Susan Stone (athlete)

Susan K. Stone (b. Aug. 29, 1960) is a former Canadian athlete who competed in middle and long distance races. She became the Canadian National Champion in the 10K in 1988 after only beginning to run in 1983.

Stone became a prominent runner along with international competitors Zhong Huandi, Marguerite Buist, Ellen Rochefort, Sissel Grottenberg, and Odette Lapierre. She was ninth at the 1988 Boston Marathon, 7th at the 1986 Osaka Women's Marathon (in Japan), 13th at the 1987 London Marathon, 13th at the 1986 New York City Marathon and 13th at the 1985 Chicago Marathon. Stone was selected for the Canadian team at the 1987 World Championship Marathon and the 1989 World Cross Country Championships.

She is the winner of the 1985 and 1987 Around the Bay Road Race, the 1986 and 1988 Subaru 4-Mile Chase (in Buffalo, New York), the 1985 Grandma's Marathon, the 1988 Toronto Marathon, the 1984 Avon Women's NYC Half Marathon, and was second at the 1984 Marine Corps Marathon. She continued to run and compete in age categories (masters) after taking time off to further her teaching career and to raise a family.

Achievements Representing 1989Chicago MarathonChicago, Illinois16thMarathon2:45:471989World Cross Country ChampionshipsStavanger, Norway30th6K23:471988Toronto MarathonToronto, Canada1stMarathon2:40:381988Boston MarathonBoston, Massachusetts9thMarathon2:38:481988Canadian ChampionshipsToronto, Canada 1st10K33:561987Around the Bay Road RaceHamilton, Canada 1st30K1:51:371987World ChampionshipsRome, ItalyDNFMarathonn/a1987London MarathonLondon, England13thMarathon2:37:161986New York City MarathonNew York, New York13thMarathon2:39:051985Chicago MarathonChicago, Illinois13thMarathon2:38:481985Grandma's MarathonDuluth, Minnesota 1stMarathon2:39:451985Around the Bay Road RaceHamilton, Canada 1st30K1:53:231984Marine Corps MarathonWashington, DC 2ndMarathon2:45:471984Avon Women's Half MarathonNew York, New York 1stHalf Marathon1:17:15

See also Canadian records in track and field

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