The ladies’ title at the Garry Bjorklund Half Long distance race 2023 was won today by Maggie Montoya
Maggie Montoya beat Kara Goucher’s 2012 course best of 1:09:46 with a period of 1:09:26
This was Montoya’s presentation race in Duluth
The ladies’ title at the Garry Bjorklund Half Long distance race 2023 was won today by Maggie Montoya. The racer got done with the extreme tasks in Duluth on Saturday, breaking the ladies’ record, under clear sky and optimal gentle temps. Maggie Montoya beat Kara Goucher’s 2012 course best of 1:09:46 with a period of 1:09:26. This was Montoya’s presentation race in Duluth.
With about two miles remaining at Grandma’s Marathon, Lauren Hagans is all alone. She’s running like a veteran in her marathon debut. pic.twitter.com/cDo8JbsQIr
— Fast Women (@fast_women) June 17, 2023
Who is Maggie Montoya?
Maggie Montoya is a 25-year-seasoned pro distance sprinter. She started running when she was in the eighth grade. She procured a sum of 17 crosscountry and track state titles at Rogers Secondary School in Rogers, Arkansas.
Maggie kept on running at Baylor College, where as a senior in 2017 she won the 3,000-meter occasion at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Titles, assisting the Holds on for bringing home their very first gathering title. She immediately settled two new private records for the 1500 meters in June 2018 — a 4:15.77 at the Music City Distance Fair and a 4:15.71 at the Portland Track Celebration. She moved to Rock in the pre-fall. She broke many such records from that point forward.
Maggie was working a change in the drug store part of a Ruler Soopers supermarket in Stone on Walk 22, 2021, a day subsequent to returning home from her seventh-place result at the U.S. 15K titles in Jacksonville, Florida. Unfortunately, an upset shooter started shooting inside the store, killing 10 individuals, including the underlying answering cop.
Despite the fact that Montoya was safe physically, the episode plainly damaged her. Regardless of whether the occurrence isn’t totally behind her — and perhaps never will be — Montoya has continued on and is in a decent position right now in light of the fact that to her local area of family, companions, and colleagues, an individual near her cases.
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