Jess Trengove took advantage of the ideal running conditions to knock two-and-a-half minutes off her personal best while taking victory in the Melbourne Marathon.
Her impressive run was the sixth fastest Australian female marathon of all-time (2:27:45), setting her up nicely leading into the Rio Olympics.
, @JessTrengove on her way to victory nin the Melb Marathon. @heraldsunsport #MelbMara @ASICSaustralia pic.twitter.com/ZhVnR7z2wB
— Michael Klein (@kleinyheraldsun) October 18, 2015Accompanied for much of the race by training partners, Trengove finished with a winning margin of more than eleven minutes over second place Lydia O’Donnell.
In the men’s race, Brad Milosevic took victory in 2 hours and 16 minutes, two-and-a-half minutes ahead of second place, Antony Ndungu Mugo.
Brad Milosevic has taken out the Medibank Melbourne Marathon #melbmara pic.twitter.com/fyB8d9vvje
— Medibank Marathon (@melb_marathon) October 17, 2015Thousands of participants took to the streets of Melbourne in the near-perfect running conditions, with 6,043 finishers in the marathon.
Men
Brad Milosevic - 2:16:00
Antony Ndungu Mugo - 2:18:39
Felix Kipkorir Kangogo - 2:19:22
Women
Jessica Trengove - 2:27:45
Lydia O’Donnell - 2:39:01
Makda Harun Haji - 2:40:37
18-19
Jack Taylor - 2:49:07
Jessica Bitt - 3:33:21
20-39
Brad Milosevic - 2:16:00
Jessica Trengove - 2:27:45
40-44
Darren Moyle - 2:28:58
Margot Manning - 3:06:22
45-49
Shawn Claydon - 2:47:46
Fleur Flanery - 2:52:46
50-54
John Meagher - 2:32:26
Adrienne Torda - 3:16:20
55-59
Peter Gaunt - 3:09:38
Fumiko Iwamoto - 3:36:58
60-64
Ron Peters - 2:43:57
Liz Lowther - 3:30:51
65-69
Stanislaw Szarawara - 3:29:25
Wanda Kelly - 3:51:51
70-74
Tadao Nakayama - 3:45:51
Jeanne Bryan - 5:25:06
75+
Jamie Van Bruggen - 3:59:01
