Ratnagiri’s Nilesh Kulaye and Mumbai’s Urmila Bani win full marathon at 13th SKF Goa river marathon

USA’s Marissa Murphy  and Udupi’s Sachin Poojary win 20 Miler race, while Goa’s Sapna Patel and Ratnagiri’s Siddesh Barje  win half marathons

Goa Khabar: Ratnagiri’s Nilesh Kulaye won the prestigious men’s full marathon race ( 42kms) at the 13^th SKF Goa river marathon clocking an impressive 2:49:33 hours, while Urmila Bani of Mumbai won the women’s full marathon in 4:15:25 hours.

In the newly introduced, 20 Miler race ( 32kms) USA’s Marissa Murphy won in the women’s category with an impressive timing of 2:44:19 hrs, while Udupi’s Sachin Poojary won the men’s category in 1:57:51 hrs.

Ratnagiri was once again among the medals, when Siddesh Barje won the men’s half marathon in 1:13:24 hrs and Goa’s Sapna Patel won the women’s half marathon in 1:35:26 hrs.

Nilesh Kulaye, who has been a podium finisher for the last three years said, “Running up the Chicalim hill two times becomes challenging and cuts our timing, otherwise it is an excellent route.”

While Sapna Patel, who represents Goa in 5000 metres and 10,000 metres races said, “I am very happy to win the half marathon, as I have been practicing very hard.”

The annual event received a very good response once again with several marathoners coming from places as distant as USA, UK, Netherlands,  Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune and Thane.

Murgaon high school, Vasco won the 5km team event in the boys category, while Vidya Vihar school won the 5km team event in the girls category.

Results of 13^th SKF Goa river marathon held at Chicalim on DEC 10

1. 42kms, Men

1)Nilesh Kulaye ( Ratnagiri) 2:49:33

2) Omprakash Saran ( Bengaluru) 2:50:48

3) Nathan Flear ( UK) 2:58:04

1. II) 42 kms, Women

• Urmila Bani ( Mumbai) 4:15:25
• Renu Raajguru ( Raipur) 5:17:35
• Vaijayanthi ( Thane) 5:18: 30

III)20 Miler ( 32kms) Men

• Sachin Poojary ( Udupi) 1:57:51
• Hariram Maurya ( Thane) 2:07:06
• Lokesh Baghel ( Belgavi) 2:08:07

IV)20 Miler ( 32km) Womens

• Marissa Murphy ( USA) 2:44:19
• Sharmila Kadam ( Thane) 2:47:31
• Latika Arvind ( Bengaluru) 2:48:50

1. V) 21km Men

1) Siddesh Barje ( Ratnagiri) 1:13:24

2) Ankit Yadav ( Vasco) 1:26:10

3) Kieron Brown ( UK) 1:34:47

1. VI) 21 kms women

• Sapna Patel ( Vasco) 1:35:26
• Imke Grens ( Netherlands) 1:41:45
• Rajalaxmi Swaminathan ( Bengaluru) 1:51:02

VII)10km Men

• Karan Sharma ( Mumbai) 00:33:36 mins
• Sanjay Zakane ( Parbhani) 00:33: 51
• Omkar Baikar ( Ratnagiri) 00:34:15

VIII) 10km Women

• Ashlesha Mangale ( Kolhapur) 00:45:16
• Neera Katwal ( Bengaluru) 00:46:45
• Khushboo Baghel ( Thane) 00:48:32

1. IX) 5km School Teams, Boys

• Murgaon high school, Vasco, 1:22:35
• Vidya Vihar high school, Cortalim 1:31:50
• Kendriya Vidyalaya, 1:32:28

1. X) 5km School Teams, Girls

1) Vidya Vihar high school, Cortalim, 2:03:11

2) Keshav Murti school, 2:14:03

3) Bharati Vidyabhavan, 2:19:50