Posted: April 9, 2006

Athletics: Tara Quinn-Smith defends title ahead of record field of 3,662 at 28th annual Harry's Spring Run-Off 8K

Tara Quinn-Smith Wins! Photo: Photo by Inge Johnson/CRS

On an uncharacteristically sunny spring morning, Tara Quinn-Smith, just back from the Melbourne Commonwealth games, proved the class of the field. She led the women's race from wire to wire to retain her crown in 27:36, ahead of Calgary's Lisa Harvey (28:33) and Ottawa's Sarah Dillabaugh (28:58). Husband Andrew Smith came second in the men's race in 24:35, unable to stick Windsor's Ryan McKenzie over the famous uphill, later stages of the race.

There was a generally festive atmosphere amongst the sold out crowd on opening day of Canada Running Series 2006, with lots to cheer about as $208,000 was also raised to fight prostate cancer at Princess Margaret Hospital.

Complete results at: CanadaRunningSeries.com

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