Arop family f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brandon McBride
Brandon McBride (born June 15, 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in middle-distance events, predominantly in the 800 metres. He won the gold medal in the event at the 2018 NACAC Championships. McBride represented Canada at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He is the Canadian record holder for the 800 m and won four national titles. Biography Brandon McBride attended W. F. Herman Secondary School in Windsor, ON. He was a two-time NCAA Division I 800 metres champion and nine-time track and field All-American at Mississippi State University. In July 2016, McBride was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he reached the 800 m semi-finals. He finished eighth in his specialist event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London. In July 2018, McBride broke the Canadian national record in the 800 m at the Monaco Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
