It just goes to show that length isn't everything. The SF Bay to Breakers was the top attraction among racing observers on Sunday, but there was a marathon run in the U.S. as well, the Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon. The fans are the anticipation of Cleveland marathon winner 2009, which is going to be very competitive this year.
This was the 32nd annual Cleveland Marathon. With a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes and 37 seconds, it was won by twenty-three-year-old Joel Stansloski of Tulsa, OK.
Second and third in the Cleveland Marathon went to 34-year-old Andy Martin of Bend, OR, who finished at 2:31:20, and 32-year-old David Mooney of Peninsula, OH, at 2:33:21, respectively.
The Cleveland Marathon's women's division was won by 25-year-old Jackie Baumgartner of New York, at 2:57:49. Thirty-year-old Shanna Ailes of Kent, OH took second at 3:08:17. Twenty-seven-year-old Melanie Lenk of Wilmington, NC was third at 3:08:36.
According to Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon organizers, a record 12,400 runners participated.
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