Ottawa, ON – This evening’s most dramatic moment was witnessing two elite women compete to the wire for a coveted first place finish in the Ottawa 10K race.
In the end, 21-year-old Kenyan Dorcas Kimeli’s time of 31:09 was just 3 seconds faster than the 31:12 finish by fellow Kenyan Valery Jemeli, 27.
Kimeli also won the race’s Gender Prize, awarded when a woman crosses the finish line ahead of the lead man with the 3 minute 40 second start time advantage given to elite women. For tonight’s work, Kimeli takes home $5,000 for her first place result and an additional $2,000 for the Gender Prize.
Tonight’s fastest man was 26-year-old Moroccan Mohammed Ziani, who led with a time of 28:12. Ziani is no stranger to Ottawa. The Moroccan star won the race in 2016 with a time of 28:38 and his 28:23 finish last year placed him fourth overall.
No course records were broken tonight, but Vancouver-based Natasha Wodak’s time of 32:31 earned her the women’s 2019 10K Canadian National Championship title – her first after four consecutive 2nd place finishes. Wodak, 37, is enjoying a strong year. She came to Ottawa with a Vancouver Sun Run win under her belt and her second fastest 10,000 metre race with a time of 31:43 at California’s Payton Jordan Invitational.
The race’s fastest Canadian man tonight was Ottawa’s own Dylan Wykes, 35, who posted a time of 29:56 – taking home this year’s men’s 10K Canadian National Championship title.
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Kenya’s 25-year-old Albert Korir won today’s Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon with a strong time of 2:08:03. Two Ethiopians – Abera Kuma, 28 and Tsedat Ayana, 23, finished close behind with times of 2:08:14 and 2:08:53 respectively.
In the women’s category, Tigist Girma, 25, from Ethiopia pulled ahead of the pack just after the half-way mark to post a personal best time of 2:26:34 – a full 10 seconds faster than her 2018 personal best set at the Guangzhou, China Marathon last December. This marks the 10th year in a row that an Ethiopian woman takes top prize in the marathon distance in Ottawa. Joining Girma in second and third place were fellow Ethiopians Betelhem Moges, 28 with a time of 2:27:00, and Etaferahu Temesgen, 29, with 2:28:44.
Placing eighth overall and the first Canadian man was Reid Coolsaet, 39, from Hamilton. Crossing the finish line with 2:17:37, the two time Olympian was considered one to watch coming into this year’s race. Rounding out the top three Canadians were Alister Gardner, 38, with a time of 2:31:54 and Francois Landry, 43, at 2:36:51.
Top Canadian woman and placing sixth overall today was Dayna Pidhoresky, 32, from Vancouver, who came in at 2:37:19. Second and third place Canadian women were Krista Duchene, 42, with 2:38:46 and Rachel Hannah, 32, with 2:41:31.
