BILLY BEST

Running

• Competitive runner 1954-1986

• Competed in all distances from 440 yds. to  26 mi.

• Competed locally, provincially, regionally, nationally, and internationally

• Completed the famed Boston Marathon twice , finishing 51st in 1962

• Member of the MMHS Cross Country Team which won the Canadian Cross - Country Championship in Hamilton , Ont. in 1955

• Finished  1st in 70% of all his competitive races

• Won the 5 - mile Saint John Road Race  7 consecutive years

• Won the 8 1/4 mile Halifax Natal Day Road Race  4 times , breaking his personal best record each time