Sunday, January 20, 2019

Kitata wins Houston Half Marathon

Photo by Kristine Kelly
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By Robert H Kelly
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 20, 2019) With the temperature hovering in the high 30s, Ethiopia's Shura Kitata maintained a 4:36 pace in winning the Houston Half Marathon on Sunday, His winning time of 1:00:11 was a scant three seconds ahead of fellow countryman Jemel Yimer (1:00:14). Placing third was Kenyan Bedan Karoki Muchiri wth the time of 1:10:18.

Kitata time was the fourth fastest in race history, and was nine seconds fastest than in the 2018 Houston Half Marathon, which he placed fourth. The top American in the field, Reed Fisher placed tenth with the time of 1:02:06. 

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