For the second consecutive yr, The Maine-iacs emerged because the outright winners of the historic Cabot Path Relay in Baddeck. N.S., claiming the highest spot within the 276-kilometre, 17-leg relay race and setting a brand new course file of 15 hours, 43 minutes and 23 seconds.
Alec Troxell of the MAINE-IACS is the file breaker for leg 10 of the Cabot Path relay–ending at 1:00:47 and a mean tempo of three:25. pic.twitter.com/3bX1jz5J0i
— Amara Bangura (@Amarahbangura) Might 28, 2023
The crew of 14 runners averaged a tempo of three:25/km for 276 km, beating their earlier successful time by 18 minutes. The highest Canadian crew, Gradual Ships AC from Nova Scotia, gave The Maine-iacs a run for his or her cash, ending solely 14 minutes behind them, in 15:57:49. Following them, Toronto’s Black Lungs crew took third with a time of 16:49:37.
The Maine-iacs crew was led by Robert Gomez of Bangor, Maine, who completed 83rd total on the 2023 Boston Marathon in 2:27:25, and U.S. Olympic Marathon Trails qualifier Daniel Vassallo. Each athletes ran two of the 17 legs. The second-place crew, Gradual Ships, is made up of former and present cross-country crew members at Francis Xavier College in Antigonish, N.S.
This dude simply completed the final leg of the Cabot Path relay —18.7 km— in 1:01! Insane. pic.twitter.com/GmBADcRy7A
— wojinald (@wojinald) Might 28, 2023
Within the feminine division, Toronto’s Glory Dames had been topped champions of the thirty fourth Cabot Path Relay, crossing the end line in 21 hours, 21 minutes and 43 seconds. They had been adopted by the American crew, Maine Street Hags, who accomplished the race in 22:26:33. One other Ontario crew, Sole Sisters, completed third in 23:11:48.
Within the combined crew occasion, the Halifax Street Hammers from Nova Scotia completed within the prime spot in a brand new course file of 17 hours, 34 minutes, and 54 seconds.
This yr, 69 groups completed the historic relay race. The thirty fifth version of the Cabot Path Relay is scheduled for Might 2024.
