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Sell, Teammates, Break ING Miami Record

Written by: Peggy Herron
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Posted: Thursday, 07 February 2008

Organizers expected fast and that's what they got.

With 62 degrees start temperature and an overcast day organizers expected a fast half-marathon at the 2008 ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon January 27, in Downtown Miami. Those expectations were met and exceeded. The field, which included US Olympic marathoner Brian Sell and teammates from the Hansons-Brooks (powered by Saturn) Distance Project, was the largest in the history of the race with 10,452 athletes making it to the start. Sell from Rochester Hills, qualified for the Olympic Team in November and used the Miami race to begin training for Beijing.

Sell crossed the finish line with a time of 1:03:46, shattering the course record set by 2007 champion Jared Nyamboki who pulled out with an injury early. Five other men in the field beat the previous record, including four of Sell's Hansons-Brooks teammates. Joseph Sitienei, a Kenyan  running out of Atlanta, took second place with a time of 1:05:14, edging out Hansons-Brooks athlete Mike Morgan, also of Rochester Hills, by two seconds. Other runners who beat the record included Hansons-Brooks teammates Todd Snyder, Mike Reneau, and Luke Humphrey (a contributor to Michigan Sports & Fitness Magazine).

The women's half marathon included several open field runners with fast times. The winner, Yolanda Fernandez of Colombia, beat a four-year-old course record by more than one minute with a time of 1:16:01. Kathleen Jobes of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who entered as one of the few elites, took second with a time of 1:18:05. Behind her, another open field runner, Carmen Martinez of Puerto Rico, ran one of the five fastest times in race history, finishing in 1:18:40.

The 2009 race is scheduled for January 25. For more information logon to www.INGMiamiMarathon.com.

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