Congrats to Bairu, for being Canada’s 5,000 m track champion. Awesome to have a national champion from Regina!
“Simon Bairu, a four-time Canadian cross-country champion, took the lead with three laps remaining in the men’s 5,000 metres and went on to capture his first national track title on the opening day of the Canadian athletics championships in Toronto.”
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2009/06/25/sp-gains-roundup.html