Rory Linkletter To Race Canadian Marathon Championships in Marathon Debut

By Adam Kopet

The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon announced Thursday on Instagram that Rory Linkletter will make his marathon debut at the 2019 race, scheduled for Oct. 20. The race will serve as the Canadian Marathon Championships and the selection race for the 2020 Olympics.

 

 

 

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Tonight's Elite Week athlete announcement: 🔥RORY LINKLETTER🔥 The former NCAA star from BYU is making his debut in the marathon at the Canadian Trials. Linkletter recently went pro, joining the prestigious NAZ Elite group. Linkletter has represented Canada internationally, and also has some speedy 2019 track times to use as monentum as he looks to make his mark on the roads. We will play host to the Canadian Marathon Trials during race day Oct. 20. All this week, we'll be announcing the deepest national field ever assembled. Each runner will be competing for a coveted spot on Team Canada for Tokyo 2020. . . . . #EliteWeek #ToWaterfront42k #ItsYourMoment #MarathonTrials #marathondebut

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Linkletter finished his collegiate career at BYU this spring. He finished second in the 10,000 meters at the 2017 NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships. He has a 10,000-meter personal best of 28:12.42 from this year's Payton Jordan Invitational.

Linkletter has since joined the HOKA ONE ONE Northern Arizona Elite. He represented Canada on Friday at the 18th Pan American Games, finishing sixth in the 10,000 meters in 28:38.49.

He will join Cam Levins, the Canadian record holder in the marathon, as an athlete already announced for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

The race will be broadcast on AthleticsCanada.TV.