Dan McLean of the Tacoma City Running Club
and Claudia Copeland of Club Northwest took
to the streets surrounding Husky Stadium this morning with about 5,000 other
runners to help support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation(JDRF) and to
Beat the Bridge. McLean, who completed the 8k course in 24:13, not only beat
the bridge but he beat a top flight field that included many elites from the
Seattle-Tacoma area. Copeland, who had a slightly larger margin of victory than
McLean, turned back an equally impressive women's field with a winning time of 26:51.
The Tacoma City Running Club which is a new addition to the
running scene in 2012 had an impressive showing behind McLean in the men’s race
with Gregory Leak(24:20) in 3rd place and Ben Mangrum(24:38) in 5th
place. Teshome Kokebe(Club NW) who is still recovering from his 2nd
place at the Eugene Marathon last month, ran strong in the closing miles to secure
the runner-up spot in 24:18. Eric Garner, who ran for UW and holds a mile best
of 3:58.93, was just off the pace with a 4th place finish in 24:28.
On the women’s side, 13 runners broke 30:00 for the 8k
course compared to only 7 in 2011. Backing up Copeland in the Top 5 were her
Club Northwest teammates Lois Keller(2nd) in 27:08, Rose Wetzel(4th)in
27:46 and Megan Heuer(5th) in 28:02. Kailey Campbell, who was a
cross country and middle distance track standout at UW, broke up the Club Northwest
contingent with a 3rd place finish in 27:45.
According to the JDRF website
over $815,000 was raised through fundraising efforts at the 30th
Annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge in 2012.
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