Ashley Paulson wins the Deseret Information Marathon girls’s division Saturday, July 23, 2022 in Salt Lake Metropolis. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
SALT LAKE CITY — Each of this yr’s Deseret Information Marathon winners earned victories in memorable style on Saturday.
St. George runner Ashley Paulson gained the ladies’s race carrying the T-shirt her father earned when he ran his first marathon in 1988.
Paulson’s father gave her the additional massive Deseret Information Marathon shirt final yr earlier than she ran — and gained — the 2021 Deseret Information Marathon.
Paulson wore the shirt and gained final yr’s race, and she or he did the identical this yr, incomes a time of two:57:18.
Paulson’s win this yr was much more spectacular contemplating she not too long ago gained the Unhealthy Water Extremely marathon, a 135-mile race thought of by many to be one of many hardest races on the earth, and set a brand new course document.
Coming in second place was Jennifer Smith with a time of three:08:24, and Bethany Brown was third with a time of three:14:27.
Within the males’s marathon, the winner was a well-recognized face, multitime victor Jonathan Kotter. The 37-year-old earned the victory with a time of two:28:07, regardless of having COVID-19 simply six weeks in the past.
There was a marathon runner who crossed the end line first, nevertheless it turned out he’d taken a incorrect flip and was disqualified.
Nate Clayson, 36, earned second with a time of two:31:54, and Robert Pedersen completed third with a time of two:32:40.
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