Ultimately weekend’s Canadian Masters Championships at Claude Ferragne Stadium in Laval, Que., two runners inked their names within the nationwide historical past books. In a formidable solo effort, 90-year-old Roger Davies of Alberta sliced greater than a minute off the 12-year-old Canadian 1,500m mark, clocking 9:24.97 to take the nationwide title. On the ladies’s facet, within the W60 division, Alberta’s Janice Patterson additionally had a record-breaking efficiency of 5:06.84–shaving 12 seconds off the earlier 1,500m finest.
The previous males’s 1,500m mark of 10:27.28 has stood untouched since 2013, when it was set by B.C.’s Harry Thompson. Davies already holds the Canadian file within the M80 mile (6:59.57) and 20 provincial information for Alberta in a number of age teams, starting from 800m to 10,000m.
Patterson maintains her dominance
Sixty-one-year-old Patterson claimed a decisive victory over Ontario’s Jean Ferguson (6:03.87) and fellow Albertan Margot Glover (6:14.61). Her 5:06.84 crushed the previous file of 5:18.59, which was set by New Brunswick’s Patty Blanchard in 2018.
Just like Davies, Patterson boasts a formidable resume. At March’s World Masters Affiliation Indoor Championships in Gainesville, Fla., she raced to 2 extra nationwide W60 marks within the 800m and 1,500m, working 2:33.44 for the bronze medal and 5:15.76 for silver, respectively; in June, she went on to set the out of doors W60 800m Canadian file of two:32.50.
See right here for full outcomes from the 2025 Canadian Masters Championships.
