Top Canadian results from 2018 Boston Marathon

Canadians showed up in the top five of many age categories at yesterday’s Boston marathon, indicating that the atrocious weather might actually have worked in their favour.

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The Canadian contingent was only about 2,000-strong, so kudos to everyone. 

Women 40-44

Krista DuChene of Brantford, Ont. (2:44:20) – 1st (and 3rd overall)

Angela Swit of Toronto (3:00:47) – 5th

Women 55-59

Teresa Novick of London, Ont. (3:23:29) –2nd

Women 60-64

Elizabeth Waywell of Guelph, Ont. (3:20:18) – 1st

(Waywell set an age group course record at Vancouver’s First Half Half Marathon in in February of this year, with a time of 1:31:02.) 

Lucie Rochon of Saint-Augustin-De-Desmaures, Que. (3:30:19) – 3rd

Women 70-74

Patricia Dudar of Montreal (4:36:34) – 4th

Susan Magher of Laval, Que. (4:36:35) – 5th

Men 50-54

Daniel Desharnais of Fossambault-Sur-Le-Lac, Que. (2:51:56) – 4th

Men 65-69

Roger Turgeon of Quebec City (3:16:56) – 1st

Men 80+

Malcolm Pain of Bedford, N.S. (4:38:41) – 2nd

Peter Kwan of Edmonton (5:17:41) – 3rd

A recent article in the Halifax Herald described Pain’s pride at being the first 80-year-old Nova Scotian to run the Boston marathon. It was his ninth time in a row; previously he had been sidelined with a knee injury and didn’t run for two years. Pain has stood on the podium every year since 2015.

For full age group results, click here.