2008

2008

The 25th Anniversary of the Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic was true to tradition as a preview of the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games.  Canadian Olympic bronze medalist to be in the 100m hurdles, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep set a meet record of 12.86 seconds in winning her specialty.  She also won the 100m in 11.61 seconds.  Dylan Armstrong also beat the meet record with his toss 20.57m. This forecast his tremendous 21.04 Canadian record for 4th in the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Gary Reed, the 2007 silver medalist at the World Championship once again won his specialty, the 800m in 1:45.44.  He was an ever so close 4th place in the Beijing Olympics.  Taylor Milne was the surprise winner in the 1500m where his time of 3:36.00 met the Olympic Standard and lead six Canadians under the magic barrier of 3:40.00.  Kara Goucher won the women’s version in 4:06.17 while Diane Cummins won the 800m in 2:03.13.  The Jerome Outreach Program brought over 500 elementary students to Swangard Stadium to run the 4x100m relay.