Eric Gillis runs to another win

OORDEGEM, Belgium

Eric Gillis of Guelph's Speed River Track and Field Club won his final race before next month's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Gillis has been putting all his energy toward aiming to peak on Aug. 17, the date of the Olympic 10,000-metre final.

Tim Konoval of the Speed River club recorded a personal best time in the men's 1,500m on the weekend as the club's New Balance Euro Tour came to an end at the Memorial Leon Buyle meet. Konoval, 24, registered a time of 3:42.90. The result continued a trend for Konoval this season as he has recorded personal bests at every distance between 800m and 5,000m.

Kyle Boorsma, 20, recorded a personal best in the 3,000m. Boorsma lowered his lifetime best to 7:59.72.

Cleve Thorson recorded a time of 3:49.09 in the 1,500m.

This meeting takes place again the “Putbos” Stadium of Bloso in Oordegem-Lede (Belgium). This stadium contains 8 mondo tracks and is well known by many foreign athletes and coaches from the Netherlands, France and Germany because of its fast track and favourable wind conditions. Many athletes have already had a positive experience during previous editions of the Memorial Léon Buyle. It is within this stadium that several Belgian Championships have taken place, as well as international competitions and even a European cup meeting.

The "Memorial Léon Buyle" ranks amongst the top 5 meetings in Belgium in terms of the quality of the athletes participating. The total volume of prizes is about 15 000 €. Individual athletes can obtain between 15 and 250 € for their performance, depending on objective criteria related to performance and place. During previous editions every time some 200 athletes have been able to benefit from this contribution.
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The 2008, Memorial Léon Buyle, was Flotrack's first ever LIVE broadcast from Europe. The meet was held in Oordegem, Belgium and gave viewers from around the globe live footage of races and post-event interviews. All videos and athlete interviews are now archived on this page on the far left.