​Montréal, August 7th 2025

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The 7th edition of La Classique d'Athlétisme de Montréal, held Wednesday evening at the Claude-Robillard Sports Complex, once again captivated the city’s athletics fans. Eight meet records were broken.

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Women’s 800 m
Just three days after winning the national title in Ottawa, Canadian Maeliss Trapeau set a new meet record with a time of 2:01.63—just one hundredth of a second ahead of Tiaya Shelby of the United States.

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Men’s 800 m
Puerto Rico’s Ryan Sanchez came close to the world standard (1:44.50) with a personal best of 1:44.73, significantly boosting his chances of qualifying for the World Championships. He edged out young Frenchman Elie Nayrand (1:46.07), currently training with Saint-Laurent Sélect.

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Men’s 1500 m
Arguably the performance of the night. Ontario’s Foster Malleck won a thrilling race ahead of Canadian champion Max Davies of Guelph. With a time of 3:32.38, Malleck posted the second-fastest Canadian time ever, just 0.67 seconds shy of the national record. He shattered the previous meet record of 3:37.11, set by Charles Philibert-Thiboutot in 2021.

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2000 m Steeplechase
After leading until the final lap, Québec’s Jean-Simon Desgagnés was overtaken by Puerto Rico’s Victor Ortiz Rivera, who finished strong with a time of 5:21.98—the second-best time in the world over this rarely run distance for 3000 m steeple specialists. Desgagnés, Canada’s national 3000 m steeple champion, placed 3rd with an excellent 5:24.55.

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The four other meet records set Wednesday night came from Ghana’s Joseph Amoah, who won the 200 m in 20.76 seconds; Australia’s Amy Cashin, who clocked 6:27.86 in the women’s 2000 m steeple; and Montréal’s Marguerite Lorenzo, who cleared 1.83 m in the high jump—bettering the previous mark by one centimetre. In the women's pole vault, Canadian champion Jennifer Elizarov soared over the bar at 4,36 metres, to improve on Alysha Newman's previous meet record by one centimetre.

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The success of an event like La Classique d'Athlétisme de Montréal relies entirely on the hard work of volunteers and officials, as well as the support of private and public sponsors and partners. Special thanks go to Mr. Gilles Labre, founding president of Boutique Courir, whose invaluable support has been a constant since the inaugural edition in 2018.

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We also extend our gratitude to Athletics Canada, Ville de Montréal, Athlétisme Québec, Fondation Philippe Laheurte, Secret Gourmand, Marc Angelo Traiteur, Courons Montréal, St-Hubert Express Saint-Laurent, Boutique Endurance, Pub L’Île Noire, Cross des Couleurs, Government of Québec, and the Saint-Laurent Sélect Track & Field Club.

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La Classique d'Athlétisme de Montréal is a non-profit organization whose mission is to host a national and international level athletics meet to support the development of track and field in Québec.