Canadians snag 7 wins at Run Barbados
Canadians grabbed a spot on the podium in almost every race this weekend
The slogan of the Run Barbados weekend is, “come for the run, stay for the fun,” and that’s exactly what many Canadians did. The race weekend saw seven Canadian wins and even more podium finishes.
Run Barbados race weekend featured a mile on Friday, a 5K and 10K on Saturday and a half-marathon and marathon on Sunday. The Friday and Saturday events were in the evening, and the Sunday events were held in the morning, as daytime temperatures can get extremely hot.
Top Canadian results from the 2018 race weekend
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Fun Mile
Men:
Yves Sikubwabo – 1st 4:34.2
Chris Balestrini – 5th 4:41.2
Women:
Natasha Wodak – 1st 4:58.2
Sarah Inglis – 2nd 5:00.6
5K
Men:
Alan Baggo – 9th 20:00.0
Women:
Julia-Anne Staehli – 1st 17:24.0
Gillian McCabe – 2nd 18:47.0
10K
Men:
Yves Sikubwabo– 1st 31:29.0
Chris Balestrini –3rd 32:43.0
Women:
Natasha Wodak –1st 34:05.0
Sasha Gollish –2nd 37:24.0
Half-Marathon
Men:
Yves Sikubwabo– 1st 1:08:39
Women:
Sarah Inglis –1st 1:24:35
Sasha Gollish – 2nd 1:24:58
Natasha Wodak – 3rd 1:25:00
Full results can be found here.