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Batavia 2011 Peapod Half Marathon Top Finishers
Most of the runners were from Illinois in this 13.1 mile race.
Just over 1,000 people ran their hearts out in Batavia Sunday.
The fourth annual Peapod HalfMadness Half Marathon was held Sunday morning. The 13.1 mile race started on Shumway Avenue and wound throughout Batavia before coming to a close in the city's downtown area.
Jeff Jonaitis came in first place overall with a time of 1 hour and 9 minutes. Richard Heffron was second with a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes and 59 seconds, and Jeff Bailey was third with a time of 1 hour, 11 minutes and 24 seconds.
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Jacqui Aubert was the top female finisher and in 19th place overall. Her time was 1 hour, 22 minutes and 46 seconds. Kim Castner was the second female finisher and 20th overall at 1 hour, 23 minutes and 12 seconds. Coming in third and 28th overall was Kristen Schneider at 1 hour, 25 minutes and 3 seconds.
Almost all the race participants were from Illinois. A total of 979 runners out of 1,012 overall were from this state, or 96.7 percent. Only 68, or 6.7 percent of all runners, were from Batavia.
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The race began downtown, wound through Batavia's west side and back towards the Fox River, up into Geneva and back down into Batavia east's side. Then the race headed east out to Woodland Hills Road, south to the bike path and onto the Fox River Trail up to the finish line back on Shumway Avenue. A map of the race is attached near the top of this story.
Here are some of the top race results below.
Editor's note: These race results are courtesy of the Batavia 2011 Peapod Half Marathon, as posted on onlineraceresults.com.
Top 10 Male Finishers (also Top 10 Overall)
5:26 940 Jeff Bailey M2529 3 2/55 3/545 1:11:24.73 5:28 1112 Jason Doland M4044 4 1/105 4/545 1:15:24.05 5:46 1032 Keith Browning M4044 5 2/105 5/545 1:16:05.85 5:49 895 Ryan Case M2529 6 3/55 6/545 1:16:19.44 5:50 788 Jared Righter M2529 7 4/55 7/545 1:17:55.37 5:57 666 Thomas Zero M2529 8 5/55 8/545 1:18:17.75 5:59 885 Gregory Ruthig M3034 9 2/70 9/545 1:18:41.27 6:01 616 Damian Bednorz M3034 10 3/70 10/545 1:19:35.52 6:05
Top 10 Female Finishers
Runner Badge Number First Name Last Name Division Overall Place in Division Place in Gender Time (Hours, minutes, seconds) Pace (Minutes per mile) 935 Jacqui Aubert F2529 19 1/55 1/467 1:22:46.35 6:20 1045 Kim Castner F4549 20 1/64 2/467 1:23:12.08 6:22 289 Kristen Schneider F2024 28 1/25 3/467 1:25:03.77 6:30 968 Colleen Sullivan F3539 30 1/116 4/467 1:25:28.80 6:32 966 Lisa Phillips F2529 36 2/55 5/467 1:26:19.39 6:36 818 Jenny Schooley F2529 51 3/55 6/467 1:31:13.21 6:58 1024 Tiffany Cruickshank F4044 54 1/76 7/467 1:31:19.41 6:59 1113 Susan KingF3034 62 1/80 8/467 1:33:04.71 7:07 1050 Kristen Dietz
F3034 68 2/80 9/467 1:33:35.79 7:09 999 Alison Swade F2529 75 4/55 10/467 1:34:33.10 7:14
For the entire list of race results (first to last), click here.
Editor's note: To see all of the images shared above by Thomas Doggett in full size, place your cursor on the main photo above. Click on one of the gray arrows that appear on the sides. Continue clicking to see all the photos.
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