American distance runner Katie McGregor, who lives in St. Louis Park, won a half-marathon Sunday morning in Minneapolis while setting a new course record.
McGregor ran the 13.1 Minneapolis race in 1:15:00. The 7 a.m. race started at St. Anthony Main, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue SE, and finished at Lake Nokomis.
The top overall finisher was Kenya's Moses Waweru, who had a time of 1:05:44.
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McGregor is training for the Olympic marathon team.
“Michelle (Michelle Frey, who finished second) and I are both gearing up for the Olympic trials so this was a perfect race to help prepare for some bigger marathons we’ll run in the fall," McGregor said in a press release. "The Twin Cities has a very competitive running field so though it was great running in familiar territory, the tough competition really made this race fun.”
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