Tara Quinn-Smith Enters Emilie's Run
World Championships qualifier could challenge course record

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Posted Friday, 5 June, 2009

From Ryan Lamppa, Running USA

OTTAWA, Canada - (May 31, 2009) - Tara Quinn-Smith has confirmed her entry into the 2009 Emilie's Run 5K on Saturday, June 20th. She is coming off her new Canadian Half Marathon win and record of 1:12:08. Quinn-Smith, 29, a member of the Brooks Canada Marathon Project based in Toronto, has a personal best of 15:58 for 5K and is expected to threaten the course record of 16:30. She placed 6th - first Canadian - at the recent MDS Nordion 10K in 33:39 and has qualified for the World Marathon Championships this August in Berlin.

Lioudmila Kortchaguina, the 2009 Canadian Marathon champion - having run 2:32 in Ottawa on May 24 - is also entered.

Emilie's Run - The Emilie Mondor Memorial 5K Race for Women will be run on June 20th from the Aviation Museum in Ottawa. Emilie's Run is a women-only 5K road race named after Emilie Mondor who was killed in a car accident in September of 2006. She was the first Canadian woman to run under 15 minutes for 5000 meters and 2004 Athens Olympian. Mondor had moved to Ottawa to start training for the marathon with the goal of going to the 2008 Beijing Olympics in that event.

Last year, Emilie's Run was the only "women-only" road race in Canada and it is certainly one of the fastest women's 5K races. Last year, 38 women ran under 20:00. Emilie's Run had four out of the top ten 5K female performances in Ontario last year and 6 of the top ten Masters (40+) performances!

While there is over $7000 in prize money for the top individuals and teams, the race is open to all women and is designed to be a celebration of women's running in memory of a Canadian Olympian.

There is also a 1K run for children 12 and under and they will receive free admission to the Aviation Museum

The course record of 16:30 was set by two-time winner Nicole Stevenson of Toronto in 2006. Last year, Paula Wiltse of Kingston set a Canadian Masters (40+) record of 17:02 while placing second overall to Stevenson's 16:58.

The race offers several unique features to enhance the participants' experience such as timing mats at each kilometer and the race numbers 1 through 50 designate runners who placed 1 through 50 in the previous year's race.

CHEO - the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is the official charity of the event.

Online registration is available at: www.EmiliesRun.com

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