1995

1995

Coquitlam Town Centre played host to the meet again, which featured venerable Olympic and world champion, and world heptathlon record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who opened the meet by winning the women’s 100-metre hurdles. Later in the day, 1992 Olympic champion Quincy Watts set a meet record en route to winning the men’s 400 metres while world No.1-ranked Dennis Mitchell blasted to victory in the men’s 100 metres.

In the men’s shot put, American C.J. Hunter proved best with a meet-record toss of 20.93 metres. Hunter would go on to win the 1999 world championship, then fall heavily from grace in 2000, where at the Sydney Olympics it was revealed he had tested positive for the steroid nandrolone earlier in the summer. The men’s 800-metres proved one of the most entertaining contests, with Toronto’s Freddie Williams edging Manitoba’s Byron Goodwin to win in 1:47.68.