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Lopes-Schliep, Felicien, Reed shortlisted for track award

Last Updated: Monday, October 26, 2009 | 5:49 PM ET

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep captured a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles at this year's world championships in Berlin.Priscilla Lopes-Schliep captured a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles at this year's world championships in Berlin. (David J. Phillip/Associated Press)

Track stars Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Perdita Felicien and Gary Reed are the finalists for the 2009 Athletics Canada overall athlete of the year award.

Lopes-Schliep, of Whitby, Ont., won a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles at this year's world championships. Felicien, of Pickering, Ont., made it to the final but clipped a hurdle and finished last.

Reed, of Victoria, won a silver medal at the 2009 world athletics final.

The Jack W. Davies Trophy will be handed out at a gala in Vancouver on Nov. 14, Athletics Canada said in a release Monday.

The trio is also up for the Phil A. Edwards Trophy for track athlete of the year.

In addition, Lopes-Schliep and Reed are up for the Cal D. Bricker Memorial Trophy for the single outstanding performance of the year. Julie Labonte of Ste-Justine, Que., is the other nominee. She broke a 45-year-old Canadian junior record in the shot put at the national junior championships.

Labonte, Sultana Frizell of Kamloops, B.C., and Jim Steacy of Lethbridge, Alta., are the nominees for the F.N.A. Rowell Trophy for field athlete of the year.

Coach of the year nominees include Anthony McCleary of Pickering, Ont., Dave Scott-Thomas of Guelph, Ont., and Brenda Van Tighem of Calgary.

McCleary coaches Lopes-Schliep and sprinter Toyin Olupona. Scott-Thomas is a coach at the University of Guelph and Speed River Track and Field Club. Van Tighem is a coach at the University of Calgary and also handles personal coaching duties for Sam Effah and Amonn Nelson.

The finalists and winners in the 12 award categories are chosen by Athletics Canada's awards committee.

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