Jared Connaughton

[mastermulti]

good warm weather , slight + wind ... I think he'll go sub 10.20.

 

[albinosprint]

I'm not going to make any predictions, but I do want to see all three of them sweep the 100m.

 

[white lightning]

Jared Connaughton is approaching his start time today in the 100-metre men's
sprint at the Canadian track and field championships with a calm heart.


He should.


This year's edition in Calgary is Connaughton's sixth appearance at the
nationals.


The New Haven native finished second in the 100 metres last year in 10.28
seconds, his fastest finish at the Canadian championships and comes into today's
preliminaries as the third-seed with a qualifying time of 10.21 set recently in
Florida.


He's also a two-time Canadian 200-metre champion, including last year, and
has the Canadian championships' 200-metre record of 20.34 set in 2008.


"I wouldn't say (I'm approaching this) necessarily any different than the
past. I won't let the meet overwhelm me. I'm not concerned with defending any
titles,"Â￾ Connaughton said Wednesday from Calgary. "And it's not necessarily
(preparation) for the Olympics. It's really a big time stepping stone for the
world championships in August (in South Korea)."


Connaughton runs in the 100-metre semifinals today at 9:30 p.m. AT.


The final is Friday at 9:40 p.m.


The 200-metre preliminary is Saturday at 3 p.m.


The event final is Saturday at 6:35 p.m.

 

[mastermulti]

let's hope he has more up his sleeve for the follow up.....

"Markam, Ont.,native Justyn Warner qualified for Friday night's 100-metre men's final with the fastest semifinal time of 10.22 seconds.

"It felt good," said Warner, of running Thursday's top time. "I just came out here today and got a feel for the track . . . just execute, stick with my plan and come out here and have fun."

Calgary's Sam Effah won his heat with a time of 10.29 and Jared Connaughton of New Haven, P.E.I., won the third heat in 10.45."

from CBA.Ca



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/track/story/2011/06/24/sp-cdn-tnf-champs.html#ixzz1QB1cW2Ce

 

[white lightning]

Jared won two silver medals at the national champs last weekend but he was disapointedbecause he had leg cramps the whole weekend and it killed his times. He wasn't properly hydrated. <div></div><div>http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Sports/Track-%26amp%3B-field/2011-06-27/article-2614003/Connaughton-disappointed-with-silver-medals/1</div>

 

[frederic38]

will he be to daegu?
if he goes there, i see him do the final in 200m
i think in berlin he sould have qualified to the final but got disqualified because he stepped on a line, not sure, but i think it's in berlin

edit: he was disqualified in quarter finals, but he won his quarter finals i think, so he sould have been semi finalist, and i remember that it looked pretty easy for him




Edited by: frederic38

 

[jacknyc]

20.30 with almost no wind, from Jared in Brazil.
Not too bad!

 

[white lightning]

Do you have a link to the results. Very good time for JayConn. It's been a while since he has run that fast over the half lap. Maybe it is a sign of things to come. I thought he raced too much early spring last year and he looked burned out by June to July. This season he seems to have adjusting his racing schedule other than a relay or two. Good luck to Jared this summer.

 

[white defensive back]

Speaking of 20.3 200 meter times, Jonathan Borlee just ran a 20.31 in Texas.

 

[white is right]

Speaking of 20.3 200 meter times, Jonathan Borlee just ran a 20.31 in Texas.

His 100 meter sprinting as always been enigmatic. But he is a consistent 200 meter runner who could make a major final if the cards break right. I think he just has better pace judgement in the deuce.

 

[white defensive back]

His 100 meter sprinting as always been enigmatic. But he is a consistent 200 meter runner who could make a major final if the cards break right. I think he just has better pace judgement in the deuce.

All I can say is a 20.31 is smoking fast. I will have to look it up but I am pretty sure that is his fastest 200 meters ever and he is only 23. I don't believe even Wariner ran that fast. Its nice to see our guys getting better usually during a time they regress.

 

[white defensive back]

Borl'ee is 24 actually. Sorry about that.

 

[greyghost]

blah

wariners pr is 20. 19 from 2006 . wariner has more natural sprinting talent over any distance then jay conn. i am sure if JW had focused on the 200 he could have pushed 20flat

 

[Vanilla_Sky]

Athletics: Two-time Olympian Jared Connaughton announces retirement

OTTAWA - Two-time Olympic sprinter Jared Connaughton of New Haven, P.E.I., officially announced his retirement today. Jared Connaughton steps off the track following an impressive career representing Canada on the International stage for nine years.
Connaughton retires as a two-time [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Olympian[/FONT] (2008, 2012), three-time World Championships team member (2007, 2009, 2011), [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Commonwealth [/FONT][FONT=inherit !important]Games[/FONT][/FONT] finalist (2010), Pan American Games silver medallist (2007), NACAC under-23 bronze medallist (2006) and two-time Canadian Champion (2008, 2010). He is ranked fourth all-time in Canada in the 200-metres with a personal best of 20.30 seconds; his personal best over the 100-metres is 10.15.[/FONT]
"It's time to devote myself to my wife and to our life as a unit" comment's Jared on his retirement. "I have started working as a strength and condition consultant in north Texas developing young, collegiate and professional athletes." He adds, "I would ultimately love to work for a professional sports team in the strength and conditioning department. I am very excited about beginning a new chapter of my life and am very grateful to have pursued a very unlikely dream for a young boy from the small province of Prince-Edward-Island."
International Results:

• 2006 NACAC U23 Championship - Bronze in 200m
• 2007 [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]IAAF[/FONT][/FONT] World Championship - 4x100m heats
• 2007 Pan American Games - Silver in 4x100m
• 2008 [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Olympic [/FONT][FONT=inherit !important]Games[/FONT][/FONT] - 6th in 4x100m, 200m semi finalist
• 2009 IAAF World Championship - 5th in 4x100m, 200m quarter finalist
• 2010 Commonwealth Games - 4th in 200m, finalist in the 4x100m
• 2011 IAAF World Championship - 200m & 4x100m heats
• 2012 Olympic Games - 4x100m finalist, 200m semi finalist
• 2014 World Relays - 6th (automatically qualifying for the 2015 IAAF World Championship)
• 2014 Commonwealth Games - 100m heats

Jared's personal highlights include being named captain of the 2012 Athletics Olympic Games team, setting the Canadian [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Championship [FONT=inherit !important]record[/FONT][/FONT] of 20.34 seconds at the 2008 Olympic Trials; a mark that still stands today, and winning two gold medals at the 2005 Canada Games representing Prince Edward Island.[/FONT]
This is not the end of Jared Connaughton and Canadian [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]track [FONT=inherit !important]and [/FONT][FONT=inherit !important]field[/FONT][/FONT] as he will stay involved as a member of the Athletics Canada Sport Ambassador program.[/FONT]