Cleveland Marathon

Post-Race Review/ Results

To correct previous erroneous results for the 2008 Cleveland Marathon, the top women  finishers were Donna Palisca with a 3:07:27. Connie Gardner was runner up in 3:09:26 and Jenni Culbertson was third in 3:09:58.  In the men's division, Retta Feyissa won with a time of 2:33:34, James Beyer finished second at 2:34:52 and Rob Juergens was third at 2:35:43.

Cleveland Marathon winners corrected

Retta Feyissa, 33, of Bronx, N.Y., won the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon in a time of 2 hours 33 minutes. He was followed by Rob Juergens, 44, of Avon Lake, Ohio, who finished the 26.2 mile race 2 hours, 35 minutes and 52 seconds. Douglas Najor, 50, of Sterling Heights, Mich.,took third place with a finish time of 2 hours, 36 minutes and 54 seconds. Top honors in the women's division went to Jennifer Haynes, 28, of Columbus, Ohio, with a time of 3 hours, 5 minutes and 54 seconds. Donna Palisca, 30, of Norristown, Pa., took second at 3 hours, 7 minutes and 9 seconds, and Jenni Culbertson, 23, of Detroit, was third with a time of 3 hours, 9 minute sand 49 seconds.

New York City man wins Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon

After 31 years of leading the Cleveland Marathon, Jack Staph will probably never see another double winner with the likes of Donna Palisca. She won the race in 2005 in 2 hours 54 minutes and 53 seconds. She ran nearly 12 minutes slower in Sundays marathon and still won. Her running has taken a considerable back seat to two new sons and a husband who is serving overseas in Iraq.

Cleveland marathon: Women's/men's marathon story

Retta Feyissa of Ethiopia won the Rite Aid 
Cleveland Marathon in 2:33:34 today.

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