DRaYTON LaUdS LeVINS FOR bReaKING RecORd

Jerome Drayton wasn’t surprised that Cam Levins was the runner who finally took down his 43-year-old Canadian marathon record. Drayton has followed Levins’ progress over the years. Levins beat Drayton’s long-standing mark of two hours, 10 minutes and nine seconds by 44 seconds at the Toronto Marathon on Sunday. “I think it’s about time the record was (broken),” Drayton said. “I think it should have (happened) about 30 or 40 years ago, but then I guess the quality of marathon runners wasn’t that great in those years.” Drayton said he’s planning to chat with Levins once he returns from vacation. Now 73, Drayton set the previous record in Japan in December 1975.