Kenya's Leonard Langat defended his title at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, winning in 2 hours 6 minutes 51 seconds, while Vancouver's Andrew Davies set a Canadian record for a debut over the distance, CBC Sports reports.
Davies, 25, finished ninth in 2:08:48 to take the Canadian men's title, making him the fourth-fastest Canadian marathon runner ever. The event doubled as Athletics Canada's national championships.
Leah Jeruto, also from Kenya, won the women's race in 2:21:19, ahead of Ethiopia's Nigsti Haftu and Ayinadis Teshome. Dayna Pidhoresky of Windsor, Ontario, was eighth in a personal best of 2:26:08, winning her second national title and becoming the third-fastest Canadian woman in history. Canadians also won both half-marathons, through Dylan Alick and Teagan Robertson.
Source: CBC News
