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Spring Valley, La Mesa Runners Compete in SD Half Marathon

The top runner from Spring Valley was Miguel Ayala, 29. He finished with a time of 1:25:52 and held an average pace of 6:33. The lone La Mesa runner was Bertha Manchester, 54. She finished with time of 2:52:32 and held an average pace of 13:10.

The inaugural San Diego Half Marathon was held Sunday. The race began and ended at Petco Park.

Several runners hailed from East County, including one from La Mesa and 27 from Spring Valley.

The top runner from Spring Valley was Miguel Ayala, 29. He finished with a time of 1:25:52 and held an average pace of 6:33. The lone La Mesa runner was Bertha Manchester, 54. She finished with time of 2:52:32 and held an average pace of 13:10.

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Top finisher for Men was Okwaro Raura, from Oceanside. The 37-year-old finished the 13.1-mile course with a time of 1:09:05, and had an average pace of 5:17.

Bridie McCrary, 23, from San Diego, was the Women's overall winner. She finished with a time of 1:21:40 and maintained a pace of 6:14.

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Finishers from Spring Valley:

Place Name Net Time Pace Sex-Age Gun Time 60 Miguel Ayala 1:25:52 6:33 M-29 1:25:57 272 Cody Rhodes 1:36:52 7:24 M-15 1:37:22 798 Macjoel Paat 1:47:56 8:14 M-35 1:48:27 1208 Francisco Peralta 1:53:21 8:39 M-25 2:00:23 1254 Brice Baldwin 1:53:48 8:41 M-46 1:57:00 1689 Alice Klarkowski 1:58:35 9:03 F-28 2:05:27 2077 Jamie Kuhn 2:03:15 9:25 F-26 2:10:07 2489 Ricardo Quiroz 2:08:03 9:47 M-27 2:12:43 3418 Susan Baldwin 2:18:17 10:33 F-40 2:22:52 3435 Michael Gottfried 2:18:28 10:34 M-41 2:29:15 3543 Melissa Hiatt 2:20:06 10:42 F-33 2:30:56 3644 Elizabeth Brumbaugh 2:21:26 10:48 F-31 2:28:03 4015 Christine Pamintuan 2:26:58 11:13 F-31 2:35:52 4223 J L 2:30:13 11:28 F-50 2:43:35 4248 Rick Myers 2:30:39 11:30 M-46 2:41:57 4405 Tess Cohen 2:34:07 11:46 F-44 2:38:55 4587 Tenise Mills 2:38:29 12:06 F-47 2:55:19 4594 George Garcia 2:38:39 12:07 M-38 2:45:50 4634 Magdalena Regan 2:39:53 12:12 F-26 2:52:59 4759 Judy Minich 2:43:48 12:30 F-50 2:50:36 4883 Elizabeth Minter 2:48:40 12:52 F-43 2:59:26 5060 Ronald Lawson Sr 2:55:45 13:25 M-52 3:12:53 5184 Nancy Deguia 3:03:13 13:59 F-45 3:20:10 5269 Noel Yaeger 3:09:03 14:26 F-59 3:09:03 5364 Ginger Van Houten 3:19:12 15:12 F-35 3:28:10 5365 Evelia Kahl 3:19:12 15:12 F-33 3:28:10 5427 Jamie Delorme 3:29:50 16:01 F-29 3:46:59

The course wound through the Gaslamp Quarter, Harbor Island, Liberty Station, Hillcrest and Balboa Park before returning to the East Village.

Proceeds from the race will go toward the Huntington's Disease Society of America, the National Foundation for Autism Research, and Make-a-Wish Foundation of San Diego.

Click here for a full list of race results.

–City News Service contributed to this report.


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