By SALINA POST
The first Salina Crossroads Marathon, Half Marathon, Family Fun Run/Walk, and Team Relays is in the books and it was a success!
The qualifier for the Boston Marathon had 817 runners from 30 states registered.
“We had an amazing event this year and we are looking forward to continuing to grow the Salina Crossroads Marathon into one of the premier running events in Kansas," said Daniel Craig, co-race director.
The inaugural event got off to a chilly start in downtown Salina, with temperatures in the upper 30s.
At 7:55 a.m., an electric guitar performance of the National Anthem by Howard Mahan opened the festivities. At 8 a.m., the marathon, half marathon, and team relay runners were off, with the 4.01K Family Fun Run/Walk participants joining in at 8:10 a.m.
Following are the winners, as announced by the Salina Crossroads organizers.
Kory Cool from Manhattan was the winner of the men’s marathon in a time of 2:38:39.
Christina Marin from Norwood, Mass., won the women’s marathon in 3:17:35.
Multiple time Olympic Trials Qualifier Joe Moore won the men's half marathon with a time of 1:10:30.
Tamra Thompson from won the women’s half marathon in 1:32:21.
The Salina Running Club was the winner of the marathon relay.
3 Eagles from Silver Lake won the half marathon team relay.
Liam Young from Salina won the men’s 4.01K in 13:04
Regan Duran from Salina won the women’s 4.01K in 16:00.
More than 125 volunteers helped at registration, handed out water, Gatorade, and nutrition at aid stations, and served as course monitors.
“The volunteers did an amazing job. We received many great complements from runners on how smoothly the race went," Craig said.
Following are some photos as the runners and walkers came north on N. Santa Fe Avenue.
