Meaghan Buisson - Results

2007/8	LONG TRACK ICE SPEED SKATING FALL WORLD CUP TRIALS (October) - Calgary, Alberta (tore hamstring) 9th - 1500 m (skated personal best time) 8th - 3000 m (skated personal best time) 1000 m - did not skate due to injury 500 m - did not skate due to injury "Some things happen for a reason.  Others, however, are best left as circumstance, misfortune, or plain bad luck.  As I lay face down on a table feeling the creep of hands across my body, objectifying limbs from personal possessions into foreign objects in need of repair, my tears mingled with the stupefied confusion of my thoughts. 'How,' I wondered, 'is it physically possible for one’s back and gluts to be so powerful – and so incredibly tight - to tear one’s own hamstring?'  The answer, as I’m now learning, comes in the form of words like “excessive tensile force” and “corresponding nerve impingement”.  But that night, just hours before the start of the Canadian Long Track Fall World Cup Trials, all it meant was I had to pick up the phone and call my coach."  Excerpt from "Broken Wing", 27 Oct 07 CAN-AM #1 (November)- Calgary, Alberta (raced w/ torn hamstring and concussion) 6th - 5000 m (skated personal best time) 6th - 3000 m (skated personal best time) 8th - 1500 m (skated personal best time) "I can’t change the realities of these past few months.  But I can give thanks it’s happened NOW – where there is still time to heal, with years – not days – before the 2010 Olympic Trials.  I can give thanks for my coach.  I can feel gratitude for everyone across these past few weeks who has shown such an incredible belief in my ability on skates – and capacity to return injury-free.  And through injury, I can choose to practice skills at which I am admittedly weak; things like patience, mindfulness, and maintaining a better balance in my life.  There's no denying this isn't the season for which I hoped (and expected) back in September.  Am I upset?  Oh yes.  Am I disappointed?  Absolutely.  Do I still wish - every single day - to be back skating injury-free?  Of course.  And I will be... but right now, the first step, simply, is to heal.  Bring it on."    Excerpt from "Determined to Heal", 15 Dec 07 Meaghan's hamstring tear was later determined to have resulted in a 70-80% loss of strength and significant muscle atrophy.  Following Can-Am, she focussed the remainder of the season on healing.  After many long hours of physio in Saskatoon, she returned to Calgary in June 2008; where she is now training injury-free.
2006	INLINE SPEED SKATING SOLO MARATHON World Record - 42.195 km time trial CANADIAN NATIONAL OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Montréal, Québec Canadian National All-Round Champion Canadian National Sprint Champion Canadian National Distance Champion 1st - 300 m time trial 1st - 500 m 1st - 1000 m 1st - 10,000 m points 1st - 20,000 m elimination National Record - 300 m Time Trial National Record - 1000 m National Record - 10,000 m points National Record - Marathon
2005/6	LONG TRACK ICE SPEED SKATING 2005/06 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Clarence Downey Memorial Trophy, SLSSC Skater of the Year Saskatchewan Provincial Record - 5000 m 2005/06 CANADIAN RANKING 7th - 3000 m 12th - 1500 m 19th - 1000 m 23rd - 500 m 2005/06 CANADA CUP RANKING 3rd - 3000 m 6th - 1500 m 14th - 500 m OLYMPIC OVAL FINALE - Calgary, Alberta 3rd - 5000 m ARL 4th - 1500 m ARL 5th - 500 m ARL 5th - 3000 m ARL 4th - Overall All-Round Long CANADA POST CUP #3 - Sainte-Foy, Québec 2nd - 3000 m 5th - 1500 m 7th - 500 m 8th - 1000 m 10th - 1000 m 22nd - 500 m CANADA POST CUP #2 - Ottawa, Ontario Cancelled due to poor ice conditions WESTERN REGIONAL LT CHAMPIONSHIPS - Regina, Saskatchewan 1st - 500 m 1st - 1000 m CANADA POST CUP #1 - Calgary, Alberta 4th - 3000 m 9th - 1500 m 10th - 1000 m 22nd - 500 m CANADIAN SINGLE DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS - Calgary, Alberta 2nd - 5000 m 7th - 3000 m 14th - 1500 m CAN-AM #1 - Calgary, Alberta 15th - 500 m sprint 12th - 1000 m sprint 35th - 500 m All-Round 17th - 1000 m All-Round 13th - 1500 m All-Round 5th - 3000 m All-Round 8th - Overall All-Round OLYMPIC OVAL SUMMER CLASSIC - Calgary, Alberta 3rd - 5000 m 7th - 1500 m
2005	INLINE SPEED SKATING CANADIAN NATIONAL OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Cambridge, Ontario Canadian National All-Round Champion Canadian National Sprint Champion Canadian National Distance Champion Canadian National Marathon Champion 1st - 300 m time trial 1st - 500 m 1st - 1000 m 1st - 10,000 m points 1st - 20,000 m elimination 1st - Marathon National Record - 10,000 m points National Record - 20,000 m elimination   WORLD CUP MARATHONS 10th - Paris World Cup - Paris, France 13th - Biel World Cup - Biel, Switzerland 13th - Dijon World Cup - Dijon, France 20th - Sursee World Cup - Sursee, Switzerland 22nd - Zurich World Cup - Zurich, Switzerland Canadian Record - Marathon
2004	CANADIAN NATIONAL OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Cambridge, Ontario Canadian National All-Round Champion Canadian National Sprint Champion Canadian National Distance Champion Canadian National Marathon Champion 1st - 300 m time trial 1st - 500 m 1st - 1000 m 1st - 10,000 m points 1st - 20,000 m elimination 1st - Marathon National Record - 20,000 m elimination   WORLD CUP MARATHONS 1st - Lille French Inline Cup - Lille, France - results 14th - Saarbrucken World Cup - Saarbrucken, Germany 14th - Bern World Cup - Bern, Germany 15th - Dijon World Cup - Dijon, France 18th - Zugersee World Cup - Zugersee, Switzerland 23rd - Nice World Cup - Nice, France Canadian Record - Marathon   INTERNATIONAL TRACK AND ROAD EVENTS Coulaines Grand Nationale - Coulaines, France 4th - 10,000 m points and elimination 6th - 300 m time trial 8th - 500 m elimination Canadian Record - 10,000 m points Grand Prix Venezia - Marghera, Italy 3rd - 10,000 m points race, track (24 points) 3rd - 10,000 m points race, road (32 points) 4th - 500 m, track 4th - 500 m, road Pesaro International Half-Marathon Grand Prix - Pesaro, Italy  9th - Half marathon Canadian Record - Half marathon   WORLD TRACK AND ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS - L'Abruzzo, Italy 5,000 m points - 12th in semi-final 20,000 m elimination - 15th in semi-final 500 m - 3rd in quarter-final heat Canadian Record - 5,000 m points
2003	CANADIAN OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Hamilton, Ontario Canadian National All-Round Champion Canadian National Sprint Champion Canadian National Distance Champion Canadian National Marathon Champion 1st - 1000 m 1st - 5000 m 1st - 10,000 m points and elimination 1st - Marathon 2nd - 300 m time trial 2nd - 500 m 4th - Canadian National Championships 20,000 m elimination National Record - 10,000 m points and elimination National Record - 5000 m points   CANADIAN INDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Cambridge, Ontario 2nd - Canadian National All-Round Championship 2nd - Canadian National Sprint Championship 2nd - Canadian National Distance Championship 2nd - 500 m 2nd - 1000 m 2nd - 2000 m INTERNATIONAL ROAD EVENTS 2nd - Greg Levien 50 km - San Mateo, California 11th - Northshore Inline World Cup Marathon - Duluth, Michigan WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Barquicimeto, Venezuela 23rd - 500 m 26th - 1000 m 27th - 300 m time trial 27th - 5000 m elimination 28th - 10,000 m points and elimination 30th - 15,000 m elimination 30th - 200 m time trial 30th - 20,000 m elimination
2002	CANADIAN OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Whitby, Ontario 1st - Canadian National Sprint Champion 2nd - Canadian National All-Round Championship 2nd - Canadian National Distance Championship 1st - 300 m time trial 1st - 1000 m 2nd - 5000 m 2nd - 10,000 m points and elimination 2nd - 20,000 m elimination 5th - 500 m CANADA CUP Toronto International Inline Race Weekend - Mississauga, Ontario 1st - Marathon 1st - 1500 m 2nd - 10, 000 m Ottawa Grand Prix - Gatinea, Québec 2nd - Ottawa Grand Prix PAN-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Cartegena, Colombia 17th - Overall Championship 13th - 1000m 15th - 500m 16th - 10,000 m points 16th - 15,000 m elimination 16th - Marathon 17th - 5000m points 19th - 300m time trial WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 19th - 5000 m points 28th - 10,000 m points and elimination 30th - 15,000 m elimination 30th - 300m time trial
2001	CANADIAN OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Winnipeg, Manitoba Canadian National Distance Champion Canadian National Marathon Champion 2nd - Canadian National All-Round Championship 2nd - Canadian National Sprint Championship 1st - Marathon 1st - 10,000 m points 1st - 15,000 m elimination 2nd - 500 m 2nd - 1000 m 2nd - 5000 m 4th - 300m Time Trial National Record - 15,000 m elimination National Record - 42.4 km Marathon
2000	CANADIAN OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Mount Forrest, Ontario Canadian National Marathon Champion 3rd - Canadian All-Round Championship 3rd - Canadian Distance Championship 4th - Canadian Sprint Championship 1st - Marathon 2nd - 10,000 m points 3rd - 15,000 m elimination 3rd - 1000 m elimination 4th - 5000 m 6th - 300 m time trial Disqualified - 500 m
1999	CANADIAN OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Winnipeg, Manitoba Canadian National Novice Sprint Champion Canadian National Novice Distance Champion 1st - 300 m time trial, Novice ladies 1st - 500 m time trial, Novice ladies 1st - 3000 m time trial, Novice ladies 1st - 5000 m time trial, Novice ladies National Record - 300 m time trial, Novice ladies National Record - 500 m, Novice ladies National Record - 3000 m, Novice ladies National Record - 5000 m, Novice ladies