Marathon results
Jonathan Kotter cut nearly 14 minutes from his second place finish in 2014, to win this year’s running of Utah’s oldest road race, the Deseret News Class Marathon in Salt Lake City.
First ran in 1970, Kotter (2:26:36) bested more than 300 runners on the USATF certified 3,200-foot descent through Emigration Canyon.
Coming in second by a comfortable margin was Ben Van Beekum (2:32:01).
Brandon Borget rounded out the top three with a time of 2:45:59.
Similar to the men’s finish, the women’s race was won by the 2014 runner-up.
Meredith Sinclair (3:06:26) cut six minutes from her second-place finish a year ago to take the top spot.
The only other runners to come in under three hours and 25 minutes were Lesa Stewart (3:12:15) and Camie Draxler (3:20:56).
Top 10 Men
| 1 |
Jonathan KOTTER |
2:26:36 |
| 2 |
Ben VAN BEEKUM |
2:32:01 |
| 3 |
Brandon BORGET |
2:45:59 |
| 4 |
Jace NYE |
2:50:44 |
| 5 |
Bill COBLER |
2:51:48 |
| 6 |
Ryan HANSEN |
2:56:12 |
| 7 |
Erik STORHEIM |
3:04:01 |
| 8 |
Jeff LOVELESS |
3:04:35 |
| 9 |
Ryan THORESON |
3:04:37 |
| 10 |
Trent MAEZ |
3:04:59 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 |
Meredith SINCLAIR |
3:06:26 |
| 2 |
Lesa STEWART |
3:12:15 |
| 3 |
Camie DRAXLER |
3:20:56 |
| 4 |
Stephanie BURNHAM |
3:25:11 |
| 5 |
Julie JORGENSEN |
3:25:42 |
| 6 |
Mindy HEATON |
3:26:38 |
| 7 |
Mary FLOISAND |
3:30:30 |
| 8 |
Randi BENNION |
3:32:27 |
| 9 |
Sarah GRANATA |
3:33:07 |
| 10 |
Shan KARREN |
3:34:31 |
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Half Marathon results
Brett Hales defended his title in the Deseret News Classic Half Marathon with a time of 1:04:07.
Hales’ time was more than two and a half minutes faster than in 2014.
Runner-up Riley Cook (1:05:21) was able to hold off Jason Holt (1:06:01), who repeated as third.
For the women, it was Natalie Callister (1:16:18) coming in seconds ahead of Katherine Ward (1:16:30) for first.
Morgan Haws managed to take third with a time of 1:17:07.
Top 10 Men
| 1 |
Brett HALES |
1:04:07 |
| 2 |
Riley COOK |
1:05:21 |
| 3 |
Jason HOLT |
1:06:01 |
| 4 |
Taylor FARNSWORTH |
1:07:58 |
| 5 |
Manuel MENA |
1:08:07 |
| 6 |
Coleman LLOYD |
1:15:00 |
| 7 |
Aarim FARNSWORTH |
1:15:39 |
| 8 |
Matthew CHRISTENSEN |
1:18:56 |
| 9 |
Walker CLARK |
1:19:59 |
| 10 |
Herman VANDECASTEELE |
1:20:50 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 |
Natalie CALLISTER |
1:16:18 |
| 2 |
Katherine WARD |
1:16:30 |
| 3 |
Morgan HAWS |
1:17:07 |
| 4 |
Natalie COMO |
1:18:05 |
| 5 |
Christina PERRY |
1:18:28 |
| 6 |
Angie NICKERSON |
1:20:46 |
| 7 |
Kristen OLSEN |
1:22:01 |
| 8 |
Laurie SHEA |
1:22:22 |
| 9 |
Allison ANDERSEN |
1:22:41 |
| 10 |
J. RICHARDS |
1:24:12 |
Complete Results
10K results
Top 10 Men
| 1 |
Jared WARD |
28:46.9 |
| 2 |
Jason LYNCH |
29:05.3 |
| 3 |
Hiroki YAMAGISHI |
29:26.3 |
| 4 |
Shun SATO |
29:35.2 |
| 5 |
Garek BIELACZYC |
30:03.5 |
| 6 |
John COYLE |
30:05.5 |
| 7 |
Hiroya INOUE |
30:18.8 |
| 8 |
Shohei KURATA |
30:22.1 |
| 9 |
Logan PETTY |
30:43.9 |
| 10 |
Trevor RICKS |
31:00.9 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 |
Melody JENSON |
34:57.7 |
| 2 |
Janae RICHARDSON |
35:39.9 |
| 3 |
Merrilee BLACKHAM |
35:58.4 |
| 4 |
Jackie HEAPS |
36:45.2 |
| 5 |
Carol ROWE |
37:06.3 |
| 6 |
Angie BEEBE |
37:25.0 |
| 7 |
Whitney RICH |
37:26.5 |
| 8 |
Caisa BROWN |
38:19.4 |
| 9 |
April CALLISTER |
38:48.4 |
| 10 |
Maggie BEAZER |
39:10.4 |
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5K results
Top 10 Men
| 1 |
Granger COCKE |
18:17.3 |
| 2 |
Bryan JOHNSON |
18:50.8 |
| 3 |
Connor JONES |
20:04.1 |
| 4 |
Tony KREUZER |
20:32.4 |
| 5 |
Daniel SOWARDS |
20:51.6 |
| 6 |
Matthew KING |
20:55.6 |
| 7 |
Barry KENT |
21:28.4 |
| 8 |
Drew SHARP |
21:33.0 |
| 9 |
Colton KEHR |
21:41.3 |
| 10 |
Jaziel GARCIA |
21:45.1 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 |
Arianna Bradley ROTH |
20:47.1 |
| 2 |
Michayla MILLER |
21:28.5 |
| 3 |
Stephanie ANAYA |
23:00.2 |
| 4 |
Laura KEHR |
23:40.2 |
| 5 |
Tiffany HOLIDAY |
24:06.1 |
| 6 |
Kelli HOLIDAY |
24:14.5 |
| 7 |
Sage ALLEN |
24:14.8 |
| 8 |
KENNA HOLIDAY |
26:01.2 |
| 9 |
Erin GAYKOWSKI |
26:23.5 |
| 10 |
Brooke HOLIDAY |
26:25.9 |
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