About Jared
The Pride of Prince Edward Island, Jared has been the Canadian sprinter who has caught the eyes of the country on many occasions. Jared is a World Championship 200m Semi-Finalist as well as a 200m Olympic Semi-Finalist. In 2010, Jared finished 4th at the Commonwealth Games and has a Silver Medal from the 2007 Pan-American Games where he ran the 3rd leg for Canada in the 4x100m. Jared, not only dangerous over 200m, he has also shown that he is a threat over the 100m as he has personal bests of 10.15 and 20.30 respectively. Read more…
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Jared Connaughton wins the 200m at the Tokyo Golden Grand Prix
200 Metres - Men Wind: -0.3 m/s 1 Connaughton , Jared CAN 20.70 2 Takahira , Shinji JPN 20.84 3 Takase , Kei JPN 20.87 3 Atkins , Derrick BAH 20.87 5 Saito , Hitoshi JPN 20.88 6 Mitchell , Manteo USA 20.97 7 Harris , Tremaine CAN 20.99Read more…
Olympic sprinters meet boy who gave them medal
Elijah Porter, the 10-year-old boy who gave up his Timbits soccer medal to Canada’s disqualified Olympic relay team, had a special surprise Tuesday. Two of the sprinters showed up at the boy's house in Paradise to thank him in person. NTV's Heather Gillis reports. Read more…