KUALOA RANCH, Oahu, Hawaii (December 7, 2014) – Star power prevailed at Kualoa Ranch as Patrick Smyth defended his title and Kimber Mattox won her first at the Paul Mitchell XTERRA Trail Running World Championship Sunday.
Smyth, who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and runs for the Nike trail team, was the overall winner, completing the 21Kchampionship course in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 39 seconds. Although challenged early by Brett Hales, the current XTERRA U.S. Trail Run Champion, Smyth was out-of-sight by the halfway point and crossed the line more than three-minutes ahead of Hales.
Mattox, who is from Bend, Oregon and was an All-American steeplechaser at the University of Oregon, was the first female and placed sixth overall with a time of 1:32:34. She caught Allie McLaughlin at about the six-mile mark and despite taking a nasty tumble on one of the tricky downhills, still managed to finish almost three minutes ahead of McLaughlin.
More than 1,500 runners from 20 countries and 40 states participated in the event on an “Aloha from Hawaii” postcard-type of day at Kualoa Ranch.
Plc Name Division Residence Time Pace 1 Patrick Smyth #1 25 - 29 Salt Lake city, UT 1:16:39 05:45 2 Brett Hales #266 25 - 29 Layton, UT 1:19:47 05:59 3 David Roche #582 25 - 29 Sunnyvale, CA 1:26:51 06:31 4 Fermin Villagran #892 20 - 24 Honolulu, HI 1:29:26 06:43 5 Reid Hunter #306 20 - 24 Lahaina, HI 1:32:34 06:57 6 Kimber Mattox #425 25 - 29 F Eugene, OR 1:32:44 06:58 7 Allie McLaughlin #452 20 - 24 F Colorado Springs, 1:35:32 07:10 8 Leandro Santillan #883 20 - 24 Honolulu, HI 1:36:06 07:13 9 Ashur Youssefi-Dizagetaki 25 - 29 Curridabat, Cri 1:37:12 07:18 10 Mark Torres #690 35 - 39 Lakewood, CO 1:37:56 07:21
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