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Earlier this year, former Gryphon runner Andrea Seccafien ran a Canadian half-marathon in a record 1:09:38 at the Marugame Half-Marathon in Japan.\u00a0 It was an extraordinary accomplishment, even more so considering her racing career nearly came to an end in 2015 from a mysterious foot injury. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

She fought through it, healed and changed her running mechanics. By 2016, she reached the Olympic standard time in the women\u2019s 5,000-metre.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

She graduated from U of G in 2013. Her running greatness was featured in Canadian Running<\/em> magazine<\/a> in February.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Originally from Guelph, Seccafien became a competitive runner in high school. She came to U of G in 2010, where she won 5,000-metre gold at the 2013 Canadian Championships. She made her Olympic debut at Rio in 2016 and has won the Canadian title in the 5,000-metre four times. She made the 2019 World Championship 5,000-metre final.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, former Gryphon runner Andrea Seccafien ran a Canadian half-marathon in a record 1:09:38 at the Marugame Half-Marathon in Japan.\u00a0 It was an extraordinary accomplishment, even more so considering her racing career nearly came to an end in 2015 from a mysterious foot injury. \u00a0 She fought through it, healed and changed her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null},"categories":[370],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFormer Gryphon Runner is World-Class -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2020\/06\/former-gryphon-runner-is-world-class\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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