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News From: Monday, January 8, 2018
 Sunburst Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   South Bend's Sunburst ends marathon to focus on shorter races (South Bend Tribnune)
The 2018 Sunburst Marathon on June 2 will no longer include a marathon race.
 
News From: Tuesday, January 2, 2018
 Sunburst Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   Sunburst Races will no longer include a marathon (WSBT 22)
For the first time in 35 years, the 2018 Sunburst Marathon in June will no longer include a marathon race.
 
News From: Tuesday, May 30, 2017
 Sunburst Marathon
  Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
   On your mark, get set, Sunburst (WSBT 22)
The 34th Sunburst Marathon is set this Sunday, June 4.
 
News From: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Distance wrong in Sunburst Marathon at South Bend IN (IndyStar)
A miscommunication between the race organizers and the group certifying the race distance resulted to a 0.38 of a mile further distance
 
News From: Sunday, June 7, 2015
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   New friends find common ground in Sunburst Marathon (South Bend Tribune)
Matt Hoyes won the Sunburst Marathon with a time of 2 hours 43 minutes and 29 seconds while Atlee Lambright was a mere 4 seconds later in crossing the finish line.
 
News From: Friday, June 5, 2015
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   New finish line, same great Sunburst races (South Bend Tribune)
This years Sunburst races will lack a usual attribute but organizers hope some other changes will more than make up for it.
 
News From: Sunday, June 1, 2014
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Sunburst Marathon: Medical Student, Mom Marathon Winners (South Bend Tribune)
Jason Parks dominated the Sunburst Marathon despite being a full time medical student from Louisville. He won the marathon with a time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 51 seconds.
 
News From: Saturday, May 31, 2014
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Teen Meets Man Running the Sunburst Marathon - Just for Her (ABC57.com)
A local South Bend Indiana organization called "I Run 4" pair runners with people who are unable to run in a marathon or 5K. Natatlie Holmes has one such runner racing in the Sunburst Marathon for her.
 
News From: Sunday, June 2, 2013
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Couple Sweeps in Sunburst Marathon (South Bend Tribune)
Scott Breeden won the Sunburst Marathon with a time of 2 hours 36 minutes and 49 seconds. Breedens girlfriend, Becky Boyle, won the women's marathon with a time of 2 hours 55 minutes.
 
News From: Sunday, June 3, 2012
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Sunburst Marathon: Goshen Couple Takes Home Hardware (South Bend Tribune)
Justine Gillette won the Sunburst Marathon with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 9 seconds.
 
News From: Friday, June 1, 2012
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Sunburst Marathon: No Lie: Gillette Eyes 99 (South Bend Tribune)
Justin Gillette will eye up his ninety-ninth marathon at the Sunburst Races this weekend. It will be his 12 marathon this year.
 
News From: Monday, June 6, 2011
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kasabian-Larson, Greutman Battle The Elements In Sunburst Marahton (South Bend Tribune)
Ryan Greutman won the Sunburst Marathon with a time of 2 hours 37 minutes.
 
News From: Thursday, June 2, 2011
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Running Offered Rodgers Stability (South Bend Tribune)
Bill Rodgers will speak at the Sunburst Marathon in South Bend, Indiana this Friday.
 
News From: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Marathoner Ashis Roy Completes 104th Marathon (The Times of India)
Ashis Roy turned 78 on June 1 but that has not slowed him down. He recently completed his 104th marathon in South Bend Indiana
 
News From: Sunday, June 6, 2010
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Diehl, Randall Weather Humidity To Win Sunburst Marathon (South Bend Tribune)
Luke Diehl won the Sunburst marathon with a time of two hours 48 minutes and 45 seconds in hot and humid conditions.
 
News From: Saturday, June 5, 2010
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Running 52 Marathons A Selfless Act (South Bend Tribune)
Dana Casanave will run her twentieth marathon at the Sunburst Marathon this weekend. She hopes to complete one marathon a weekend to help children two continents away.
 
News From: Monday, June 8, 2009
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   50 states complete, time to start again (South Bend Tribune)
Steve Madison had his goal set since 1998 of completing a marathon in all 50 states. Saturday in the town of South Bend the Hawaii resident completed his task and exclaimed that he will probably start again
 
News From: Sunday, June 7, 2009
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Sunburst Marathon: Lessons lessen the load (South Bend Triibune)
Three Ohioans stood atop the podium at the Sunburst Festival of Races in South Bend, IN. Defending Champion Justin Gillette finished a disappointing fourth place with a time of 2 hours 47 minutes while Justin Baum, running his first marathon, took overall honors with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes and 6 seconds.
 
News From: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Running: Racing toward Sunburst victory (South Bend Tribune)
Ben Hulin will be the first wheelchair race at the Sunburst Races this coming weekend in South Bend. Hulin marks the beginning of the running events when he takes off from the starting line at 5:50 am in front of the college football hall of fame.
 
   Get ready for the 2009 Sunburst Races (WSBT.com)
South Bend Indiana will play host to the Sunburt Races on June 6. Last year more than seven-thousand participated in the running events which included a marathon from the college football hall of fame to Notre Dame.
 
News From: Saturday, May 31, 2008
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Marathon just another item on Gillette's to-do list (South Bend Tribune)
Justin Gillette won the 2008 Sunburst Marathon in 2:30:30 despite participating in his brother's wedding rehearsal dinner the night before. Ryan Greutman was about six minutes behind finishing second. Tracy Wollschlager easily won the women's race in 3:06:36. Michelle Didion of LaPorte was second, more than eight minutes behind Wollschlager, and Elkhart's Meredith Lee was third.
 
News From: Sunday, June 4, 2006
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Niles' Gillette Protects Home Turf in Men's Sunburst Marathon (South Bend Tribune)
Justin Gillette won the Sunburst Marathon by over three minutes with his finishing time, 2:30:17. The women's division was won by Shannan Rieder, with a time of 3:06:31.
 
News From: Sunday, June 5, 2005
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   4,396 Finished Saturday at Sunburst Marathon (Soutbend Tribune)
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News From: Sunday, June 6, 2004
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Second just fine for Kosgei (South Bend Tribune)
Talent and conditioning are important, but Paul Riley found out Saturday that, running the marathon, there's no substitute for experience. And the only way to gain experience is to go through exactly what the 22-year-old Riley did in the Sunburst road race.
 
News From: Sunday, June 8, 2003
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Sunburst's patriotic runner, Day, wanted to get noticed (The South Bend Tribune)
In honor of his brother Jason, a Navy reservist in Kuwait, runner Jeff Day completed the Sunburst Marathon while carrying a large American flag.
 
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Karas' first marathon is one to remember (The South Bend Tribune)
Former college miler and first-time marathon runner Chris Karas won the Sunburst Marathon in 2:33:57 - a satisfying first attempt.
 
News From: Sunday, June 1, 2003
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Meeting people is his prize (The South Bend Tribune)
Runner Gus Kuhn is a fixture at the Sunburst Marathon, having run every edition of the race since its birth in 1984. Ready to run his 20th Sunburst, Kuhn epitomizes the friendly nature of this race.
 
   Memories, people make Sunburst special (The South Bend Tribune)
While the prizes may belong to a few elite athletes, the race still belongs to the average runners who come together annually to celebrate this event.
 
   Founder takes races to heart (South Bend Tribune)
Since its beginning in 1984, the Sunburst Marathon has developed into a significant local event - all thanks to founder Jack McGann.
 
News From: Sunday, June 9, 2002
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Sunburst Marathon: Wilson's memory key to race (South Bend Tribune)
Steve Wilson won the Sunburst Marathon in 2 hours, 31 minutes and 54 seconds, about a minute ahead of his closest rival.
 
   Wilson's memory key to victory in Sunburst marathon (South Bend Tribune)
Steve Wilson remembered the wrong turn he took last year in the Sunburst Marathon and went the right way this year to win the South Bend, IN, race on Saturday in 2:31:54. Several contenders behind him made the wrong turn and finished out of the top three. Wilson used a unique running style of hard running with frequent walks.
 
News From: Thursday, June 6, 2002
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Sunburst Marathon: Peter and Tammy Casaletto's long distance relationship (South Bend Tribune)
Tammy and Peter Casaletto will compete together in the male-female portion of the Sunburst's marathon relay on Saturday.
 
News From: Wednesday, June 5, 2002
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Marathon inspires lifestyle change for father (South Bend Tribune)
Marty Morrison quit smoking and took up marathoning. He will run in the Sunburst Marathon this Saturday.
 
News From: Sunday, June 2, 2002
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Sunburst Marathon: Lots of miles, even more stories (South Bend Tribune)
Participants in this year's Sunburst Marathon flooded The Tribune with brief explanations of why they're willing to endure the grueling race.
 
   Sunburst Marathon: Gillette trying to shave minutes off time (South Bend Tribune)
19-year-old Justin Gillette surprised everyone but himself by placing 98th at the Boston Marathon in 2 hours and 34 minutes. If runs such a time at this weekend's Sunburst Marathon he may be in contention to win.
 
News From: Wednesday, June 27, 2001
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   Florida marathon runs his total to 20 (St. Petersburg Times)
Brooksville, FL, marathoner Ernie Chatman ran his total to 20 marathons with his recent 81st place finish in the Sunburst Marathon in South Bend, IN, this month.
 
News From: Sunday, June 10, 2001
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Kenyan beats conditions, competition at Sunburst (South Bend Tribune)
Kenyan Simon Cherokony beat out two of his countrymen to win the Sunburst Marathon in a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 25 seconds. Simon claimed that race conditions and a slow pace were to blame for the time.
 
News From: Sunday, June 11, 2000
 Sunburst Marathon
  Post-Race Review/ Results
   Hunde, Bagley win Sunburst Marathon (South Bend Tribune)
Patricia Bagley won the women's division in the Sunburst Marathon in 3:05:42. She's also getting married to Olympic Trials Marathoner Guy Murray next month. Retta Hunde of Ethiopia won the men's division in 2:27:30
 
News From: Wednesday, June 7, 2000
 Sunburst Marathon
  Human Interest Story
   His passion led Ferguson to vocation (South Bend Tribune)
Out of necessity, Richard Ferguson discovered a passion and a vocation, sports psychology.
 

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