Globe and Mail Article - Winter runs to world youth bronze

For those of you who don't know, 16yr old Chris Winter, an employee at North Shore Athletics and an absolutely incredible guy, just won the bronze medal at the World Youth Games. This is the world championships of track for youth under 18. In the 2000m steeplechase, Chris ran the performance of his life and won a bronze medal against one of the strongest fields ever assembled.

In fifteen years of running I have never witnessed anything more exciting than watching Chris sprint past the field with 100m to go to claim a medal. The look on his face when he realised what he had just done was so amazing. He smashed the Canadian Juvenile record by 7 seconds, set an 8 second personal PB, and became the first Canadian to win a medal in the steeplechase in over 17years. And he looked fantastic doing it!

Not only is he an amazing runner with a very bright future, but he is the nicest guy you will ever meet, and for that reason alone, he has become my personal hero!

Way to go Chris!

Eric