There were 15 participants in the 2018 Wrangell marathon. Also running were 18 half-marathon runners and 29 5K runners.
The Wrangell marathon, kicking off at 8 a.m. Sunday morning, saw 15 people participating. Also running were 18 participants in a half-marathon and 29 people in a 5K. The male and female winners of each race are as follows:
- 5K: Mason Huffman, 21:30 and Molly Ortiz, 24:43;
- Half-marathon: Joe Viechnicki, 1:41:19 and Helen Boggs, 1:54:01; and
- Marathon: Gary Koch, 4:06:08 and Becky Fortina, 4:48:33.
A marathon participant of note includes San Antonio, Texas resident Larry Macon. Macon holds the Guinness World Record for the most marathons run in a year. He earned this achievement in 2013 when he ran 239 marathons. Still holding the title, Macon said the Wrangell marathon was somewhere around number 2,050.
Having come in first place in the marathon, Koch was selected to draw from a raffle for two Alaska Airline plane tickets. The winner of the raffle was Clarissa Young.
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