Two captains finish second in Marine Corps Marathon
October 26th, 2009 | Marine Corps Marathon | Posted by Mike Hoffman
Capt. Jacob Johnson finished second. (AP photo)
Two Air Force captains each took second place in Sunday’s Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C.
Air Force Capt. Jacob Johnson finished more than three minutes behind Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Mentzer. Air Force Capt. Jaymee Marty, meanwhile, finished 27 seconds behind Ethiopian Muliye Gurme.
Johnson, who is stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., beat his personal best time by two minutes to place second. He passed a sergeant first class in the Mexican military with under a mile to go.
He finished in 2 hours, 25 minutes and 2 seconds. Mentzer posted a time of 2:21:47.
Marty, 42, finished in 2:50:15. She competed in the Twin Cities Marathon three weeks ago where she missed qualifying for the Olympic Trials by 29 seconds. She is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
Marty stayed close with Gurme the entire race, but was out-kicked in the last half-mile by the Gurme, 25, who was running in her first marathon.
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