De Grasse misses cut for 100m final at nationals, fails to meet qualifying standard for worlds
CBC
Aaron Brown won his fifth straight men's 100-metre national title with a time of 10.08 seconds at the Canadian Track and Field Championships on Friday in Langley, B.C.
Brendon Rodney finished second in the event (10.12), closely followed by fellow Olympians Bismark Boateng (10.17) and Jerome Blake (10.19).
"I've had championships go down to the wire and I was used to it and it was the moment I lived for," Brown said, standing next to his son Kingsley.
Six-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse failed to qualify for the men's 100 final.
De Grasse finished ninth among the semifinalists with a time of 10.21 seconds. The reigning Olympic men's 200m champion and 100m bronze medallist is among the athletes who have not yet met their qualifying standards for next month's world championships in Hungary.
The 28-year-old from Markham, Ont., will compete in the men's 200m on Sunday, the same day the qualifying window closes.
"His season is his season and mine is mine," Brown said. "I know he'll bounce back. He's a champion."
Damian Warner — the reigning Olympic champion in the decathlon — failed to qualify for the men's 400 after missing the cut in the preliminary round.
He competed earlier in the discus, placing sixth, and will take part in the hurdles on Saturday.
Khamica Bingham won the women's 100 final with a time of 11.25 seconds.
Richmond, B.C., native Camryn Rogers won the women's hammer throw event setting a Canadian championship record with a throw of 77.43 metres.
"After this, I'm even more excited — if that's possible — than before for worlds," she said.
Rogers — who won silver at the 2022 world championships and whose personal best is 78.62 — said she is now aiming for the 80 mark.
"We have a lot of energy, we have a lot of really good things happening in the throws right now and it's about putting it together," Rogers said.
