Aurora Rynda
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| Born | 26 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:00.66 (Gainesville, 2024) Indoors 800m: 2:00.67 (Boston, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Aurora Rynda (born 26 October 2000) is a Canadian middle-distance runner.[1]
Early life
[edit]From Toronto,[2] she studied at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and was the 2017 Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Association (OFSAA) 800 metres champion prior to committing to the University of Michigan in 2018.[3]
Career
[edit]She was a bronze medalist over 800 metres at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games in Nassau, Bahamas.[4] She competed for Canada at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, and was part of the 4x400 metres relay team which placed fourth overall.[5] She was a silver medalist over 800 metres at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships.[6]
She competed in the American Collegiate system for the Michigan Wolverines, where she was a relay teammate of compatriot Savannah Sutherland.[7] In February 2022, she set a Canadian national indoor record over 600 metres at the Windy City Invite in Chicago, with a time of 1:27.05, to break the previous record set by Camille Cato in 1984.[8]
In April 2024, she ran a personal best in the 800 metres winning the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa in a time of 2:00.97, her previous personal best of 2:01.35 had been set in 2021.[9][10] She lowered it again to 2:00.66 at the Holloway Pro Classic in Gainesville, Florida in July 2024.[11] She was runner-up to Jazz Shukla at the 2024 Canadian Athletics Championships.[12]
In January 2025, she ran 2:00.67 for the 800 metres whilst competing in Boston, Massachusetts.[13][14] She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aurora Rynda". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (30 June 2024). "Jazz Shukla qualifies for Paris Olympics with huge personal best at Canadian Trials". Runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Kelly, Madeleine (23 May 2018). "Get to know 2017 OFSAA 800m Champion Aurora Rynda". Running Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Canada's next generation in athletics competes at Commonwealth Youth Games". Running Magazine. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Tampere IAAF World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Moses, Allison. "Watch a trio of magical moments on National Girls and Women in Sports Day". USA Today. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (11 Feb 2022). "Aurora Rynda breaks Canadian 600m record". Running Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "AURORA RYNDA 1ST PLACE WOMEN'S INVITATIONAL 800M - DRAKE RELAYS 2024". Runnerspace. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (29 April 2024). "Weekend roundup: Canadian hurdler hits Olympic standard in Louisiana". Running Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Choate, Campbell (20 July 2024). "Holloway Pro Classic Results". Flotrack.org. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Arop, Shukla meet Olympic standard, win 800-metre titles at Canadian track and field trials". cbc.ca. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "UNC'S ETHAN STRAND RUNS THIRD-FASTEST INDOOR MILE EVER IN BOSTON". Runnerspace. 2 Feb 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Gibson, Nia (1 Feb 2025). "BU Terrier Classic Day 1 Results". Flotrack. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "TEAM CANADA READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD INDOORS". Athletics.ca. 10 Mar 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.