NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Hundreds of runners and their supporters descended upon Newport Seashore for the fifteenth annual OC Marathon over the weekend. Of the 11,000 entered members, the highest 4 racers within the males’s class completed the 26-mile 385-yard race in 2 hours, 39 minutes, 53 seconds (2:39:53) by Raul Arcos of Corona. He was 25 seconds forward of Jose Lara of Yucaipa, who completed in 2 hours, 40 minutes, 18 seconds (2:40:18). In fourth place, Granada Hills resident Carlos Larios completed in 2 hours, 41 minutes, 39 seconds (2:41:39).
Shortly behind the lads, San Diego resident Bonnie Keating, the ladies’s winner, got here in at 2 hours, 44 minutes, 38 seconds (2:44:38).
Runners within the half and full marathon, together with youngsters’s race and wheelchair races, beat toes over pavement from Newport Seashore to Costa Mesa, in accordance with occasion organizers. On the end line, a pageant ambiance greeted runners and their supporters of the race.
