Muskego Runners Put in Strong Times at Lakefront Marathon

Muskego had 17 finishers in this year's Lakefront Marathon, which tracks from Grafton to Milwaukee's Veteran's Park.

Chris Pollack led the Muskego runners with a finish of 3:16:41, pacing a 7:31 mile, and placing 12th in his division (45-49 year olds). He placed 159th overall in a field of 2,079 finishers.

Kim Petak was the earliest finisher among the Muskego group, logging a time of 3:55:47 and a pace of nine minutes per mile. She placed 754th overall.

In addition, finishers from Muskego included: Owen Kelpin, Dennis Hanna, Peter Stefaniak, Brenda Hojnacki, Jim Anderson, Eric Obarski, Thao Slonac, Eric Knasinski, Leigh Miller, Michael Lembezeder, Mary Joy Hubb, Mary Wysocki, Luai Tabbal, Amy Zembroski and Bill Schneider.

Click here for a complete listing of runners and their times.

Nick Szczech of Cudahy, WI was the overall men’s winner of Sunday’s marathon, completing the race in 2:22:17. Szczech also won the men’s division of the Briggs and Al’s Run in Milwaukee on September 25.

Amber Druien of Woodstock, IL was the women’s winner of the marathon completing the race in 2:54:15. Druien was an NCAA Division III national track champion at Illinois' North Central College
 
A Guinness World Record was also achieved during this year’s race when 62 runners tethered together by a long rope and karabiners attached to race belts completed the race in 6 hours 20 minutes.

The “Jennipede” as they called themselves raised over $108,000 for the rehabilitation care for Jenny Crain, a world-class runner who was severely injured on August 21, 2007 when she was hit by a car while training for the Beijing Olympic trials. Crain was in her wheel chair alongside the group for the last .2 mile and was at the finish line to receive a check for the money raised.