Women captured the top two spots in the featured race of the Whidbey Island Marathon and its associated events Sunday, April 19.
Seattle runners Holly McIlvaine (2:55:44) and Trisha Steidl (3:04:06) finished one-two in the marathon out of 179 runners.
The leading male runner was Duane Oftedahl of Mount Vernon, who finished third overall in 3:09:54.
The top local male runner was Oak Harbor’s Rich Frazier, seven overall (fifth among men) in 3:22:39. The local women were led by Leslie Merriman of Oak Harbor, who placed 80th (29th among women) in 4:22:21.
Ewen North of Louisville, Colo., led 1,629 runners in the half marathon in 1:15:59. Kristi Houk from Port Orchard was second overall and first among women for the second year in a row in 1:23:58.
Neal Mendoza of Oak Harbor was the fastest Whidbey runner in the half marathon, placing 20 (12th among men) in 1:34:01. Coupeville’s Holly Salinger led local women by finishing 44th (15th among women) in 1:41:03.
Oak Harbor’s Dylan Holland (38:14) and Tony Moralez (41:03) went one-two in the 10K, leading the field of 334. Coupeville’s Olivia Flack led local women by placing 22nd (sixth among women) in 52:33.
Megdalena Martinez from Virginia Beach, clocking 48:01, was the first woman to cross the finish line in the 10K.
Issaquah’s Jon Harding took the 5K title over 261 other runners with a time of 17:53. Seattle’s Krissy Schoeffling led the women and placed eight overall in 23:17.
Oak Harbor’s Shawn Lemke was third in the 5K in 20:16; Shelli Robertson placed 18th (fifth among women) in 25:57 to lead Whidbey women.
Marathon, top five men: 3, Duane Oftedahl, Mount Vernon, 3:09:54; 4, Collin Feser, Fort McMurray, Alberta, 3:15:22; 5, Jeremy Greene, Arlington, 3:19:16; Richardo Hoffman, Seattle, 3:20:45, 7, Rich Frasier, Oak Harbor, 3:22:39.
Marathon, top five women: 1, Holly McIlvaine, Seattle, 2:55:44; 2. Trisha Steidl, Seattle, 3:04:06; 8, Shannon Penway, Vancouver, 3:23:31; 9, Jodie Isomura, Bothell, 3:23:54; 20, Amanda Seely, Tacoma, 3:36:18.
Marathon, top five local men: 7, Rich Frazier, Oak Harbor, 3:22:39; 11, Brian Loustaunau, Oak Harbor, 3:26:05; 31, TJ Armstrong, Oak Harbor, 3:46:56; 37, Gerardo Sanmillan, Oak Harbor, 3:51:18; 45, Jaris Judd, Oak Harbor, 3:56:51.
Marathon, top five local women: 80, Leslie Merriman, Oak Harbor, 4:22:21; 91, Kathleen Campbell, Oak Harbor, 4:29:27; 129, Madison Diedrich, Oak Harbor, 4:46:12; 154, Katherine Kuhns, Oak Harbor, 5:17:55; 173, Shawna Houser, Oak Harbor, 5:48:43.
Half marathon, top five men: 1, Ewen North, Louisville, Colo., 1:15:59; 4, Peter Grossenbach, Tacoma, 1:27:26; 6, Dominic Gaudin, Arlington, 1:28:11; 8, Scott Hooten, Lafayette, Colo., 1:28:33; 10, Niall Keleher, Seattle, 1:31:30.
Half marathon, top five women: 2, Kristi Houk, Port Orchard, 1:23:58; 3, Nicole Chombeau, Beaverton, Ore., 1:26:38; 5, Megan McQueen, Seattle, 1:27:32; 7, Somer Kreisman (home town not reported), 1:28:12; 9, Janelle Ralph, Gold Hill, Ore., 1:31:30.
Half marathon, top five local men: 20, Neal Mendoza, Oak Harbor, 1:34:01; 24, Corey Snodgrass, Oak Harbor, 1:36:41; 29, Greg Goebel, Oak Harbor, 1:38:05; 41, Victor Serna, Oak Harbor, 1:40:02; 43, James Zima, Oak Harbor, 1:40:17.
Half marathon, top five local women: 44, Holly Salinger, Coupeville, 1:41:03; 105, Kristen Nelson, Oak Harbor, 1:50:16; 109, Christine Parker, Oak Harbor, 1:51:10; 120, Theresa Jones, Oak Harbor, 1:52:08; 121, Brittany Rowan, Oak Harbor, 1:52:10.
10K, top five men: 1, Dylan Holland, Oak Harbor, 38:14; 2, Tony Moralez, Oak Harbor, 41:03; 3, Cory Bensen, Vancouver, 41:17; 4, Joseph Swain, Seattle, 47:23; 5, Michael Lauersdorf, Oak Harbor, 47:27.
10K, top five women: 7, Magdalena Martinez, Virginia Beach, 48:01; 8, Katelynn Butina, Monroe, 48:47; 10, Marie Spinelli, Bremerton, 49:09; 15, Danielle Pepperl, Seattle, 50:09; 21, Emma Hands, Vancouver, 52:22.
10K, top five local men: 1, Dylan Holland, Oak Harbor, 38:14; 2, Tony Moralez, Oak Harbor, 41:03; 5, Michael Lauersdorf, Oak Harbor, 47:27; 14, Tim Thompson, Oak Harbor, 50:07; 23, Earl Soliman, Oak Harbor, 52:34.
10K, top five local women: 22, Olivia Flack, Coupeville, 52:33; 30, Meredith Bezold, Oak Harbor, 54:02; 39, Lindsey Roberts, Coupeville, 56:15; 40, Sage Renninger, Coupeville, 56:17; 63, Shannon Holcomb, Oak Harbor, 59:52.
5K, top five men: 1, Jon Harding, Issaquah, 17:53; 2, Christopher Mencel, Anacortes, 20:05; 3, Shawn Lemke, Oak Harbor, 20:16; 4, Michael Rose, Anacortes, 20:56; 5, David Rowan, Seattle, 21:36.
5K, top five women: 8, Krissy Schoeffling, Seattle, 23:17; 13, Shivani Gupta, Seattle, 25:02; 16, Kari Harding, Issaquah, 25:39; 17, Savannah Bigge, Seattle, 25:41; 18, Shelli Robertson, Oak Harbor, 25:57.
5K, top five local men: Shawn Lemke, Oak Harbor, 20:16; 7, Devin Baugher, Oak Harbor, 22:40; 9, William Sumner, Oak Harbor, 23:45; 10, Clarence Ince, Oak Harbor, 23:54; 11, Daniel Verble, Coupeville, 24:07.
5K, top five local women: 18, Shelli Robertson, Oak Harbor, 25:57; 27, Alexandra Otto, Oak Harbor, 28:41; 28, Heather McCauley, Oak Harbor, 28:51; 29, Lola Chargualaf, Oak Harbor, 29:20; 30, Anna Chargualaf, Oak Harbor, 29:52.