top of page
Dr. Paula Keating

Catégorie

Athlete

Sport

Athletics

Ville natale

Miramichi

Année d'intronisation

2017

Ambassadeur Sportif

athlete

Dr. Paula Keating

MEMBRE HONORÉ

Biographie

Dr. Paula Keating of Miramichi is the first New Brunswick female to ever break the three-hour time barrier in a marathon and has set numerous provincial records as a runner.Although she only began her running career at 39 years of age, she quickly established herself by winning the female category in almost every race she entered for over a decade.Keating’s crowning achievement was winning first female overall at the Detroit Marathon in 2010 and setting a NB record time of 2:52:14. At time of induction, she has won the Rock 'n Run nine times in her hometown of Miramichi and was named Female Runner of the Year by Run NB for five consecutive years.Keating is an inducted member of the Run NB Hall of Fame and the Miramichi Sports Wall of Fame. Enrolled into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame May 27, 2017.

Faits rapides

  • First female in New Brunswick to break three hours in a marathon, a feat which she has repeated over 13 times. 

  • Won first female overall at the Detroit Marathon in 2010, setting a NB record time of 2:52:14 

  • First Canadian female at the 2012 Boston Marathon 

  • Overall Top Female Master and sixth Canadian Female at the Scotiabank Toronto Marathon in 2015

  •  Run NB Female Runner of the Year 2009-2014 

  • Inducted into the Miramichi Sports Wall of Fame in 2013

bottom of page