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Sade McCreath

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Sade McCreath
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 30)
Home townAjax, Ontario[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60m: 7.12 (2026)
  • 100m: 10.95 (2025)
  • 200m: 23.19 (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
World Relay Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Guangzhou Mixed 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2026 Gaborone 4×100 m relay
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2026 Medellín 100 m

Sade McCreath (born 25 June 1996) is a Canadian sprinter. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In 2025, she equalled the Canadian national record for the 100 metres. In 2026, she won the 100 metres at the inaugural Pan American Championships.[2]

Biography

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McCreath competed over 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[3][4] She was part of the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team that competed at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, and qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.[5][6] She was selected to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for her Olympic debut.[7][8] She was part of the 4 × 100 m sprint relay team which qualified for the final, setting a national record of 45.20 seconds.[9]

McCreath reached the semi-finals of the 60 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.[10][11] She was selected for the Canadian relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025, where she won the gold medal in the inaugural Mixed 4 x 100 metres relay.[12][13][14] The following weekend, she ran the 100 metres at the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo in 11.46 seconds to finish behind Bree Rizzo and Twanisha Terry in third but ahead of Sha'Carri Richardson.[15]

On 22 June 2025, she equalled the Canadian national record of Audrey Leduc with a time of 10.95s (+1.2 m/s) to win the women's 100m at the Bob Vigars Classic in Ontario. It was also the fastest time for the distance ever recorded by a woman on Canadian soil. Earlier in the evening, she had also ran a wind-assisted time of 10.94 seconds in the preliminary round at the event.[16]

McCreath was a finalist in the 100 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas placing fifth overall in 11.19 seconds (+0.1).[17] In September 2025, she competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She also ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships as the Canadian team placed seventh overall.[18][19][20]

McCreath won the 60 metres title at the 2026 Canadian Indoor Championships, running a time of 7.12 seconds to move to joint-second on the Canadian all-time list behind Philomena Mensah.[21] She also ran 7.12 seconds to win the ISTAF Indoor Berlin 60 metres race on 6 March 2026.[22] She was selected as part of the Canada team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[23] She ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres as Canada won the silver medal behind Jamaica, running a national record time 42.17 seconds.[24] Selected as part of the Canadian team for the inaugural 2026 Pan American Athletics Championships in Medellín, she won the 100 metres final, running 11.10 seconds to win ahead of Brazilian Ana Carolina Azevedo.[25][26] She was named in the Canada team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[27]

Personal life

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She is from Ajax, Ontario.[28] She attended Bethune-Cookman University.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  2. ^ "Sade McCreath". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Meet Team Canada for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships". 15 February 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ^ Harrington, Joe (3 March 2024). "World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024 Results: Here's Who Won". Flotrack. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Canadian women's 4x100m relay team qualifies for Paris Olympics". cbc.ca. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ^ Donkin, Karissa (5 August 2024). "Canada's women's 4x100m relay team back in the Olympics with something to prove". cbc.ca. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Canada announces team for Olympic Games in Paris". World Athletics. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ^ Dickinson, Marley (8 August 2024). "Canadian women's 4x100m relay team sets national record at Paris Olympics". Running Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Jamaica's Williams, Antigua & Barbuda's Lloyd impress in women's 60m heats at World Indoor Championships". SportsMax. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  11. ^ "TEAM CANADA READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD INDOORS". Athletics.ca. 10 Mar 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Olympic champions named on Canada's team for Guangzhou". World Athletics. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  13. ^ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Canada claims inaugural World Relays mixed 4x100m crown in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Olympic 100m silver medallist Sha'Carri Richardson beaten in Tokyo season-opener". Straits Times. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  16. ^ Ormond, Cameron (23 June 2025). "Ontario sprinter runs electric 100m, ties Canadian record". Runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  17. ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  18. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  19. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  20. ^ Dickinson, Marley (28 August 2025). "Athletics Canada names 59 athletes to 2025 World Championships team". Running Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  21. ^ Campbell, Morgan (5 March 2026). "From Canada's McCreath to U.S.'s Anthony, recent breakthroughs set up interesting track season for 2026". cbc.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  22. ^ "World leads for Szymański and Schilder in Berlin". World Athletics. 6 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  23. ^ "WRE Gaborone 26 preview: global medallists clash in women's 4x100m". World Athletics. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  24. ^ "Thompson-Herah anchors Jamaica to 4x100m win in Gaborone". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  25. ^ "TEAM CANADA NAMED FOR FIRST EVER PAN AMERICAN SENIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Canada Athletics. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  26. ^ "Pan American Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2026. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  27. ^ "ATHLETICS TEAM NAMED FOR 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". Athletics.ca. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  28. ^ "Quebec sprinter Audrey Leduc and her teammates in the women's 4 x 100-metre relay will take part in the Olympic final". actualnewsmagazine. August 8, 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Former HBCU Standouts Ready for Summer Olympics Challenge". hbcuconnect. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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