Official Winners
Hats off to the official winners of the BMO Vancouver Marathon! One event course record was established in the Half Marathon by Kip Kangogo who finished first beating the past record set in 2009 by Willy Kimosop.
2012 BMO Vancouver Marathon Final Results:
Marathon Male
1st – Gezahgn Eshetu, Ethiopia [2:21:51]
2nd – Benard Onsare, Kenya (Calgary resident) [2:22:16]
3rd – Ryan Day, Shuswap First Nation, BC [2:29:22]
Marathon Female
1st – Ellie Greenwood, Scotland (new resident of North Vancouver, BC) [2:42:16]
2nd – Mary Akor, CA, USA [2:46:01]
3rd – Catrin Jones, Victoria, BC [2:52:11]
Half Marathon Male
1st – Kip Kangogo, Kenya (Lethbridge resident) [1:04:48]
2nd – Willy Kiptoo Kimoso, Kenya (Lethbridge resident) [1:05:07]
3rd – Kibet Rutto, Kenya (Edmonton resident) [1:06:28]
Half Marathon Female
1st – Natasha Wodak-Fraser, Port Moody, BC [1:15:12]
2nd – Allison Macsas, Austin, TX [1:15:31]
3rd – Lucy Smith, Vancouver, BC [1:18:38]
Gezahgn Eshetu
Photo Credit: CP Images