Husky alum Izzi Batt-Doyle becomes third fastest Australian marathoner all-time in Valencia...
At Sunday's Valencia Marathon, University of Washington alum Izzi Batt-Doyle (Paul Merca photo) set a personal best 2:22:59 to finish eighth overall.
The mark also was the third fastest in Australian history, only behind the national record of 2:21:34 set by Sinead Diver two years ago in Valencia, and the 2:22:36 set by Benita Willis in 2006 in Chicago.
Batt-Doyle ran sub 17 5k splits for the first 25 kilometers, before hitting a patch of 10k where she ran 17:11 and 17:40.
From 35 to 40k, she ran 17:07, with the last 2.195k run in 7:22.
Batt-Doyle's mark is under the 2:23:30 standard to run in next September's world championships in Tokyo.
It was a tough go for Kirkland native Dillon Maggard of the Brooks Beasts, who ran 1:32:24 for 30k, then struggled mightily over the last 12+ kilometers, finishing in 2:59:59.
Maggard, running in his first ever marathon, was on sub 2:10 pace through 30k when he couldn't sustain the pace.
Maggard completed the race in 2:57:59.
Ethiopia's Megartu Alemu won the women's race in 2:16:49, while Kenya's Sabastian Sawe took the men's title in 2:02:05.
The results of the top 100 finishers are listed here; you can look up individual results by name here via the Valencia Marathon site.
NOTE: The Valencia Marathon contributed to this report.
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