VICTORIA, BC – Maurice Tarrant of Victoria and Herb Phillips from Vancouver competed in the 5th meet of the 2010 Q’s Victoria Track Series each racing the mile. Both broke the Canadian record. Tarrant ran a time of 7:14.7, bettering the 80 – 89 record of 7:16.9. Phillips ran 5:48.6 for the Canadian 70 – 79 age-group record.

Tarrant has taken 4-straight Canadian age-group records in 4 attempts during the series. He now owns – pending certification, the 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and Mile (1609m), Canadian age-group records in the 80 to 85-age classification.

Tarrant was also inducted into the Canadian Master’s Athletics Association Hall of Fame, which is located in Toronto – Sunday July 17, 2010.

14-year old Liam Kennell with Victoria Track & Field Club ran the 800m race winning in 2:10.9, he will be competing in the 800m and 1200m distances at the BC Summer Games next week.

Shawn Nelson and Kenyan, Willy Langat battled hard on the final straight in the main event in the men’s 3000m elite race, with Langat taking the win and Nick Walker finishing third. The 3000m win was Langat’s second of the evening as he had taken the lead early during the men’s elite mile, besting fellow countryman Nixon Kiprotich.

19-time Canadian Champion, Lifesport coach and master’s athlete, Lucy Smith won the open 3000m race – her second race of the night with her time of 10:06.5 second and third went to Mark Ritchie and current age-group leader in the 50 – 59 class Buddy Bhandar of Shawnigan Lake.

A third record on the night was narrowly missed by Paul Reimer in the 50 – 59 group he finished second to former Irish international, Paul O’Callaghan with his time of 5:01.9 to O’Callaghan’s 4:50.3, taking the race overall and the 40 – 49 age-group.

Videos will be uploaded throughout the week.

Next meet is Saturday July 31, 2010.