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May 10, 2008: In this morning's "Where's Franktown?" races, Lisa Balerna was first overall in the 15K in 58:41; Erin Morley was second overall in 1:04:19.
In the 5K, Anne Barrington was first woman (and third overall) in 18:06; Sue Kelly was second woman (and fourth overall) in 18:58 and Christina Sutcliffe was third woman (and seventh overall) in 19:23.
Paula Hickman was first woman (and fourth overall) in 39:56; Stephanie Plante was third woman in 46:11.
May 4, 2008: Elizabeth Primrose ran 36:11 in this morning's Sportinglife 10K in Toronto placing 7th female and 1st Masters (45-49).
Cynthia Wilson finished 6th pro in the Ironman 70.3 in St.Croix in 4:47:19.
May 3, 2008: In the Cumberland Duathon this morning, Tina Pippy was second female (9th overall) in the Sprint Duathlon in 56:23 for the 2.5K run, 19.4K cycle and 2.5K run distance.
In the Long Duathlon (5K run, 38.4K cycle, 5K run) Stepahnie Smith was third in 2:03:52.
Mary Jane Roberts won her age-group in the Diefenbooker 5K race in Carp.
April 27, 2008: Beth Primrose ran 18:14 to place first woman and 11th overall in the Limestone City 5km in Kingston this morning.
Melanie Patina placed 8th woman in the Half-Marathon in 1:36:30.
Cynthia Wilson placed 8th Pro woman in a time of 2:05:04 the St. Anthony's Triathlon in St. Petersburg, Florida this morning.
April 21, 2008: In today's Boston Marathon, Carolyn Turner ran 3:20:35, Jen Dillenger - 3:29:33, Tifenn Vialatte - 3:30:35 and Jane Rutherford - 3:34:12.
April 20, 2008: Liz Maguire finished 15th female (10th Canadian) and 2nd Masters (40-44) in the Canadian Half-Marathon Championships in Montreal this morning in a time of 1:24:25.
In the Physio Run 10K Beth Primrose was first female, first Master (and 4th overall!) in 37:58. Martine Ponka was second female in the 5K in 19:47.
April 13, 2008: Lisa Balerna was the first woman in the Run for Reach Half-Marathon this morning in a time of 1:26:19.0. Sara Domina was 4th in 1:34:41.
In the 10k Annie Robitaile was 3rd in 41:42.4; Erin Morley was 4th in 42:36.6.
April 5, 2008: Beth Primrose finished 6th woman and 2nd Masters (45-49) in a time of 30:25 in Harry's Spring Run-off 8K in Toronto, ON this morning.
March 30, 2008: Liz Maguire placed first Master(40-44) and 5th female in today's Hamilton Around the Bay 3K Road Race in a time of 2:00:08. Michelle Schuler finished 14th in 2:08:04, Paula Hickman ran 2:11:56 for 22nd place and 1st Master(55-59) and a new Masters' record, Melanie Patina - 2:24:51, and Jane Rutherford - 2:26:30.
Martine Ponka, Jen Dillinger and Sophia Tsouros ran the relay and finished second overall in a time of 2:06:20.
March 29, 2008: Heather Thomson finished the California 70.3 (Half-Ironman) race held in Oceanside, California in 6:03:02.
March 22, 2008: Lanni Marchant was the first woman in the Dowtown 5K in London, ON in a time of 17:47. Sophia Tsouros finished in 20:05.
March 15, 2008: Chantal Gosselin and Jen Dillinger placed 2nd and 4th respectively in the St. Patrick's Day 10K in Ottawa in times of 38:45.3 and 43:13.2.
Beth Primrose was the first woman and 7th overall in the St. Patrick's Day 4 Mile in Scottsdale, Arizona in a time of 25:26.
March 2, 2008: Liz Maguire and Cynthia Wilson are featured in Lynne Bermel's column in today's Ottawa Sun
February 18, 2008: Sheila Kealey placed 4th woman, and first Masters(40-44), in the Gatineau Loppet - Keskinada 53km yesterday in a time of 2:49:05. Michelle Schuler placerd 15th in 3:26:51.1.
February 9, 2008: Cynthia Wilson ran the Really Cool Prediction Run in 22:44 placing 4th overall; Sue Kelly ran 24:06 placing 10th overall; Christina Sutcliffe ran 24:30 placing 11th overall;
February 2, 2008: Sophia Tsouros placed 7th female in the Winterlude Triathlon in Ottawa this morning in a time of 1:20:51 for the 6K skate, 5K run, 6K ski.
January 28, 2008: In Sunday's Hypothermic Half Marathon in Ottawa, Caroline Turner was the first woman in 1:35:04.
January 27, 2008: (Ottawa Sun) Amateur Sport: Youth is served at awards show
Teens steal spotlight at Ottawa Sports Dinner
January 20, 2008: Cynthia Wilson ran 18:39 for 5K at the Richmond Road Races this morning to place second female and fourth overall.
December 23, 2007: Liz Maguire has been named top Ottawa area marathoner and road racer for the Ottawa Sports Awards and Cynthia Wilson was named top triathlete. Awards will be presented January 23, 2008.
Liz also won both awards last year.
December 16, 2007: In the News
(Ottawa Citizen) Triathlon: Gatineau triathlete dives right in

(Ottawa Sun) Triathlon: Couple tris and tries again
Doan, Thomson spread the word about cancer, brain injuries through Half Ironman quest
December 1, 2007: Lanni Marchant finished 21st at the Canadian Cross-Country Championships in Guelph, ON. The race was run on a snowy course with temperatures of -7 degrees and featured a very competitive field with Olympian Carmen Douma-Hussar winning.
Read Lanni's race report on the Runner's Web
November 20, 2008: Sheila Kealey was the winner of the 2007 Champions Challenge for Triathlon, a competitive program within Somersault's Eastern Triathlon Series.
Michelle Shuler was the winner of the 2007 Champions Challenge for Triathlon, a competitive program within Somersault's Eastern Duathlon Series.
November 18, 2007: Lanni Marchant won the Ontario Cross Country Championships run in Brockville this morning. Her time for the hilly 6K course was 21:36:42.
In the Philadelphia Half-Marathon this morning, Martine Ponka ran 1:29:45 (PB) and Annie Robitaille ran 1:35:07.
November 3, 2007: In the Cookie Run, Martine Ponka ran 19:43 in the 5K to place 4th female and 1st in her age-group. Tifenn Vialatte ran 42:44 in the 10K to place 3rd female and 2nd in her age-group.
October 28, 2007: In this morning's Rattle Me Bones races in Ottawa, Lanni Marchant was the first woman - and 5th overall! - in a time of 17:08.9; Jackie Sandoz was 2nd in 19:10.7.
In the 10K, Anne Barrington was the second woman in 39:01.9; Paula Hickman was fifth and first masters (50-59) in 40:40.6; Annie Robitaille was eighth in 41:10.2, and Melanie Patina was 14th in 44:06.2.
In the Niagara Marathon, Michelle Schuler was the third woman in 3:10:44.7; Tina Pippy was fourth in 3:15:52.3,; Jen Dellinger was fifteenth in 3:28:19.4, and Justine Ogle finished in 3:42:28.
October 25, 2007: Lisa Balerna has the OAT (Ontario Association of Triathletes) award for top age group duathlete female for the second year in a row.
October 21, 2007: Lisa Balerna finished eighth in her age-group at the World Long Course Duathlon Championships in Richmond, VA today. Her time was 04:10:37 for the 15k run / 76k bike / 7.5k run course.
Jane Rutherford ran 3:28:21 - a PB by nine minutes - in the Detroit Marathon placing 12th in her age-group.
Sheila Kealey was the first woman in the Jim Howe Memorial NCRA Cross-Country Race in Mer Bleu on Sunday in 21:39 for the 5K.
October 13, 2007: Lanni Marchant finished 5th in the TransCanada 10K National Championships in Ottawa this morning in a time of 35:15.6.
Paula Hickman ran 40:44.2 to win the Master's (55-59) category; Christina Sutcliffe finished in 41:53.6.
Liz Maguire placed 9th woman and 3rd Masters (40-44) in the Zoo Run 1k in Toronto this morning in a time of 38:35 to capture first place in the Masters division of the Canada Running Series. She also placed sixth in the Open standings.
October 12, 2007: Liz Maguire leads the women's Master's standings (and is ranked 6th in the Open women category) in the Canada Running Series following her first-place masters win in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. She will be running in the last race in the series, the Oasis Zoo Run in Toronto tomorrow.
October 7, 2007: In this morning's Fall Colours Races in Cumberland, in the 5K, Martine Ponka ran 19:40 to place first woman and in the Half-Marathon, Jen Dillinger ran 1:30:37 (PB) to place first woman; Tracy Abarbanel ran 1:37:54 (PB) to place 6th woman and first in her age-group.
October 6, 2007: In this morning's Fall Colours Sprint Duathlon, Lisa Belrna finshed first woman and 4th overll in 56:00 for the 2.5K run, 19.2K ccycle, 2,5K run.
September 30, 2007: In this morning's Toronto Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon, Liz Maguire placed 12th woman and 1st Master (40-44) in 2:56:24.8 (chip); Michelle Schuler was 13th in 3:01:39.9; Carolyn Turner was 23rd in 3:16:15.4 (PB); Tifenn Vialatte was 27th in 3:19:57.3 (PB).
September 29, 2007: In the Glengarry 5K Martine Ponka was first woman in 19:30.2 and Esther Kong was second in 19:41.0.
September 23, 2007: Three OAC athletes were named in the Ottawa Citizen's "Top 10 Performances From Ottawa Area's Amateur Runners":
1. Lisa Balerna
Last year's Ontario duathlete of the year already has won seven duathlons this season. The highlight of the year was last weekend, when she won the Canadian Duathlon Championships in Parry Sound. That win qualified Balerna for the world championships taking place in Italy next September. Along the way, she threw in a personal-best performance two weeks ago at the Gloucester half-marathon.
2. Chantal Gosselin
She won the Gloucester half-marathon in a personal-best time, and also finished first in the Xerox 10k and the Carleton Place 5k. But when she wrote in with nominations for the summer's best performances, she talked only about her teammates and left herself off the list.
3. Carolyn Turner
Running a personal-best time is supposed to be a rare event, but Turner did it twice in just over a week. She ran 5k in 18:46 on Sept. 1 and then won the Gloucester 5k in 18:18 on Sept. 9, knocking almost 30 seconds off her record.
Read the story in the Ottawa Citizen.
September 15, 2007: Lisa Balerna was first overall in the International Distance Women Canadian Duathlon Championships at Parry Sound. She finished the 10K run, 40K cycle and 5K run in 2:13:54.
September 9, 2007: In this morning's Gloucester Half Marathon, Chantal Gosselin was the first woman (and 8th overall) in 1:23:09 (PB). In the accompanying 5K, Carolyn Turner was the first woman in 18:18.7 (PB).
Lisa Balerna was 2nd in the half-marathon in 1:25:29.8 (PB) , Paula Hickman was 3rd in 1:28:39.2 (PB) , Tina Pippy was 4th in 1:29:37.6, Jen Dillinger was 5th in 1:32:04.5 (PB), , Jane Rutherford was 7th in 1:36:15.8 (PB).
Paula's time of 1:28:39.2 beats the published Masters (55-59) record of 1:30:24 set by Eileen Doran in 1996.
In the 5K, Esther Kong was 4th in 19:40.9 , Shirley Fleming was 5th (and first Masters, 40-49) in 19:55.1. Dennis Featherstone was the first Master (60 - 69) in 20:02.6.
September 1, 2007: Carolyn Turner was the first woman - and fifth overall - in the Canadian 5K in Ottawa this morning in a time of 18:46.7.
In the Sprint Duathlon (2K run, 30K cycle, 5K run) Michelle Schuler was the first woman in 1:22:20.
Sheila Kealey was the first woman in the Sprint Triathlon (750M swim, 30K cycle, 5K run) in 1:26:20. Ann Marie Foley was eighth woman and first Masters (45-49) in 1:36:42.
August 26, 2007: Liz Maguire was the third woman and second master in the Quebec City Half-Marathon this morning in a time of 1:25:54. Esther Kong placed 12th woman and 2nd in her age-group in 1:38:22. The race was run under hot and windy conditions.
At the HSBC Sprint Duathlon at Calabogie, Lisa Balerna was the first woman and 5th overall in a time of 1:48:40 for the 5K run, 30K cycle, 5K run.
August 21, 2007: Chantal Gosselin was the first woman in the Xerox 10K run in Ottawa's Arboretum tonight in a time of 38:28.5. Carolyn Turner was third in 39:43.3 and Paula Hickman was seventh (and first Masters) in 40:53.0. Annie Robitaille placed 11th in 42:49.6.
August 19, 2007: Michelle Schuler was the first woman in the Thousand Islands Duathlon in Brockville, ON this morning in a time of 1:06:30 for the 2.3K run, 20K cycle and 5K run. Sheila Kealey was the first woman in the Sprint Triathlon (750M swim, 20K cycle, 5K run) in 1:08:32.
Kerry Rocheleau was second woman in the Olympic Triathlon in 2:25:15; Erin Morley was sixth in 2:31:16
August 12, 2007: Paula Hickman was the first woman in the Great Raisin River Footrace 5K this morning in a time of 19:46.
August 11, 2007: Melanie Patina won the Meech Lake 4K Swim (Overall!) in a time of 56.37.
August 5, 2007: In today's K-Town Triathlon in Kingston, Susanne Russell was 2nd Elite Woman (and 11th overall!) in 3:11:06 for the 2K swim, 56.5K bike and 15K run.
Kerry Rocheleau was 8th in 3:35:39 and Adele Mugford was 11th in 3:42:30.
August 4, 2007: In this morning's National Capital International Duathlon, Michelle Schuler was the first woman (and 7th overall!) in a time of 2:15:42 for the 5K run, 40K cycle, 10K run course.
Lisa Balerna was the first woman (and 5th overall!) in the Sprint Duathlon in a time of 1:04:53 for the 2K run, 20K cycle, 5K run course.
Sheila Kealey was the first woman (and 6th overall!) in the Olympic Triathlon in 2:22:09.
In the Sprint Triathlon (500M swom, 20K cycle, 5K run), Melanie Patina was the third woman in 1:14:23.
In the 5K run, Paula Hickman was the first woman in 20:16 and Shirley Fleming was second in 20:20.
July 22, 2007: Erin Morley and Heather Thomson finished the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon in 11:56:15 and 12:47:07 respectively.
July 21, 2007: Susanne Rusell placed 8th elite women in the Lac Leamy Sprint Triathlon in 1:05:39 for the 750M swim, 20K cycle, 5K run.
July 15, 2007: In the Carleton Place Heritage 5K today, the OACRT swept the women's medals with Chantal Gosselin first in 18:50, Martine Ponka second in 19:57 and Shirley Fleming third in 20:00.
In the Half-Ironman Duathlon, Michelle was first woman - and third overall - in a time of 4:27:48 for the 2K run, 90K cycle and 21.1K run.
Sophia Tsouros was second in the Graham Beasley Sprint Triathlon in Carleton Place this morning in a time of 1:15:02 for the 500M swim, 20K cycle and 5K run. Melanie Patina finished in 1:16:32 placing second in her age-group and Tifenn Vialatte finished in 1:18:34 placing fourth in her age-group.
Lisa Balerna was the first woman (and 3rd overall) in the Sprint Duathlon (2K run, 20K cycle, 5K run) in 1:06:19.
Esther Kong was the first woman in the Hintonburg Centennial 5k in 19:25, a PB by 4 seconds.
July 14, 2007: Erin Down placed first in her age-group in the Musselman Triathlon (500 yards-15 miles-3 miles) in Geneva, NY.
July 7, 2007: In this morning's Mike Collingwood Meech Lake Triathlon, Sheila Kealey placed 2nd woman and first masters in 1:32:23 for the 1200m swim, 22K cycle and 7K run.
Anne Marie Foley was 15th woman and 3rd in the masters(45-49) age-group in 1:41:14.
July 2, 2007: In today's Barry's Bay Triathlon, Ann Marie Foley placed 3rd female and 2nd masters in a time of 1:50:09 for the 750m swim, 30K cycle and 8K run. Barb Saville finished in 1:59:59.
Lisa Balerna was the 1st female in the duathlon (and 5th overall) in 1:36:41 for the 2.2K run, 30K cycle and 8K run.
July 1, 2007: In this morning's Hbc run, OAC athletes placed as follows:
Liz Maguire: 37:59.2, 3rd Female, 1st Masters
Michelle Schuler: 38:34.5, 4th Female, 3rd age-hroup
Carolyn Turner: 40:30.6, 7th Female, 5th age-group
Sophia Tsouros: 40:51, 8th Female, 2nd age-group
Annie Robitaille: 42:43.5, 15th Female, 7th age-group
In the Motionware 5K in Kanata, Martine Ponka was 5th Female and 1st in her age-group in 19:25.
In the Tupper Lake (NY) Tinman (Half-Ironman) Triathlon, Kerry Rocheleau placed 3rd in her age-group in 5:12:33.
June 24, 2007: In the Smith's Falls Duathlon, Michelle Schuler place 1st woman and 10th overall in 1:11:31 for the 5K run, 2.5K run and 25K cycle. Lisa Balerna was second woman in 1:13:18.
In the triathlon, Sheila Kealey was second woman and 1st Master in 1:09:30 for the 500M swim, 5K run and 25K cycle. Tina Pippy was 5th woman in 1:12:14.
June 23, 2007: Emilie's Run 5K results from this morning:
Liz Maguire - 18:07.4, 12th Overall, 4th Masters
Michelle Schuler - 18:09.9, 14th Overall, 4th Age-group
Anne Barrington, 18:31.7, 15th Overall, 2nd Age-group
Susanne Russell - 18:52.2, 21st Overall, 4th Age-group
Carolyn Turner - 19:05.5, 25th Overall, 8th Age-group
Tina Pippy - 19:17.3, 29th Overall, 3rd Age-group
Lisa Balerna - 19:17.5 - 30th Overall, 4th Age-group
Chantal Gosselin - 19:23.1, 31st Overall, 7th Age-group
Sophia Tsouros - 19:23.3, 32nd Overall, 5th Age-group
Kerry Rocheleau - 19:23.3, 33rd Overall, 5th Age-Group
Sheila Kealey - 19:42.4 - 38th Overall, 9th Age-group
Barb Saville - 19:48.6, 39th Overall, 3rd Age-Group
Annie Robitaille - 19:44.4, 40th Overall, 8th Age-group
Shirley Fleming - 19:52.0, 41st Overall, 10th Age-group
Susan Kelly - 19:56.2, 43rd Overall, 7th Age-group
Martine Ponka - 19:57.4, 45th Overall, 8th Age-group
Paula Hickman - 20:00.0, 46th Overall, 1st Age-group
Esther Kong - 20:38.1, 53rd Overall, 10th Age-group
Robyn DiCesare - 21:07.0, 56th Overall, 13th Age-group
Melanie Patina - 21:23.7 - 62nd Overall, 7th Age-group
Erin Down - 22:34.6, 76th Overall, 15th Age-group
Stephanie Plante - 22:53.6, 81st Overall, 9th Age-group
17 OACRT members ran 20:00 or faster
OAC teams placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th.
June 22, 2007: Liz Maguire is ranked fourth in the Masters category in the Canada Running Series. The current standings include the Sporting LIfe 10K in Toronto.
June 17, 2007: Susanne Russell completed the Muskoka Long Course Duathlon (3Kswim, 55K cycle and 15K run) in 3:13:09 to finish 3rd among the pro women. Heather Thomson finished in 3:53:42.
In the sprint tri (750M swim, 5K run, 20K cycle), Erin Down finished in 1:22:36.
June 17, 2007: In today's Do It For Dad 10K Michelle Schuler was the first woman (and 6th overall) in 38:15.6.
In the 5K, Chantal Gosselin was 3rd in 19:27 in her first race since being injured this winter, Esther Kong was 4th in 19:59, MJ Middelkoop was 6th in 20:12, Paula Hickman was 8th in 20:18.5. Dennis Featherstone was first in his age-group (60-69) in 20:03.
June 16, 2007: In today's Riverkeeper Triathlon & Duathlon, Sheila Kealey won the triathlon in 2:15:52 for the 1500M swim, 40K cycle and 10K run. Kerry Rocheleau was 2nd in 2:18:23 , Erin Molrey was 4th in 2:25:23 and Tina Pippy was 10th in 2:28:55.
Lisa Balerna won the duathlon in 2:12:35 for the 5K run, 40K cycle, 10K run.
June 6, 2007: Lisa Balerna has an interview in Swyft.
"In the Jan/Feb edition of Inside Triathlon magazine, Lisa Balerna was named one of the top five age-group (W35-39) duathletes in North America. She was also awarded the top female duathlete of the year for W20-39 age class by Triathlon Canada. Swyft had a chance to catch up with Lisa Balerna to talk about her 2007 season, her goals, and life as an Age Group Duathlete. Enjoy!"
Read the interview at: www.team.swyft.ca.
May 27, 2007: Results from this morning's Marathon and Half-Marathon in Ottawa:

Name: Distance: Time:

Liz Maguire Marathon 2:53:43 9th Female, 2nd 40-44**

Michelle Schuler Marathon 2:57:19 12th Female,1st 30-34

Susanne Russell Marathon 2:59:07 16th Female, 4th 25-29 **

Robyn Di Cesare Marathon 3:35:20 96th Female, 13th 40-44

Annie Robitaille Half 1:28:28 10th Female, 2nd 20-24

Tina Pippy Half 1:28:59 12th Female, 2nd 30-35**

Esther Kong Half 1:30:51 23rd Female, 5th 30-34**

Sophia Tsouros Half 1:32:09 27th Female, 6th 25-29**

Martine Ponka Half 1:33:20 34th Female, 7th 30-34**

Kerry Rocheleau Half 1:34:11 44th Female, 11th 30-34

Jane Rutherford Half 1:39:09 91st Female, 18th 25-29**

Erin Morley Half 1:42:58 184th Female, 36th 35-39

** = Personal Best

May 26, 2007: Results from tonight's MDS Nordion 5 and 10K in Ottawa:

Name: Distance: Time: Place:

Lisa Balerna 5K 18:56.4 9th Female, 1st 30-39

Barb Saville 5K 19:59.9 18th Female, 1st 45-49

Carolyn Turner 10K 41:49 31st Female, 5th 35-39

Dennis Featherstone 10K 43:06.3 219th Male, 1st 65-69

Erin Morley 10K 43:51 47th Female, 9th 1st 35-39

MJ Middelkoop 10K 44:30 64th Female, 13th 30-34

Race Weekend Photos
May 23, 2007: Lisa Balerna has been named top age-group duathlete (30-39) by Triathlon Canada. See the story on the Runner's Web.
May 19, 2007: In the Early Bird Duathlon in Ottawa, Lisa Balerna was first (woman and overall!) in 1:44:36 for the Long duathlon (5K run, 34.2K cycle, 5K run).
In the Long triathlon Kerry Rocheleau was 5th woman in 1:31:49 for the 500M swim, 5K run, 34.2K cycle.
May 13, 2007: In this morning's Mississauga Half-Marathon, Melanie Patina finished in 1:35:21.
May 12, 2007: In this morning's Franktown 5K, Sue Kelly was first in 18:53.9, Martine Ponka was second in 19:03.6 (*PB), and Christina Sutcliffe was third in 20:01 for an OAC sweep.
May 6, 2007: Susanne Russell ran 37:26.5 (a PB by over two minutes!) to place 5th in her age-group at the Sporting Life 10K in Toronto.
Martine Ponka was the first female in the Orleans 5K this morning in 20:28.
May 5, 2007: Tina Pippy paced second female in this morning's Cumberland Duathlon in a time of 1:52:15 for the 2.9K run, 34.8 cycle and 5.8K run.
Michelle Schuler finished the Sprint Duathlon in 59:10 for second place.
April 22, 2007: Liz Maguire placed 5th female and first Masters(40-44) in this morning's Montreal Half-Marathon in a time of 1:22:00.7.
In the Physio Run in Ottawa, Martine Ponka won the 5K in 20:29 and Esther Kong the 10K in 41:39.
April 16, 2007: In this morning's Boston Marathon Jane Rutherofrd finished in 3:41:17 and Robyn Di Cesare in 3:58:55.
April 15, 2007: In this morning's Minto Run for Reach, the OAC swept the women's 10K with Annie Robitaille first in 39:06, Chantal Gosselin second in 39:30 and Tina Pippy third in 40:25. Sophia Tsouros was fourth in 42:01.
Michelle Schuler was first woman (and 11th overall) in the Half-Marathon in 1:23:59.
In the 5K, Susan Kelly was second in 19:58.
March 25, 2007: In this morning's Around The Bay 30K race in Hamilton, ON, Liz Maguire placed 7th female and 1st Masters (40-44) in 1:58:26, setting a new course record. The previous record was 1:58:49 set by Diane Legare in 1994. Michelle Schuler ran 2:02:04 (10th female and 2nd age-group), Susanne Russell 2:03:15 (12th female and 2nd age-group). Robyn DiCesare ran 2:28:42 (21st Master), Jane Rutherford ran 2:30:51 and Melanie Patina ran 2:31:34. Tina Pippy (1:04:39) and Kerry Rocheleau (1:07:13) ran the two-person 30K relay and placed 2nd Open Female Team in 2:11:50.
Chantal Gosselin ran 1:21:23 for 20K before dropping out with a foot injury.
4,368 ran the 30K including 1,947 women.
In sunny California this morning. MJ Middelkoop was second (11th overall) in the Westlake Village Street Fair and 5km Run.
March 17, 2007: Michelle Schuler was the first woman in this morning's St. Patrick's Day 10K in Ottawa in a time of 40:11.9.
Esther Kong was third woman in the 5K in 21:36.
February 18, 2007: Sheila Kealey was the third woman and 1st Master (40-44) in the Keskinada Loppet 53K Free Style held in Gatineau Park this morning. Robyn Di Cesare finished the 25K Free Style in 2:13:05.3.
Read Sheila's race report at XCOttawa.com.
February 4, 2007: LIz Maguire ran a PB 4:48.19 1500m at the Winter National Capital Relays in Ottawa today placing third.
February 1, 2007: Liz Maguire was honoured at tonight's 54th Ottawa Annual Sports Awards as she won both the top Road Racer and top Marathoner of the year awards. Four tables of members of the OAC Racing Team were on hand to celevrate with Liz.
January 28, 2007: Ottawa man helps women blaze new trails to success
Mark Sutcliffe, The Ottawa Citizen
Ken Parker is backing women's running in the nation's capital to go places it hasn't gone before.
Forty years ago this April, Kathrine Switzer had to enter the Boston Marathon illegally and fight off a physical attack by a race organizer to become the first woman to run the race.
More...
January 14, 2007: Chantal Gosselin was second in the Richmond 10K in a time of 39:08; Robyn Di Cesare was fifth in 43:17 (1st in 40-49).
January 11, 2007: The latest edition of Inside Triathlon magazine (Jan/Feb '07) has named Lisa Balerna as one of the top five age-group ((W35-39) ) duathletes in North America.
January 7, 2007: The "Running and More" feature by Louise Rachlis of the Ottawa Citzen was on the Ottawa Athletic Club Racing Team reaching 25 years. The club was founded in September of 1981.
A copy of the story is available on the Runner's Web.
December 18, 2006: Liz Maguire has won both the Road Racing and Marathoner category for the 54th Annual Ottawa Sports Awards which will be held on Thursday, February 1st, 2007. This gala evening celebrates athletic excellence in the City of Ottawa.
December 10, 2006: In the Jingle Bell 5K in Burlington, ON Martine Ponka ran 20:06 to place first in her age-group and 7th female.
December 4, 2006: Lynne Bermel has a story on Liz Maguire in today's Runner's Web
Liz ran PBs at 5 different distances in 2006, including an almost 5 minute(!) PB in the marathon 4 days before turning 40.
November 25, 2006: In the Ottawa Lions Distance Dance held today at the Louis Riel Dome, Liz Maguire was 2nd in the 1500M in 4:53.13, Barb Saville was 3rd in 5:03.94, Sue Kelly was 4th in 5:05.13 and Esther Kong was 5th in 5:11.85.
In the 3000M Stephanie Smith was 7th in 11:32.40.
November 4, 2006: Martine Ponka was the first woman at the NCRA Cookie Run 5K in a time of 20:04.
The OAC swept the top three spots in the 10K with Annie Robitaille (39:13), Chantal Gosselin (39:46) and Paula Hickman (40:56).
November 4, 2006: Black Ribbons Will Be Worn At NYC Marathon In Tribute To Emilie Mondor
Canadian 5000-meter Olympian Emilie Mondor had planned to make her marathon debut in New York but died after a car crash in September. "She was very dedicated to the sport and very excited to undertake the marathon distance," observed Deena Kastor, who knew Mondor from time spent together in Mammoth Lakes, CA. "The New York Road Runners have made available black ribbons for the elite athletes to wear on her behalf, so I think (you'll) see her well-represented on the starting line despite her lack of being there."
[Emilie was a member of the OAC Racing Team prior to her death in September]
October 29, 2006: In this morning's Rattle Me Bones races, Esther Kong was second in the 5K in 19:37 and Martine Ponka was fourth in 20:30. In the 10K Annie Robitaille was third in 40:36 and Melanie Patina ran 44:50 to place 10th.
October 26, 2006: In the GCWCC Tunney's Pasture Wellness Challenge, Chantal Gosselin ran 18:30 to place first female and 4th overall.
October 22, 2006: Liz Maguire ran a PB 2:54:55 in the Chicago Marathon this morning. Heather Thomson and Erin Morley (PB) finished together in 3:25:04
Liz's time moves to to second place on the all-time OACRT list.
In Niagara Falls, Michelle Schuler and Chantal Gosselin ran 3:02:43 (6th) and 3:04:10 (7th) respsectively.
In the Nile Women's Marathon in LA, Robyn Di Cesare ran 3:43:31 to place 16th in her age-group.
October 21, 2006: In Saturday's Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, Marie Danais finished in 10:05:29 to finish 22nd among pro women; Anne Marie Foley finished in 12:39:24 to place 26th in her age-group.
October 15, 2006: Joscelyn Coolican ran 1:35:54 in the Toronto Half-Marathon this morning to place 9th in her age-group.
October 14, 2006: Chantal Gosselin won the Baxter trophy for fastest female at the OAC Corporate Relay Challenge on Saturday.
October 14, 2006: Lisa Balerna has been named age-group female duathlete of the year by the Ontario Association of Triathletes (OAT).
October 10, 2006: In the latest Canada Running Series rankings (post Toronto Waterfront) Liz Maguire is ranked 2nd, Michelle Schuler is 7th and Chantal Gosselin is 9th.
October 8, 2006: In today's Ottawa Fall Colours races in Cumberland, Paula Hickman was second in the half-marathon in 1:30:31; Martine Ponka was second in the 5K in 20:48.
October 7, 2006: In today's TransCanada 10K Championships in Ottawa, Sheila Kealey ran 40:38 to place 2nd in her age group; Esther Kong placed 5th in 41:32, Barb Saville 2nd in 41:44, Robyn Di Cesare 3rd in 42:31, Shirley Fleming 4th in 42:54, Jennifer Hopkins 4th in 43:12, Josc Coolican 6th in 43:23, and Sophia Tsouros 5th in 44:41.
In the post race massage, Shirley had a PB!
October 2, 2006: Sheila Kealey won the open's women category of the first Canadian Rollerski Championships this past weekend.
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September 24, 2006: Liz Maguire ran a PB 1:19:57 to place third in the Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon this morning. Heather Thomson ran 1:33:48, Robyn Di Cesare - 1:40:37 and Jennifer Hopkins - 1:44:45.
In the marathon Chantal Gosselin ran 3:02:27 to place 10th (2nd Canadian) and Michelle Schuler ran 3:06:52 placing 11th (3rd Canadian).
Melanie Patina ran 21:45 to place third in her age-group.
September 23, 2006: In the Steve Hall Memorial 5 & 10K run from the Perley Rideau Veterans Health Center this morning, Sue Kelly won the 5K in 19:04, Barb Saville was second (and first Masters) in 19:17, Joscelyn Coolican was fourth in 20:41 (PB) and Tracy Abarbanel was 8th in 21:09 (PB).
Annie Robitaille won the 10k in 38:35 and Paula Hickman was second (and first Masters) in 41:11.
September 10, 2006: Athens Olympian Emilie Mondor, who had moved to the Ottawa area this summer, was killed in a car accident on September 9th while on her way home to attend her high school reunion.
Emilie, the first Canadian woman to run under 15:00 for 5K, was training for the marathon and was to make her debut in New York City in November.
For more on Emilie, read Athletics: Emilie Mondor: Life Cut Too Short.
September 10, 2006: In today's Gloucester Half-Marathon and 5K, Barb Saville and Shirley Fleming were 1-2 in the 5K in 19:38 and 19:58. In the Half-Marathon, Jennifer Hopkins and Erin Morley placed 1-2 in 1:31:07 and 1:33:44.
September 2, 2006: In today's Canadian Sprint Duathlon in Ottawa, Michelle Schuler was the first woman (and 8th overall) in 1:20:12. Lisa Balerna was second in 1:23:38 for the 2K, 30K,5K course.
In the Sprint Triathlon Sheila Kealey was the first woman in 1:23:00.
August 27, 2006: At Ironman Canada, Ann Marie Foley won her age-group (45 - 49) and was 327th overall in 11:15:13.
Lisa Balerna and Mary Jane Middelkoop were both winners in the HSBC Triathlon Series (Calabogie Peaks) today. Lisa was first female (and fourth overall) in the Duathlon (5K, 30K, 5K) in 1:44:58;
Mary Jane was the first female in the Off-Road Triathlon (750M, 15K, 7.5K) in 2:17:49.
August 20, 2006: In today's Thousand Islands Duathlon in Brockville, ON, Michelle Schuler placed first woman and fourth overall in 1:05:38 for the 2.3K run, 20K cycle and 5K run distance.
Lisa Balerna placed 2nd woman and sixth overall in 1:08:12.
In the sprint triathlon, Mary Jane Middelkoop placed seventh woman in 1:19:19 for the 750M, 20.8K, 5K distance. Jennifer Hopkins completed her first triathlon in 1:21:09.
Heather Thomson finished the Olympic distance triathlon in 2:40:17.
In the Cornwall Sprint Triathlon(750M, 20K, 5K), Kerry Rocheleau was the second woman and sixth overall in 1:14:28.
In the Timberman Tri in Gilford, NH Joscelyn Coolican finished in 1:20:39 for the sprint distance to place 3rd in her age-group.
August 19, 2006: Susanne Russell was sixth in the Canadian Sprint Triathlon Championships in Drummondville, QC in a time of 1:04:15 for the 750M swim, 20K cycle, 5K run distance.
August 15, 2006: In tonight's Xerox 10K in Ottawa's Arboretum, Chantal Gosselin placed first in 38:38, Annie Robitaille was third in 39:56, Carolyn Turner was fourth in 41:01, Mary Jane Middelkoop was sixth in 42:18, Susan Kelly was seventh in 42:37, Jennifer Hopkins was tenth in 42:58 and Erin Morley was eleventh in 43:05.
The OAC Racing Team won the team competition by 14 seconds.
August 13, 2006: In the Verdun Triathlon, Susanne Russell was 2nd woman in 1:06:54 for the 750M swim, 20K cycle and 5K run.
In today's Great Raisin River Race, Martine Ponka was third woman in 20:01.
August 9, 2006: In tonight's Twilight Meet at Terry Fox, Esther Kong ran 2:36.42 for the 800m, and Liz Maguire and Sue Kelly ran 4:54.77 and 5:07.2 respectively for the 1500m.
August 6, 2006:Susanne Russell was third woman and tenth overall in the Kingston Long Course triathlon today. Her time was 3:11:23 for the 2K swim, 56.5K cycle, 15K run course.
Kerry Rocheleau finished in 3:36:54 and placed third in her age-group. In the sprint triathlon, Joscelyn Coolican placed second in her age-group, and fifth female, in 1:46:25 for the 750M swim, 30K cycle, 7.2K run course and had the fastest run split in her age-group.
August 6, 2006:Mary Jane Middelkoop ran the Shore to Shore (13K) road race in Wiarton, Ontario in 58:17 placing seventh woman.
August 5, 2006: In today's National Captial Triathlon/Duathlon, Michelle Schuler was first woman and fourth overall in the International Duathlon in 2:09:48 for the 5K run, 40K cycle, 10K run. Jennifer Hopkins was second woman (and ninth overall) in 2:27:22.
Sheila Kealey was first woman and thrid overall in the Sprint Triathlon in 1:07:47 for the 500M swim, 20K cycle, 5K run course.
In the Sprint Duathlon Lisa Balerna was first woman and second overall in 1:07:01 for the 2K run, 20K cycle, 5K run. Carolyn Turner was second woman and sixth overall in 1:10:34.
July 30, 2006: In today's Triathlon Memphremagog in Magog, QC, Susanne Russell was third in the women's elite sprint event (750M, 20K, 5K) in a time of 1:08:28 for the 750M swim, 20K cycle and 5K run.
Erin Down completed the sprint triathlon in 1:19:25 to place 2nd in her age-group as she continues to work her way back from an injury.
July 29, 2006: In today's world age-group duathlon championships in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Lisa Balerna placed third in the 35-39 category; Erin Morley was sixth in the same category.
July 26, 2006:In tonight's twilight meet at Terry Fox, Liz Maguire ran a PB 17:33 for 5K, Chantal Gosselin - 18:33 and Annie Robitaille - 18:57.
In the 1,000M Esther Kong (sans Cat costume) ran 3:23.
July 23, 2006: In the Vermont State Triathlon in Salisbury, VT, Joscelyn Coolican finished in 2:46:27 for the .9-mile swim, 28-mile bike, 6.2-mile run distance to place 5th woman and 2nd in her age-group.
July 16, 2006: In this morning's Graham Beasley Triathlon/Duathlon, Heather Thompson was the first woman in the Half Iron Duathlon in 5:12:11 for the 2K, 90K, 21.1K course.
Lisa Balerna was the first woman in the duathlon in 1:05:30 for the 2K, 30K, 5K distance; Erin Morley was second in 1:07:26.
July 15, 2006: While out for a jog in Chicago on business, Mary Jane Middelkoop happened across a 5K race - the NikeTown Bastille Day 5K, , entered, and placed second woman in 20:21.
July 10, 2006: In Sunday's Boilermaker 15K in Utica, NY, Esther Kong ran 1:05:34 to place 11th in her age-group and 82nd woman out of 3,814. Joscelyn Coolican ran 1:12:37 to place 28th in her age-group.
July 8, 2006:Sheila Kealey won the women's division of the Meech Lake Triathlon (formerly the OAC Triathlon) for the fifth time in the last six years (she was second in 2003) in a time of 1:30:11 for the 1200M swim, 22K cycle and 7K run.
Kerry Rocheleau was fourth in 1:35:11, Ann Marie Foley was 13th and 2nd in the Masters age-group in 1:39:21.
July 6, 2006:In last night's Mid Summer's Night 5K in Stittsville, ON, Carolyn Turner was 2nd woman in 19:55 and Barb Saville was rd woman and 1st Master in 20:17.
July 2, 2006: In the HSBC ITU Brampton Pan American Cup Triathlon Susanne Russell was 15th elite female in a time of 2:14:06 for the Olympic distance.
In today's Barry's Bay Triathlon Ann Marie Foley was third woman, and first Master (40-44) in 1:49:07 for the 750M swim 30K cycle and 8K run. Joscelyn Coolican was sixth in 1:53:19 and Barb Saville was tenth and second Master(45-49) in 1:59:55.
July 1, 2006: In this morning's HBC Run for Canada in Ottawa, Liz Maguire and Michelle Schuler (PB time) finished 3rd and 4th only .2 seconds apart with times of 36:37.4 and 36:37.6 respectively. They were 12th and 13th overall in a field of 128 finishers.
Chantal Gosselin was 5th woman in 37:37, Annie Robitaille was 6th in 38:07, Esther Kong was 8th in 39:29, and Sheila Kealey was 9th in 39:32 (1st Master).
In Kanata, at the Motionware - Canada Day Road Races, Sue Kelly was 2nd in the 5K in 19:00, Shirley Fleming was 5th in 20:11, and Dennis Featherstone was first in the men's 60-69 age-group in 20:17.
June 25, 2006: In this morning's Smith Falls Classic Triathlon, Susanne Russell was 2nd woman - by 4 seconds - in 1:00:13 for the 500M swim, 20K cycle, 5K run course. Sheila Kealey was third in 1:00:57, Tina Pippy placed 7th in 1:05:55, Christina Sutcliffe was 9th in 1:07:10 and Chantal Gosselin was 14th in 1:08:10.
Lisa Balerna was the first woman in the duathlon (2.2K run, 20K cycle, 5K run) in 1:05:43.
June 24, 2006: The OAC Racing Team won the team championship at the RunnersWeb5K.com Race for Women this morning. Liz Maguire won the Masters event and was fourth overall.
Complete results and story at: RunnersWeb.com.

Liz Maguire, 4th Overall, 1st Master: 17:48 Michelle Schuler, 7th: 17:56 * Annie Robitaille, 12th: 18:24 * Chantal Gosselin, 13th: 18:29 * Susan Kelly, 18th: 18:51 Susanne Russell, 21st: 19:03 * Heather Thomson, 23rd: 19:08 * Tina Pippy, 25th: 19:12 * Sheila Kealey, 29th: 19:21 Carolyn Turner, 30th: 19:24 * Shirley Fleming, 31st: 19:28 * Esther Kong, 32nd: 19:29 * Barb Saville, 33rd: 19:52 Chrsitina Sutcliffe, 35th: 19:56 * Kerry Rocheleau, 37th: 20:06 Robyn Di Cesarae, 40th: 20:20 * Jennifer Hopkins, 41st: 20:21 * * = PB

June 18, 2006: In this morning's Muskoka Triathlon, Susanne Russell was 7th among Pro Women in 3:15:13 for the 2K swim, 55K cycle, 15K run course. Susanne improved her time by 2:32 over last year's race.
June 18, 2006: In this morning's Do It for Dad races, the OAC swept the women's 10K with Michelle Schuler the first woman (and 9th overall) in the 10K in 37:17; Chantal Gosselin was 2nd in 39:10, Annie Robitaille was 3rd in 39:45 and Tina Pippy was 5th in 41:26.
In the 5K, Susan Kelly was 2nd in 19:08, Carolyn Turner was 5th in 19:48, Barb Saville was 9th in 20:17 and Kerry Rocheleau was 10th in 20:46. In the men's 5K, Dennis Featherstone was first in the 60+ category in 20:47.
June 17, 2006: Kerry Rocheleau was 2nd in today's Riverkeeper Triathlon in Ottawa in a time of 2:24:58 for the Olympic distance event.
Tina Pippy won the sprint (500M swim, 20K cycle and 5K run) distance triathlon in 1:08:04; MJ Middelkoop was 5th in 1:12:40.
Lisa Balerna was 2nd in the Duathlon in 2:15:09; Erin Morley was 4th in 2:22:13.
June 10, 2006: In this morning's Triathlon du Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Suasanne Russell finished 6th among the elite women in the Sprint Triathlon (750M swim, 20K cycle, 5K run) in a time of 1:06:07.
June 2, 2006: Heather Thompson competed in the Cabot Trail Relay on May 27th and 28th. She ran Leg 6, a 17.5K section with "a couple of long challenging hills" in 1:20:07 placing 2nd female and Leg 17, a 17.7K section with "a faitly steep grade" in 1:19:38, placing 3rd female.
June 2, 2006: Michelle Schuler's ING Ottawa Marathon performance - teamed with Rick Hellard of the Lions - earned $7,000 to introduce track and field to underprivileged children in the area. The Ottawa Team placed fourth in the ING Run for Something Better competition.
May 28, 2006: Results from Ottawa Race Weekend:

Marathon Half-Marathon

Michelle Schuler - 3:00:21, 11th Annie Robitaille - 1:28:07, 7th

Robyn Di Cesare - 3:26:55, 41st Tina Pippy - 1:45:46, 100th

May 27, 2006: Results from Ottawa Race Weekend:

5K 10K

Susan Kelly - 19:40, 9th Susanne Russell - 39:32, 18th *PB*
Esther Kong - 20:06, 11th Carolyn Turner - 41:20, 28th

Ann Marie Foley - 20:18, 14th Kerry Rochelau - 42:23, 34th

Barb Saville - 20:39, 18th Christina Sutcliffe - 42:38, 38th

Stephanie Smith - 21:32, 30th Erin Morley - 44:15, 48th

MJ Middelkoop - 23:20 (21:30 Chip)

Ann Marie Foley - 20:18, 14th

May 23, 2006: Due to the uncertainty of Liz Maguire's recovery from a calf injury, she has been replaced by Michelle Schuler on the ING Marathon Run for the Fastest City Ottawa team where she will run with Rick Hellard.
May 20, 2006: Susanne Russell was the first woman and third overall in the Ottawa Early Bird Triathlon held at Carleton University. Her time was 1:11:25 for the 500M swim, 22;8K cycle and 5K run. Teammmates Sheila Kealey and Kerry Rocheleau were third and fourth in 1:17:37 and 1:21:35 respectively.
In the duathlon, Lisa Balerna was first female in 1:15:53 for the 2K run, 22.8K cycle, 5K run.
May 14, 2006: Kerry Rocheleau won the Mom's 5K Fun Run in Ottawa in a time of 19:36.
May 13, 2006: Christina Sutcliffe placed second in this morning's "Where's Franktown?" 10K in a time of 42:30.
May 7, 2006: Erin Morley finished second female and 14th overall in today's Sudbury Rocks Marathon on a "tough, hilly course from start to finish" with a time of 3:30:32, almost ten minutes faster than her previous best time.
April 30, 2006:In this morning's Run for Reach Races, Robyn Di Cesare won the Half-Marathon (1:32:21), Annie Robitaille the 10K (38:39), and Susan Kelly the 5K(19:31).
April 23, 2006: In this morning's Half-Marathon race in Montreal, Liz Maguire was 5th in 1:20:53 and Michelle Schuler was 8th in 1:23:55.
In the Physiotherapy Run 5K in Ottawa, Esther Kong placed 7th in 21:34.
April 17, 2006: Chantal Gosselin ran the Boston Marathon in 3:04:22 this morning placing 67th out of over 8,000 women who started the race.
April 15, 2006: Heather Thomson ran 3:38:15 to place first in her age-group (35-39) in the Charlottesville (VA) Marathon, a race that the overall winner called "the most difficult he had ever completed.".
April 8, 2006: Liz Maguire placed fourth (26th overall) in this morning's Harry's Spring Run-Off 8K in Toronto in a time of 29:12.
March 26, 2006: In this morning's Hamilton Around the Bay 30K Liz Maguire was 2nd in 1:57:25 and Chantal Gosselin was 8th in 2:03:55. Heather Thomson finished in 2:14:52 and Robyn Di Cesare was 5th in her age-group in 2:20:42.
March 11, 2006: Chantal Gosselin was the first woman in the St. Patrick's Day 10K this morning in a time of 38:41.
February 27, 2006:Paula Hickman's Master's (55+) 10K record run of 41:07 on September 24th has been ratified by the Canadian Masters Association.
February 12, 2006: Liz Maguire ran 4:53.61 to win her heat - and place first among women - in the 1500M at the Ottawa D�me Super Sunday Athletics Series.
January 29, 2006: In the Ottawa D�me Super Sunday Athletics Series Meet today, Esther Kong ran the 1000M in 3:23.63 and Stephanie Smith ran the Mile in 5:33.54.
January 25, 2005: Susanne Russell was named Triathlete of the Year at the Ottawa Sports Awards Dinner.

January 29, 2006: In the Hypothermic Half Marathon in Ottawa, Robyn Di Cesare was 3rd in 1:34:22 and MJ Middelkoop was 6th in 1:35:32.
January 22, 2006: Sue Kelly is competing in the Rescue 2006 World Lifesaving Championships in Geelong, Australia from February 10 - 26.
Her team will be providing updates on their blog at: rescue2006stlaurentmasters.blogspot.com.
The competition website is at: www.rescue2006.com.
January 15, 2006: Chantal Gosselin won the Richmond Road Race 10K this morning in a time of 39:30. Robyn Di Cesare was third in 44:48.
January 11, 2006: Sue Kelly is in training for next month's world lifesaving championships in Australia. She is pictured in the photo in the adjoining column.
The following story appeared the Age, an Australian Newspaper:
Chilled out rescue team
THE Canadians are also firing up for Rescue06, the World Lifesaving Championships to he held in Geelong next month.
Already, they look the most resourceful team, completing the last little bits of their training in freezing cold temperatures and layers of woolly clothing, with no unfrozen water or sand in sight. For paddleboard and surf ski practice, Ottawa's Carla St Germain and teammates Daniel Berube, Susan Kelly and Oliver Gomes tie their boards and skis to a wall at an indoor pool and paddle up against it.
They do their beach training on the snow and ice sprinting in their snowshoes and are swapping steaming cups of coffee for beach flags. "It's tough running with all the winter gear on, so we should feel fairly lightweight with a bathing suit and bare feet," St Germain said.
January 8, 2006: Esther Kong ran 2:36.94 for the 800M in the Ottawa D�me Super Sunday Athletics Series. Dennis Featherstone ran 5:17.01 in the 1500M.

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OACRT at the Where's Franktown? races

Beth Primrose (L) at Harry's Spring Run-off in Toronto

Chantal Gosselin (L) and Jen Dillinger at the St. Patirlck's Day 10K in Ottawa

Liz Maguire at the Ottawa Sports Awards, January 23rd. She won both the Marathoner and Road Racer of the Year

Cynthia Wilson and Coach Bruno Lafontaine at the Ottawa Sports Awards, January 23rd. She won Triathlete of the Year

The OACRT at the Great OAC Lone Star Cookout - Christmas 2007

Lanni Marchant at the Canadian XC Championships in Guelph

Christine McKinty, Ken Parker, Terry McKinty at the Somersault Awards Night

Lanni Marchant winning the Rattle Me Bones 5K in Ottawa

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Lisa Balerna at the World Duathlon Championships in Richmond, VA

Lanni Marchant finishing 5th in the TransCanada 10K National Championships in Ottawa

Tracy Abarbanel, enroute to a 1:37:54 (PB) Half-Marathon in the Cumberland Fall Colours Races

Liz Maguire, 2:56:24.8 at Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Jackie Sandoz skiing in Chile in August

Lisa Balerna, first at the Canadian Duathlon Championships - Photo: A Shot On Site � 2007

Carolyn Turner winning the Gloucester 5K Chantal Gosselin winning the Gloucester Half-Marathon

Photo: (L) Carolyn Turner, winner of the Gloucester 5K in 18:22 (PB); (R) Chantal Gosselin, winner of the Gloucester Half-Marathon in 1:23:09 (PB) RunnersWeb.com (Ken Parkerr)

Ken Parker at the Iffley Track in Oxford, England site of Roger Bannister's Sub 4:00 Mile
Photo: RunnersWeb.com (Diane Parker)

Susanne Russell, Liz Maguire and Michelle Schuler on their way to a sub three hour marathon in the ING Ottawa race
Photo: RunnersWeb.com (Ken Parker)

Lisa Balerna enroute to winning (overall) the Early Bird Duathlon on May 19, 2007
Photo: ZoomPhoto.ca (Michael Bennett)

L to R: Sue Kelly, Martine Ponka, Christina Sutcliffe - 1-2-3 at Franktown 5K

Michelle Schuler at the Cumberland Duathon Tina Pippy at the Cumberland Duathon
Michelle Schuler (L) and Tina Pippy (R) at the Cumberland Duathon
Photo: ZoomPhoto.ca (Joe Elliott)

Martine Ponka finishing the Physio 5K in first place!
Photo: ZoomPhoto.ca (Joe Elliott)

Michelle Schuler winning the Run for Reach Half-Marathon
Photo: ZoomPhoto.ca (Mike Bennett)

Esther Kong in the St. Paddy's Day 5K

Sheila Kealey (L) in the Keskinada Loppet

Liz Maguire enroute to a PB 4:48.19 1500m

Liz Maguire and Mayor Larry O'Brien at the Ottawa Sports Awards

Some of the OACRT at the Ottawa Sports Award

2006 OACRT Christmas Dinner @ the Lonestar

Start of the women's 1500M at the Distance Dance 2006

Liz Maguire's 40th Birthday Party

Ken Parker (R) presented Emily Mondor's family with a framed race number at the TransCanada 10K National Championships

Shirley Fleming enjoying the post race massage at the Transcanada 10K

Chantal Gosselin(R) at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon - 2nd Canadian

Sheila Kealey, first in the open's women category at the first Canadian Rollerski Championships

Martine Ponka training in India
Martine Ponka "training" in India

Liz Maguire, 3rd at the Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon

Annie Robitaille winning the Steve Hall Memorial 10K

Drills in Rockcliffe Park - August 29th

Erin Morley, 6th in her age-group at the World Duathlon Championships

Lisa Balerna, 3rd in her age-group at the World Duathlon Championship

Heather Thompson at the Graham Beasley Half-Ironman Duathlon

Lisa Balerna at the Graham Beasley Duathlon

Esther Kong - aka 'Catwoman' at the Boilermaker 15K - Photo: courtesy of Brightroom.com

Sheila wins the Meech Lake Triathlon - Photo:Steve Bower

OAC Racing Team at the RunnersWeb5K.com - Photo:RunnersWeb.com

Annie Robitaille at the ING Half-Marathon - Photo:RunnersWeb.com

Michelle Schuler in the ING Marathon - Photo:RunnersWeb.com

Michelle Schuler at the Montreal Half-Marathon - Photo:CRS/Marasport

Liz Maguire and Rick Hellard of the Lions will be representing Ottawa in the ING Marathon Run for the Fastest City - Photo - RunnersWeb.com

Susan Kelly enroute to winning the Run for Reach 5K - Photo:- RunnersWeb.com

Liz Maguire(R) at the Spring Run Off In Toronto - Photo: Inge Johnson/CRS

Liz Maguire at Hamilton's Around the Bay 30K - Photo TPSSportsPhotos.bc.ca

Sue Kelly at the World Lifesaving Championships in Australia
Sue placed third in the 2K Beach Run

Liz Maguire after running a first place 4:53.61 for 1500M
in the Ottawa D�me Super Sunday Athletics Series

Sue Kelly(R) A Crazy Canuck training for February's world lifesaving championships in Australia

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