| Macrozonaris runs in Europe |
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| Posted by webmaster on Sunday, February 11 2007 |
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Two races in the last 2 days in France and Germany for Nicolas. On Friday, and fresh off a overnight flight, he ran 6.73 seconds at the Meeting Gaz de France Clermont Auvergne, in Aubière, France. This evening in at the BW-Bank- Meeting 2007, an IAAF Permit Indoor Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, he finished in 4th place in 6.69 sec's, behind the USA's Marcus Brunson and his World Leading time of 6.46 seconds. In the heats, Nicolas ran 6.72 secs.
Ergebnisliste
| 60m Männer - Finale
| 11. Feb 2007 17:05
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Hallenweltrekord
| 6.39
| Maurice Greene
| USA
| Atlanta
| 3. März 2001
| Europarekord
| 6.45
| Ronald Pognon
| FRA
| Karlsruhe
| 13. Feb 2005
| Weltjahresbestleistung
| 6.49
| Olusoji Fasuba
| NGR
| Stuttgart
| 3. Feb 2007
| Meetingrekord
| 6.45
| Ronald Pognon
| FRA
| | 13. Feb 2005
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Rg
| StNr
| Athlet
| Nation
| Ergebnis
| Reaktions- zeit
| 1
| 16
| BRUNSON, Marcus
| USA
| | WL
| 6.46
| | 0.152
| 2
| 19
| COLLIO, Simone
| ITA
| | | 6.63
| | 0.133
| 3
| 40
| MAYOLA, Freddy
| CUB
| | | 6.63
| | 0.132
| 4
| 39
| MACROZONARIS, Nicolas
| CAN
| | | 6.69
| | 0.120
| 5
| 45
| PINNOCK, Rasgawa
| GER
| | | 6.69
| | 0.103
| 6
| 13
| BRAMLETT, Ron
| USA
| | | 6.71
| | 0.141
| 7
| 41
| NKANSAH, Eric
| GHA
| | | 6.75
| | 0.152
| 8
| 9
| BLUM, Christian
| GER
| | | 6.82
| | 0.158
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| Macrozonaris two for two in Saskatoon |
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| Posted by webmaster on Saturday, February 3 2007 |
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Canadian champion sprinter Nic Macrozonaris, after winning a 50m race yesterday at the Knights of Columbus Indoor Games, returned today with more of the same, winning the 60m marquee event in 6.62 seconds, a season best. The next best runner finished in the 6.7's. He was competing in Canada's premier indoor track meet, held annually in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. "I felt real good both days," said Macrozonaris when contacted after the race today. "This is the top indoor event in Canada, so I wanted to put on a good show." Macrozonaris revamped his training regimen as well as diet several months ago, all under the tutelage of coach Daniel St-Hilaire. After successive injury plagued seasons, he has been slowly working back into shape and planning his appearances carefully. The goal is to run consistently, have a good summer and be ready for the World Championships in Osaka, Japan in August.
"The race went very smoothly today, I'm not too far away from 6.5's," he said. A few European appearances - and perhaps a US one - are next in line for Macrozonaris.
Originally posted on HellenicAthletes.com
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| Macrozonaris wins Saskatoon 50m |
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| Posted by webmaster on Friday, February 2 2007 |
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Nicolas won his 50m race on Friday in Saskatoon with a time of 5.77 seconds. He comes back Saturday afternoon for a 60m race. 60m Start Lists
Jonathan Charest CAN
Brendan Christian Antigua
Obadiah Cooper USA
Tyler Fawcett CAN
Jabari Fields USA
Tyree Gailes USA
Chris Lawson USA
Jeff Laynes USA
Nicolas Macrozonaris CAN
Carlos Moore USA
Preston Perry USA
Nathan Taylor CAN
Tim Walls USA
Neville Wright CAN
Quick Nic
Dustin Munroe, The StarPhoenix
Published: Saturday, February 03, 2007
Mac is back and he's ready to attack the track.
Nicolas Macrozonaris of Laval, Que., successfully defended his 50-metre title at the 42nd annual Knights of Columbus Saskatchewan Indoor Games on Friday at the Field House. Macrozonaris was timed in 5.77 seconds, 6-10ths ahead of second place Preston Perry of the United States.
Macrozonaris has locked down the 50m event at the K of C Games, winning five times in the past six years.
In 2001, he competed in his first K of C Games, losing in the 50 to Jeff Laynes. Ever since, the 50 and 60m has been a Laynes vs. Macrozonaris grudge match. Laynes ended Macrozonaris's two-year 60m winning streak last year.
"We bring the best out of both of us," Macrozonaris said. "I love having guys like Laynes here because it makes it very competitive."
Laynes is 10 years Macrozonaris's senior at the age of 36.
Macrozonaris's resume doesn't read like that of someone who is only 26. He is a two-time Olympian, three-time Canadian outdoor 100m champion and the fastest man to have run the 50 at the K of C Games with the 5.69 he clocked in 2002.
It hasn't all been glory, though.
A lost year to injury, years of battling Athletics Canada to secure support and funding, and the rigorous demands of being an Olympic-calibre athlete have tested his resolve.
"There's competition, lots of work on the track and in the weight room," he said. "There's lots of travelling, a lot of hope, because I want to do good. It can all be very hard on an athlete. Mentally, physically and emotionally it is exhausting."
Still, he wouldn't trade it for anything.
"I feel good. I'm in good shape. I'm running well and training is going great. I'm happy and I will continue to do track and field for a very long time."
As an elite sprinter, the Olympics remain the main goal for Macrozonaris. He got his feet wet at the Games in 2000 in Sydney. In 2004, he got the opportunity of a lifetime. A Greek descendent with strong family roots in the country, he competed in front of his parents in the Athens Games.
"Overall, it was a great, great experience," he said. "It is something that very few people get to experience in this world."
Macrozonaris is hungry for another crack at the Olympics. He was inspired to get into after watching Donovan Bailey capture the 100m gold in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
"I'm Canadian champion. I'm ranked No. 1 in the country. I want to take advantage of this, be the best I can be and run the Olympics," he said. "My physical prime is approaching, I feel like now I can compete with the best in the world and I actually have a chance to bring home a medal."
Saskatoon track fans have another chance to watch Macrozonaris burn up the track as he goes for his third K of C Games 60m title in the Sask Tel Invitational men's 60m today at 2:45 p.m.
dsmunroe@sp.canwest.com
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