Okanagan International Marathon

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Okanagan International Marathon
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Okanagan Marathon
DateOctober
Location Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Event typeRoad
Distance Marathon
Primary sponsor Sun-Rype
Established1995
Course recordsMen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Larry Nightingale 2:27:03
Women:
Flag of Japan.svg Noriko Kawaguchi 2:49:44
Official site Okanagan 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.

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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 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

EditionYearMen's WinnerTime (h:m:s)Women's WinnerTime (h:m:s)
1st1995Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Larry Nightingale  (CAN)2:30:34Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jan McKinnon  (CAN)3:07:46
2nd1996Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Larry Nightingale  (CAN)2:27:03Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Linda Marshall  (CAN)3:20:37
3rd1997Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nigel Winfield  (GBR)2:28:30Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sandy Jacobson  (CAN)2:49:53
4th1998Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryan Leef  (CAN)2:38:20Flag of Japan.svg  Noriko Kawaguchi  (JPN)2:49:44
5th1999Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Donald Bambury  (CAN)2:36:27Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nathalie Butler  (CAN)2:56:11
6th2000Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Donald Bambury  (CAN)2:35:39Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Fariyal Samson  (CAN)2:57:42
7th2001Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Marc Collie  (CAN)2:38:36Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Petra Graen  (CAN)3:00:40
8th2002Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sergio Pio  (CAN)2:45:05Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Julie Heidt  (CAN)3:14:01
9th2003Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sergio Pio  (CAN)2:42:57Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Heidi Schmutzer  (CAN)3:06:47
10th2004Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sergio Pio  (CAN)2:44:35Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Barb Scatchard  (CAN)3:05:50
11th2005Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Marc Collie  (CAN)2:42:08Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kari Elliott  (CAN)3:08:46
12th2006Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Trevor Haaheim  (CAN)2:38:34Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Amanda McLeod  (CAN)3:06:22
13th2007Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Scott Tremblay  (CAN)2:38:27Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Amanda McLeod  (CAN)3:14:23
14th2008Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brian Torrance  (CAN)2:39:56Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gillian Moody  (CAN)2:55:50
15th2009Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brent Pickerl  (CAN)2:51:54Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Paige Howat  (CAN)3:11:50
16th2010Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jack Cook  (CAN)2:39:16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Keddi-Anne Siterbino  (CAN)3:00:05
17th2011Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  James Curran  (CAN)2:44:54Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Heather Johnson  (CAN)3:10:20
18th2012Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  James Curran  (CAN)2:51:10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Rhonda Loo  (CAN)3:00:40
19th2013Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brendan Lunty  (CAN)2:30:29Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Allison Blackmore  (GBR)3:06:07
20th2014Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryan Prachnau  (CAN)2:39:36Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Danielle Bourgeois  (CAN)3:02:47
21st2015Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lewis Kelly  (CAN)2:39:36Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Abigail Huyser  (CAN)3:04:25
22nd2016Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryan Prachnau  (CAN)2:39:49Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kari Elliott  (CAN)2:52:47
23rd2017Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  David Eikelboom  (CAN)2:34:27Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Claire Young  (CAN)3:06:12
24th2018Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Curtis Sampson  (CAN)2:52:59Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cosette Lemelin  (CAN)3:06:31
25th2019Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Vik Bains  (CAN)2:38:12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kailyn Nelson  (CAN)3:05:45

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