麻豆传媒映画Falcons harrier Kimberley Doerksen of Gibsons established herself as one of Canada鈥檚 fastest marathoners Sunday when won the women鈥檚 BMO 麻豆传媒映画Marathon in two hours and 37 minutes flat.
The 23-year-old outpaced Scotland鈥檚 Ellie Greenwood by more than six minutes to win the $3,500 prize in addition to $1,450 as the fastest British Columbian and Canadian woman.
Berhanu Mekonnen of Ethiopia was the fastest racer on the cold, rainy morning and ran the 42.2 kilometres in 2:21:08. Kenya鈥檚 Gilbert Kiptoo followed in 2:27:20 and Sweden鈥檚 David Nilsson was third in 2:27:46.
Kate Bazeley of Newfoundland won the women鈥檚 half-marathon in 1:15:18 with fellow Canadian Allison Macsas on her heels just three seconds behind. Vancouver鈥檚 Catherine Watkins finished third in 1:16:48.
Paul Kimugul defended his 2013 win in the half-marathon and shaved nearly two minutes off his time to finish in 1:02:36. Morocco鈥檚 Aissa Dghoughi was second in 1:03:38 and 2012 winner Kip Kangogo finished third in 1:04:59.
Vancouver-via-Ontario runner Rob Watson was fourth in the men鈥檚 half-marathon and claimed $400 as the second-fastest Canadian in the 21.1 km distance. Kangogo, who was born in Kenya, recently became a Canadian citizen.
鈥淚 was happy with it as a hard training run leading up to my goal marathon in three week,鈥� Watson wrote in an email to the Courier. 鈥淢y time was not great, but I can certainly live with it.鈥�
He finished in 1:06:01.
鈥淭he weather was less than ideal, but this is 麻豆传媒映画and a little rain never hurt anyone. This was my first time racing the BMO event, and the organization and experience was fantastic. I loved the enthusiasm and support from all involved, and of course the volunteers were awesome.鈥�
