On Sunday, the oldest race in North America showcased quick instances throughout the lads’s and ladies’s podiums, however the males’s winner stole the present. Phil Parrot-Migas of London, Ont., continued his domination of Hamilton’s 30K for the third straight yr, whereas Asia Dwyer of Toronto secured her first win within the ladies’s race, working 1:54.55.
After trailing Miles Brackenbury of Kingston, Ont., for a lot of the race, Parrot-Migas pulled away within the waning kilometres, ending in 1:39.34. Brackenbury stopped the clock at 1:39.47, whereas Eoin Taggart of Toronto rounded out the rostrum in 1:41.01.
Dwyer dominates ladies’s race
With two-time ladies’s winner Rachel Hannah of Port Elgin, Ont., absent this yr, the race noticed its first new ladies’s champion since 2024. Dwyer ran a strategic race, trailing behind Hamilton native Stephanie Ryall for the primary 15 km. Ryall maintained a 15-second lead on Dwyer for the primary half of the race, however with 10 km left, Dwyer took the lead and gapped the sector, crossing the road in 1:54.55. Ryall completed second, working 1:56.53, whereas Toronto’s Kim Brown took third in 1:58.03.
The 132nd Across the Bay race noticed virtually 9,000 runners compete within the 4 distance disciplines (5K, 10K, 15K, 30K). Racers skilled wet and windy spring climate on a brand new course that began and completed nearer to the harbour than previously. Regardless of the rain, a later begin date (April 12, two weeks later than standard) led to better-than-usual circumstances. As an early-season race, Across the Bay typically has harsh climate, testing runners with chilly temperatures, wind and rolling hills.
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