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1958 - Began
Running at Minto High School and led Minto High to many
Provincial and Maritime
titles. He
personally set Provincial and Maritime records for the
half mile, one mile, as well
as Cross
Country races.
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1958-62 - Walter won over 95% of the races he ran in the
Maritimes |
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March, 1961 -
Participated at the Canadian Indoor Track & Field
Championship in Winnipeg.
He placed 2nd
in the 3-mile race and finished 1st in the
1-mile race. As a result of his
Showing,
Walter was approached by a number of U.S. Colleges
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Summer, 1961
– Placed 2nd (4 min.20 sec) to #1 ranked
Bruce Kidd (4 min 10 sec) in the 1 – mile
Event at the
Eastern Canadian Track & Field Championship in Halifax.
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Won the 8 1/4
mile race in Halifax. |
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August, 1961
- Placed 2nd in Canadian Track & Field
Championship in Regina, losing by 1/10 of a
Second.
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September,1961 – Won a Gold Medal in the Juvenile
Division of the Canadian Cross Country
Championship
- Hamilton
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Won Eaton’s
of Canada Award as the Outstanding Athlete on the N.B.
team.
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Other
accomplishments:
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Won Saint John 5 – mile Road Race
in 1960 & 1961 |
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Won Nova Scotia Highland Games 1 & 3 mile races - 1960 &
1961 |
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Became the first New Brunswick runner to break the 4
minute 30 second mile. |
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After a 20
year hiatus from running, Walter returned to his sport
in 1981 with a
new goal ---
to run the famous 26.2 mile Boston Marathon. He achieved
his goal in
1985 and ran
9 more Boston’s
on route to a total of 46 marathons . His
personal
best time was
2 hours and 36 minutes. In the 1988 Boston Marathon he
placed
238th
out of 10,000 runners.
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