Caleb MacPhee from St. Andrews, running in the U19 category, was the top local with an impressive 4th place finish in the 47 th annual St. Andrews Father’s Day road race. He clocked the five mile course in a 28:23 and bested his 2024 race time of 29:20.
Caleb ran for the Mt. Allison cross country team during the 2024/2025 academic year and finished fourth at the Atlantic Canadian Athletic Association (ACAA) championships. In addition, Caleb was named to the ACAA all-conference team.
Evan Arsenault posted the fastest time with a 27:20 clocking. Suzanne Myers from Moncton was the first female across the line with a 32:48 pace.
Local running guru, Verne Cunningham, explains the odd five mile race distance is a pre-metric running standard that was used when the run started in 1978. Local running legend, Brian DIxon plotted the race course with the car odometer and set the start/finish line at the Kiwanis campground to honour the Kiwanis Club for sponsoring the race. Forty seven years later, the tradition continues.
134 participants crossed the finish line with 46 of those individuals having roots here in Southwest New Brunswick.
Congratulations to all the road racers. It’s fantastic to see runners.from across a wide age and skill range come together in this event. The top three finishers, top female and all local finishers results can be found below:
Pos Athlete Residence Prov Cat M/F Chrono
1 Evan Arsenault Quispamsis NB 30-39 M 27:20
2 Hayden Hollowell Moncton NB 30-39 M 27:46
3 Nicholas Larade Fredericton NB 40-49 M 27:51
4 Caleb Macphee St Andrews NB 19&< M 28:23
13 Suzanne Myers Moncton NB 30-39 F 32:48
23 Bode Gregory St Stephen NB 19&< M 36:43
25 Yiran Xu St Andrews NB 19&< M 36:52
33 Mark McGuire St Andrews NB 30-39 M 39:19
36 Owen Jones St Andrews NB 30-39 M 39:26
38 Tom Mungham Bocabec NB 60-69 M 39:41
43 William Robinson Digdeguash NB 19&< M 41:24
44 Tyler Murphy Lake George NB 20-29 M 41:28
45 Victoria McGuire St Andrews NB 30-39 F 41:39
47 Raeghan O’Leary St Andrews NB 20-29 F 42:02
49 Edward Mackie St Stephen NB 60-69 M 42:17
51 Carrie Soontiens Little Ridge NB 40-49 F 42:43
56 Lesley Oleary St Andrews NB 50-59 F 43:02
68 Eliza Johnson Blacks Harbour NB 19&< F 45:03
74 Dianne Morrison St Stephen NB 60-69 F 46:14
75 Allison Buchanan St George NB 30-39 F 46:29
76 Jeremiah Kerr Bayside NB 40-49 M 46:33
78 Amanda Leavitt St Andrews NB 30-39 F 46:44
79 Julien Gaudette St Andrews NB 50-59 M 46:52
82 Phil Winters Letang NB 30-39 M 47:15
83 Jaime Hood Harvey NB 40-49 F 47:30
85 Erin Clarke Bayside NB 20-29 F 47:31
87 Lara Cooper St Andrews NB 50-59 F 47:35
88 Gregor Reid St Andrews NB 50-59 M 47:49
91 Justin LeBlanc Upper Mills NB 30-39 M 48:22
92 Brad Henderson St Andrews NB 40-49 M 48:47
95 Nick Boucher Harvey NB 19&< M 50:02
96 Hideaki Kaneko Bocabec NB 50-59 M 50:09
97 Aya Kaneko Bocabec NB 19&< F 50:10
100 Kayla Doak St Andrews NB 30-39 F 50:25
102 Jim Taylor Dufferin NB 70-79 M 50:56
105 Melyan Vezina St George NB 30-39 F 51:07
106 Annette Johnston Letete NB 50-59 F 51:18
107 Sophia Hill St Andrews NB 19&< F 51:21
110 Richard Bale Chamcook NB 70-79 M 52:13
113 Andrew Jackson St Andrews NB 30-39 M 53:22
115 Paul Logan St Andrews NB 30-39 M 53:32
121 Kathleen Clarke Bayside NB 50-59 F 57:25
122 Kai Kaneko Bocabec NB 19&< M 57:57
123 Barbara Langille St Andrews NB 30-39 F 58:26
124 Aj Kennedy St Andrews NB 50-59 M 59:08
125 Ryan O’Connell Bayside NB 30-39 M 59:15
127 Eden Troke Letang NB 30-39 F 1:00:27
128 R Jeff Irving Chamcook NB 60-69 M 1:01:30
131 Amelia Kennedy St Andrews NB 19&< F 1:05:07
134 Susan Stroud Kaneko Bocabec NB 50-59 F 1:12:42
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