New records, course and half marathon championships highlight the Fredericton Marathon
May 13th, 2026

May 12, 2026

FREDERICTON (RUNNB) Two new records, two new courses and the provincial half-marathon championships stole the spotlight at the 𝟰𝟴𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗠𝗰𝗞𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘆𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻.

Despite Sunday’s downpour, marathoners, half marathoners, and 10K runners took on the city’s bridges, streets, and trails — while Saturday’s 5K participants and kids of all ages filled downtown Fredericton. In total, 𝟯,𝟲𝟳𝟭𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀were registered across the weekend.

The Fredericton Marathon hosted the 2026 RunNB open 21.1k championships Sunday. Halifax’s Matthew Beaver won the men’s title with Hayden Hollowell, of Moncton, placing second and Colin Calvert, of Montague Gold Mines, Nova Scotia coming third.

Allie Sandluck, of Thorburn, Nova Scotia, claimed the women’s half marathon championship title with Erin Coates, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, taking second and Julia Reid-Howell, of Fredericton, finishing third.

Saturday’s 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝟱𝗞delivered fireworks of its own. Forty elite athletes raced two loops of the downtown core, and 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹:

• 𝗘𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘁(Sweets Corner, NS) set a new women’s record in 16:30, smashing her own 17:27 mark from last year’s inaugural race.

• 𝗛𝘂𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲(Central Chebogue, NS) clocked a blistering 14:01, beating the previous 14:28 record set by Mike Tate (London, ON).

Nearly $𝟴,𝟬𝟬𝟬𝗶𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆was awarded to the top four elite women and top four elite men, along with recognition for the two new course records. The Elite 5K remains the only race east of Quebec City included in the 2026 Athletics Canada Road Race Label program. The Open 5k race used the same downtown route.

This year also introduced a new 10K course and relocated the Trites Orthodontics Youth Fun Run to Queen Street and Officers’ Square — bringing even more energy into the heart of downtown.

Thank you to all the participants, volunteers, sponsors and supporters who helped make the 48th annual Stewart McKelvey Fredericton Marathon such a success!