There’s little question about it: Crew Canada has some severe younger expertise. After simply three days on the 2025 Junior Pan American Video games at La Nueva Olla Stadium in Asunción, Paraguay, the 20-athlete squad has already secured seven medals–4 of that are gold–plus three meet data. On Wednesday, the highlight belonged to 20-year-old Edmonton dash star Dianna Proctor, who stormed to the 400m win in a championship report of 51.97 seconds. That is her second worldwide medal.
🥇Gold for Canada
Dianna Proctor wins gold within the Girls’s 400m, setting a brand new junior panam video games report of 51.97s #ASU2025 pic.twitter.com/S6A6vCegGL
— Spot Athlete (@SpotAthlete) August 21, 2025
Proctor held off the sphere by almost two-tenths of second and shaved greater than a tenth of a second off the previous report of 52.10, set in 2021. Bermuda’s Caitlyn Bobb took silver in 52.14, whereas Jamaica’s Shanakaye Anderson ran 53.41 for bronze.
The Edmonton native, who has a powerful private better of 51.30 and lately gained bronze on the Canadian monitor championships, holds a silver medal from final yr’s U20 World Championships in Lima, Peru. Her excellent resume additionally consists of three U Sports activities gold medals (300m, 4x200m and 4x400m) earned throughout her rookie season competing for the College of Guelph.
At Pan Ams, fellow Albertan Ella Clayton of Calgary raced to sixth in 55.19.
Isabella Goudros takes the heptathlon crown
Additionally placing on a stellar efficiency was Toronto’s Isabella (Izzy) Goudros, who concluded her busy seven-event schedule with a stable 800m win (2:15.93), securing a complete of 5,561 factors within the ladies’s heptathlon and taking residence gold.
With glorious performances throughout the board, Goudros got here out on prime in three of the seven occasions, additionally successful the lengthy soar and the 200m. Brazil’s Ana Luisa Ferraz (5508 pts) took second place and Paraguay’s personal Ana Paula Arguello (5249) rounded out the rostrum.
Elizarov shatters Pan Am pole vault report
Shattering Crew Canada’s third assembly report was Waterloo, Ont.’s U Sports activities pole vault star Jennifer Elizarov, who soared to gold with a 4.45-m soar. Her outcome crushed the earlier mark of 4.20m by a full 25 cm. Canadian teammate Heather Abadie cleared 4.00m for second place, whereas Brazil’s Luana De Moura vaulted 3.90m for third.
Pearson and Nubbe take silver
The ladies’s 800m ultimate on Tuesday noticed a decent race the place the highest 4 athletes all dipped underneath the previous championship report; Avery Pearson of Meadow Lake, Sask., pushed to the end, claiming the runner-up spot in 2:06.09. Brazil’s Sabrina Pena gained the title in 2:05.87 and Maria Rojas of Venezuela took an in depth third, operating 2:06:10.
On Wednesday, Canadian hammer thrower Jeremiah Nubbe additionally snuck underneath the earlier meet report, however needed to accept silver, with a throw of 70.49m; Argentina’s Olivera Tomás took the title with a 70.61-m throw and Chile’s Benjamín Muñoz claimed bronze with 67.04m.
Advancing to the ultimate
In his 800m semi-final on Wednesday, John O’Reilly of Toronto took the highest spot in his warmth in 1:50.81; he’ll advance to the occasion ultimate set for Friday. Barrie, Ont.’s Emily Martin additionally certified for the ladies’s 200m ultimate on Thursday.
Crew Canada’s squad of 12 ladies and eight males consists of 4 sprinters, seven endurance athletes, one hurdler and eight subject athletes. The Junior Pan Am occasion, which runs from Monday by means of Friday, will see 490 junior athletes from throughout the Americas competing in 45 monitor and subject occasions.
See right here for full outcomes from the 2025 Junior Pan Am Video games.
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