FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Yoshida and Watychowicz Win 40th Anniversary Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon
Bor and O'Keeffe win USATF 10 Mile Championships with Record Times
St. Paul, Minn. - October 2, 2022 - Yuya Yoshida of Japan and Jessica
Watychowicz of Colorado Springs won today's 40th Anniversary Medtronic Twin
Cities Marathon. Yoshida became the event's first Japanese winner, running
2:11:28 under sunny skies and race temperatures in the 60s. Watychowicz
clocked 2:33:09 for her victory.
6495 runners finished the 26.2 mile race from downtown Minneapolis to the
State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, which was cancelled in 2020 due to the
pandemic and run at half capacity last year for safety.
Find full results of the 2022 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon here.
In the USATF 10 Mile Championships held in conjunction with the Medtronic
TC 10 Mile earlier in the morning, Hillary Bor of Colorado Springs broke
the men's 10 mile course record in 46:06. Fiona O'Keeffe of Concord, Mass.
set the women's event mark in 51:42.
Bor and O'Keeffe each won $12,000 for their titles, with O'Keeffe netting
an additional $10,000 for winning the Equalizer Bonus, where the women were
given a 5 minute, 53 second head start in the race.
8469 runners finished the 2022 Medtronic TC 10 Mile. Full results can be
found here.
"The professional races were a great kickoff to a wonderful 40th
anniversary celebration on a colorful fall day," Twin Cities In Motion
executive director Virginia Brophy Achman said. "We're pleased to mark an
important milestone and proud to be an event that runners continue to
support.
Across the entirety of the 2022 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend,
more than 20,000 runners participated in events for runners of all ages and
paces.
Twin Cities In Motion (TCM) is the region's premier running event company.
Its mission is simple - ignite everyone's inner athlete. TCM is a 501 (c) 3
nonprofit that organizes dozens of events throughout the year, including
the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, a Top 10 U.S. marathon, to provide
opportunities for people of all ages, abilities, and experiences to live an
active, healthy lifestyle. Collectively, TCM and its charity partners that
fundraise at TCM events regularly give back more than $1 million annually
to a variety of causes. For more information, visit us at tcmevents.org, or
find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @tcmarathon.
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