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ACU is pleased to announce the following four athletes who will be representing Canada at the 50km World Championships this December in New Delhi.

 Women  Men
 Gina Tranquada (MB)  Sergio Raez Villanueva (ON)
   Christian Parenteau (QC)
   Doan Bang Tran (QC)

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Congratulations to Oleg Tabelev (AB) and Wayne Gaudet (AB), who have had the following records ratified:

Oleg Tabelev - New M55 6 Hour record of 72.114km, with his performance at Survivorfest Running Event in June 2025, surpassing Paul Chenery's record of 70.803km from 2012.
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Wayne Gaudet - New M65 6 Hour record of 61.709km, with his performance at Survivorfest Running Event in June 2025, surpassing Albert Miclette's record of 60.000km from 2005.
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Congratulations to Keith Wakelin (BC) and Erlinda Biondic (ON), who have had the following records ratified:

 Keith Wakelin - New M65 50mile record of 8:04:20, with his performance at Harriers Elk/Beaver Ultras in May 2025, surpassing Wayne Gaudet's record of 8:28:23 set in 2024 during Survivorfest 24hr.
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Erlinda Biondic set fantastic benchmarks for 10 new W85 records during 3 Days at the Fair (6Day) in New Jersey, USA, in May 2025. These W85 records are:
50km 13:16:26; 50 miles 26:14:20; 100km 32:02:50; 100 miles 55:51:48
6hr 27.359km; 12hr 45.062km; 24hr 74.030km; 48hr 135.185km; 72hr 193.121km; 6 Day 386.243km
Erlinda is pictured below, third from left, at the June 2025 announcement that she will be inducted into the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame this coming November.
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ACU is excited to announce our teams for the 15th edition of the IAU 24 Hour World Championships being held in Albi, France on 18-19 October.

 Women's Team  Men's Team
 Viktoria Brown (ON)  Matt Tribe (ON)
 Laura Sheridan (Expat)  Etienne Durocher (BC)
 Amélie Desmarais (Expat)  Thomas Beyer (Expat)
 Mallory Richard (MB)  Tim Higham (Expat)
 Lydia Ouellette (Expat/ON)  Wayne Gaudet (AB)
 Adela Salt (AB)  François Decelles (QC)
   7th (non-scoring): Nathan Currie (QC)*

*pending fitness

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ACU, in collaboration with Athletics Canada, has selected 6 men and 6 women to represent Canada in each of the two ultradistance events (45km and 82km). The World Mountain and Trail Running Championships will be held in Canfranc-Pirineos from 25-28 September. ACU president, Bernadette Benson, will attend the event as a Team Coach.

Congratulations to all selected!

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Beverley Anderson-Abbs, an expat living in California, continues her stellar running career with her February 1st, 2025 performance at the Jed Smith Endurance Runs 50k in Sacramento. Beverley ran 4:04:32, which surpassed Christine Dirks' 2014 time of 4:30:14. Congratulations, Beverley!

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Congratulations to David (Wayne) Gaudet of Alberta on breaking five M65 records at Survivorfest 24 Hour on 8-9 June 2024.

Wayne reached 50 Miles in 8:28:23, surpassing Albert Miclette's 2005 performance of 8:35:59. He reached 100km at 10:35:57, bettering Miclette's 10:58:25 (2004). Wayne went on to pass the 12 Hour mark with 111.458km, bettering Miclette's 2005 mark of 104.800km. After passing 100 miles with 17:48:11 on the clock (surpassing Steve Tomajko's 2019 time of 22:23:42), Wayne finished 24 Hours with 202.892km (besting Rolly Portelance's 2008 mark of 168.941km).

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  1. Catrin Jones continues to break W45 records
  2. More Women's Records Broken in 2024!
  3. Jones and Brown continue to break records
  4. Benson breaks W55 records

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