Sunday, May 15, 2011

New Yorker Wins Pittsburgh Marathon

Pittsburgh Marathon 2011

Jeffrey Eggleston of Rochester, NY won the Pittsburgh Marathon this morning with an unofficial time of 2:16:38.  Nicholas Kurgat of Kenya broke the course record for the half marathon with a time of 1:03:03. Kurgat's time was more than two minutes better than the previous record, which was set by Baldwin native Ryan Sheehan, who ran 1:05:13 last year. Sheehan came in eighth place today.

The women's marathoner winner was Bekele Delelecha of Ethiopia with a time of 2:35:34.  Malika Mejdoub of Morocco won the women's half marathon with a time of 1:14:28, one second better than second-place finisher Aziza Aliyu of Ethiopia.

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