Area marathoners run at OKC

Seven Hillsboro-area runners completed the eighth annual Memorial Marathon and Half-Marathon in Oklahoma City Sunday.

Top marathon finisher of the group was Bob Woelk, who completed the 26.2-mile course in 3:58:49. He placed 75th out of 187 in his age division and 570th out of 1,964 finishers on the cool, windy and sometimes rainy morning. It was his third marathon.

Anna Woods crossed the finish line of her first marathon in 3:59:55 for 31st of 128 in her division. She was 624th overall.

Donna Spoonemore of rural Hillsboro completed the course in 4:01:45, less than a minute from qualifying for the Boston Marathon. She was 12th of 90 in her division and 636th overall.

Tom Leihy, also running his first marathon, ran a 4:21:16 for 125th place of 187 in his division and 1,042nd overall.

Randy Wiens was 78th of 127 in his division and 830th of 1,232 in his gender division. His time was 4:32:51.

Glen Kliewer ran a 4:46:17 and finished 938th out of 1,232 in his gender division.

The average time for all participants was 4:31:26.

Hillsboro High School graduate Sean Leihy completed the half-marathon in 1:32:42, placing 52nd of the 4,352 finishers. He was 45th of 1,782 males and sixth of 90 in his division.

The average time for all half-marathoners was 2:25:16.

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