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  Track & Field: Glenroy Gilbert
 Gilbert was an integral part of the victory, running the second leg of the relay in 9.02 seconds -- faster than anybody has run that stretch of track before or since.
One that is a far cry from his first one in 1988 in Seoul, when he had to live through the Ben Johnson steroid scandal as a member of the Canadian team.
We were 18," said Gilbert, who, with his relay teammates, helped restore the lustre of Canadian track in Atlanta.
www.canoe.ca /2000GamesBiosA2M/gilbert.html   (430 words)

  
 TSN : TSN20 - Canada's Sports Leader
The team brought home 22 medals, including three gold - two of them courtesy the Olympic men's sprint team.
Seven days after claiming gold in the 100 metre final - the marquee event of the track and field program - Donovan Bailey teamed up with fellow sprinters Bruny Surin, Glenroy Gilbert and Robert Esmie to defeat a faltering American team in the 4x100 metre relay.
The year before the Olympic final, the Canadian foursome captured the titlea the world track and field championships.
www.tsn.ca /20/news_story.asp?ID=108288&hubName=tsn20   (478 words)

  
 Athletics Canada -Glenroy Gilbert and Ken Parker to be inducted into Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame
Glenroy Gilbert is a natural sportsman with immense talent.
Not only was Glenroy Gilbert an Olympic Champion for his gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Games (4x100 m relay), but he has also won World Championships gold twice (1995 and 1997 gold in the 4x100 m relay), 1995 Pan-Am gold (100 m sprint), and 1998 Goodwill games gold (4x100 m relay).
Upon his retirement from athletics after the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, Glenroy Gilbert worked for a short time in CBC radio in Ottawa and is currently a national team coach with Canada’s 4x100 m relay team.
www.athletics.ca /main.asp?id=7402   (471 words)

  
 Watch for Glenroy Gilbert
ATLANTA -- In the sunny, sultry days leading up to the Centennial Games, Ottawa's Glenroy Gilbert has been a man in the shadows, in the shadow of his illustrious friend and teammate Donovan Bailey, with whom he's been training, and the shadow of fellow Canadian sprinter Bruny Surin.
But today, when the heats are run for the 100 metres at Olympic Stadium, it will be time for him to burst out of the blocks, out of the shadow and into the light.
  Gilbert and Bailey, close friends, have been in seclusion near their training base in Austin, Tex. Most of the rest of the track and field team has been training in Anderson, S.C.,.
slam.canoe.ca /OlympicsColumnists/jul26_stevenson.html   (653 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Glenroy Gilbert, who ran the back-straight in the glory days, is attempting to restore his country to the medal podium.
Gilbert sees the Olympic qualification process under which only the world’s top 16 teams - ranked on the basis of the average of their two best times - as a blessing in disguise.
Gilbert hopes to take the squad to Provo, Utah, a favourite training centre for past Canadian teams where they will run one more competition prior to leaving for Europe.
www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=25374,printer.html   (936 words)

  
 CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Track - Gilbert praises mom
If not for those two people, among many others, Glenroy Gilbert might not have been on a podium in an Olympic Stadium or on a stage last night at the induction ceremonies for the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame.
Gilbert won an Olympic gold medal in the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta where he was part of the men's 4X100-metre relay team which beat a powerful American team in its own backyard.
Gilbert is a four-time Summer Olympian (1988, '92, '96 and 2000), also competing in long jump and sprints in addition to the relays.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Track/2005/10/20/1270805-sun.html   (579 words)

  
 Athletes fear summit will be all talk and no action - Capital News Online
There is no time to waste, says Glenroy Gilbert, a five-time Olympian, and a gold medallist in the 4x100 relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Gilbert has been involved in track for more than 15 years and says there always has been a lot of talk on how to change things.
Gilbert says the $13,000 the government will give him this year is not nearly enough, especially when he has to train in the U.S., where there are year-round facilities.
www.carleton.ca /jmc/cnews/23032001/n5.htm   (949 words)

  
 Gold-Medal Olympian Visits Dalhousie
As part of a cross-country speaking tour, Glenroy Gilbert, a member of Canada's gold medal-winning 4x100 metre relay team at the Atlanta Olympics, stopped in Halifax to speak to Dalhousie medical students.
At a reception before his presentation, Gilbert took a moment to compare notes with Dalhousie's own Olympians, Med 1 students Rob Stevenson and Gill Hamilton.
But the highlight of the session was the video replay of Canada's gold medal performance-the students asked him to play it a second time at the end of his presentation.
communications.medicine.dal.ca /connection/may1997/olympics.htm   (119 words)

  
 Systemic Problem?
Sprinter Glenroy Gilbert spoke out against Athletics Canada and its leadership, saying “They’ve forgotten about the athletes . . .
When top stars Bruny Surin and Bailey pulled out of the competition with injuries and illness, the team did not have top reserves to fill their spots; Adrian Woodley, a 110-metre hurdler, stepped forward to run the crucial anchor leg of the race.
Gilbert also suggested that the problems with Athletics Canada removed the Canadian team from contention long before Sydney.
www.cbc.ca /newsinreview/nov2000/sydney/systemic.htm   (601 words)

  
 1996 Atlanta: 4 x 100 relay team - Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000 - CBC Archives
Esmie along with Donovan Bailey, Bruny Surin and Glenroy Gilbert swiftly run the course, easily leaving their rivals behind.
In all of the previous 15 Olympic competitions that the Americans competed in, they successfully claimed the gold medal in the 4x100-metre relay events.
He retired from amateur sport in 2001 and had a brief writing career with CBC Radio.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1344-8117/sports/olympics_summer/clip11   (572 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Olympics - Brazil bolts to gold in relay, upsetting favored Canadians - Saturday July 31, 1999 02:48 AM
Posted: Saturday July 31, 1999 02:48 AM Donovan Bailey got the Canadians off to a great start, passing the two outside runners before handing off to Glenroy Gilbert.
Starting out of lane six, he had an incredible start and passed the two outside runners before handing off to Glenroy Gilbert, who further extended Canada's lead along the backstretch to the delight of a partisan crowd.
Gilbert had a feeling Brazil was going to present problems but was surprised the South American foursome was able to pull off a victory with everyone running strong.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/1999/07/30/panam_bailey   (968 words)

  
 Track star Brad McCuaig brings Olympic memories home to Foothills
The job McCuaig was sent to do was run the 4 x 100 metre relay with the Canadian team, which was initially expected to consist of himself, 1996 Olympic gold-medal 100-metre sprinter Donovan Bailey, Bruny Surin and Glenroy Gilbert.
In fact, the team was not only expected to bring home a medal, but was given the incentive of a $1 million reward each if they set a world record.
The make-shift team finished in sixth position in one of the semi-final runs, placing them 16th overall with a time of 39.26 seconds.
www.westernwheel.com /001018/news-olympics.html   (1150 words)

  
 Predictions
1) Bruny Surin 2) Brad McCuaig 3) Glenroy Gilbert
1) Bruny Surin 2) Donovan Bailey 3) Glenroy Gilbert
Browne is the future and he'll get Glenroy who's sliding down.
www.geocities.com /bradstuart7/predictions.html   (666 words)

  
 Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Interview With Glenroy Gilbert
For those readers who are unfamiliar with the magnitude of this tournament, can you tell them what this tournament means to your native country?
(Glenroy Gilbert) GG: - I used to play soccer as a teenager but I am not much of a soccer fan.
I have been watching some of the World Cup simply because Trinidad and Tobago have been playing in it.
www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20060707_AC_Gilbert_Interview.html   (2283 words)

  
 The Donovan Bailey WWWsite - NewsCenter
The relay team consisting of Bailey, Bruny Surin, Robert Esmie, and Gilbert Glenroy won the 4x100 in 38.97s.
The only sad part was that Donovan Bailey didn't use them at the Olympics, because he required a special style we didn't have at the time," said David Grant, president of Omni-Lite Industries Inc., which developed the lightweight spikes from a composite of aluminum and alumina.
He won the male athlete of year award and the Canadian men's 4x100 meter relay team (Bailey, Bruny Surin, Glenroy Gilbert, Robert Esmie, and Carlton Chambers) took the honors for the male team of the year.
www.netspace1.com /donovanbailey/newscenter/1997/early97.html   (862 words)

  
 glenroy in Ontario
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www.canadianbusinessdirectory.ca /historyon_glenroy.htm   (233 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Goodwill Games 1998 - Esmie dropped from Canada's relay team - Tuesday July 21, 1998 07:08 PM
Esmie had said he wanted to return and claims he has been snubbed because of politics.
Other members of the team are Olympic 100-meter champ Donovan Bailey, Glenroy Gilbert, and Bruny Surin.
Athletics Canada president John Thresher says Esmie's minor hamstring injury was a factor in the decision to leave him off of the team.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /goodwillgames/1998/news/1998/07/21/esmie_out   (284 words)

  
 Track & Field at Harry Jerome Classic :: Hooker wins 100m, Huskies relay second.
The Washington 4 x 100 relay unit of Hooker, Willem Ryan, Tyler Rose and B.J. Dawson posted a season-best time of 40.14 and finished behind the winning mark of 39.46.
The victorious Canadian team included Bailey, Bruny Surin and Glenroy Gilbert who made up three-fourths of the gold medal team that upset the U.S. National Team during the 1996 Olympic Games.
Washington middle-distance standouts Geoff Perry and Chris Ledford each improved their NCAA provisional qualifying marks in the 1,500 meters.
gohuskies.cstv.com /sports/c-track/recaps/051898aaa.html   (222 words)

  
 Cool Running :: 1996 Olympic relay team reunites in Ottawa
This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the Canadian Relay Teams' underdog victory at the Atlanta Olympic Games, as well as Donovan Bailey's 100m gold medal in what was then a world record time of 9.84 seconds.
Carleton Chambers, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Donovan Bailey will all converge on the nation's capital to celebrate one of Canada's greatest Olympic moments.
The championships will also feature Canada's brightest track and field stars such as world-class hurdler Perdita Felicien, World Championship bronze medalist Tyler, Olympic high jumper Mark Boswell, and many more.
www.coolrunning.com /engine/3/3_8/1996-olympic-relay-team-r.shtml   (284 words)

  
 AUGUST 20, 1999 RUNNING REPORT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The show focuses on all aspects of running but has a major Canadian slant.
The first show had the likes of Leah Pells, Donovan Bailey, Glenroy Gilbert, Robert Esmie, Bruny Surin and Katie Anderson.
While the focus was obviously on the track athletes, it is still very gratifying to see Canadian athletes covered.
mywebpage.netscape.com /marcancoaching/news990820.htm   (1537 words)

  
 BHS Track and Field
We hope to improve and set new personal bests this year.
We recently met Glenroy Gilbert,Ladonna Antoine, Bruny Surin, Donavon Bailey, Robert Esmie when attending an indoor track and field meet in Saskatoon last year.
The 1997 division track meet was held on May 23rd, here in Balcarres.
www.saskschools.ca /~bal/track.html   (321 words)

  
 August 31 Birthdays in History
August 31, 1969 Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks
August 31, 1968 Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, 1996 Olympics gold
August 31, 1968 Hideo Nomo, born in Osaka, Japan, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
www.brainyhistory.com /daysbirth/birth_august_31.html   (1231 words)

  
 GamesDay
"And down the backstretch, Glenroy Gilbert just tore it up."
NBC later supplied a nifty graphic which showed that Gilbert ran a 9.02-second leg to Harden's 9.36.
Harden had to slow a bit to adjust his handle on the baton.
www.onwisconsin.com /sports/oly/gday803.html   (810 words)

  
 Gilbert - eSnips Search
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 Calgary Track and Field Athletic Association - CALTAF Track Classic
Many of these athletes have later gone on to represent Canada in international competitions.
The Caltaf Track Classic has also had outstanding performances in the open age group and has featured great Canadian track and field stars such as Donovan Bailey, Don Bruno and Glenroy Gilbert.
Meet schedule and more can be found in the above package
www.caltaf.com /ctc/ctc.asp   (172 words)

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