Why isn’t Nicole Stevenson on this list? Didn’t she run a 2:32?
Yes, she did. Nicole ran a 2:32:56 at the Houston Marathon in 2006, but this list is the progression of the Canadian record which was 2:28 by Sylvia Ruegger at the time of Nicole’s 2:32.
On August 18, 1968, Jerome Drayton ran 2:16:11 to set a new Canadian marathon record. So from that date until today Dec. 10, 2016 he has been the only Canadian record holder. His best time 2:10:09 in 1975 still stands. Amazing. He should be listed in your research starting in 1968 and he is not. Here is the reference.
“On August 18, 1968, Drayton partcipated in the Guelph to Dundas marathon on the regional roads of Ontario. By winning this event in a new national record of 2Hr 16min 11sec, the selectors had no other choice but to send him to the Olympic games. At the Mexico Olympics he was blighted by dysentery and registered a DNF .(did not finish).”
Walter Fedorick’s 2:28 at Hamilton in 1950 is dubious. The ARRS has it listed as a short course. He was not known to have run any times remotely similar to this (his best appear to be two 2:40’s also run in 1950), and if it had been a valid mark the time would have been a world leader for that year.
If we scratch this mark, Gordon Dickson’s 2:31:50.5 on 24 May 1955 at Hamilton would have qualified as a Canadian record.
Amazing that no one has been able to beat Drayton’s record for 35 years.
It certainly is, Jen, but I have a feeling that will change just before noon on November 7 in Central Park.
The women’s progression is incorrect. JoAnn Heale ran 2:57:40 in 1975. I will see what I can do about fixing this list.
Thanks Louise! The ARRS list appears to have been updated to include JoAnn Heale (née McKinty), as well as the two previous recordholders.
Why isn’t Nicole Stevenson on this list? Didn’t she run a 2:32?
Yes, she did. Nicole ran a 2:32:56 at the Houston Marathon in 2006, but this list is the progression of the Canadian record which was 2:28 by Sylvia Ruegger at the time of Nicole’s 2:32.
On August 18, 1968, Jerome Drayton ran 2:16:11 to set a new Canadian marathon record. So from that date until today Dec. 10, 2016 he has been the only Canadian record holder. His best time 2:10:09 in 1975 still stands. Amazing. He should be listed in your research starting in 1968 and he is not. Here is the reference.
“On August 18, 1968, Drayton partcipated in the Guelph to Dundas marathon on the regional roads of Ontario. By winning this event in a new national record of 2Hr 16min 11sec, the selectors had no other choice but to send him to the Olympic games. At the Mexico Olympics he was blighted by dysentery and registered a DNF .(did not finish).”
Walter Fedorick’s 2:28 at Hamilton in 1950 is dubious. The ARRS has it listed as a short course. He was not known to have run any times remotely similar to this (his best appear to be two 2:40’s also run in 1950), and if it had been a valid mark the time would have been a world leader for that year.
If we scratch this mark, Gordon Dickson’s 2:31:50.5 on 24 May 1955 at Hamilton would have qualified as a Canadian record.