Congratulations to our BC Marathon & Super Series Champions!

What wonderful weather for Road Running this fall season. Some might have even said it was a little warm on the weekend for the Royal Victoria Marathon, that was host to the BC Athletics Marathon Road Running Championships as part of their fabulous event. Almost 7,700 runners were registered for the events on Sunday, over the Marathon, Half Marathon, 8k and Kids Run 1.5km distances.

Congratulations to Teferi Kebede Balcha and Rozlyn Boutin, who were both the event winners and our BC Athletics Champions!

Teferi finished in a time of 2:25:26 with a four minute lead over the next competitor. While Rozlyn finished with a 2:46:49, three minutes ahead of her next competitor.

More on Athletics Illustrated, including interviews with the top athletes from the Royal Victoria Marathon.

Write up from Canadian Running Magazine can be found here.

The BC Athletics Marathon Championships winners over all are:

Women's Champions
Place	Time	Name	City	Club
1	2:46:49	Rozlyn Boutin	Vancouver	Unattached
2	2:51:04	Andrea Lee	North Vancouver	Unattached
3	2:57:25	Alicia Kelahear	Vancouver	Unattached

 

Men's Champions
Place	Time	Name	City	Club
1	2:25:26	Teferi Kebede Balcha	Victoria	Prairie Inn Harriers Racing Team
2	2:29:55	Aidan Anderson	North Vancouver	Unattached
3	2:57:25	Tyler Chapman	Vancouver	Unattached

 

Women's Age Category Winners
Place	Time	Name	City	Club
1 - F35 to F39	4:46:49	Angela Ruscheinski	Prince George	Prince George Road Runners
1 - F40 to F44	3:32:12	Kimberley Girard	Terrace
1 - F55 to F59	4:18:05	Lynn Martin	North Vancouver	Lions Gate Road Runners
1 - F75 to F79	5:19:00	Cherry Graff	Vancouver	Kajaks Track & Field Club

 

Men's Age Category Winners
Place	Time	Name	City	Club
1 - M30 to M34	3:42:25	Alexander Faubert	Vancouver	Vancouver Falcons Athletic Clubs
1 - M45 to M49	4:11:33	Scott Smith	Duncan	Cowichan Valley Athletic Club
1 - M55 to M59	3:13:18	Richard Plunkett	Kelowna	Kajaks Track & Field Club
2 - M55 to M59	4:49:47	Arnold Sikhakhane	White Rock	Unattached
1 - M60 to M64	3:04.41	Walter Downey	Vancouver	Lions Gate Road Runners
2 - M60 to M64	3:16:50	Keith Wakelin	Merville	Unattached
1 - M70 to M74	4:31:35	Richard Mansfield	Prince George	Prince George Road Runners

Not only was the Royal Victoria Marathon the last of the 2022 Road Running Championships, it marked the last event in the 2022 BC Super Series. A collaboration of the best runs in BC and BC Athletics, bringing together the best 12 events in BC with the top athletes in our province.

On the Men’s side of the podium, Lucas Bruchet was able to hang on for top spot, with just 13 points separating the top 3 runners of Lucas, Benjamin Preisner and Justin Kent. At many of the events you would find the three of sharing the spots on the podium. Close behind was Brendan Wong, who had raced 7 of the 12 events this year and won 3 of them outright.

In the Women’s division, top honours go to Leslie Sexton, with two wins and two podiums in her four Super Series appearances this year. Second place goes to Katrina Allison with one event win and three top ten finishes. Jen Millar of Victoria taking third, with dominating runs on Vancouver Island and podiums in the Vancouver Half and TC10k. Fourth was Andrea Lee, using her placing in the Marathon Championships to propel her into the prize money for the Super Series.

Our top age graded masters of 2023 were Walter Downey and Patricia Kearney. And our top youth runners this year were Cole Wheeler and Ria Gill.

Congratulations to all the runners that took part in any of the 12 BC Super Series events this year!

To win prizing in the BC Super Series, you must also be a member of BC Athletics.

The 2023 BC Super Series Calendar is

1. Prairie Inn Harriers Pioneer 8k, Saanich – January 8^th
2. Steveston Icebreaker 8k, Steveston – January 15^th
3. First Half Marathon, Vancouver – February 12^th
4. St. Patrick’s Day 5k, Vancouver – March 11^th
5. Vancouver Sun Run, Vancouver – April 16^th
6. TC10k, Victoria – April 30^th
7. BMO Vancouver Half Marathon, Vancouver – May 7^th
8. Longest Day 5k, Vancouver – June 16^th
9. Vancouver Half Marathon, Vancouver – June 25^th
10. Summerfast 10k, Vancouver – July 15^th
11. Under Armour Eastside 10k, Vancouver – September 16^th
12. Royal Victoria Marathon, Victoria – October 8^th

All dates are tentative, and you should check with the individual events for updates.