Audrey Leduc, a fourth-year sprinter with the Laval Rouge et Or, is the 2023-24 RSEQ nominee for the U SPORTS Female Athlete of the Year award.
In her fourth season with the Rouge et Or, the Gatineau, Que., product won every race in her specialty, the 60-metre dash, and was named the U SPORTS Track Athlete of the Season for 2023-24.
The 25-year-old’s time of 7.21 seconds during qualifying at the U SPORTS Championships in Winnipeg was the fastest time run at that length in Canada this season. She later took gold in that event with a time of 7.26. When her Winnipeg performance is added to the 7.22 she posted at the Carleton last Chance meet and her 7.25 at the RSEQ Championship, Leduc came away with the top four 60-metre times in Canada this season. She also contributed to Laval’s silver-medal performance in the 4×200 metre relay, as the Rouge et Or finished in fifth place overall.
In the week before U SPORTS nationals, she competed for Canada at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where she posted times of 7.22 and 7.21 in the 60-metres as she advanced to the semifinals.
After the U SPORTS championship was finished, she turned her attention to the outdoor season, and ran the 100-metres in 10.96 seconds, breaking the Canadian record set by the late Angela Bailey in 1987.
A 2022-23 Academic All-Canadian, she is set to compete at the 2024 Canadian track and field trials in June, with the goal of qualifying for the Olympic Games in Paris later this summer.
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