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Reid Coolsaet, third place, 2:10:55, 2011 ScotiaBank Toronto Marathon,
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Eric Gillis, fourth, 2:11.28, 2011 ScotiaBank Toronto Marathon,
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Reid Coolsaet, Eric Gillis both make Canadian Olympic team!
2011 ScotiaBank Toronto Marathon,
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Koren Yal, Ethiopia, 2:22:43, takes the 2011 ScotiaBank Toronto Marathon,
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Ed Whitlock, 80 years young, 3:15:01, 2011 ScotiaBank Toronto Marathon,
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Fauja Singh, 100 years young, 8:25:18, 2011 ScotiaBank Toronto Marathon,
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Eric Gillis, in fourth place, charged under the Canadian Olympic qualifying standard of 2:11:29 by one second! One second! Look at him charging down the straight, focused on one thing, getting that standard. And with that second, Eric Gillis joins Reid Coolsaet on the Olympic team for Canada. They will be Olympians! Eric was thirty-third in the Beijing 10,000m final.
At the age of 80, Ed Whitlock not only finished the marathon, running 3:15:01, a time that runners half his age jealous!
And, in the record books, Fauja Singh, 100 years old, became the oldest finisher in a marathon, running 8:25:18.
To get the complete story on the 2011 ScotiaBank Toronto Marathon, please read the following story by Paul Gains:http://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/en/news/2011_10_16.htm