World and Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg put on another clinic at the 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships presented by Bell.
His best throw sailed through the Ottawa sky, landing 81.13 metres away to book his 4th straight national title in the men’s hammer throw.
“I was happy with the result today. It took a little bit to get into it. Sixth throw, best one. Feels good competing in Ottawa and I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Long Race Walk to Gold
Evan Dunfee underlined his Canadian half marathon race walk title with a new Canadian record and Canadian Championships record time of 1:26:56.63.
“I was pretty motivated for those first 50 laps. I really wanted Tim (Berrett)'s record over 20,000 metres. It has been in the back of my head for a number of years now and you don't get many chances to do 20K on the track. So, I really wanted to tackle that,” Dunfee said. “I knew my fitness after Guelph a couple of weeks back over 10K put me in range. So, I was just chasing that every lap. I had to manage some hamstring discomfort in the second half of the race, but overall, I think this season is all about recovery and coming back to full health and I think this shows that we're still on track.”
Rosalie Drapeau claimed the women’s title with her championship time of 1:43:32.90.
“I started off at a pretty conservative pace, but that’s what I’m used to in training. Then the plan was to pick up the pace, which was going well. Then, throughout the entire race, it continued going really well. At the halfway point, I started to pick up the pace again, and then it’s really one lap at a time because it’s 52 and three-quarters laps—you can’t count them too much,” Drapeau said.
Throw Canada
Julia Tunks threw her way to the gold medal in the women’s discuss final, winning on a best throw of 57.97 metres.
Erik Tyler won gold in the men’s javelin final, launching a throw 73.48 metres.
Jesse Zesseu won the men’s para ambulatory discus event, launching his best throw 46.79 metres.
Renee Foessel’s throw of 34.65 metres clinched gold in the women’s para ambulatory discus.
A day after winning gold in the women’s frame running 100 metres, Kate O’Brien out-threw the field to win the women’s seated shot put with a best throw of 6.96 metres.
Maitlan Knoke also won for the second time of these Championships, notching a gold medal throw of 10.68 metres in the men’s seated shot put event.
Vivaan Jalla-Dhar won the men’s para ambulatory javelin event with his throw of 23.94 metres.
Hurdles Champs Clear All Obstacles to Gold
Tatiana Aholou faced off against a women’s 100 metre hurdles field with Olympians, national champions and USPORTS champions and came out with the gold medal. Her time of 12.82 seconds was good for her first national championship.
“I think it was a long time coming. Last year I had the number one time in Canada. This year I had it again, so I really wanted to prove it today and solidify my place. I'm the best in Canada. That's what's up,” Aholou said. “I'm really trying to be a championship runner, and I think I showed that today so that's the vibe for the rest of the summer.”
Craig Thorne won the men’s 110 metre hurdles, stopping the clock at 13.66 to claim gold.
“I was here last year, but I couldn't race and definitely a lot of emotions came out, going through the line,” Thorne said. “I’m, happy with the performance, very proud of myself for, what I came back through over the last year and a half. I would have loved to run a faster time, but we all would.”
David Moulongou won the men’s senior 400 metre hurdles final in a time of 50.09 seconds.
“It feels really good. The men's 400 metres hurdles has elevated and I'm just grateful to be part of that, leading the charge,” Moulongou said.
Brooke Overholt dashed her way to the women’s 400 metre hurdle title with her time of 56.53 seconds.
“It feels great just to be out here competing with these girls again and competing on the national stage, Overholt said.
Kate Fink hurdled her way to the top of the U20 women’s podium with her gold medal personal best time of 58.51 seconds.
“It feels so amazing. It feels so surreal to be here. I honestly was expecting to just run my best and that's it and that's all. It feels amazing and knowing that my hard work has paid off, event not having as much training this year because of the snow,” Fink said.
Brady Tse won the U20 men’s 400 metre hurdles final with a new personal best time of 51.55 seconds.
“I'm just so glad to be here and I knew I had it in my legs that I could run a great time. Going into this, I've never broken 53 seconds, but I knew I had a good start, I cut the 14 step five hurdles correctly and then just re-accelerated again after 200 metres,” Tse said. “I knew I could bring it home and as I went through the race.”
Kieran Barnewall won the men’s U20 100 metre final, grabbing gold with his time of 13.66 seconds.
“It all feels really good and to win it and to get that chance to represent Team Canada is pretty flipping awesome. It’s one of the most nerve-wracking things I've done, but just being able to keep it together is really hard. But if you can do it, you can do anything. It just feels surreal,” Barnewall said.
Jordynn Scott blazed through the U20 women’s 100 metre hurdles, setting a Canadian Championships record time of 13.33 to win gold.
“I actually can't believe it. Oh my gosh, I'm just in awe right now. I'm so excited. I'm so excited to have Canada. This is a dream come true. I've been training for this for a long time. There's such a short turnaround from OFSAA to here so I'm just so thankful,” Scott said.
Jumping for Gold
Two jumpers will share the title of 2026 Canadian men’s pole vault champion. Éliot Tremblay and Gabriel Genest both achieved a best jump of 5.00 metres to tie for gold.
Izzy Goudros won the women’s long jump final, leaping to a best jump of 6.52 metres in her 5th jump to claim gold.
Guilhem Hermet took the men’s long jump title, jumping 7.41 metres for gold.
Tianna Rissling leapt to the top of the women’s para ambulatory long jump podium with her gold medal jump of 3.71 metres.
Noah Vucsics won the men’s para ambulatory long jump final with his best jump of 7.04 metres.
Marguerite Lorenzo won the women’s high jump final with her best jump of 1.83 metres.
Birenevan Balaramana’s jump of 2.06 metres was good to secure his men’s U20 high jump championship.
Mackenzie Hurtubise vaulted her way to gold with a best jump of 4.05 metres in the U20 women’s pole vault final.
Jayla Dennis is your new U20 women’s high jump champion, hitting a jump of 1.80 metres to grab gold.
Jonah Olfert Wiens took top spot in the U20 men’s triple jump final, securing that national title with a jump of 15.22 metres.
Divine Oriakhi won the women’s U20 triple jump with her best jump of 12.49 metres.
Christophe and Vujicic Take 200 Metres
Isaiah Christophe took control of the men’s 200 metre wheelchair final and cruised to a gold medal time of 26.76 seconds.
“I felt good about it. I felt like I had a good start, good transition and the finish felt very strong. So, I'm happy with it,” Christophe said.
Isabella Vujicic collected a gold medal after her time of 38.22 seconds in the women’s 200 metres wheelchair.
“It went really well. I got a PB, so it was really good and I'm hoping to do well tomorrow when I compete in the 800 metres,” she said.
Two Laps for Two Champions
Nicole McKenzie squeaked out a gold medal run by three one-hundredths of a second in the women’s 800 metre final. Her time of 2:01.92 was just good enough to break through to the top of the podium.
“I'm just feeling grateful. I'm feeling grateful for my support system. It was all the people that helped me do this: God, my coaches, my family, my dad, my mom, my brother, my boyfriend just encouraging me, telling me: ‘We see this in you, believe, believe, believe, believe.’ I was able to do that for not just me, but for them today and that's really special to me,” McKenzie said.
Abdullahi Hassan won the men’s 800 metre crown with his gold medal time of 1:46.75.
“I think it means more. We've had a streak of Mississippi State athletes winning, you know. Starting with (Brandon) McBride and going to Marco (Arop). Me being an alum, I felt like I had to get the dub and continue the streak of Mississippi athletes just achieving success at this meet,” Hassan said.
Seventh Heaven for Heptathlon Champions
Clémence Lavoie needed a strong effort to clinch the women’s U20 heptathlon title and she got it. Lavoie was the fastest of the three racers who ran under the previous Championships record in the final event, the 800 metres.
Her time of 2:19.46 boosted her total score to 5103 and sealed the deal on her gold medal performance over the past two days.
“I didn't start as I expected, but I kept believing that I could finish strong and I did,” Lavoie said. “I was aiming for the world championship standard. Because of my high jump, it wasn't very possible, but I'm still close and I'm happy with the results anyway.”
Hannah Blair also leveraged a win in the 800 metres to nail down her senior women’s heptathlon victory, ending the two-day competition with a score of 5729.
“It was probably one of the mentally toughest heptathlons I've ever done. There was a lot of adversity the whole way and I was really far off a lot of my marks. It took a lot of mental resilience to get through. Especially after javelin, I really had to go home and reset and just turn into an 800 metre runner,” Blair said. “I'm beyond grateful for like my friends, my family and my coach who believe in me so I can believe in myself to pull it off because 39 points is pretty scary so I'm still in shock.”
1500 Metres to Glory
Men’s and women’s 1500 metre preliminaries ran Saturday evening, in advance of Sunday’s exciting finals.
While Lucia Stafford (4:14.48) and Jude Wheeler-Dee (3:47.00) qualified first in the women’s and men’s events, respectively, Marco Arop made waves by bypassing his usual 800 metres specialty and qualified for the men’s final.
“This was a really cool opportunity to try something different. Uh, I've ran so many 800s, uh, until this point and I think I want to get better after 15 and I'm going to have to race them as often as I am able to, and this seemed like a great opportunity to do it,” the world and Olympic medallist in the 800 metres said.
Allison Wasson prevailed in the U20 women’s 1500 metre final, winning in a time of 4:23.27.
Chase Capes took the U20 men’s final with his time of 3:49.60.
Moving On
With the 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships coming to a head tomorrow, dozens of athletes booked their spots in tomorrow’s finals.
Catch up with all the results from the 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships so far.
Sunday at the 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships presented by Bell
One last day of exciting competition – one last day to win that medal, set that personal best, or book your spot on a Commonwealth Games team. Almost every event tomorrow is a final.
Para athletes vie for the podium in 200 metre, 800 metre, and 1500 metre finals. U20 athletes claw their way through 200 metre sprints and 3000 metre wars of attrition. Some of Canada’s most decorated Olympians face off in the 200 metre finals, as well as the 1500 metre finals. And don’t miss the flurry of relays to cap the whole week of competition.
About the 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships presented by Bell
The 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships Presented by Bell take centre stage at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa between June 17-21.
This year’s Championships will include national championships for Open, U20, Para Athletics and Combined Events and will determine the Olympic Program athletes who will compete at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Get all the information on schedules, live results, tickets and more at the 2026 Canadian Track & Field Championships homepage.
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