Okanagan International Marathon

The Okanagan International Marathon is an annual marathon event held in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The race has been run each year since 1995 and is a Boston Marathon qualifying race.

Okanagan International Marathon
Okanagan Marathon
DateOctober
LocationKelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorSun-Rype
Established1995
Course recordsMen:
Canada Larry Nightingale 2:27:03
Women:
Japan Noriko Kawaguchi 2:49:44
Official siteOkanagan Marathon

History

The Okanagan International Marathon is as a major fundraiser for the interior of BC. Held in the fall in Kelowna and has a history of Boston qualifying times on a course, which attracts both the elite and recreational runner. To date the Okanagan International Marathon has donated in excess of $173,000 dollars to the Sunshine Foundation Dream for Kids. Growing from a small marathon with a group of dedicated runners the event today has over 3,400 participants.[1]

The event includes the Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K & 5K Family Fun Run/Walk as well as the BMO Kids run. On October 10, 2010, runners converged on Kelowna’s City Park for the 42.2 km marathon, 21.1 km half-marathon and 10 km walk and run.[2]

Results

Edition Year Men's Winner Time (h:m:s) Women's Winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1995  Larry Nightingale (CAN) 2:30:34  Jan McKinnon (CAN) 3:07:46
2nd 1996  Larry Nightingale (CAN) 2:27:03  Linda Marshall (CAN) 3:20:37
3rd 1997  Nigel Winfield (GBR) 2:28:30  Sandy Jacobson (CAN) 2:49:53
4th 1998  Ryan Leef (CAN) 2:38:20  Noriko Kawaguchi (JPN) 2:49:44
5th 1999  Donald Bambury (CAN) 2:36:27  Nathalie Butler (CAN) 2:56:11
6th 2000  Donald Bambury (CAN) 2:35:39  Fariyal Samson (CAN) 2:57:42
7th 2001  Marc Collie (CAN) 2:38:36  Petra Graen (CAN) 3:00:40
8th 2002  Sergio Pio (CAN) 2:45:05  Julie Heidt (CAN) 3:14:01
9th 2003  Sergio Pio (CAN) 2:42:57  Heidi Schmutzer (CAN) 3:06:47
10th 2004  Sergio Pio (CAN) 2:44:35  Barb Scatchard (CAN) 3:05:50
11th 2005  Marc Collie (CAN) 2:42:08  Kari Elliott (CAN) 3:08:46
12th 2006  Trevor Haaheim (CAN) 2:38:34  Amanda McLeod (CAN) 3:06:22
13th 2007  Scott Tremblay (CAN) 2:38:27  Amanda McLeod (CAN) 3:14:23
14th 2008  Brian Torrance (CAN) 2:39:56  Gillian Moody (CAN) 2:55:50
15th 2009  Brent Pickerl (CAN) 2:51:54  Paige Howat (CAN) 3:11:50
16th 2010  Jack Cook (CAN) 2:39:16  Keddi-Anne Siterbino (CAN) 3:00:05
17th 2011  James Curran (CAN) 2:44:54  Heather Johnson (CAN) 3:10:20
18th 2012  James Curran (CAN) 2:51:10  Rhonda Loo (CAN) 3:00:40
19th 2013  Brendan Lunty (CAN) 2:30:29  Allison Blackmore (GBR) 3:06:07
20th 2014  Ryan Prachnau (CAN) 2:39:36  Danielle Bourgeois (CAN) 3:02:47
21st 2015  Lewis Kelly (CAN) 2:39:36  Abigail Huyser (CAN) 3:04:25
22nd 2016  Ryan Prachnau (CAN) 2:39:49  Kari Elliott (CAN) 2:52:47
23rd 2017  David Eikelboom (CAN) 2:34:27  Claire Young (CAN) 3:06:12
24th 2018  Curtis Sampson (CAN) 2:52:59  Cosette Lemelin (CAN) 3:06:31
25th 2019  Vik Bains (CAN) 2:38:12  Kailyn Nelson (CAN) 3:05:45

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References

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