The BMO Vancouver Marathon saw some local competitors do incredibly well.
Matt Mead made his marathon debut with an impressive 42nd overall (out of 4,500 competitors) with a time of 2:50:41, and fourth place in his 35-39 age category.
Duncan Morris won his age category 65-69 in the half marathon with 1:41:11.
The 25th annual event was held on a rainy, wet and cold May 4 morning.
There was plenty of representation from Salmon Arm. Other Salmon Arm competitors in the marathon event were Michael Ogloff, Kyle Ralph, Melanie Mobbs and Rob Lacheur.
In the half marathon, Peter Robertson was fourth in the Male 60-64 category.
Other local competitors in the half-marathon event were: Lauren Koch, Chris Welder, Clay Welder, Marietjie Du Plessis, Jaci Cambidge, Jan Kehl, Derek Woodhurst, Reid Findlay, Sherry Lucas, Lorne Lucas, Trina Bolduc, Chris Ivany, Karla Ivany and John Pickard.
Nearly 16,500 runners from 50 countries registered to participate in the four events over the race weekend.
This was a record number of competitors for the event.
