46th Columbus Marathon Draws 15,000 Runners; Doud Wins Men's Race in 2:15:08
COLUMBUS — The 46th Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon and 20th half marathon ran on October 18 with more than 15,000 participants from 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 15 countries, supported by over 1,700 volunteers and more than 40 bands along the course.
Nick Doud of Bloomington, Illinois, won the men's marathon in 2:15:08, and Ashton Swinford of Hudson, Ohio, won the women's race in 2:38:05, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Colbi Borland (1:12:35) and James Quattlebaum (1:01:30) won the half marathon. Alison Hile, 25, a Nationwide Children's patient living with cystic fibrosis and the event's first Patient Champion in 2012, cheered on her twin sister from the sidelines; her mother, Jill Hile, is the race's vice president. (GSM, based on the Columbus Dispatch)
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Photo: 图：哥伦布市中心天际线（资料图）。照片：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY）。Downtown Columbus, Ohio (file photo). Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY).
