Sadé McCreath sprints to Canadian women's 100m record at Edmonton meet in 10.86 seconds

Audrey Leduc pulled away late from Sadé McCreath for her third consecutive women's 100-metre title Sunday at the Edmonton Athletics Invitational, with Foote Field still abuzz from what transpired a little over one hour earlier.

In the second of two semifinal heats, McCreath defeated Celera Barnes of the United States in a Canadian record 10.86 seconds to eclipse Leduc’s 10.94 from the semis a year ago in Edmonton for the fastest 100m on Canadian soil.

McCreath also boasts the eighth fastest women’s time this year, 23-100ths of a second behind world leader, Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands.

Last June 22, McCreath delivered a 10.95 breakthrough performance to win at the Bob Vigars Classic in London, Ont.

It qualified the 30-year-old for the World Athletics Championships last September in Tokyo, where McCreath ran 11.41 into a slight headwind in the heats and didn’t advance to the semifinals.

Her time Sunday would have been inside the 10.96 automatic entry standard for worlds in September 2027, but the qualifying window doesn’t open until Aug. 23.

Leduc clocked a wind-aided 10.90 in Sunday’s final, 5-100ths fastest than McCreath, who was fifth last year in Edmonton in 11.28. McCreath also placed second to Leduc of Gatineau, Que., at the Canadian track and field championships last month in Ottawa.

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The legal limit for a tailwind is 2.0 metres per second and Sunday’s final measured 2.6, compared to 3.2 in Leduc’s semifinal heat when she ran 10.88 for the win.

McCreath had a strong 2026 indoor campaign, running a 7.12-second personal best on two occasions over 60 metres and advanced to the world championships