Bryant Keirns comes from behind to win Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon

A typo within the authentic article was corrected.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – After two years of adjustments as a result of coronavirus pandemic, organizers say they had been excited for a little bit of normalcy to come back again to the twenty second Annual Oklahoma Metropolis Memorial Marathon.

Nevertheless, Mom Nature needed to have one last say earlier than the race may take off as deliberate.

As extreme storms moved by Oklahoma on Saturday night, race officers determined to delay the marathon’s begin time by one hour.

Starting at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, runners from 47 states and 11 international locations took off from the beginning line.

The runners vary in age from 17-year-olds to 1 79-year-old marathoner. Organizers say an 85-year-old can also be collaborating within the half-marathon.

Daniel Murphy, from Norman, was the early chief within the males’s full-marathon race. Inside the first six miles of the race, he was on tempo for a 5:32 mile.

Because the race wound by Crown Heights and approached Bishop McGuinness Excessive College, Murphy continued on document tempo.

Race professional Mark Bravo says Murphy competed in Iowa, however has currently been coaching in Oklahoma.

At mile 11, Murphy continued sturdy however his tempo slowed simply barely to five:42 a mile. Nevertheless, he continued to have a gentle lead over the opposite runners.

Shortly earlier than 9 a.m., Daniel Murphy crossed the 16-mile mark and truly elevated his lead over the opposite runners. At that time within the race, Murphy was on tempo for a 5:29 mile.

On the 19 1/2-mile mark, the lads’s race started to get attention-grabbing.

Daniel Murphy was nonetheless within the lead however there had been a change within the second place runner.

Bryant Keirns took over the second spot and was just a few seconds behind Murphy.

Simply moments later, Keirns took excessive spot from Daniel Murphy.

Keirns ran at Oklahoma Christian College. Keirns’ lead continued to develop as he was on tempo for a 5:24 mile.

With lower than three miles left, Bryant Keirns was crossing by Mesta Park and was nonetheless sturdy.

His tempo elevated to 4:56 a mile.

With only one mile left, Keirns continued to guide the race. Daniel Murphy, who led a lot of the race, fell to 3rd place behind James Martinez.

Race professional Mark Bravo says Keirns could also be a scholar of the ladies’s marathon chief, McKale Montgomery, at OSU.

Keirns was capable of cross the end line at 9:54 a.m. with a last time of two:08:35. His common tempo was listed at 4:56 a mile.

James Martinez completed with a time of two:12:19 at 9:58 a.m., adopted by Daniel Murphy at 9:59 a.m. with a complete time of two:13:16.

Bryant Keirns mentioned that he was blissful however slightly drained after finishing the race.

He confirmed that the chief of the ladies’s marathon, McKale Montgomery, is definitely his trainer and his coaching companion at OSU.

Keirns mentioned he might reward himself with a Little Caesar’s pizza after he leaves the race.