19-year old Ryan James, making his marathon debut yesterday, won the 2012 St. Jude Country Music Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee with a time of 2:32:47.
James won easily by eight minutes over Arizona’s Steve Slaby (2:40:16) with third place going to Daniel Smoak (2:41:44).
Top overall female went to Georgia’s Erin Sutton in 2:54:16. It was her debut marathon as well.
Second place female was Karen Lockyer (2:56:21) and third went to Anya Bogdanets (3:02:15).
Only 11 runners of the 3,925 finishers went sub 3-hours on the hilly and hot course.
Top 10 St. Jude Country Music Marathon Finishers
- Ryan James – 2:32:47
- Steve Slaby – 2:40:16
- Daniel Smoak – 2:41:44
- Calvin Bannister – 2:51:25
- Timothy Clarke – 2:53:21
- Erin Sutton – 2:54:16
- Colin Meyer – 2:54:33
- Jadyn Stevens – 2:56:13
- Karen Lockyer – 2:56:21
- Tim Carven – 2:58:03
2012 St. Jude Country Music Marathon Searchable Results
I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from Ryan and Erin.
Top 5 St. Jude Country Music Half Marathon Finishers
- Sammy Kiplagat – 1:10:08
- Johnathan Lejeune – 1:11:44
- Jordan Wilson – 1:12:44
- Bradley Chronister – 1:14:19
- Brian Shelton – 1:14:42
The female winner of the CMM Half Marathon was Sharon Thompson, from Franklin, with a time of 1:19:39. Second female went to Tamara Karrh (1:20:26) with third going to Ashley Evans (1:22:47).
Congrats to these top finishers and everyone who finished the Country Music Marathon or 1/2 Marathon yesterday.
