MONTREAL – Olympic-bound Eric Gillis surged away from Matt Loiselle over the final 800 metres Sunday to win the men’s Canadian national half-marathon championships.
The Guelph, Ont., runner finished the 21-kilometre course in a time of one hour four minutes 38 seconds.
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Loiselle, of Toronto, was eight seconds back, while Rejean Chiasson, also of Toronto, was third, 16 seconds back of Gillis.
Kate Bazeley of St. John’s, N.L., took the women’s race with a time of 1:16:34.
Leslie Sexton of London, Ont., was second in 1:16:54, while Erin Maclean of Beechville, N.S., was third (1:17:02).
Gillis, Dylan Wykes and Reid Coolsaet will run for Canada in the marathon at the London Olympics this summer.
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