Dozens hit Boston qualifying occasions at Georgina Spring Fling Marathon

Spring race season is in full swing throughout Canada and Sunday’s Georgina Spring Fling served as an awesome alternative for a lot of marathoners aiming for an early-season Boston qualification mark. With a quick and flat course alongside Ontario’s picturesque Lake Simcoe, Georgina Spring Fling is a well-liked early-season race for a lot of. The race weekend additionally included a half-marathon, 10K and 5K races.

Marathon outcomes

Ric Mansueto of Stouffville, Ont., and Ellen Guytingco gained the marathon, in 2:47:14 and three:03:14, respectively.

Ten males ran below three hours, together with Canadian Working‘s personal Marley Dickinson, who ran 2:52:35 for fifth general in his marathon debut.

Within the girls’s race, the highest 9 girls ran below 3:30, with a number of touchdown properly under the Boston qualification cut-off time for his or her respective age-group classes.

Males’s podium

1. Ric Mansueto 2:47:14
2. Jonathan Bouchard 2:49:31
3. Dylan Hayes 2:50:12

Ladies’s podium

1. Ellen Guytingco 3:03:14
2. Alyssa Neudorf 3:05:50
3. Shannon Miller 3:07:24

Half-marathon outcomes

The half-marathon course, a well-liked selection for these seeking to take a look at their early season health in hopes of a PB, noticed Fernando Bralha take the win in a time of 1:14:40. Driving the excessive of her latest Across the Bay win in March, Rachel Hannah gained the ladies’s race and took third general amongst women and men in a time of 1:17:40. Hannah races subsequent on the Ottawa Marathon in a number of weeks time.

The 10K race was gained by Tristan Markov in 35:06 and Laurel Buchanan in 37:50.

Lukas Vadeika and Gabriela Sayers gained the 5K, clocking 15:19 and 18:59, respectively.

Full outcomes will be discovered right here.

For runners looking for a quick and flat late summer season marathon or half marathon, the Georgina Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 8 is good. It follows the identical course and stands as one of many ultimate marathons in Canada earlier than the 2025 Boston Marathon utility window closes in mid-September. Register now to safe your spot.