LOS ANGELES – Andrea Seccafien smashed the Canadian record and ran well under the Olympic standard to win the 10,000 metres at the Sound Running Track Meet on Friday night.
The 30-year-old from Guelph, Ont., ran 31 minutes 13.94 seconds to win by over seven seconds.
Natasha Wodak set the previous national record of 31:41.59 in 2015.
The Olympic standard is 31.25.
Seccafien, a four-time Canadian champion over 5,000, lives and trains in Melbourne, Australia, and like numerous Canadian track and field athletes, travelled to the U.S. in recent weeks either in hopes of running the Olympic standard or fine-tuning before the Tokyo Games.
Seccafien also holds the Canadian half-marathon record.
