More Than 450 Athletes Competed In Rosarito-Puerto Nuevo Half-Marathon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Novermber 11, 2009
More Than 450 Athletes Competed In
Rosarito-Puerto Nuevo Half-Marathon
ROSARITO
BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---A total of 456 athletes competed in
Saturday’s Rosarito-Puerto Nuevo half-marathon, the fifth running of
the event along Northern Baja’s coastline.
Winners
in the men’s division were Justus Cherop from Kenya, 1:05:44; Raymundo
Torres, from Tijuana 1:06:03; and Hector Hernandez, from Tijuana
1:11:00.
In
the women’s division: Mary Akor, Los Angeles from L.A., 1:23:23;
Valentina Dominguez, Tijuana 1:23:56; and María Rodriguez, Mazatlan,
1:26:53.
In the wheelchair division: Jessie Gil, from Tijuana, 54:13; Sergio Zepeda, Tijuana 1:16:53; Oscar Perez, from Tijuana 1:26:53
Management
of the event was provided by the State Association of Athletics of Baja
California and the event is endorsed by the Mexican Federation of
Athletics.
"This
event is a tradition in Rosarito and this was another great race
another with a large of number of participants,” said Gerardo Medina,
president of the State Association of Athletics.