{"id":1167,"date":"2019-09-06T05:31:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T05:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nz\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2019-09-06T05:32:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T05:32:44","slug":"jonah-smith-wins-dunedin-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nz\/news\/jonah-smith-wins-dunedin-marathon","title":{"rendered":"Jonah Smith wins Dunedin Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dunedin – Jonah Smith won the Dunedin Marathon in 2:33:59 while Oska Inkster-Baynes won the New Zealand Half Marathon Championships run in conjunction with the marathon event.<\/p>\n

Jonah Smith wins 41st Dunedin Marathon<\/h3>\n

Dunedin Marathon, Forsyth Barr Stadium \u2013 1 September 2019<\/strong>
\nJonah Smith cut nearly 12 minutes off his previous best time in winning the 41st annual race in 2:33:59. Matthew Moloney ran a four minute PB of 2:34:58 for second with Edoardo Dorigo third in 2:42:48. Mel Aitken was the first woman in 2:55:33 from Tracy Abbott 3:05:02 and Sharon Lequeux 3:15:04. Morgan Tanner won the associated half marathon in 1:18:51 from Nathan Shanks 1:19:00 and James Matthews 1:19:10. Sasha Antunovic was first in the women\u2019s half in 1:25:14, Sonya Cameron 1:25:41 and Kirsty Moffett 1:28:55. Walk; Grant Campbell 2:34:19, Lynda Kelly 2:39:55.<\/p>\n

image credit: www.odt.co.nz<\/em><\/p>\n

Dunedin 10k Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

10km; Oliver O\u2019Sullivan 32:56, Finn Molloy 33:03, Simon Cromarty 33:29. Zara Geddes 40:51, Megan Foster 40:58, Lydia Pattillo 42:11. Walk; Jan Hollis 57:25.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Half Marathon Championship, Forsyth Barr Stadium \u2013 1 September 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oska Inkster-Baynes added the national half marathon title to the full marathon title win in Christchurch in June. Inkster-Baynes, previous half marathon champion in 2012 and 2016, finished in 1:09:33, just 16 seconds in front of national junior cross country champion Toby Gualter who debuted in 1:09:49. Mark Paterson improved from ninth place last year to take the bronze medal in a PB 1:12:54. The last male athlete to win the half and full in the same year was Phil Costley in 1999 and he also won the road title that year.<\/p>\n

Three times national women\u2019s mountain running champion Sabrina Grogan won the women\u2019s title in 1:24:32. Bella Bloomfield was second in a PB 1:24:43 with Sally Gibbs, the 2014 champion, third in 1:25:17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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