Nick Symmonds is one of the fastest middle-distance track and field athletes in America, specializing in the 800m and 1500m distances. He won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he won the 800m race at the Prefontaine Classic. On June 30, 2008, Symmonds won the 800m event at the U.S. Olympic Trials…
Robyn Meagher, originally from Antigonish, Nova Scotia and later considered Victoria, B.C. as home, was one of Canada’s top middle-distance runners during the 1990s. She won a silver medal during the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games in the 3,000m event, second to teammate Angela Chalmers. Meagher also competed in the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Olympic…
Vancouver’s Leah Pells, who now resides in the suburb of Coquitlam, ran from a very early age and enjoyed it as a sport and as a form of escapism. It was perhaps a form a therapy. Her love of running turned into an international career. At one point she was ranked as high as fourth…