BOSTON — Justin Deeg, 30, of Rochester ran a 2:36.59 Monday to pace all southeastern Minnesota in the 115th running of the Boston Marathon.
Deeg finished 159th overall out of 26,895 who entered.
Peter Somers, also of Rochester, also cracked the three-hour barrier, finishing in 2:58.16. He was 1,257th.
Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the race in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 2 seconds, breaking the previous Boston record set last year by countryman Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (2:05::52) by more than two minutes. While Mutai's time bested the world record, it will not be recognized as such internationally because of strong tail winds on a course that has frequent downhills. The world record, 2:03:59, was set by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin in 2008.
BOSTON MARATHON
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Southeastern Minnesota finishers
(Place, name, time)
AUSTIN — 8,670. Roger Vos, 3:28.44; 8,674. Mark Willrodt, 3:33.44.
BYRON — 15,189. Maureen Hogan, 3:56.28.
FOUNTAIN — 11,331. Calla Kevan, 3:43.04.
KASSON — 6,682. Joshua Dahmus, 3:26.53.
MAZEPPA — 10,829. Tricia Stiller, 3:41.08.
PINE ISLAND — 3,893. Trevor Distad, 3:14.56.
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RED WING ‚ 7,635. Monique Delong, 3:29.59.
ROCHESTER — 159. Justin Deeg, 2:36.29; 1,257. Peter Somers, 2:58.16; 1,907. Christopher Church, 3:03.22; 1,983. Andy Hemenway, 3:03.57; 2,407. Joshua Piotrowski, 3:06.56; 5.365. Brian Stanczyk, 3:21.39; 5,654, Peter Moeschler, 3:22.50; 5,987. Craig Collins, 3:24.10; 6,785. Shaun Palmer, 3:27.10; 9,764. Kamber Schneider, 3:37.19; 8,487. Joe Moyer, 3:32.55; 10,564. Jeffrey Pasternak, 3:39.57; 10,787. Jim Li, 3:40.47; 11,308. Rachael Vaubel, 3:42.48; 12,193. Phillipe Bauer, 3:45.48; 12,678. Christopoher Conte, 3:47.31; 13,914. Laree Etter, 3:51.50; 14,543. Emily Giles, 3:54.01; 15,034. Kristin Zhao, 3:55.47; 16,141. Kristin O'Meara, 3:59.46; 16,422. Angela Haugen, 4:00.57; 16,525. Renee Saxman, 4:01.27; 16,544. Yvonne Hubmayr, 4:01.33; 21,733. Roger Heil, 44;45.11.
WINONA — 374. Ryan Ping, 2:45.46; 2,738. Deeann Johnson, 3:08.55; 4,613. Megan Ping, 3:18.28; 13,280. Jennifer Rolfing, 3:49.40; 14,066. Jack Richter, 3:52.32; 14,273. Rick Christanson, 3:53.18.
ZUMBROTA — 9,128. Katie Morgan, 3:35.08.
