2014 award recipients: top ten qualifiers (minimum 5 races, BC Athletics competitive members). For full results see Rankings.

Men:

1. 4527 pts / 5 races  Geoff Martinson
2. 4324 pts / 7 races  Adam Byles
3. 4315 pts / 5 races  Theo Hunt
4. 4174 pts / 5 races  Kevin O’Connor
5. 4110 pts / 6 races  Nicolas Browne
6. 4095 pts / 6 races  Craig Odermatt
7. 4031 pts / 6 races  Mark Bennett
8. 3963 pts / 5 races  Chris Barth
9. 3950 pts / 5 races  Aaron Weidman
10. 3853 pts / 5 races  Chris Napier

Women:

1. 4398 pts / 7 races  Kimberley Doerksen
2. 4394 pts / 7 races  Catherine Watkins
3. 4355 pts / 5 races  Sabrina Wilkie
4. 4195 pts / 7 races  Jen Moroz
5. 4185 pts / 5 races  Melissa Ross
6. 4165 pts / 6 races  Claire Morgan
7. 4136 pts / 5 races  Katherine Moore
8. 4063 pts / 5 races  Shauna Gersbach
9. 4056 pts / 10 races  Kristin Smart
10. 3989 pts / 5 races  Brittany Therrien

The Vancouver Falcons’ Summerfast 10K in Stanley Park on Saturday morning has attracted stellar fields, with the BC 10K Championship and the Timex BC Road Running Series titles on the line…. The women’s race will be a re-match for the top-4 finishers from the Vancouver Sun Run. In April, Rachel Cliff was the clear winner (33:14), followed by the Yukon’s Lindsay Carson, BMO Vancouver Marathon champion Kimberley Doerksen, and recent BC 5K Champion and top master Catherine Watkins…. On the men’s side, course record holder (29:57) Kelly Wiebe may defend his title, but will be hard pressed to do so by training partner Dylan Wykes who ran the fastest 10K by a Canadian this year when finishing runner-up at the Vancouver Sun Run (29:11).

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By Shawn Baenziger

Vancouver runners clearly ruled at this year’s Midsummer 8K race. Adam Byles in the division M30-34 was the winner overall in 25:13 “I was trying to get out hard and to hang in there,” he says. “It was an interesting race. I run lots on the track and liked the forth-and-back and it’s flat.”

The women’s winner overall was Natasha Wodak from Vancouver in 28:07. “It wasn’t my fastest time, I ran 8k quite a bit faster,” she says, adding: “They just said go, there was no countdown. That was really funny.”

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Geoff Martinson wins the BlueShore Financial Longest Day 5k and BC 5k Championship title

The BlueShore Financial Longest Day Road Races hosted by the Vancouver Thunderbirds club were blessed with sunny skies on Friday evening, at the latest stop in the Timex BC Road Running Series. The feature 5K event also served as the 2014 BC Championship, as well as being part of the Lower Mainland Road Race Series.

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Kenyan runner Solomon Rotich was the first to cross the finish line at the Sandcastle City Classic 10K race Sunday. — image credit: Boaz Joseph photo

by Nick Greenizan – Peace Arch News

A new route did little to slow down the field at the Sandcastle City Classic 10K Sunday.

This year’s run – the route for which was altered this year due to construction along Marine Drive – was won by Nairobi, Kenya runner Solomon Rotich, who set a blistering pace and finished in 31 minutes, 44 seconds. Rotich’s time was two minutes and 40 seconds faster than that of the second-place finisher, Vancouver’s Evan Elder.

The first woman to cross the finish line was Vancouver’s Jen Moroz, who was sixth overall with a time of 37:18.

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by Louise Hodgson-Jones

March 24, 2014, Victoria, BC (ISN) – The sixth race in the Frontrunners Island Race Series – Comox Valley RV Half Marathon – took place yesterday. The race – hosted by the Comox Valley Road Runners – featured six age group course records.

Local runner Derek Vinge from the Comox Valley Road Runners won in 1:11:59. Second was Thomas Holme (Prairie Inn Harriers) in 1:13:43 and third was Nicholas Walker (Frontrunners Athletic Club) in 1:13:55. Top female was Claire Morgan (Prairie Inn Harriers) finishing in 1:19:52, second was Kristin Smart (Vancouver Falcons Athletic Club) in 1:23:41 and third was Christy Lovig in 1:24:08.

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by Christopher Kelsall, Athletics Illustrated

…The 2014 BMO St. Patrick’s Day 5k took place today under cloudy but mild conditions. Winners were Martinson of Victoria, who finished in 14:24, Rachel Cliff of Vancouver with her 16:15. Both are new course records. Masters winners are a pair of Vancouver runners (40-plus), Catherine Watkins with her 17:11 and Kevin O’Connor with his 15:28.

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by Christopher Kelsall, Athletics Illustrated

Victoria’s Geoff Martinson and Nanaimo’s Erin Burrett both won the 2014 Synergy Health Bazan Bay 5k today under filtered sun and mild conditions. Meanwhile Victoria’s Craig Odermatt and Vancouver’s Catherine Watkins won the masters division.

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The Timex BC Road Running Series travelled to the Okanagan for the fourth race in the 2014 series, the Penticton Lakeside 5K, which was also the second race in the Canadian Tire Interior Road Race Series hosted by the Penticton Pounders.

Snow flurries and a chill wind greeted participants, but underfoot conditions were good as nearly 200 runners took off from the start. And a little over 16 minutes later, the winners returned.

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(Vancouver, BC – February 19, 2014) The weather gods smiled on the 25th anniversary Pacific Road Runners “First Half” Half Marathon on Sunday, as despite dire predictions of wind and rain, records were broken under blue skies and sunshine.

The third race in the 2014 Timex BC Road Race Series, which also served as the 2014 BC Half Marathon Championship, drew a sell out crowd. Rob Watson retained the title he won in 2013, and Natasha Wodak reclaimed the title she previously won in 2012.

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