ATHLETICS CANADA

Victoria is the running capital of Canada and the Athletics Canada Middle Distance Western Hub will help drive performances to a world class level and increase the development of youth.

 
 

Athletics Canada-WEstern Hub Community Engagement report

VICTORIA, B.C., June 2019 - A key criteria for 94Forward support is a National Sport’s commitment to actively participate in growing sport in the Victoria region. Sports headquartered in Victoria receive significant support from this community and it is a hallmark of the culture we are building to have these programs give back to the local community. 94Forward’s model leverages the performance athlete (LTAD stage 5 or 6) for the positive benefit of younger athletes at stages 1-4 of the LTAD model. The model also includes linking the performance athlete with the Active for life stage (7). Read Report.

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Back in Business: Athletics once again a Middle Distance powerhouse in Victoria.

Victoria is the running capital of Canada and the  Athletics Canada Middle Distance Western Hub is back in business.

The construction of the track and Centennial Stadium for the 1994 XV Commonwealth Games provided a world class facility from which to build programs.  The launch of the Commonwealth Centre for Sport Development in 1995, later renamed PacificSport and now operating as 94Forward, led to the establishment of several National Training Centers in the region - a Middle Distance Centre was among the original group.  Within five years, national and international talent emerged in both genders under the steady direction of Brent Fougner and Wynn Gmitroski. The Centre enjoyed ongoing success through to 2008 as Gary Reed continually cracked top 5 in the world. Over the next six years, despite continued results, the Centre wound down to a bare bones reality.  In 2016 momentum to revive the Middle Distance National Training Centre led to its designation of ‘Hub’ - indicating support for permanent members and an openness to support athletes and their coaches visiting for training windows.