by caadmin | May 15, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News, Ottawa
MAY 15 – OTTAWA – Confirmation of top-ranked runners in the 2012 Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend is shaping the May 27 marathon into one of the most highly anticipated spectator sports of the season. Event records are expected to fall with a strong...
by caadmin | Apr 26, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News
Ottawa – For the first time since 1996 Canada is sending three male marathoners to the Olympic Games. Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., all dipped below Athletics Canada’s Olympic marathon...
by caadmin | Aug 18, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News, Toronto
Reid Coolsaet never imagined he’d be on the brink of an Olympic Games berth when he ran cross country for Hamilton’s Westdale Secondary School back two decades ago. A mediocre athlete, whose goal was nothing more than joining his girlfriend in qualifying for the...
by caadmin | Nov 20, 2006 | Ottawa
Women and Wheelchair Marathon Records shattered at ING Ottawa Marathon … Record participation for 32nd Ottawa Race Weekend; Morrocan crowned male marathon champion OTTAWA, ONTARIO – A 22-year old record was shattered in the women’s marathon today as Canadian...
by caadmin | Nov 20, 2005 | Ottawa
Lioudmilla Kortchaguina captures Canadian women’s title two days after obtaining citizenship OTTAWA, ONTARIO – The excitement was palpable at the 31st ING Ottawa Marathon today as David Cheruiyot, a 35-year old from Kenya, took first place with a time of 2:14:20.3,...