Sadé McCreath: Canada's fastest woman went from nearly quitting to a national record

The Shakeout Podcast · Jul 23, 2026 · 28m

For most of the past 40 years, the Canadian record in the women’s 100m remained stagnant, hovering right under the 11 second barrier and moving just 0.04 over the span of nearly 4 decades. But that all changed earlier this month when Ajax, ON Sadé McCreath stormed to a massive lifetime best of 10.86 at the Edmonton International Track Classic, taking nearly a full 10th of a second off of the previous national record and becoming the first woman in Canadian history to dip under 10.90 seconds.

And while the record-setting run marks a new era in Canadian sprinting, McCreath’s own journey to…