Posted on 18 January 2012. Tags: bling, Louisiana Marathon, marathon, Matthew Manning, medal, Tisha White
The inaugural Louisiana Marathon took place on January 15, 2012 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The race had a great turnout for a first year event and seemed to be extremely well put on.
Here is a look at the finisher’s medal from the Louisiana Marathon.
It’s rather simply, no fancy bells or whistles, but is well done with the footprint being composed of a cypress tree, the state tree of Louisiana, within it.
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[medal photo submitted by Tisha White. Follow her on Twitter @Cajun_Tisha]
Posted in Bling, Featured, Marathon, Medals
Posted on 15 January 2012. Tags: Candace Caveny, Christopher Reis, chuck engle, Grace Thacker, Grant Gonzalez, Jonathan Granger, Karen Meraw, Kelly Nicholas, Louisiana Marathon, Louisiana Marathon Results, marathon, Matthew Manning, Michael Anderson, running
Matthew Manning won the inaugural Louisiana Marathon held Sunday morning in Baton Rouge, the state capital of Louisiana, with a winning time of 2:33:41.
Manning smoked the field, beating his nearest competitor, Chuck Engle, by nearly 11 minutes. Engle finished in 2:44:05 to barely hold off Christopher Reis who took third with a time of 2:45:38.
2012 Louisiana Marathon Results
- Matthew Manning – 2:33:42
- Chuck Engle – 2:44:05
- Christopher Reis – 2:45:38
- Matthew Urbanski – 2:51:55
- Jacob Marsh – 2:53:20
- Micah Mohler – 2:55:59
- Karen Meraw – 2:58:54 (female)
- Greg Soutiea – 2:59:13
- Frank Livaudais – 3:00:01
- Kevin Berger – 3:00:51
Karen Meraw was the fasest female marathoner down in ‘Red Stick’ on Sunday with a time of 2:58:54. She beat Candace Caveny by almost ten minutes. Caveny finished in 3:08:53. Third place female went to Grace Thacker with a time of 3:09:36.
Louisiana Marathon Searchable Results and Top Finishers
The marathon had 637 finishers.
The 2012 Louisiana Half Marathon was won by Jonathan Granger in 1:17:42 with the top female being Kelly Nicholas in 1:29:42.
2012 Louisiana Half Marathon Results
- Jonathan Granger – 1:17:42
- Grant Gonzalez – 1:18:12
- Michael Anderson – 1:18:21
- Jimmy Riccitello – 1:22:16
- Michael Baston – 1:23:41
- Calvin Conner – 1:24:01
- Michael Whalen – 1:24:59
- Van Edwards – 1:25:01
- Luke Gehbauer – 1:25:05
- Russ Bourgeois – 1:25:32
Louisiana Half Marathon Searchable Results and Top Finishers
Congrats to all who took part in the inaugural marathon and half marathon.
Louisiana Marathon Website
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