Marg MacGowan had blazing speed on the track.

She won  several individual championships, setting numerous records, while attending Waterford District High School  between 1968-73.  She was CWOSSA champion  in her division all five years. She won the 1970 George Downing Memorial Trophy as Norfolk's Athlete of the Year.  In 1973 as a senior she won the 100 metre, 400 metre and long jump to be named the Outstanding Athlete at FWSAA.

She won bronze in the 200 metre at both the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, and the 1975 Pam Am Games in Mexico City, when her team also won bronze in the 4 x 400 metre relay.

She ran the 4 x 400 metre at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and again at 1978 British Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, where her team took bronze.

While attending Brock University, Marg was named Female Athlete of the Year in her third and fourth years.  She was inducted into Brock's Hall of Fame in 1996.

Marg excelled again in 1991 at the World Masters in Finland, where she won 100 metre gold and bronze in both the 100 metre and 200 metre.

Marg was inducted into our Sports Hall of Recognition in 2000.

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Original 2000 Profile by Don Stewart