The Bob Vigars Traditional on Sunday in London, Ont., night noticed sensible performances throughout the board, however Sade McCreath undoubtedly stole the highlight. The Ajax, Ont., sprinter surprised the gang with a blazing 10.95 seconds within the 100m, an enormous private greatest that matched the Canadian report and demolished the world championships qualifying commonplace of 11.07. The run marks the quickest girls’s 100m ever run on Canadian soil.
Camille Rutherford of the Bahamas was second in 10.96, with the U.S.’s Semira Killebrew simply behind in 10.99.
McCreath’s time ranks #14 on the earth this yr, and is the quickest 100m by a Canadian in 2025–additionally making her the primary Canadian this yr to dip below 11 seconds. Gatineau, Que.’s Audrey Leduc, who set the Canadian report on the Paris Olympics final August, holds this yr’s next-fastest mark of 11.07.
As enormous because the race was, it didn’t come out of nowhere. The 28-year-old really ran a wind-aided 10.94 in prelims earlier that night, and only a week earlier on the Johnny Loaring Traditional in Windsor, Ont., she clocked 11.09–her quickest time since 2023 and a 0.12-second enchancment over her earlier greatest (11.21).
McCreath has additionally been a staple member of Group Canada over the previous yr; at Paris 2024, she helped the ladies’s 4x100m set nationwide report of 42.50. This yr, she superior to the World Indoor Championships 60m semi-final in March, and at World Athletics Relays in Might, secured gold within the inaugural blended 4x100m relay. Additionally at world relays, McCreath and the ladies’s 4x100m improved their nationwide report once more, working 42.46.
For full outcomes from the Bob Vigars Traditional, see right here.
