Community Notebook: Apple Tree event more than a marathon

Sunday’s inaugural Apple Tree Marathon drew a few hundred runners to Vancouver.

Alex Baciu won the main race, covering 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 55 minutes, 51 seconds.

There was also a half marathon, won by David Hopper in 1:24:23. The fastest female finisher was Erin Skourtes in 1:29:31, fourth overall.

The previous evening, Dave Caldwell won the Sunset 5K in 18:20. Madison Wick was the fastest female in 20:24, fifth overall.

A photo gallery from the marathon can be found online at www.columbian.com/news/sports.

Reeder wins drift race event at Texas

Vancouver native Travis Reeder maintained his series lead in the Formula Drift Pro2 standings with a victory Saturday at Fort Worth, Texas.

Reeder, 25, a graduate of Columbia River High school, was the second seed and he advanced through the 16-car bracket to defeat No. 4 seed Garrett Denton of Lima, Ohio, in the final.

It is the second win of the four-race Pro2 season for Reeder who won at St. Louis in August. He placed third at Atlanta in May. The season wraps up on Oct. 12-13 at Irwindale, Calif.

Reeder has a 40 point lead over his friend Dylan Hughes of North Bend going into the final event. Hughes placed third at Fort Worth.