Thursday, November 5, 2009

Pottstown man makes it through NYC marathon

In case you were interested, or even if you weren't, here's an interesting fact:

Wayne Deegan of Pottstown finished the New York City Marathon on Sunday with a time of 3 hours 19 minutes and 7 seconds, placing him No. 3,014 among the finishers.

Also making their way to the finish line was Elizabeth Ramsay of Royersford, Krista Calvin of Schwenksville, George Gray of Collegeville, Emily Koepsell of Phoenixville, Jim Mandanci of Collegeville, Susan Landry of Collegeville, Thomas Chobot of Reading, Geoffrey Hasker of Reading, Sebastian Niezgoda of King of Prussia, Jacob Malikkal of Collegeville, Christopher Chamberlain of Collegeville, Bethany Pluger of King of Prussia, Holly Ramsay of King of Prussia, Robyn Jasko of Kutztown, Mike Reese of Reading, Kathleen Schulz of Phoenixville, Stephen Tolbert of Jeffersonville, Samantha Newbold of Phoenixville, Colleen Fitzpatrick of Boyertown, and Brian Dunn of Collegeville. All runners received a medal for crossing the finish line.

(Picture at right shows runner Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain being high-fived by Women's marathon winner Derartu Tulu, left, of Ethiopia.)

Pennsylvania runners came from as far away as Pittsburgh to compete in Sunday's event.

Congratulations runners!

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