The women’s champion was former All-Missouri Valley Conference runner Casey McDermott. The Drake and Newton High grad covered the distance in 1:18:19.32, a 5:58 pace per mile. McDermott, 36, now lives in Malcom. Taking runner-up honors was former Norwalk and Central College athlete Angela Chaney. The reigning IMT Des Moines Marathon champion and resident of Drakesville clocked a 1:20:03.16 time. Chaney represents Runablaze. Teammate Pasca Cheruiyot, the winner of the 39th and final Dam to Dam in 2018, took third in 1:20:48.48. Cheruiyot, 38, is a resident of Ankeny. Fitness Sports Distance Project’s Lexi Brown, a former Wartburg College American Rivers Conference champion who prepped at New London, was next in 1:21.12.47. Brown, 23, lives in Waverly. Former Valley prep Lauren Schulze, who completed her college career at Illinois State this spring, ran 1:22:25.17 for fifth. Schulze, 22, lists Clive as her address. Another former Valley Tiger, Teghan Booth, was next in 1:25.26.87. Booth, 22, of West Des Moines just finished her career at Simpson College.
There were 3,994 finishers and about 1,000 who didn’t attempt to start.
On to trail racing and the Sunapee Scramble races at Sunapee, New Hampshire, on June 1. Former Iowa State All-American Dan Curts finished sixth in the premier USATF race. The resident of Lebanon, NH, finished in 1:12:28. The winner was David Norris of Steamboat Springs, CO, in 1:09:55.
Finishing back in Iowa. At the Quad Cities Criterium Running Wild Mile in Davenport. Running Wild Elite’s Mike Gille, 24, finished third in 4:34. The St. Ambrose assistant coach lives in East Moline, IL. Teammate and former Pleasant Valley prep Devin Allbaugh, 35, of Bettendorf was next in 4:38 on the very hilly course. RWE’s Kevin Claus, 30, of Port Byron, IL, ended up sixth in 4:45. Steven Potter, 25, of Janesville, WI, set a new course record in 4:25. Ana Pineda, 24, of Joliet, IL, also set the women’s course record on the Glenwood Avenue hill in 5:19.
At the Pigman Triathlon, an Iowa tradition in Palo since 1992, Runablaze Iowa’s Elaina Biechler, 39, of Dubuque took the women’s win in 1:16:15.0. She had a 5K run of 19:43.5.
Timothy Doyle, 48, was the overall winner of the sprint event. Doyle covered the .5K swim, 25K Bike and 5K run in 1:12:27.3. His bike split of 39:45.3 was the best. Reese Manternach, 24, took second in 1:13:16.9 with the best 5K run of 18:36.7.
The women’s Olympic distance winner and fourth overall was Maggie Liaboe, 36, in 2:23:11.4. Liaboe averaged 21.8 mph on the bike. Just one spot behind her was Jordan Fullan, 35, in 2:24:03.4. Fullan was the second female.
Christian Sande, 38, was the men’s Olympic distance victor. Sande covered the 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run in 2:18:44.9. Fellow Iowan Jack Harty, was second in 2:20:21.7, just barely ahead of Keith Enyart, 44. Enyart was timed in 2:20:28.9.
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