Amy Cooper of Camas won her age division and Taylor Halverson of White Salmon was the first runner from Southwest Washington to finish Sunday’s Portland Marathon.
Cooper, 34, was the sixth woman to finish the 26.2-mile race. Her time of 3 hours, 2 minutes and 55 seconds was fastest among women ages 30 to 34. She was also the second fastest runner from Southwest Washington.
Halverson, 36, finished 39th overall. His time was 2:53:59.
Other area runners who were among the first 500 finishers were: Don Conner, 52, of Battle Ground (128th in 3:07:07), Evan Klein, 22, of Camas (167th in 3:12:08), Daniel Lyne, 49, of Camas (171st in 3:12:18), Nick Barclay, 19, of Brush Prairie (233rd in 3:18:11), Niels Kofoed, 53, of Vancouver (280th in 3:21:35), Jesse Conway, 33, of Vancouver (297th in 3:22:41), Bo Liebe, 53, of Camas (358th 3:25:39), Peter Knowles, 52, of White Salmon (371st in 3:26:21), Cristhian Canseco, 26, of Vancouver (410th in 3:28:19), Matthew Lowry, 37, of Vancouver (476th in 3:30:31) and Chris Neibauer, 44, of Battle Ground (477th n 3:30:33).
The 44th edition of the Portland Marathon was won by Jameson Mora, 31, from Paso Robles, Calif. Mora’s time of 2:28:29 was 2 minutes and 41 seconds faster than runner-up Justin Weins from Albuquerque, N.M. Susie Scott of Portland was the women’s champion with a time of 2:51:23.
