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Gloucester Twp. Runners Race Philadelphia Marathon, Half
Nearly 70 Gloucester Township area residents—including a third-place finisher—raced the streets of Philadelphia in Sunday's marathon and half marathon.
Forty Gloucester Township residents pounded out 26.2 miles and crossed the finish line at the Philadelphia Marathon Sunday, while 29 ran the event's half marathon.
Among Gloucester Township's marathon racers was Dennis Magness, who turned in a third-place winning time in the handbike race and first place in his age division. Magness clocked a 2:51:04 chip time in the race.
Gloucester Township racers join 22,514 people in all who completed the marathon and half marathon. The total includes runners, wheelchair racers and hand pedal racers.
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The races stepped off at 7 a.m. Sunday in front of the Phildelphia Museum of Art. Named one of the top courses in the nation, the marathon winds through Philadelphia landmarks along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Center City, Fairmount Park, Schuylkill River and Manayunk. Half-marathon runners saw many of the same sights on their 13.1-mile course.
Locals who competed in the marathon:
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Sicklerville
52
03:40:04
03:42:14
Sicklerville
27
04:42:44
04:44:47
Sicklerville
32
05:31:45
05:33:28
Sicklerville
40
03:46:19
03:46:41
Sicklerville
34
04:42:51
04:42:58
Sicklerville
33
04:31:21
04:37:20
Sicklerville
45
05:46:49
05:48:05
Sicklerville
46
04:30:29
04:31:16
Sicklerville
56
06:55:25
06:56:07
Sicklerville
39
05:21:33
05:23:31
Sicklerville
24
05:58:49
06:00:07
Sicklerville
23
05:58:50
06:00:07
Sicklerville
29
05:01:27
05:02:10
Sicklerville
38
04:22:56
04:23:38
Sicklerville
59
04:05:55
04:07:44
Sicklerville
43
04:30:45
04:33:45
Sicklerville
40
05:27:22
05:30:25
Clementon
28
05:48:23
05:49:27
Locals who raced in the half marathon:
Blackwood
37
02:18:57
02:20:33
Blackwood
40
02:07:17
02:07:36
Blackwood
38
02:08:36
02:08:57
Blackwood
24
01:58:35
02:00:47
Blackwood
30
02:10:47
02:13:53
Blackwood
29
02:28:57
02:29:27
Blackwood
53
02:30:00
02:30:07
Blackwood
44
02:12:08
02:13:44
Blackwood
24
02:19:24
02:21:31
Blackwood
21
01:46:42
01:48:22
Blackwood
47
01:54:18
01:54:23
Blackwood
56
02:28:32
02:30:13
Blackwood
65
03:31:01
03:35:04
Erial
42
03:30:14
03:30:41
Glendora
42
02:24:52
02:26:26
Glendora
54
02:59:06
03:01:13
Glendora
25
02:54:49
02:56:02
Glendora
40
01:55:55
01:57:41
Sicklerville
23
02:14:13
02:15:22
Sicklerville
34
02:13:15
02:14:36
Sicklerville
47
02:20:07
02:21:34
Sicklerville
42
02:42:57
02:46:53
Sicklerville
32
02:08:01
02:08:15
Sicklerville
37
02:25:40
02:26:25
Sicklerville
44
02:33:48
02:36:26
Sicklerville
22
02:05:20
02:08:15
Sicklerville
39
02:44:18
02:46:00
Clementon
30
02:23:23
02:27:22
Clementon
35
02:21:55
02:23:34
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