by caadmin | May 28, 2018 | Ethiopia, Events, Featured, Marathon, News, Ottawa
May 27, 2018 – OTTAWA – The star of today’s Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon was 32-year-old Ethiopian Gelete Burka, whose finish time of 2:22:17 handily shattered both Canadian (2:22:43) and Ottawa (2:24:31) women’s records. Gelete Burka sets Ottawa...
by caadmin | May 26, 2014 | Featured, News, Ottawa
May 25, 2014 (Ottawa) – Three records were broken today at the 40th running of the Scotiabank Marathon of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Yemane Tsegay, 29, of Ethiopia, broke two records with his finish time of 2:06:54 – the men’s Canadian soil record of...
by caadmin | May 27, 2012 | Featured, Kenya, Marathon, News, Ottawa
Kenyan Laban Moiben sets new Ottawa Marathon event record Réjean Chiasson and Lisa Avery top Canadian finishers May 27 – OTTAWA – Twenty-eight-year old Kenyan Laban Moiben today broke the Ottawa Marathon event record in a time of 2:09:12, shaving 19 seconds off...
by caadmin | May 29, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News, Ottawa
May 29, 2011, OTTAWA – Under overcast skies this morning, a Kenyan man and Ethiopian woman took top spots trying out Ottawa Race Weekend’s new marathon route along crowd-filled Ottawa-Gatineau streets. No records were broken this year as Laban Moiben of Trento, Kenya...
by caadmin | May 29, 2011 | Events, Featured, News
May 28, 2011, OTTAWA – Unpredictable weather conditions today stayed favourable for the nearly 10,000 runners participating in the Ottawa Race Weekend 10K race at 6:30 p.m. Ethiopians again took top spots in both the men’s and women’s races. Deriba Merga improved his...