Canada’s prime two marathoners went head-to-head on Sunday on the nationwide half-marathon championships, held throughout the Edmonton Marathon weekend, with Rory Linkletter edging out Canadian marathon and half-marathon record-holder Cam Levin by a single second. “Dash end was electrical, Linkletter informed Canadian Operating. “I knew Cam was gonna battle tooth and nail for it, and he delivered a variety of punches over the ultimate 2K to check me. It felt like an incredible battle and I’m proud to have gained this one. It means extra profitable in opposition to good competitors.”
After sneaking by Levins in Edmonton, Linkletter’s subsequent battle with him can be on the clock, when he goals for Levins’s Canadian marathon file of two:05:36 this October in Chicago. “I believe I nonetheless have a variety of work to do to provide the file a crack, however I imagine I can do it if I’m wholesome and may put collectively a robust construct, and naturally, the situations co-operate,” he stated.
Milton, Ont.’s Ben value adopted Linkletter and Levins in, crossing the road in 1:03:15.
Half-marathon prime 5 males
1. Rory Linkletter 1:03:00
2. Cam Levin 1:03:00
3. Ben value 1:03:15
4. Andrew Alexander 1:04:14
5. Nageso Nyafaro Tuse 1:05:24
Girls’s race
On the ladies’s aspect, British runner Lauren McNeil (who lives and trains in Kelowna) claimed the half-marathon title in 1:11:25, whereas Natasha WodakCanada’s marathon record-holder, completed second total, and first Canadian, in 1:11:40. Quebec’s Florence Caron adopted shut behind at 1:11:57. Ontario’s Lanni Marchant was the fourth finisher and third Canadian, in 1:13:15.
High 5 girls
1. Lauren McNeil (U.Ok.) 1:11:25
2. Natasha Wodak 1:11:40 (Canadian half-marathon champion)
3. Florence Caron 1:11:57 (second Canadian finisher)
4. Lanni Marchant 1:13:15 (third Canadian finisher)
5, Maria Zambrano 1:18:34
For full outcomes of the Edmonton Half-Marathon, head right here.
