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First-Timer Wins Oklahoma City Marathon; Photo Finish For Women

Catherine Lisle (left) and Danielle Hodge come down the finisher's chute during the 2016 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
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Catherine Lisle (left) and Danielle Hodge come down the finisher's chute during Sunday's Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon

More than 24,000 runners turned out for a warm and humid race during Sunday’s Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon.

University of Oklahoma assistant volunteer running coach Patrick Gomez won the 2016 race with a time of two hours, 38 minutes. It was his first marathon.

“The crowd support was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced,” Gomez said afterward. “One runner even stopped his race to work out the cramping in my legs.”

It was a photo finish for the top two women’s marathoners. Less than a second separated Edmond’s Catherine Lisle from the second-place women's finisher Danielle Hodge, an Iowa resident. Hodge actually broke the tape first, but started the marathon shortly after Lisle. It’s Lisle’s second Marathon win, and she’s no stranger to close finishes. Only one second separated her from the second-place women’s finisher when she won the 2010 race.

Former Oklahoma State University cross country runner Brian Gohlke won the half marathon, and Oklahoma City resident Ashley Miller was the top women's finisher in that race for the second year in a row.

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Brian Hardzinski is from Flower Mound, Texas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He began his career at KGOU as a student intern, joining KGOU full time in 2009 as Operations and Public Service Announcement Director. He began regularly hosting Morning Edition in 2014, and became the station's first Digital News Editor in 2015-16. Brian’s work at KGOU has been honored by Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI), the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters, and local and regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Brian enjoys competing in triathlons, distance running, playing tennis, and entertaining his rambunctious Boston Terrier, Bucky.
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