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Canada's Andre De Grasse anchors relay team to win at Harry Jerome Classic

CBC Sports | Posted: June 28, 2018 4:40 AM | Last Updated: June 28, 2018

Men's 4x100 squad sets meet record as Canada wins sprint challenge against China

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Caption: Andre De Grasse celebrates after running to a first-place finish in the anchor leg for Canada during the men's 4x100-metre relay at the Harry Jerome International Track Classic. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Sprint stars Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown led Canada's relay team to an easy win on Wednesday night at the Harry Jerome International Track Classic in Burnaby, B.C.
De Grasse anchored the men's 4x100 team to a meet record of 38.42 seconds ahead of the Chinese squad. Gavin Smellie gave Canada an early lead before handing off to Brown, and Mobolade Ajomale kept the momentum going into the final leg.

Media Video | (not specified) : Andre De Grasse leads relay team to victory at Harry Jerome Track Classic

Caption: Canadian men's 4x100m relay squad sets meet record with a time of 38.42 seconds.

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On Tuesday, Brown won the 100, beating De Grasse. The 2016 triple Olympic medallist finished third, with China's Xu Zhouzheng second.
Both events were part of the Jerome meet's China-Canada Sprint Challenge, which featured men's and women's teams of 10 athletes each competing in the 100 and 400 metres, plus the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. After the points were tallied up, Canada took home $30,000 in prize money.
De Grasse was using the Jerome meet to try to return to form after a few disappointing results in the Diamond League.
The 23-year-old from Markham, Ont., is coming back from a Grade 2 hamstring strain which forced him to miss last year's world track and field championships. He also sat out this year's Commonwealth Games.
In the women's 4x100, the Chinese team posted a new meet record of 43.75 to upset the Canadians, who struggled with the exchange.

Media Video | (not specified) : China upsets Canada in women's relay at Harry Jerome Track Classic

Caption: Chinese women's 4x100m relay team sets a new meet record with a time of 43.75 seconds.

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Lindsey Butterworth from North Vancouver, B.C., won the women's 800, crossing the line in a time of 2:02.47.

Media Video | (not specified) : Lindsey Butterworth victorious at Harry Jerome Track Classic

Caption: Canadian wins the women's 800m event with a time of 2:02.47

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Smellie continued to roll after helping Canada win the 4x100 relay, narrowly beating out Jerome Blake in the men's 200 in 20.72.

Media Video | (not specified) : Gavin Smellie takes men's 200 metres at Harry Jerome Track Classic

Caption: Canadian wins with at time of 20.72 seconds.

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Canada swept the podium in the women's 400, with Aiyanna Stiverne clocking the winning time of 53.03.

Media Video | (not specified) : Canadian women sweep podium in 400 metres in Burnaby

Caption: Aiyanna Stiverne wins the event, Madeline Price finishes 2nd and Alicia Brown places 3rd.

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The Canadian men took the top two spots in the 400, as Philip Osei edged Daniel Harper in 46.81.
In other results, Canada's Farah Jacques won the women's 100 hurdles, while Jessica O'Connell claimed the 1,500.

Media Video | (not specified) : Farah Jacques wins hurdles at Harry Jerome Track Classic

Caption: Canadian finishes 1st with a time of 13.72 seconds in women's 100m hurdles event.

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Media Video | (not specified) : Jessica O'Connell takes women's 1500m in Burnaby

Caption: Canadian victorious at Harry Jerome Track Classic with a time of 4:10.66.

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Media Video | (not specified) : Phylicia George finishes 4th at Harry Jerome Track Classic

Caption: China's Guifen Huang takes the women's 200 metres event with a time of 23.76 seconds.

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