HealthPlus Brooksie Way, Rochester
Foley, Mundell Find Ways to Win Brooksie Way By Charles Douglas McEwen
More than 6,000 runners and walkers joined the fun, which took place at Oakland University on a morning that started with cool, near-perfect racing weather and ended in a downpour. Foley, 32, of Clarkston and Mundell, 26, of Clawson were done when storms arrived. Foley, who also won here in 2010, finished in 1:12:56, well ahead of two-time defending champ Shane Logan, 35, of Clarkston (1:14:21). Steven Marcinowski, 23, of Auburn Hills took third in 1:15:46 and masters champ Eric Green, 45, of Pontiac fourth in 1:17:36. “This is my fourth time running this race,” said Foley. “I knew the hills would be tough in the second half, so I wanted to get out hard and survive them. I built as big a lead as I could tin he first six or seven miles, then held on.”
Photo by Skyler Martin/Greg Sadler Photography
The sixth-year event, which also included 10K and 5K races, continues to honor the memory of Brooks Stuart Patterson, the son of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, who died in a 2007 snowmobile accident.
Photo by Lori Jagielski/Greg Sadler Photography
ROCHESTER HILLS (9/29/13) — Leo Foley and Janet Mundell beat the rain and rest of the field to claim men’s and women’s titles at the HealthPlus Brooksie Way half marathon.
Janet Mundell of Clawson ran 1:21:55 to win her first Brooksie Way half.
Leo Foley of Clarkston won the half marathon for the second time.
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Foley’s wife, Leah, won the women’s half marathon here last year.“We actually got engaged a few years ago when she crossed the finish line,” Foley said.
Tim just cheered for Janet at the Brooksie and ran a bit with her.
She clocked 1:21:55, more than two minutes ahead of runner-up Jen Rock, 23, of Macomb (1:24:12). Carrisa Smith, 23, of Shelby was third in 1:25:07. Nicole Derrick, 42, of Royal Oak led the masters in 1:31:37.
Mundell ran Brooksie for the first time, but she and her husband, Tim, also have history on the Oakland campus. Last October they each won the
“The first half had a lot of downhills,” Janet Mundell said. “So I probably ran faster there. But I liked the hills. They were a good challenge.”
Nicole Monette, 28, of Royal Oak, running four months pregnant, beat all the women and all but four of the men in the 10K. “I was running for fun and trying not to push too hard,” said Monette, who timed 44:09. “That’s a slower pace than I’m used to.” (Father-to-be Patrick Monette, 30, ran the half marathon in 1:25:31.) Lindsey Birchmeier, 29, of Royal Oak was thewomen’s 10K runner-up in 47:10. Amy Vonconant, 45, of Sterling Heights was third overall and the first masters woman in 47:23.
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Masters Richard Koenig, 46, of Oakland Township and Jeff Rizer, 41, of Franklin paced the men in 42:27 and 43:02 respectively. Joshua Shook, 36, of Owosso snagged third in 43:21. The 5K winners were Erik Bates, 21, in 16:40 and Ninoska Aliaga, 32, of Clarkston in 22:17. The Brooksie Way also included a Fifth Third Bank Kids Race and Victory Run For You Athletes with Disabilities.
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