Tuesday's Leg Of Canada's National Track And Field Tour Brings High Quality Fields To Burnaby, B.C.

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

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Nathan Green, a two-time NCAA 1,500 meters champion, is set to make his pro debut for Adidas on Tuesday at the Jerome Classic.

It’s a natural move for Green to get his professional career started in the Northwest. The Idaho native and University of Washington standout will be coming a few hours north on Interstate 5.

Former college teammates Joe Waskom, Leo Daschbach and Sam Ellis are all expected to compete in the men’s 1,500.

Many of the athletes who competed Sunday at the Edmonton Athletics Invitational are on planes to Vancouver today to get ready for the Jerome Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, B.C.

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They will be joined by dozens more making the trip north from Friday’s Sunset Tour in Los Angeles.

Be they from Canada or the United States, the national championships for both countries are on the horizon. For Canada, it's July 30 to Aug. 3 at Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa; for the U.S., July 31 to Aug. 3 at Hayward Field in Eugene. 

Grace Fetherstonhaugh of Canada, who ran a personal best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to win on Friday, is also entered at Harry Jerome.

Edmonton winners Jazz Shukla (women’s 800), Tatiana Aholou (women’s 100 hurdles), Sarah Mitton (women’s shot put), Joseph Amoah (men’s 100), Handal Roban (men’s 800), Denzel Comenentia (men's hammer) and De’Vion Wilson (men’s 110 hurdles) are all expected to compete Tuesday.

It will be the fourth meet in 10 days for Mitton, who competed at Monaco last Friday. 

Charles Philbert-Thiboutot, the Canadian record holder at 10,000 meters, is pacing the 3,000 meters. Thomas Fafard and Nicholas Bannon are the top entries.

Canadian Olympian Regan Yee is the top entrant in the women's 5,000 meters. 

Rowan Hamilton, an Olympic finalist from British Columbia, will return to familiar territory to throw in the men’s hammer. Hamilton finished third on Sunday at Edmonton.

The two men who beat Hamilton, Comenentia of The Netherlands and Jake Norris of Great Britain, are also in the meet. And Trey Knight, now finished with college at Cal State-Northridge, will join them.