Aaron Ahl
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| Born | 19 February 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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Aaron Ahl (born 25 February 1999) is a Canadian middle-distance runner and steeplechaser. He ran a Canadian national record in the indoor mile run in 2026. In 2025, he was a silver medalist at the 2025 NACAC Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[1]
Career
Ahl is from Calgary, Alberta.[2] He competed for Simon Fraser University in Canada before signing for the University of Washington in the United States in 2022.[3][4]
In January 2024, Ahl won the Harriers Pioneer 8KM Road Race.[5] In September 2024, Ahl won the Canmore Rocky Mountain Half Marathon, winning the race in at time of 1:11.40.[6] In June 2024, he placed third overall in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Canadian Athletics Championships in Montreal.[7]
In 2024, and 2025, Ahl was runner-up to Casey Comber at the B.A.A. Invitational Mile road race in Boston, Massachusetts, running 4:08 in 2024, and 4:07 in 2025.[8][9] In July 2025, he was runner-up to Jean-Simon Desgagnés in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Canadian Athletics Championships in Ottawa.[10] The following month, he won the silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas, finishing between Americans Daniel Michalski and Kenneth Rooks.[11]
On 13 February 2026, Ahl broke the Canadian indoor national record for the mile by six-hundredths-of-a-second, running 3:51.33 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Massachusetts, breaking the Canadian record set two weeks prior by Foster Malleck and taking over four seconds from his own previous personal best of 3:55.60.[12][13] He was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026, running the 1500 metres in 3:45.11 without advancing to the final.[14]
References
- ^ "Aaron Ahl". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "OUR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS!". Athletics Alberta. June 25, 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ^ "Huskies Sign Record-Setters, World Junior Champion". Gohuskies. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "As Simon Fraser cross-country hits the post-season trail in full stride at GNACs championships, forecast calls for mud with a chance of gold!". Varsityletters. October 21, 2021. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Aaron Ahl and Anja Krueger won the 45th Harriers Pioneer 8K in Victoria". Athletics Illustrated. 14 Jan 2024. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Runners get fast and furious at Canmore half marathon". moutlook.com. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Canadian Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ Ormond, Cameron (19 April 2025). "Calgary runner repeats silver-medal finish in B.A.A. Mile". Running Magazine. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (19 April 2024). "Calgary's Aaron Ahl finishes second in B.A.A. Invitational Mile". Running Magazine. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Canadian Championships". World Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "MARCO LANGON, COLTON SANDS BATTLE TO TOP 5 ALL-TIME COLLEGIATE PERFORMANCES IN 3000M AT BU VALENTINE INVITATIONAL". Runnerspace. 13 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ Ormond, Cameron (13 Feb 2026). "Calgary's Aaron Ahl breaks Canadian indoor mile record". Running Magazine. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.