Ottawa Race Weekend 2015 event results, highlights

A record-breaking 49,500Ottawa Race Weekend participants raised a record-breaking $800,000 and counting for charity in 2015, organizers say.

A total of 49,439 runners raced in the 41st annual race weekend's sixevents in 2015, an increase of about 2,000 people compared to 2014, according to a media release issued Sunday.

The more than $800,000 raised for charity by thousands of runners is also a "significant jump" over last year's $625,000 raised for charity, the release states.

Scotiabank's Charity Challenge allowed participants to run for their choice of 40 recognized charitable organizations, including The Ottawa Hospital, CHEO Foundation, Amnesty International and more.

As for record-breaking races, Kenya's Gladys Cherono broke the 10K women'srecord on Saturday with a finish time of30:56, shaving 25 seconds off the previous record.

For the third year in a row, anEthiopian man and womantook the top marathon prizes, leadinga field of nearly 6,000 runners.

Girmay Birhanu, 28, finished at 02:08:14 and wasn't able to beat the Ottawa record of 02:06:54 setin 2014.

Aberu Zennebe, 31, was the first woman to cross the finish the marathonat 02:25:30 aftera sprint to the finish line.

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Results oftop finishers

For morecomplete results, visit the Ottawa Race Weekend results page.

Marathon (source:Ottawa Race Weekend)

• 1st man:GirmayBirhanu, Ethiopia, 02:08:14
• 2nd man: PhilipKangogo, Kenya, 02:09:56
• 3rdman:CheleDechasa,Ethiopia, 02:09:59
• 1st Canadian man: Robin Watson, Vancouver, 02:19:22 (8th overall)
• 1st woman:AberuZennebe, Ethiopia, 02:25:30
• 2ndwoman: RebeccaChesir, Kenya, 02:25:41
• 3rd woman:AbebechAfework, Ethiopia, 02:25:53
• 1st Canadian woman: Rachel Hannah, Toronto, 02:33:30 (10thoverall)

Half marathon (source: Sportstats)

• 1st man: MattVierula, Ottawa, 01:10:39:
• 2nd man: StevenMcElligott, Montreal, 01:12:47
• 3rd man: AdrianTsang, Ottawa, 01:13:20
• 1st woman: MelissaChenard, Quebec, 01:21:51
• 2nd woman: AngelaSwitt, Toronto, 01:21:54
• 3rd woman: CharlotteDunlap, Ottawa, 01:21:59

10K (source: Ottawa Race Weekend)

• 1st man: Nicholas Bor, Prague, 27:55
• 2nd man: SimonCheprot, Kenya, 27:57
• 3rd man: DavidKogei, Kenya, 28:16
• 1st Canadian man: EricGillis,Guelph, 28:58 (7th overall)
• 1st woman: GladysCherono, Kenya, 30:56
• 2nd woman:PeresJepchirchir, Kenya, 31:18
• 3rd woman:LanniMarchant, Canada, 31:49

5K (source: Sportstats)

• 1st man:DanyRacine, Canada (Victoriaville, Que.), 15:26.6
• 2nd man: CraigFettes,Ottawa, 15:39.0
• 3rd man: MattSetlack, Ottawa, 15:45.7
• 1st woman: ErinO'Higgins, Ottawa, 18:23.5
• 2nd woman:IsabelleKanz, Ottawa, 18:41.1
• 3rd woman: MaryMcGregor, Ottawa, 18:47.2

2K (source:Sportstats)

• 1st man: MarcusTomiuk, Montreal, 06:10.6
• 2nd man: Mackenzie Palmer, Chelsea, Que., 06:28.7
• 3rd man: IsaacTenasco,Maniwaki, Que., 07:13
• 1st woman: MarianneHoule, Quebec, 07:20.2
• 2nd woman:KamileLevesque, Quebec, 07:26.5
• 3rd woman:JustineChampagne, Montreal, 07:58.5

Kids marathon (source:Sportstats)

• 1st boy: Nolan Kisser, Ottawa, 02:58.8
• 2nd boy: JonathanJarvis, Ottawa, 03:01.2
• 3rd boy: EthanMulholland, Ottawa, 03:01.7
• 1st girl: EmmaJarvis, Ottawa, 03:05.0
• 2nd girl: SarahPucci, Ottawa, 03:23.7
• 3rd girl:KieraBayne, Ottawa, 03:25.1

Please note: Sportstatsdoesn't track wheelchair marathon finishersand Ottawa Race Weekend doesn't release thoseresults either.