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James Tallam (L) and Alex Melly (C) shows off their winnings at a marathon in Indonesia
James Tallam led a 1-2-3 Kenyan finish a the 36th Milo Marathon, ensuring a Kenyan winner for the first time in the country’s premier marathon race, long regarded as the national championships of the Philippines.
Tallam clocked a “slow” 2:26.34, followed by compatriots Josphat Too (2:28:52) and Alex Melly (2:29:06).
3 time winners Eduardo Buenavista and Cresencio Sabal settled for 4th place (2:29:45) and 6th (2:37:58) respectively, while Eric Panique settled for 5th (2:32:08).
Mary Grace delos Santos winning the 2012 Milo Marathon
Over at the distaff side, CDO leg winner Mary Grace delos Santos willed herself into finishing in 2:49:29, breaking into 3rd in the Philippine all time list. Only SEA Games veterans Christabel Martes and Jho-an Banayag are faster than the young lass.
2 time winner Jho-an Banayag settled for 2nd place with a time of 2:55:56, while Kenyan Everline Atancha settled for third with a 3:03:39 mark.
Delos Santos’ winning time was the fastest since Banayag’s victory in 2006 of 2:48:16.
Jenny Rose Rosales (lane 3) breaks the 15-year-old UAAP Women’s 400m record
UE sophomore Jennry Rose Rosales recorded her 2nd UAAP record and 3rd individual gold in 3 days as she destroyed the field inthe 400m finals.
Jenny clocked 56.03s, smashing the old record 56.76 of Anna Leah Hugo (1997) in the process.
Assigned to lane 3, the former Palaro standout quickly ate lane 4 after 40m and the rest of the outer lanes after the 100m mark. By the time the runners passed by the covered stage of the ULTRA (150m mark), Jenny was clearly ahead was on a different plane as with the other runners.
It was all Jenny from that point on.
Silver went to Josie Malacad (FEU) and Bronze to Neslee Angco (UE).
It was one of the fastest 400m womens finals in the country with the first 5 finishers dipping under the minute.
Below is the video of the finals:
Gold: Jenny Rose Rosales (UE) 56.03s, New UAAP Record