Kenyan Mwiti wins men’s title in Historic Resort City Marathon
KENYAN Douglas Mwiti and Lizane Abella emerged winners in the Historic Resort City Marathon 2015, which started and finished at the Lapu-Lapu Ciy Hall in Mactan Island.
Struggling in his past races, Mwiti finally found his winning form and topped the men’s 42-kilometer race after registering a time of two hours, 51 minutes and nine seconds.
Abella, meanwhile, beat her veteran rivals to rule the distaff side with a time of 3:52.04.
Second and third placers in the men’s race were Albert Omboga (2:56.11) and Paul James Zafico (2:58.33), respectively.
Veteran ultra marathoner Preciosa Sanchez placed second to Abella with a time of 3:55.09 while multi-titled ultra marathoner Sandra Sollano rounded off the top three, finishing in 3:55.10.
In the half-marathon race, Azlan Pagay and Ruffa Sorongon, both from the Spectrum Runners Club, emerged winners.
Pagay finished in 1:20.11 to secure the men’s title while Sorongon clocked 1:45.59 to win the women’s crown.
Jeboy Magbologtong (1:24.12) and Nicson Nicanor (1:33.45) were second and third, respectively, in the men’s race.
Mereeis Ramirez (1:47.59) and Kate Kim (1:53.10) were runners-up to Sorongon.
Winners in the 10k race were Robert Daang and Sarale Cuizon.
The Lapu-Lapu City Runners Club (LLRC) organized the running event with the support of the Lapu-Lapu Sports Commission and the Philippine Red Cross Lapu-Lapu Cordova Chapter. The Lapu-Lapu City Association of Hotels and Resort Security Officers (LCHARSO) was the co-organizer.
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