The world’s fastest 400m runner is set to compete at the Festival of Excellence at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Centre. LaShawn Merritt leads an impressive pack of six sub-45-second runners in the 400m event on June 11th.
Merritt, who took 400m gold in Beijing and currently boasts the best 200m time in 2009, will be closely challenged by Canada’s Tyler Christopher, who took the top 400m spot at the 2008 IAAF world indoor championships. Other competitiors boasting PBs under 45 seconds include three-time Olympian Ato Stephens of Trindad and Tobago, Ricardo Chambers and Jermaine Gonzales of Jamaica, and Andrae Williams of the Bahamas.
For more details on men’s 400m athletes, visit www.festivalofexcellence.ca.
Other key events for the Festival of Excellence, featuring a host of world-class athletes, include 800m women (wheelchair), pole vault (triathlon), high jump women, pole vault women, high jump men,400m women, 110mH (triathlon), mile men, 800m men, mile women, 400m men (triathlon), 100mH women and 100m men.