Toronto Women’s 10K and 5K attract prominent Canadian marathoners

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It was a perfect, sunny and slightly cooler morning in Sunnybrook Park as 600 women participated in the Toronto Women’s 10K and 5K races yesterday. Among the winners were some big names in Canadian running:

 Brittany Moran of Etobicoke won the 10K in 35:21. Sarah Elliott of Guelph, Ont. was second, in 36:42, and Kathryn Dean, also of Guelph, was third, in 40:45.

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Moran is the chiropractor and coach who was top Canadian female at last year’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon. She won Toronto’s Sporting Life 10K in 2016 and 2017. Elliott was the top Canadian woman to finish this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon, setting a new personal best of 2:47:52. Dean has won a variety of local races over the past few years, including last year’s Egg Nog Jog in Georgetown, Ont.  

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In the 5K, Ali Drynan was the overall winner, in 19:05. Nicole Rogers was second, in 21:03, and Sarah Drummond was third, in 21:05. All are from Toronto.

Drynan was the top Canadian woman at last year’s California International Marathon and at the 2016 Chicago Marathon.