TORONTO July 15th 2015. 17 athletes are set to toe the Start Line for Saturday’s Women’s Marathon at Pan Am Toronto 2015. CRS stars Rachel Hannah and Catherine Watkins will face tough competition from Peruvians Ines Melchor and Gladys Tejeda.
Here is the complete (unofficial) Start List for Saturday morning’s Pan Am Women’s Marathon. There are a total of 17 women, with Peru’s Melchor and Tejeda as the obvious standouts — they are the only ones with sub-2:30 qualifying times and PBs. In fact, the only ones sub-2:32.
CRS stars Rachel Hannah and Catherine Watkins also need to battle strong Americans, Lindsay Flanagan and Sarah Cummings, and Mexico’s Vianey De La Rosa for a podium spot.
The Pan Am women’s champion from Guadalajara 2011, Adriana Aparecida Da Silva of Brazil, will also be on the Start line at Ontario Place West, 7am on Saturday to defend her title.
Join Toronto’s Run Crew CHEER SITES this Saturday July 18th to cheer on Rachel and Catherine! Full details here.
| Name | Country | PB | Qualifying Time |
| Adriana Aparecida Da Silva | BRA | 02:29:17 | 02:35:28 |
| Marily Dos Santos | BRA | 02:31:55 | 02:37:25 |
| Rachel Hannah | CAN | 02:33:30 | 02:33:30 |
| Catherine Watkins | CAN | 02:42:35 | 02:44:59 |
| Erika Olivera | CHI | 02:32:23 | 02:36:08 |
| Natalia Romero | CHI | 02:34:55 | |
| Leidy Tobon | COL | 02:41:20 | 2:41:20 |
| Dailin Belmonte | CUB | 02:38:08 | 02:42:01 |
| Rosa Chacha | ECU | 02:35:29 | 02:35:29 |
| Vianey De La Rosa | MEX | 02:32:01 | 02:32:01 |
| Margarita Hernandez | MEX | 02:41:16 | 02:41:16 |
| Carmen Patricia Martinez | PAR | 02:36:01 | 02:36:01 |
| Ines Melchor | PER | 02:26:48 | 02:26:48 |
| Gladys Tejeda | PER | 02:28:12 | 02:28:12 |
| Sarah Cummings | USA | 02:34:47 | 02:34:47 |
| Lindsay Flanagan | USA | 02:33:12 | 02:33:32 |
| Zuleima Amaya | VEN | 02:42:27 | 02:42:27 |
