by Larry EderSergio Reyes, who runs for the ASICS Aggies, won the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon today, running a personal best of 2:14.02, seven seconds up on second place!. The USA Marathon champs winner, Reyes aslo has the option to represent the US at the World Champs in Daegu, Korea in 2011.
Sergio Reyes Wins USA Men’s Marathon
Championship at the
29th Annual Medtronic Twin
Cities Marathon
Buzunesh Deba captures the women’s title
on Sunday, October 3rd
St. Paul – (October 3,
2010) Sergio Reyes from Palmdale, California took home the 2010 Medtronic Twin
Cities Marathon crown today as he ran one of his best races with a time of
2:14:02.
“It’s obviously my biggest win yet,” said
Reyes. “I’m still green and have a long way to go, but it is
exciting.”
Reyes was trailed by
Jeffrey Eggleston, 2:14:09 and Fernando Cabada, 2:15:25.
In the women’s
race, Buzunesh Deba of Ethiopia
set a personal record today with a time of 2:27:24, followed by Svetlana
Ponomarenko of Russia at
2:35:23 and Serkalem Abrha of Ethiopia
at 2:36:16. This past June, Deba also won Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth with a time of 2:31:35 and so has had very good
success on Minnesota
ground.
USA Masters
Men’s Champion Mbarak Hussein, 45 of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
reclaimed his master’s title he won in 2006 with a time of 2:16:58. Hussein
commented,” I was happy with my time. I haven’t run [a marathon] in
three years so the time was impressive.” Carl Rundell won second place in
2:26:58 and Matt Sandercock finished third with 2:27:23.
For the women, Susan Loken from Phoenix,
Arizona won the USA
Masters Women’s Championship in 2:44:43, her fourth USA Masters title. Tamara Karrh
came in at 2:44:53 and Megan Arbogast finished in the third spot at 2:45:48.
In the men’s wheeler division, Saul Mendoza won his seventh
title in 1:41:58 and was the race’s defending champion. Mendoza, a
Wimberley, Texas
resident, won his first Twin Cities Marathon in 1996. “I’ve
been racing for so long and now I split my training [between events],” he
said. “It’s great to be back and I hope to come back again next
year.” He still holds the course record of 1:35:03. Adam
Bleakney finished second with 1:42:07 and Aaron Pike took third with
1:44:06.
Christina Ripp of Lakewood,
California picked up the win for
the women wheelers with a time of 2:02:43 while Sandra Rush finished in
2:37:22.
“Once again we’ve confirmed our strong tradition of
championship performances across the board, including Mbarak Hussein and Susan
Loken, who have returned to the Twin Cities to reclaim their masters titles,”
said Virginia Brophy Achman,
Executive Director for Twin Cities In Motion. “The emergence of Sergio
Reyes and other top performers are only the beginning of the performances we
will see as we look toward next year’s world championships and the 2012
games.”
For more results, please go to www.mtcmarathon.org.
Twin Cities In Motion, (formerly Twin Cities Marathon, Inc.) is the non-profit
organization that organizes running events throughout the year, including the
Valentine’s Day TC 5K, 100% Irish For A Day TC 5K & TC 10 Mile,
Medtronic TC 1 Mile, Twins
Territory 4K, Red, White
& Boom! TC Half Marathon, the TC 5K, TC 10K & Medtronic TC Family
Events, Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, Medtronic TC 10 Mile, all related
events and Medtronic TC Kids Marathon program, as a community service for the
Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Visit mtcmarathon.org for more information.
