{"id":96205,"date":"2026-06-20T00:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/96205\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:07:07","slug":"christopher-morales-williams-rides-canadas-fifa-win-to-fourth-straight-national-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/96205\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Morales Williams rides Canada&#8217;s FIFA win to fourth straight national title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the second day of the 2026 Canadian Track &amp; Field Championships in Ottawa, reigning world indoor champion Christopher Morales Williams surprised no one when he stormed smoothly to yet another 400m national title. The Vaughan, Ont., native has gone undefeated in the event since 2023, when he earned his first senior title at just 18. In a post-race interview, Morales Williams said the win was inspired by Canada\u2019s 6-0 FIFA win again Qatar on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was watching the game, and it just got me super pumped for today,\u201d he told Canadian Running post-race, holding a Team Canada jersey. \u201cI\u2019m a big soccer fan, and just seeing them win,\u00a0go out there and do their thing, made me want to come out here and do my thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morales Williams ran fast even through driving rain, crossing the line in 45.58 seconds and finishing more than a second clear of the field. Toronto\u2019s Felimon Henok took silver in 46.82 while Windsor, Ont.\u2019s Kobie Warden grabbed bronze in 47.01.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-165943 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0594-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"lauren gale\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/525;\"\/>Lauren Gale wins the senior women\u2019s 400m at the 2026 Canadian Track and Field Championships.<br \/>Photo: Miles Ryan \/ Mundo Sport Images.<br \/>\nTwo Ottawa natives win on home turf<\/p>\n<p>On the women\u2019s side, Friday\u2019s 400m final marked a first senior national title for Ottawa\u2019s own Lauren Gale.\u00a0The 26-year-old is a two-time Olympian, having represented Canada at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, is a core member of Team Canada\u2019s relay squads and holds the indoor national 200m record of 23.00. Gale, who represents the Ottawa Lions, also won the U20 national title in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo do it in my hometown, on the track I\u2019m at every single day, [makes it] even more special,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZyD4p9J0Iz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she said post-race.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-165950 size-large lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0352-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"zachary jeggo\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 788px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 788\/525;\"\/>Zachary Jeggo winning the U20 400m at the 2026 Canadian Track and Field Championships. Photo: Miles Ryan \/ Mundo Sport Images.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Ottawa native Zachary Jeggo successfully defended his U20 400m title, winning the junior race in 47.56. Last year, Jeggo earned double gold in the 400m and the 400m hurdles, and just completed his first year as a star athlete at Simon Fraser University.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/live.athletics.ca\/meets\/74861\/events\/individual\/2834559\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for full results from the 2026 Canadian Track &amp; Field Championships.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday, the second day of the 2026 Canadian Track &amp; Field Championships in Ottawa, reigning world indoor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35623,35624,17,35625,35626,967,35627,25333],"class_list":["post-96205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-2026-canadian-track-and-field-championships","tag-400m","tag-canada","tag-canadian-title","tag-christopher-morales-williams","tag-featured","tag-national-champion","tag-world-champion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}